U2 Experience + Innocence Tour Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales or Requests

PTH2009 · 05-11-2020 3:05pm

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Its 2 years today since the run of four 3Arena concerts started.
Time flies.

Hopefully we see the band back there in a few years time.

Yeah time flies went to the Tuesday night, great show and setlist

With Trump gone who will get the political bashing now . Think this current indoor stage format has been brought as far as it can and new ideas will be needed

MisterAnarchy · 05-11-2020 6:44pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

With Trump gone who will get the political bashing now .

Bono will be licking up to Biden and Pelosi , he made an awful show of himself a few months back praising Pelosi and talking absolute verbal diarrohea .

https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1304960538745724930

PTH2009 · 05-11-2020 8:10pm

The atmosphere around Dublin for a u2 show is amazing, Those superfans are a mixed bunch but they create a good atmosphere around. Loved the events in The Church Bar

Good times and by god would i kill to be back there away from these bloody times

PTH2009 · 19-11-2020 7:54pm

Very nice packaging for the fan club DVD which arrived today

Chivito550 · 20-11-2020 12:26pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Very nice packaging for the fan club DVD which arrived today

I can't understand why this hasn't been put on general release.

EverythingGood · 20-11-2020 1:01pm

Chivito550 wrote: »

I can't understand why this hasn't been put on general release.

I suppose that in the years when there are no gigs happening, members have to get some exclusivity!

JoeExotic81 · 20-11-2020 1:28pm

It used to be a struggle to get them to release epic gigs back in the day when people still bought DVDs (slane for example). Very much doubt we'll see any big DVD/Blu-ray releases from them anymore.

PTH2009 · 20-11-2020 2:51pm

JoeExotic81 wrote: »

It used to be a struggle to get them to release epic gigs back in the day when people still bought DVDs (slane for example). Very much doubt we'll see any big DVD/Blu-ray releases from them anymore.

Youtube has been a blessing in that regard with some very good fan made recordings been uploaded

Apparently there is a pro shot Joshua Tree revisited show that is due for release but anyone's guess of when it comes out

Chivito550 · 21-11-2020 12:55pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Youtube has been a blessing in that regard with some very good fan made recordings been uploaded

Apparently there is a pro shot Joshua Tree revisited show that is due for release but anyone's guess of when it comes out

The downside of that though is that it just reinforces the behavior of people taking out their phones at gigs. It's a ghastly sight, and it sucks the atmosphere out of a crowd as it means the full crowd isn't engaged like it used to be pre smart phones.

Chivito550 · 21-11-2020 1:10pm

Since Covid, I've got into collecting U2 records/box sets/DVDs a lot. My collection is taking shape now.

Albums

I've always had every album on CD, but now I have every album on vinyl up to Zooropa (excluding Wide Awake in America, which I've never bothered getting on CD either). Most are reissues, other than Under a Blood Red Sky and The Unforgettable Fire which are old pressings.

Singles

I always had Stuck in a Moment, Elevation and HMTMKMKM on CD from my teenage years, but have fleshed it out now with some 12 inch and 7 inch vinyl. All from the 80s, mainly Joshua Tree and Rattle & Hum singles, but also Pride, Two Hearts, and New Year's Day, along with the recent reissue of 11 O'Clock Tick Tock.

DVDs

I always had Slane and Vertigo, along with some VHS videos. I've filled out the collection now and bought absolutely everything they've ever released commercially on DVD.

Box sets

These are my favourite. I always had The 25th Anniversary Box Set of Unforgettable Fire and the 20th Anniversary Box Set of The Joshua Tree. I've recently ordered the 1977-1984 Box Set containing 2008 deluxe editions of Boy, October and War on eBay, and decided to treat myself to a Christmas present by ordering the 20th anniversary super deluxe of Achtung Baby from eBay.

I'm waiting for the price to drop substantially before getting the ATYCLB box set. It's overpriced for what's in it to be honest.

Any other U2 collectors among us?

Seve OB · 21-11-2020 3:49pm

I’ve a pretty big collection. A a rare Joshua Tree first pressing CD which was my first purchase then from Achtung I bought everything going till a few albums ago, I just couldn’t justify buying about 5 versions of an album or single anymore.
Have all the programs from live shows I went to, t-shirts, the red vinyl HMTMKMKM which is cool, have about 100 zoo dollar notes, fly shades, even zooropa condoms!
But the coolest is probably the vinyl first pressings of every album since Achtung........ still in original shrink wrapping

spindex · 21-11-2020 6:48pm

Ya, I hear ya, I was at an Eddie Vedder gig in the 3 arena and despite it being announced on the PA speakers and displayed on screen that there was to be no phone recording, there was still some idiot sat a few seats away from me with his phone out.

Chivito550 wrote: »

The downside of that though is that it just reinforces the behavior of people taking out their phones at gigs. It's a ghastly sight, and it sucks the atmosphere out of a crowd as it means the full crowd isn't engaged like it used to be pre smart phones.

Chivito550 · 21-11-2020 8:42pm

spindex wrote: »

Ya, I hear ya, I was at an Eddie Vedder gig in the 3 arena and despite it being announced on the PA speakers and displayed on screen that there was to be no phone recording, there was still some idiot sat a few seats away from me with his phone out.

We were at U2 in Milan 2 years ago and a lad beside us recorded all of "I Will Follow" and then spent all of "Beautiful Day", watching "I Will Follow" back on his phone!

Chivito550 · 21-11-2020 8:45pm

Seve OB wrote: »

I’ve a pretty big collection. A a rare Joshua Tree first pressing CD which was my first purchase then from Achtung I bought everything going till a few albums ago, I just couldn’t justify buying about 5 versions of an album or single anymore.
Have all the programs from live shows I went to, t-shirts, the red vinyl HMTMKMKM which is cool, have about 100 zoo dollar notes, fly shades, even zooropa condoms!
But the coolest is probably the vinyl first pressings of every album since Achtung........ still in original shrink wrapping

Nice!

I forgot the tshirts. I've 7 tshirts from the 11 gigs I've been to. Never thought to buy programmes, but I've a Joshua Tree 2017 plastic beer cup that I use to store pens now.

Seve OB · 22-11-2020 3:01am

Chivito550 wrote: »

Nice!

I forgot the tshirts. I've 7 tshirts from the 11 gigs I've been to. Never thought to buy programmes, but I've a Joshua Tree 2017 plastic beer cup that I use to store pens now.

I drink cans out of mine these days

Also have an innocence and experience one.
Which show did you get the Joshua cup? I got one in London but they didn’t have them in Dublin

Chivito550 · 22-11-2020 4:28am

Seve OB wrote: »

I drink cans out of mine these days
Also have an innocence and experience one.
Which show did you get the Joshua cup? I got one in London but they didn’t have them in Dublin

Twickenham. I was running National Athletics Championships the day of the Dublin gig so couldn't go. London was great. Some nightmare trying to get home though. Queues for train were horrific.

tadgho · 03-12-2020 1:19pm

I see the @U2 forum/website has been discontinued after 25 years. Always a good source of information about tours, gigs and upcoming events. Pressure is on this thread from now on then!!!....

:pac:

JoeExotic81 · 03-12-2020 7:48pm

tadgho wrote: »

I see the @U2 forum/website has been discontinued after 25 years. Always a good source of information about tours, gigs and upcoming events. Pressure is on this thread from now on then!!!.... :pac:

Yeah was sad to see. Used their forum for a bit but it went to sh!t like most forums due to power hungry mods.

The website was great during tours but that too lost its way. Their Twitter has been my go to for the past few years, and this thread

Apparently Reddit is where all the kewl kids r now.

I wonder what the legal issues were. They confirmed it wasn't anything to do with U2 themselves who they were quite friendly with.

PTH2009 · 03-12-2020 7:53pm

tadgho wrote: »

I see the @U2 forum/website has been discontinued after 25 years. Always a good source of information about tours, gigs and upcoming events. Pressure is on this thread from now on then!!!.... :pac:

Pity, i know a few of the users were bloody idiots who think there brilliant cause they went to xxx this many U2 shows and grabbed 20 of Edges guitar picks etc but as someone else said it was handy for tours and good quality bootlegs

EverythingGood · 05-12-2020 12:41am

Don't know if anyone saw the Late Late tonight, a tribute to Sharon Shannon, Adam was on it - wouldn't have believed it was him til I heard the voice. Looks like Tom Hanks in Cast Away

PTH2009 · 05-12-2020 1:18am

EverythingGood wrote: »

Don't know if anyone saw the Late Late tonight, a tribute to Sharon Shannon, Adam was on it - wouldn't have believed it was him til I heard the voice. Looks like Tom Hanks in Cast Away

A tribute to Sharon Shannon ?? Jesus what has Irish TV come too

Chivito550 · 07-12-2020 12:39pm

Sad about @u2. I remember using that site a bit as a teenager in the early 00s. I never used the forum though. I always used the u2.interference forum. Anyone else use those? I enjoyed those a lot. I haven't used it in years though. The forums are still going though.

I remember there being a website youtwo.com aswell but that finished up a long time ago, probably early 00s.

bonoman66 · 01-02-2021 9:45pm

For anyone who was there - here's a new multi-camera mix of Stay from Nov 9th 2018 in Dublin.

Hope you may enjoy it.

fafy · 02-02-2021 11:53am

JoeExotic81 wrote: »

Yeah was sad to see. Used their forum for a bit but it went to sh!t like most forums due to power hungry mods.

The website was great during tours but that too lost its way. Their Twitter has been my go to for the past few years, and this thread

Apparently Reddit is where all the kewl kids r now.

I wonder what the legal issues were. They confirmed it wasn't anything to do with U2 themselves who they were quite friendly with.

The closure of atu2 is a long story, but basically, there were 'Potential" legal issues from magazine articles which they published, without permission. Matt the editor of the site, left a few years back, and the site domain was registered to him personally, so there may have been possible legal suits against him personally, which as he had left the site a few years back, was not something he was prepared to risk - can't blame him. Its a pity, as while there was a lot of mega idiot fans, but there was also great articles. As far as I know, it was one of the longest run, fansites - ever, 26 years it ran from 1995 to 2020.

www.U2songs.com

https://twitter.com/u2songs?s=20

is currently one of the most informative website/twitter account for news, releases etc.

JoeExotic81 · 02-02-2021 3:05pm

bonoman66 wrote: »

For anyone who was there - here's a new multi-camera mix of Stay from Nov 9th 2018 in Dublin.

Hope you may enjoy it.

Was there, incredible performance. Their best since Vertigo tour for me. They were always sharp in the meantime but something had always felt a little tired or forced. Even the Belfast E+I show was not at the level of the above show. They just seemed on it!

JoeExotic81 · 02-02-2021 3:15pm

fafy wrote: »

The closure of atu2 is a long story, but basically, there were 'Potential" legal issues from magazine articles which they published, without permission. Matt the editor of the site, left a few years back, and the site domain was registered to him personally, so there may have been possible legal suits against him personally, which as he had left the site a few years back, was not something he was prepared to risk - can't blame him. Its a pity, as while there was a lot of mega idiot fans, but there was also great articles. As far as I know, it was one of the longest run, fansites - ever, 26 years it ran from 1995 to 2020.

www.U2songs.com

https://twitter.com/u2songs?s=20

is currently one of the most informative website/twitter account for news, releases etc.

Awesome, thanks for that! Can't stand Reddit so will use that to keep an eye on things. Yeah Matt seemed a great guy, sent him some U2 news before and he was very friendly and courteous!

MisterAnarchy · 03-03-2021 10:09pm

Pop is 24 years old today.
Where does the time go ?

martin101 · 03-03-2021 10:34pm

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Pop is 24 years old today.
Where does the time go ?

Thats mad, I remember part time working after school in superquinn then aged 16 and getting Pop on Cd with my first wage. Good Times.

tritriagain · 03-03-2021 10:40pm

martin101 wrote: »

Thats mad, I remember part time working after school in superquinn then aged 16 and getting Pop on Cd with my first wage. Good Times.

Great album. Great gigs. Great times

FixdePitchmark · 03-03-2021 11:24pm

I know a bit pointless at present - but were there any rumours on U2s - next step

Tour / Album / break up / break.

I'd say US will be out of all this first ?

PTH2009 · 04-03-2021 1:27am

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I know a bit pointless at present - but were there any rumours on U2s - next step

Tour / Album / break up / break.

I'd say US will be out of all this first ?

Apparently there's a concert film done and awaiting release of one of the shows they done on the Joshua Tree revisited tour. Lets hope its finally released this year

Reckon they prob won't tour til they release a new album, anyone's guess at this stage

tritriagain · 04-03-2021 7:21am

I wonder did we see the last of the big long tours. They were on the road for nearly 4 out of 5 years. They must be wrecked. I thought bono in particular looked worn out towards the end.

mrk75 · 04-03-2021 11:26am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Apparently there's a concert film done and awaiting release of one of the shows they done on the Joshua Tree revisited tour. Lets hope its finally released this year

Reckon they prob won't tour til they release a new album, anyone's guess at this stage

Hard to know. They've been quiet so could well be working away on something. They're not doing anything else after all so could they drop a new album perhaps? Wouldn't be like them to do that without being able to do the tour in support of it and the whole shebang of media appearances that normally accompany it.

Having said that, McCartney did it and got a hit album.

I'd say they'll release something before long - maybe just a live DVD to keep the profile up, a good excuse to write about them and a few pounds coming in...

JoeExotic81 · 04-03-2021 11:32am

Bono looked worryingly shook on the late late before Christmas. He looked about twenty years older than Edge sitting beside him.

I think, and I hope, for a more stripped back U2. I much preferred the last tour to the Joshua tree one, which I felt was a misstep.

We could well have seen the last mega tour from them though. Maybe they might have one more album in them. The long rumoured songs of ascent.

MisterAnarchy · 04-03-2021 1:03pm

tritriagain wrote: »

I wonder did we see the last of the big long tours. They were on the road for nearly 4 out of 5 years. They must be wrecked. I thought bono in particular looked worn out towards the end.

The 12 year touring contract with Livenation ended last year and from what I understand the contract wasnt renewed.
The ticket sales for the last leg in the US were poor enough due to saturating the market and price gouging.
Europe was underplayed on recent tours.

The band might be more flexible now with touring although they still have that slimeball Oseary as manager.

I could see a new tour starting in Europe.

bonoman66 · 04-03-2021 1:45pm

For anyone who was there on Tues Nov 6th 2018..
Hope you might enjoy.

I know many preferred this one was dropped in favour of Gloria but I still thought it was a good track live..

MisterAnarchy · 04-03-2021 4:54pm

Adam is doing his best God impression

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mehico · 04-03-2021 5:42pm

mrk75 wrote: »

Hard to know. They've been quiet so could well be working away on something. They're not doing anything else after all so could they drop a new album perhaps? Wouldn't be like them to do that without being able to do the tour in support of it and the whole shebang of media appearances that normally accompany it.

This could be the band's opportunity to release an album that they do not have to worry about recreating live. I think I remember Brian Eno saying something along the lines that he tried to get them create music like this as far back as the recording of the Joshua Tree album but the band themselves only wanted to try to create music they could play live.

PTH2009 · 13-03-2021 11:48pm

Watching the fan club DVD

The song called 'Dirty Day' that wasn't played in Dublin afaik ?. Deff wasn't on Dublin night 2 that I was at

Deseras · 13-03-2021 11:51pm

They will probably do a retirement your every year like the rolling stones
Bono struggles now on the high notes

MisterAnarchy · 13-03-2021 11:54pm

Deseras wrote: »

They will probably do a retirement your every year like the rolling stones
Bono struggles now on the high notes

Adam is only 5 years off the pension, 61 today.

innuendo141 · 13-03-2021 11:59pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Watching the fan club DVD

The song called 'Dirty Day' that wasn't played in Dublin afaik ?. Deff wasn't on Dublin night 2 that I was at

Played at the last 2 shows in Dublin and the final one in Berlin. Was a class intro to the Berlin section of the show.

Seve OB · 14-03-2021 10:14am

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Adam is only 5 years off the pension, 61 today.

Has he got enough stamps paid in?

v10 · 14-03-2021 11:55am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Watching the fan club DVD

The song called 'Dirty Day' that wasn't played in Dublin afaik ?. Deff wasn't on Dublin night 2 that I was at

yep was played both nights !

https://www.u2gigs.com/show2145.html
https://www.u2gigs.com/show2146.html

PTH2009 · 15-03-2021 11:20pm

https://www.u2.com/news/title/u2-the-virtual-road/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8-ULnn1uo

Be cool if they remastered the picture on Red Rocks and Popmart

JoeExotic81 · 17-03-2021 9:48pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

https://www.u2.com/news/title/u2-the-virtual-road/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8-ULnn1uo

Be cool if they remastered the picture on Red Rocks and Popmart

Thanks for the heads up on this, Christ it's glorious. Wonderful remaster of the greatest gig ever!

PTH2009 · 17-03-2021 10:15pm

JoeExotic81 wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up on this, Christ it's glorious. Wonderful remaster of the greatest gig ever!

yeah watching it now with a few bottles, christ that version of all i want is you going into Streets is wonderful

Pity i wasn't all enough for that slane show

MisterAnarchy · 17-03-2021 10:58pm

It looks like DVD upscaled to HD, sound is excellent though.

I remember the day well.

JoeExotic81 · 18-03-2021 1:24am

PTH2009 wrote: »

yeah watching it now with a few bottles, christ that version of all i want is you going into Streets is wonderful

Pity i wasn't all enough for that slane show

Luckily was there, my mug even makes an appearance on the DVD

the stars aligned that day. The weather, Ireland winning, brilliant support acts, the band truly on fire and pretty much at their peak.

PTH2009 · 18-03-2021 1:30am

JoeExotic81 wrote: »

Luckily was there, my mug even makes an appearance on the DVD the stars aligned that day. The weather, Ireland winning, brilliant support acts, the band truly on fire and pretty much at their peak.

The joys of been able to have that freedom

Saw U2 on the last 3 tours with only Croke Park having support by Noel Gallagher but the pub crawl of that day helped the atmosphere and the new age of these super fans travelling regiously to concerts.

Was this 'super fan' thing around in the late 90s/early 2000s ?

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