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[DizzyRum]

Interesting....

http://www.mirror.co...15875-22962552/

[dacbo]

So much wrong with that article.  Even if Glasto said U2 were able to bring their 360 show they wouldn't be able to as all the tour equipment will be in the States.  A stripped down set had always been the plan as its midway through their US tour.  For the Mirror to say Eavis had personally 'banned' them from having a big stage set up is just laughable.

...and this has to be made up? "Tickets for their Glastonbury appearance have already sold out with touts selling passes to the gig for up to £1,000 a pair."

[JoeyT]

I have images of eavis getting the band to do some sort of "keep it real" chant similar to that in the Ali G film...

[jeffie]

DizzyRum, on 03 March 2011 - 08:21 AM, said:

Interesting....

http://www.mirror.co...15875-22962552/

Has any artist ever been able to bring their entire stage show?

This is a non-story really - typical Mirror/

[ramragon]

i dont think anyone going to glastonbury or even U2 themselves thought for a minute theyd be able to put on the full 360 anyway. they'll only get 45 minutes to an hour to set up after Elbow

[lac999]

jeffie, on 03 March 2011 - 08:46 AM, said:

Has any artist ever been able to bring their entire stage show?

This is a non-story really - typical Mirror/

Pet Shop Boys last year - they bought basically the entirety of their spectacular show (floating boxes included)

[rhysieg]

i thought bands do usually bring their set-ups as long as its able to fit the stage??

of course with u2's tour being a 360 stage its pretty impossible/useless to use any kind of 360 screen etc... they will have some sort of set up surely...

im sure they wont use the same set up as other bands and will have sopme sort of screens/lights.

the best bit from that article is the confirmation (if that article has any truth to it) of a greatest hits set

[eoinca]

rhysieg, on 03 March 2011 - 09:53 AM, said:

the best bit from that article is the confirmation (if that article has any truth to it) of a greatest hits set

Definitely, their older stuff is decent.

I'll probably be at Primal Scream at that stage anyway, but might try and leg it around to catch the end of them or something.

[Stu H]

let's face it, U2 only really need Edge's guitar rig set-up, which he had last year anyway - as long as his guitar tech can still do what he needs to do, there's no need for anything else


The Mirror write some utter tosh - although i'll be happy at a Greatest Hits set.

[Dark Star]

Playing a greatest hits set would not be keeping it real from their perspective.

They'll almost certainly have a new album out and be wanting to promote it.  Why throw away one of the best marketing aids available to a band by playing a greatest hits set instead?  They've never really done that and I don't see them starting now.

[cejx]

Dark Star, on 03 March 2011 - 10:40 AM, said:

Playing a greatest hits set would not be keeping it real from their perspective.

They'll almost certainly have a new album out and be wanting to promote it.  Why throw away one of the best marketing aids available to a band by playing a greatest hits set instead?  They've never really done that and I don't see them starting now.

I disagree.  The best marketing U2 could do is play a greatest hits set.  Get everyone back on board with a bit of nostalgia - lets face it, they were far better pre Atchung Baby, get amazing reviews for putting out a brilliant singalong set, its a full 90 minute advert for them on the BBC, and then folk are more likely to purchase what will be yet another tedious U2 album... just in case it is any good.

Playing new songs is not going to be a selling point.

[eoinca]

cejx, on 03 March 2011 - 10:46 AM, said:

I disagree.  The best marketing U2 could do is play a greatest hits set.  Get everyone back on board with a bit of nostalgia - lets face it, they were far better pre Atchung Baby

Agreed, although I think Achtung Baby is far better than Rattle & Hum.

Their pre-R&H stuff is excellent though.

[Wooderson]

/nothing to see here

[Wirephil]

cejx, on 03 March 2011 - 10:46 AM, said:

I disagree.  The best marketing U2 could do is play a greatest hits set.  Get everyone back on board with a bit of nostalgia - lets face it, they were far better pre Atchung Baby, get amazing reviews for putting out a brilliant singalong set, its a full 90 minute advert for them on the BBC, and then folk are more likely to purchase what will be yet another tedious U2 album... just in case it is any good.

Playing new songs is not going to be a selling point.

2 posts in 1 morning that have taken the words right out of my mouth Cejx, I might let you do all my posting from now on  

[tonyblair]

cejx, on 03 March 2011 - 10:46 AM, said:

lets face it, they were far better pre Atchung Baby,

errr... no

for me it's their best album, and apart from Joshua Tree, their earlier stuff is generally the boring stuff (bar a handful of songs)


for me....

[cejx]

Wirephil, on 03 March 2011 - 11:41 AM, said:

2 posts in 1 morning that have taken the words right out of my mouth Cejx, I might let you do all my posting from now on  

massively rare that anybody agrees with me on these boards!!!

tonyblair, on 03 March 2011 - 11:41 AM, said:

errr... no

for me it's their best album, and apart from Joshua Tree, their earlier stuff is generally the boring stuff (bar a handful of songs)


for me....

nah.  WAR is the best.  End of!!

Though I should have said after Achung Baby, rather than before it - that was positively brilliant in comparison to the drivel that followed!

[jeffie]

lac999, on 03 March 2011 - 09:26 AM, said:

Pet Shop Boys last year - they bought basically the entirety of their spectacular show (floating boxes included)

Fair point, I think I was trying to say that there was never any way that they would get their whole rig, not least due to time constraints setting it up.

Massice Attack had their stage set year b4 last, but it was fairly simple.

[ICGenie]

cejx, on 03 March 2011 - 10:46 AM, said:

I disagree.  The best marketing U2 could do is play a greatest hits set.  Get everyone back on board with a bit of nostalgia - lets face it, they were far better pre Atchung Baby, get amazing reviews for putting out a brilliant singalong set, its a full 90 minute advert for them on the BBC, and then folk are more likely to purchase what will be yet another tedious U2 album... just in case it is any good.

Playing new songs is not going to be a selling point.

I'm always rather intrigued by what people consider to be U2's "hits".  You can't get all excited about them doing a greatest hits and then expect them to play nothing from 1992 onwards - All You Can't Leave Behind spawned far bigger hits than Rattle & Hum.  Then they do something pretty radical (and totally uncommercial) in Pop or No Line On The Horizon and people have a go at that too.  They don't want Bono to get political but they do want to hear Sunday Bloody Sunday  

Also can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to think U2 would do anything BUT a greatest hits set.

Edited by ICGenie, 03 March 2011 - 01:03 PM.

[tonyblair]

ICGenie, on 03 March 2011 - 01:03 PM, said:

I'm always rather intrigued by what people consider to be U2's "hits".  You can't get all excited about them doing a greatest hits and then expect them to play nothing from 1992 onwards - All You Can't Leave Behind spawned far bigger hits than Rattle & Hum.  Then they do something pretty radical (and totally uncommercial) in Pop or No Line On The Horizon and people have a go at that too.  They don't want Bono to get political but they do want to hear Sunday Bloody Sunday  

all so true

[Chazeboy]

Just done a little list of what id like to here, if i got a fraction of these for the price of my Glasto ticket id be very happy, there is loads ive missed out, but thinking for the Majority of the crowd at the Pyramid most of these would be very much enjoyed

Where the Streets have no Name

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Glastonbury

Angel of Harlem

New Years Day

Pride (in the name of Love)

Still Havent found

Beautiful Day

Stuck in the Moment

Elevation

Walk on

Vertigo

City of Blinding Lights

Sweetest Thing

Hands that Built america

Van Diemens Land

Helter Skelter

First Time

Out of Control

I will Follow

Rejoice

All Along the Watchtower