U2

BigStrongMan wrote: Baldrick wrote: So was it good lads for those that went? No surprise with setlist. Same as Barcelona. with such a big catalogue on songs,they should mix things up a little. Nothing worse at a gig when you know what's coming next

Don't most bands play kind of the same set on a particular tour? E.g. Joshua Tree tour.
That's just the world we now live in that a lot of things are known in advance.

Baldrick wrote: U2 have admitted they are not technically good enough to mix it up and they tried the Juke box thing and messed up in the past. .they tend to go with a very rehearsed choreographed set. Work off a about 25 songs of which they play 23.

really? Huge credit to the likes of Springsteen,who plays a lot off the cuff,sometimes playing stuff he mightn't have played in years

BabbsBalls wrote: Baldrick wrote: U2 have admitted they are not technically good enough to mix it up and they tried the Juke box thing and messed up in the past. .they tend to go with a very rehearsed choreographed set. Work off a about 25 songs of which they play 23. link to quote ?

if baldy says it,it's a fact good enough for me

I will find the quotes but they have said it so many times that the studio KS hard work for them as they are technically not great musicians. By the way I am a fan. They come from the punk movement which was anti bands being virtuoso's.

I think it was the rattle and him tour where they tried to mix it up a bit and it didn't work for them. Since then they have usually worked a core group of songs on any tour and then play 90% of them, playing around with three or four Max.   Part of the reason is their inability to just play like a bar stool blues band but also with the shows becoming more and more complex the serlist needs to be pretty standard as the videos are all lined up.   

What time did the gig actually finish?

Spot on McG.

The dimensions of the Hill where the stage is set up makes it. In summer when the gigs are on you get lots of natural light coming in to the stadium from behind and beside the stage and it adds to the event. As good a stadium for a gig as any out there !

Newryrep wrote: BabbsBalls wrote: Spot on McG. The dimensions of the Hill where the stage is set up makes it. In summer when the gigs are on you get lots of natural light coming in to the stadium from behind and beside the stage and it adds to the event. As good a stadium for a gig as any out there !   I thought it was reported that the acoustics at the springsteen gig were awful

Yeah seats at Croker are awful for a gig. You're basically watching the people on the pitch who are at a gig.

Remember seeing u2 for the Vertigo tour and was on the stand for the Sat night and the pitch for the Monday and the difference in sound was huge. Would never go see anyone in a stadium and bot be on the pitch, unless I got free tickets and all I wanted to do was have a fee beers.

June and July gigs in Ireland are ruined by our north west location and how much daylight we get in the summer.

U2 in slane in August and September was perfect

Edited by Baldrick - 24 Jul 2017 at 1:49pm