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U2 Innocence & Experience Tour 2015 (Dublin and Belfast gigs confirmed, post #275)

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Announcement due at 9pm Eastern apparently (very soon).
Some venues have already leaked.

Looks indoors & pricey but we'll see.
Title of tour should ensure Songs of Experience will be dropping soon.

http://www.u2.com/tour

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OU812

Sigh... Despite me saying I'm not going to go, I know I am...

Greg81

PTH2009 wrote: »

Doesn't mean a thing for us Irish fans the Europe part of the IE tour starts on the 4th

I think in 3 days they will announce Irish Tour.

PTH2009

Greg81 wrote: »

There is #U2IETour 3 days countdown info on U2 Facebook page.

Doesn't mean a thing for us Irish fans the Europe part of the IE tour starts on the 4th

Greg81

There is #U2IETour 3 days countdown info on U2 Facebook page.

lambayire

Seve OB wrote: »

not fair for many reasons

I'm all ears on reasons.

I've used it once at the 3Arena and it worked a treat. Not a tout in sight.

Seve OB

lambayire wrote: »

They just have to use a ticketing system where the card that bought the ticket, must be used to gain entrance to the venue.

not fair for many reasons

lambayire

They just have to use a ticketing system where the card that bought the ticket, must be used to gain entrance to the venue.

PTH2009

Seve OB wrote: »

just on 2fm. looks like November and a toned down gig

prices should reflect that its a toned down show but it wont. prob be about E200 for a seated ticket and fools like me will pay that

.

It will be the like the All Ireland final of concerts in which genuine fans will sturggle to get tickets and a lot of people will be there just to say they were there and have little intrest in the show

Seve OB

just on 2fm. looks like November and a toned down gig

notahappycamper

I reckon they're still trying to figure out how to do a show in the 3 Arena. Reckon end of December if at all this year and as a previous poster said they'd need to announce mid-late September at the very latest.

Irish Aris

PTH2009 wrote: »

Getting a bit ridiculous now with all the speculation.

true, that's why i said theoritically. . .

PTH2009

Irish Aris wrote: »

Theoritically it could happen.
Last date is Paris on the 15th of November, the 3Arena is free between 21st and 28th of November.

I will be delighted if it happens, although I won't hold my breath. . .

Getting a bit ridiculous now with all the speculation.

secondrowgal

Irish Aris wrote: »

Theoritically it could happen.
Last date is Paris on the 15th of November, the 3Arena is free between 21st and 28th of November.

I will be delighted if it happens, although I won't hold my breath. . .

I'd be delighted but bloody annoyed! It's less than 3 months away and lots of folk (i.e. me!!!) have our bloody work calendars and work travel booked up in that timeframe. If they play here and I miss it because of a work trip, I'll be having words! :mad::P

Irish Aris

deeks wrote: »

Ian Dempsey hinting on the radio this morning that they'll be playing the 3 Arena in November.

Theoritically it could happen.
Last date is Paris on the 15th of November, the 3Arena is free between 21st and 28th of November.

I will be delighted if it happens, although I won't hold my breath. . .

deeks

Ian Dempsey hinting on the radio this morning that they'll be playing the 3 Arena in November.

lukin

Although they did do eight consecutive nights at Madison Square Gardens so if Bono re-hashes the quote about "going to work" that might be thrown at him.

MisterAnarchy

Seve OB wrote: »

I disagree. If they wanted to do a stadium show to make more profits, Ireland would be the last place to start, what with a grand total of 3 gigs in Croker versus maybe a hundred plus at bigger and better locations around the world. There is no way that if they do play Croker or Lansdowne it would be for the reason of bigger profits.

I didnt say it was just for profits ,its an easier option to play Croke park as opposed to an indoor venue here due to a number of reasons

a) No criticism over 190 euro ticket prices ,as the ticket prices will be lower in a stadium gig
b) 3 nights as opposed to 8 ,which Lukin correctly says "would be like going to work".
c) Higher revenue
d) More people get to see the show

lukin

Seve OB wrote: »

I disagree. If they wanted to do a stadium show to make more profits, Ireland would be the last place to start, what with a grand total of 3 gigs in Croker versus maybe a hundred plus at bigger and better locations around the world. There is no way that if they do play Croker or Lansdowne it would be for the reason of bigger profits.

Yeah I agree with this. If U2 do 3 nights in Croker on this tour it wouldn't be for profits, it would be more of inconvenience to them really because all the other gigs before it have been indoor so they would have to make a lot of changes and get used to playing an outdoor gig when they have been playing indoor all along. The last indoor tour U2 did was the Elevation tour in 2001 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation_Tour).
If you look at the dates on that link you will see all the dates before it were in indoor venues (apart from Turin). They couldn't play The Point on that tour (as it was called then) as it was too small. So they played two gigs at Slane instead. They should have done that on this tour as well. I don't know why they didn't.
When U2 do an indoor arena tour it is always a problem for them when they have to play Ireland because we don't have a big enough venue due to their massive popularity here. As someone else said that is hardly U2's fault. The simplest solution to it has been to play a couple of one-off outdoor gigs instead (as they did in 2001). They didn't do that this time.
In 1992 they played indoor venues as the first part of the ZOO TV tour. They didn't play The Point because Bono said at the time that they would have to play ten nights in a row and "it would be like going to work".
They were criticised a fair bit for it but I actually see his point (no pun intended).
I do think however they have handled this badly and people will be pissed off if they don't play here before the end of the year.

Seve OB

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Its just easier and more profitable for them to take the easy option and play Croker instead of the 3 arena.

Its easier just to come out with the line that the stage wont fit ,they could get it in in some format ,no doubt of that ,they could position the screen along the back wall of the 3arena and shorten the catwalk.

I'd rather see the band indoors in a stripped down format than stick an indoor stage setup in a stadium like they did at Slane.

I disagree. If they wanted to do a stadium show to make more profits, Ireland would be the last place to start, what with a grand total of 3 gigs in Croker versus maybe a hundred plus at bigger and better locations around the world. There is no way that if they do play Croker or Lansdowne it would be for the reason of bigger profits.

johnpatrick81

well the "starting price" of tickets in that rumour scuppers that.

It is bad form that they haven't announced their Irish plans. It's totally unfair to their Irish fans. Considering they are Irish and all, you would think they would have put those fans considerations top of their list. Did I mention the Irishness? :pac:

Can't wait to see them in Amsterdam though!!

wirelessdude01

Latest rumour I heard was a 4 night run in the 3Arena at the end of November. 2 nights then a night off followed by a further 2 nights. Tickets beginning at â‚¬190.

The Nal

martin101 wrote: »

Very poor.

They are very poor indeed

martin101

Sounds like this is a mess from start to finish. We were promised a few dates in December and nothing from them. They haven't come out since and said if they will tour Ireland in December. I joined the fan club and got a code for pre sale to keep for the Dublin tour but nothing . If I'd of know this I'd of used it for another country. My subscription will be up soon and it will feel like a total waste getting it. Nobody is telling us anything on the official site either. Very poor.

s8n

Seve OB wrote: »

Why should they have to strip their show back? It's not their fault that we don't have a decent venue in this country

That's a fanboy response. I'm talking about the whole drama of not announcing shows when every other country has been catered for and also they previously announced Dec shows here (wasn't a charity mentioned).

Wrongway1985

Seve OB wrote: »

Why should they have to strip their show back? It's not their fault that we don't have a decent venue in this country

What you mean? The tour supposedly catered for in the round venues which would make the Odyssey adequate (they played similar size in the states).

I don't think you can deem venues terrible on the basis a band has an art attack to cater for specific arenas.

MisterAnarchy

Seve OB wrote: »

Why should they have to strip their show back? It's not their fault that we don't have a decent venue in this country

They announced that they would be doing indoor gigs in the 3arena way back in early December of last year when the other venues were being announced.

They continuously repeated this numerous times over the coming months so alot of fans decided to hold back for these tickets instead of trying for foreign cities.
Alot of fan club members held their pre sale codes for the promised Irish gigs.

Then once all the other European gigs had sold out they announced that the 3arena may not be suitable for staging the tour .

Why is their always drama with U2 hometown gigs, going right back to planning for the zoo TV and POP mart shows in the 90s.

I'm no longer a big fan but playing outdoors as a cash grab rather than several nights in the point (albeit stripped back) should not be acceptable to their fans

Its just easier and more profitable for them to take the easy option and play Croker instead of the 3 arena.
The band would get alot of heat for charging 190 euro for most of the seats indoors and the demand would be huge,they'd have to play 8 nights at least ,similar to New York.
Its easier just to come out with the line that the stage wont fit ,they could get it in in some format ,no doubt of that ,they could position the screen along the back wall of the 3arena and shorten the catwalk.

I'd rather see the band indoors in a stripped down format than stick an indoor stage setup in a stadium like they did at Slane.

Seve OB

Why should they have to strip their show back? It's not their fault that we don't have a decent venue in this country

s8n

Why is their always drama with U2 hometown gigs, going right back to planning for the zoo TV and POP mart shows in the 90s.

I'm no longer a big fan but playing outdoors as a cash grab rather than several nights in the point (albeit stripped back) should not be acceptable to their fans

Wrongway1985

lukin wrote: »

Yeah it looks like we will have to wait until 2016 for a U2 gig in Ireland. Fairly disappointing really and I can see them getting a lot of abuse over this. Even if they do play the 3Arena it would be a stripped-down version according to this link: http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/0514/701164-u2-tour-too-big-for-dublin/ which I for one wouldn't be bothered with.

Yeah pity they didn't make it clear there'd be none and coulda done Glasgow,London or elsewhere in Europe, Croke Park or Slane they can keep it.

lukin

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

The chances of proper Innocence and Experience, December gigs at this stage are between slim and zero .

If rumours are to be believed the band will be playing another European leg next May/June .
It will most likely be indoors but may also have a few outdoor gigs and its then that they will make their way here to play Croke Park.

I've had my fill of Croke Park gigs to be honest ,its a shocking venue.

Yeah it looks like we will have to wait until 2016 for a U2 gig in Ireland. Fairly disappointing really and I can see them getting a lot of abuse over this. Even if they do play the 3Arena it would be a stripped-down version according to this link: http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/0514/701164-u2-tour-too-big-for-dublin/ which I for one wouldn't be bothered with.