PopBitch 1,218 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 They had their first show of the tour last Thursday. U2 is doing a more intimate tour this year, arenas, and have several stages and can get to all of their audience with the walkway connecting them, going from the innocence of their youth as a band and life to the men they are now and the music is setlisted that way. They have a groundbreaking speaker system hanging from the ceiling all over from front to back. And they have an amazing screen running sideways between the big stage and the small stage, see through, that drops down, and they can be within it. The Edge fell off the stage. Bono said Edge downloaded himself illegally into the audience without the audience's permission. These guys in their 50s are upping the bar on being innovative, art with concert design. Gaga and Katy and Madonna and others need to up their game, and younger bands. But it's U2 that are being innovative, a 30-plus-year-old band.. I really would love to have stages at both ends and a connecting stage, where Gaga is out there to all of the audience throughout, where you can feel more connected even though not up at the front of the stage. It's hard going to a concert and never being close. The way this tour is set up you will always have times they are right there with you. COME ON, GAGA. IMPLODE THE POP WORLD WITH YOUR NEXT TOUR AND DESIGN AND BREAK IT INTO SECTIONS ALSO WITH A THEME. SAN JOSE — About 20 years ago, U2 staged a media-skewering tour called Zoo TV. The band's latest romp should just be called "TV." The dominant technological motif of the Irish band's latest show — which roared through the SAP Arenahere Tuesday, the second night of a U.S. tour that kicked off Monday — is an enormous double-sided screen that fully bisects the audience. Not only are massive animations projected onto the screens, but the band frequently performs from inside the gap between the two, literally captured inside the whirl of images — humans interacting with digital 1s and 0s. The artistic effect is powerful. Though you've come to see the band members live, one is often left watching them on television in a surreal pop-art installation powered by flesh, blood and tech. U2 tour review: Seeing is disbelieving "What do you think?" boomed Bono, after the band finished performing Even Better than the Real Thing from inside the screens. "We're not afraid of tech. We like innovation." If the computing power in a simple smartphone far exceeds what NASA used to send men to the moon in the 1960s, one strains to describe the processing muscle needed to run the screens on this Innocence & Experience tour. Tech company EMC is responsible for powering the visuals, anchored to use of its VNXe3200 hybrid-flash storage unit that allows U2's animators to play with huge uncompressed files for maximum resolution over an expansive screen. But the gadgetry of the show did not limit itself to the screens. Tech references were sprinkled throughout the concert, often subtly. Bono's ties to Silicon Valley date back to the band's early collaboration with Apple — the red U2 iPod of 2004 — which led to a deep friendship with Steve Jobs and by extension other tech titans. Shortly after the iPod deal, Bono helped co-found area VC firm Elevation Partners. Early in the show, Bono told the crowd, "I have so many friends here," and then announced that the following song, Iris, was "for a very special mother, Sheryl." Last month, Bono performed One at the memorial service for SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg, the husband of Facebook COO and Lean In author Sheryl Sandberg. Later in the performance, Bono whispered, "Laurene, this is for you," and launched into the romantic song Every Breaking Wave. Laurene Powell Jobs is Steve Jobs' widow. Bono then name-checked another tech world legend — Apple designer Jony Ive — when he asked a fan whether she had a smartphone that could record video. With her nod, Bono pulled the woman on stage. "Let's try something," he said. "Why don't you film us during this next song." U2 then launched into The Sweetest Thing while their amateur videographer recorded the proceedings. The resulting video — in the vein of new Meerkat and Periscope live-broadcasting technology — did not appear as one might have hoped on the screens, but it was for the moment a brilliant souvenir for one fan. While the four childhood friends from Dublin have long ago been elevated to rock deity, they've never been shy about using tech to put the spotlight more on their art than themselves. The massive screens on this tour extend that tradition, showcasing their communicative power during Sunday Bloody Sunday, a song about the Irish civil rights protesters who were killed by British troops in 1972. "We should never forget them," said Bono, as endless photographs of faces filled the screens, technology aiding music in forging an indelible memory." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Man 9,245 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 They are certified the king of tours. "A little less conversation and a little more touch my body." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbuHassan1992 766 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 their tours have always been awesome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I still don't know why Gaga doesn't do a stage in the middle of the arenas...more GP would have a better view and more seats would be available since seats behind the stage don't get offered... Am I the only one making sense? Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaga Monster 13,001 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 So excited to go to 1 of the sold out 8 shows at Madison Square Garden to see them!! GGD Presidential Elections Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbuHassan1992 766 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 So excited to go to 1 of the sold out 8 shows at Madison Square Garden to see them!!damn you're lucky I wanted tickets to one of those but couldn't get any Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaga Monster 13,001 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 damn you're lucky I wanted tickets to one of those but couldn't get anyI think on Ticketmaster for the final shows you can still get in the 200's GGD Presidential Elections Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PopBitch 1,218 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 damn you're lucky I wanted tickets to one of those but couldn't get anyTry a few days before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PopBitch 1,218 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 That see-through drop-down screen going sideways to the runway, with a catwalk inside, is so cool the way they project the visuals onto it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy 495 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Kings of touring. My dad has seen them a good dozen times and wants to come at me for going to so many concerts! They're tours are literally incredible visual wise - I would love to go see them. I need to make it happen! That catwalk is incredible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy 495 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I still don't know why Gaga doesn't do a stage in the middle of the arenas...more GP would have a better view and more seats would be available since seats behind the stage don't get offered... Am I the only one making sense? I agree. Gaga would kill a in the round 360 stage! Britney did it with Circus Tour in 2009 and it was so incredible visual wise, imagine when someone does it like Gaga who has the incredible with both the visuals and talent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 108,173 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 U2 the innovative ones (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘢, 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopBitch 1,218 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Kings of touring. My dad has seen them a good dozen times and wants to come at me for going to so many concerts! They're tours are literally incredible visual wise - I would love to go see them. I need to make it happen! That catwalk is incredible Did you dad go see the ZooTV tour in support of Achtung Baby back in the early '90s? I wish I could go back in time and have experienced that tour from watching the videos. And I love the theme of that tour and the alter-egos he portrayed. "the Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately staged multimedia event. It satirised television and media oversaturation by attempting to instill "sensory overload" in its audience. To escape their reputation for being overly serious, U2 embraced a more lighthearted and self-deprecating image on tour. Zoo TV and Achtung Baby were central to the group's 1990s reinvention." I would love to see them play The Fly on this tour. I hope they throw it in. It's so electric and love the falsetto. I love the line, "Taste is the enemy of art." LOL The visuals onstage for that tour were mindblowing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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