U2 tour in chaos

[stuartbert two hats]

Oh for f**ks sake, it's half 9 in the f**king morning. Far too early to read such vomit-enducing, offensive bollocks like this.

RANT

[Langdale Wolf]

Go back to bed then!

[jackarmy]

R.E.M?

[josephg]

Not with a 1 year old attempting maximum destruction of the living room. One eye on the laptop, one on The Boy.

I told him some joker had suggested Kasabian, and he cried his little eyes out. I hope you're happy now. You've RUINED my little boy's Sunday. Bastards.

[DaiBoyCookie]

R.E.M?

[danbailey80]

Hands down the most depressing forum topic i have ever read on these boards..i cannot believe the c**ts who have crawled out of the woodwork. more worrying is that i am sharing a festival with these twats..why would you be pleased that a huge booking like U2 are potential going to be cancelled? i'm prob not watching u2 but would never wish this on the festival and the eavis'. i'm sure the eavis' must be delighted to read there are such positive and kind people coming to their farm in june.

"best news ever! now there'll be loads of u2 fans contacting seetix for a refund". - sonicpervepor

it was sold out before they announced U2 c**tybollocks

"f**k YES!!!!!PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WHITE STRIPES" - block of mud

they aren't touring f**kwit

"Probably shouldn't get our hopes up, they'll probably wheel him in on a wheelchair" thelizardking

arse

"My take on this is that its a big publicity stunt" twig14

are you simple?

Edited May 23, 2010 by danbailey80

[Digi]

Hands down the most depressing forum topic i have ever read on these boards..i cannot believe the c**ts who have crawled out of the woodwork. more worrying is that i am sharing a festival with these twats..why would you be pleased that a huge booking like U2 are potential going to be cancelled? i'm prob not watching u2 but would never wish this on the festival and the eavis'. i'm sure the eavis' must be delighted to read there are such positive and kind people coming to their farm in june.

"best news ever! now there'll be loads of u2 fans contacting seetix for a refund". - sonicpervepor

it was sold out before they announced U2 c**tybollocks

"f**k YES!!!!!PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WHITE STRIPES" - block of mud

they aren't touring f**kwit

"Probably shouldn't get our hopes up, they'll probably wheel him in on a wheelchair" thelizardking

never liked you anyway

"My take on this is that its a big publicity stunt" twig14

are you simple?

[bamber]

I assume from what people are saying that Bono is currently residing in America? Otherwise, if they are heading to America then Ireland to England isn't a hard flight. They'll probably still play

[Digi]

He is apparently in hospital in Munich, Germany for some reason I can't work out?

[remote]

He is apparently in hospital in Munich, Germany for some reason I can't work out?

[sisterofmercy]

Not a fan of U2 myself but I hope he gets better soon. A lot of other people seem to like him so I don't see why people are getting annoyed about it. If you don't like them then go watch something else.

Edited May 23, 2010 by sisterofmercy

[just-spence]

Hands down the most depressing forum topic i have ever read on these boards..i cannot believe the c**ts who have crawled out of the woodwork. more worrying is that i am sharing a festival with these twats..why would you be pleased that a huge booking like U2 are potential going to be cancelled? i'm prob not watching u2 but would never wish this on the festival and the eavis'. i'm sure the eavis' must be delighted to read there are such positive and kind people coming to their farm in june.

"best news ever! now there'll be loads of u2 fans contacting seetix for a refund". - sonicpervepor

it was sold out before they announced U2 c**tybollocks

"f**k YES!!!!!PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WHITE STRIPES" - block of mud

they aren't touring f**kwit

"Probably shouldn't get our hopes up, they'll probably wheel him in on a wheelchair" thelizardking

never liked you anyway

"My take on this is that its a big publicity stunt" twig14

are you simple?

[fatyeti24]

Hands down the most depressing forum topic i have ever read on these boards..i cannot believe the c**ts who have crawled out of the woodwork. more worrying is that i am sharing a festival with these twats..why would you be pleased that a huge booking like U2 are potential going to be cancelled? i'm prob not watching u2 but would never wish this on the festival and the eavis'. i'm sure the eavis' must be delighted to read there are such positive and kind people coming to their farm in june.

"best news ever! now there'll be loads of u2 fans contacting seetix for a refund". - sonicpervepor

it was sold out before they announced U2 c**tybollocks

"f**k YES!!!!!PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WHITE STRIPES" - block of mud

they aren't touring f**kwit

"Probably shouldn't get our hopes up, they'll probably wheel him in on a wheelchair" thelizardking

never liked you anyway

"My take on this is that its a big publicity stunt" twig14

are you simple?

[danbailey80]

so you just thought you'd quickly pop on and tell all the haters why you hate them? does all the swearing at people make you feel better, or is this all just some *ironic* stuff that's just wooshed over my head?

not really all that 'positive' and 'kind' yourself are you?

[fatyeti24]

this is a fair point, and i recognized the 'irony' when i wrote it - the swearing was meant to add a humorous edge to my rather blunt post, but now rereading it i can see it would seem a little harsh..i wrote it when i was very angry though...still think they are arses though...

[guyfawkes]

Oh for f**ks sake, it's half 9 in the f**king morning. Far too early to read such vomit-enducing, offensive bollocks like this.

Sheesh.

Yeah - let's book Kasabian to take U2's place. A bit like crashing your Aston Martin and given a Skoda as a courtesy car. Or Rooney being injured for the world cup, only to be replaced with Ian Ormondroyd.

Bah.

This post has made me grumpy.

Kasabian indeed.

[TheBoyInTheBubble]

They were rehearsing in France when he injured himself, so he ended up in Munich. The guy who has operated has been the Doctor of Larry Mullen Jnr for years, as he has a pretty knackered back too. He also treats all of the Germany squad blah blah blah so I guess he's rather good at what he does

[Digi]

"Has been the doctor of Larry Mullen Jnr for years...so I guess he's rather good at what he does". If he was that good he wouldn't be milking poor Larry like he's a farmer with a really big cow.

[TheBoyInTheBubble]

Ah, I dunno - Larry apparently loves him and his bulls blood injection crap! Swears it works so yep, it might be a very expensive placebo but horses for courses and all that.

[Digi]

Next time you're at a U2 gig early enough to leave gifts for the band (like the old woman who aggressively questioned my mum about what flowers she should buy only to cut my mum down to size with "What? There is no way Daniel O'Donnell would like those") I'd go for a copy of The Emperor's New Clothes. Apparently there's a moral about not getting trousers from foreigners or something.

[thelizardking]

"best news ever! now there'll be loads of u2 fans contacting seetix for a refund". - sonicpervepor

it was sold out before they announced U2 c**tybollocks

"f**k YES!!!!!PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WHITE STRIPES" - block of mud

they aren't touring f**kwit

"Probably shouldn't get our hopes up, they'll probably wheel him in on a wheelchair" thelizardking

arse

"My take on this is that its a big publicity stunt" twig14

are you simple?

[Digi]

Fair enough the arse comment, equally negative to mine, but why Digi do you feel the need to change the quote to a personal attack on me?

[thelizardking]

I didn't - I don't know you at all NOT to like you. I think you'll find that since I quoted, the original poster has changed what he said

[puppetmode]

I don't think people are being negative on the whole. There's bound to be people with strong feelings regarding Bono and U2 and never wanted them to play. I don't think anyone wants to see anyone in pain.

Most people are just excited about the possibility of getting their 'dream' headliner to replace U2 if they can't make it.

Its like when everyone found out about Michael Jackson dying. Everyone was excited about the news. There was a real buzz about the place. Doesn't mean they wanted him dead. It was just exciting news. But I'm not saying Bono putting his back out is anyway in the same league as MJs death.

No matter who fills the void if it doess happen, more people will be more disappointed with the replacement than when U2 were first announced.

[cabstar]

I cannot believe the rubbish I have read in this thread, I think there is a lot of dreaming being done.

GFL is a business, headliners are used to sell tickets, the festival has sold out so there is absolutely no need to replace the headliner with a fresh act.

GFL will be insured for bands pulling out, as will U2 for any reason why they cannot headline protecting their fee. So Eavis now has the chance to get a headliner on the cheap, whilst keeping his headliner fee.

No big band is going to replace U2, far to many egos amongst the worlds biggest bands to be considered as just replacements to U2.

The line up will just move up the bill by one, step up Dizzee Rascal, you all know this is what will happen so stop dreaming & accept it...

Unless I am wrong & Emily makes that call to Chris Martin.....