U2 Tour Dates - Now Official! — Page 183

Awww, I'm so jealous, Elphie!!! I loooooove that song. Did you hear that they're confirmed for Australia and NZ? I think I saw that they're supposed to be playing Auckland on St. Patrick's Day! If only I were made of money!

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Oh well, at least that'll mean a recent boot w/ OTH! When was the last time they played it? 1989, I think!...I honestly think I'd die. I love me some Bad and Running to Stand Still (my other two big tear-jerkers), but I swear I'd BAWL like a baby if I ever got to hear OTH live. There's some rumblings about them doing a handful of stadiums in the States, so maybe if they'd gotten it all polished up in NZ, they'd play it here?? It sounds like Fenway is nixing any other big concerts, which sucks. If I could get GA at Fenway! ON THE FIELD AT FENWAY!!! Oh man! It's probably just as well, because I wouldn't get them through general sale, and I'd be so beyond tempted to pay an obscene price to see U2 from the field.

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That's true, OTH in Auckland would be pretty mind blowing. (And on St. Patty's Day???) Now, a show in Dublin on St. Patty's Day...has it happened before in the history of U2 touring? Would be pretty incredible.

Does this mean Boston next summer is definitely out? Too bad - there's usually a ridiculously cheap seat sale from Vancouver to Boston (like, under CAD$200 including taxes) and I would totally go. Hey...you know, Nic, if that's the case, you could seriously come up to Vancouver next summer. What say you? Spend US$150 on your ticket, and bring like, an extra US$150 and you're seriously set for the week.


ETA: CQ! What clothes did you buy? Now, if you describe them using colours like "teal", "taupe" and "meringue", you may be a bit gay. And that'd be okay!

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Updated On: 11/5/05 at 07:47 PM

How many seats is Gillette? Even though the concept of a stadium concert is awesome, if I wasn't in the first 5 rows on the ground or right next to the stage, it probably wouldn't be worth it, eh?

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hehe. Eggwhite is my favorite color!

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Indeed, they did have a stadium specific stage set up. There was no behind the stage seating, and instead of the light curtains, they had a huge wall/screen of lights. And there wasn't an enclosed elipse, but two runs that came out into the GA space, but didn't connect, from what I recall. I'm not sure how the sound would be, but the idea of the weather playing such a key part in your enjoyment of the show is also kind of an iffy thing. I don't think I'd be too keen on kicking around for hours on end only to end up getting stuck in the rain for a concert. Though, if you lucked out and caught a nice night, I'm sure it would really be something to hear them outside on a summer night. I don't know. It's not like anything's officially been announced anyway. As of right now, it's just Australia and NZ. Though, there are rumors about S. America and Mexico, and you would think if they're in Mexico, doing stadiums, they might as well swing back through major US cities for some stadium dates if they could easily sell them out (which I'd imagine they could).

Oh, and yeah...Bono definitely needs to vary his banter. Even he sounds bored on the boots on the "call your mother, pay your gas bill" bit. If you can do so damn much w/ a cell phone, why not vary what you can do w/ them from night to night...at least change what kind of bill you're paying! "Call your brother, pay your electric bill." Now would that be so tough?!

Edited to remove that ridiculously large picture. Just take my word for the fact that your chances of getting a quasi-decent spot at a stadium show are next to nil!

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Updated On: 11/6/05 at 10:10 PM

I don't think there would be any good spots at a stadium show, honestly. Unless you had GA, got there 2 days ahead of time and waited to get a spot right up front. The seats look a mile away and who wants to be on the field hundreds of yards away?!? Though, I've read some people's reviews where they said they had no desire to ever see a concert in an arena, because it's just too small. Dunno.

Anyway, guess that's about it. Pat, be sure to let us know how darling Chita was!!!

Oh, and SPOILERS FROM LAST NIGHT'S VEGAS SHOW to follow. But before I go into specifics, I'll just say that Brandon Flowers showed up to guest on a song in the encore (I won't say what song here, Elphie! ) Was that the show groupie was supposed to go to?!? I couldn't remember what her email was, and I've got one that looks like it might have been hers. I don't know. It's my own fault for not setting up a proper address book!) Anyway:
































So, VegasII was basically an evening of Achtung!!! They played Mysterious Ways and UTEOTW (in place of the Boy songs at the beginning of the set) for the first time since June in Europe, according to u2tours.com! And they played the Zoo Station/Fly encore for the first time since our show at MSG on 10/10! MJB came on to guest on One again, and Brandon Flowers joined them for In a Little While during the second encore! They also did a snippet of All These Things That I've Done in Beautiful Day! Sounds like a great show!! Pity they couldn't have tossed Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses in there to have a full-out Actung Fest!! It looks like a must-have boot, I'd say.































































/SPOILERS! Only a couple more weeks of this Elphie! Then we can have a full fledged dishing of the 3rd leg/end of 2nd leg goings-on! I can't wait!!! It seems like a lot of people are bitching about static setlists on interference, but since you haven't looked at all, I have a feeling you're in for some serious surprises!!! And depending on what they do on Monday's show, you should be good for at least a few new songs, which is always good fun!! Pat, did you look at the reviews/setlists we posted from our shows, or are you totally in the dark as well?

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Chita was pretty fun. The show had it flaws, but I felt like I was seeing someone special even if it wasn't something special.

I did write a review on the main page:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=874348&dt=110605045956

Are they basically sticking to two standard setlists, night 1 and night 2? Is night 2 infinitely better?

And Pat posted a Chita review on the main board.

Elphie, there definitely isn't the clear-cut rotation of songs for this leg that there was on the first: Night I: An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart and Electric Co.; Night II: Gloria/The Ocean and Bad. For a while there seemed to be a pattern, but then that kind of got shot to hell. I really don't think there's any telling what you're going to get. Not that there's that much variation. Like from one night to the next there'd be 1/2 dozen switched around songs (far from it) but there are a handful of spots where it's kind of up in the air w/ what you'll get. A lot of 2 show cities after NYC, didn't have any easily pin-pointed "this is NightI, that is NightII" setlists.

And I don't think the "You know who" harmonizing would be a spoiler. It was Mary J. Blige on One again. Obviously they're going to be singing One at every show, and I don't think I put that in the spoilers for our first show (and Tiff and I came back and bitched about it numerous times since). The Brandon Flowers song was fairly unique, so I won't go into that. Just keep your fingers crossed that MJB doesn't pop up for your show. If she does, they should just let her sing it, because she and Bono singing together...Not. Good.


And yeah, Tiff. I think I would have died if I were at that show! UGH!

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That's what I am thinking...but don't get my hopes up. :-P

Okay, well it's not spoilers if we discuss the HTDAAB songs, right? I mean, Claire's seen the first leg, and it IS the Vertigo tour, so it's expected that an assload of HTDAAB songs will still be there for the third leg. (So we can freely bitch about how we'd be happy never hearing Miracle Drug/STYCMIOYO combo live ever again?)

"Dancing Barefoot"? Haha! Hahahaha! Yeah, maybe it'll be a "Dancing Barefoot"/"Mofo"/"One Tree Hill" medley! Hahahahahaha! Or Bono will just mumble aimlessly into the microphone for a snippet, then wail away in some repetitive tune while plugging his nose, as a shout-out to the other opening acts of yesteryear.

<-- bitter

I'm curious about the November setlists though - it's a total toss-up for what the setlist is going to be. On one hand, there's a one month gap since last time, so maybe they would re-use a lot of the old setlists from there. On the other hand, it's still New York and it's their last jaunt so they may throw something wacky in there. (Like AoH or NY!)

I suspect the 11/22 show will be F*CKing AMAZING though.

Good review, Patty! Dontcha wish you sent the flowers now?

Edited: Because "numble" isn't a word.

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Updated On: 11/6/05 at 05:33 PM