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    They just announced a bunch of stadium dates for the northeast, probably going to the Buffalo show at New Era on September 5th. The cheapest tickets will be about $40, which is very reasonable...
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    I've read a couple of reviews and they're pretty positive actually, and Bono doesn't preach much...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    They just announced a bunch of stadium dates for the northeast, probably going to the Buffalo show at New Era on September 5th. The cheapest tickets will be about $40, which is very reasonable...
    Fair enough, I was about to start shit about their prices because I read somewhere that the UK and Ireland tickets started at $140+
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    They are literally out of ideas, music, and self-worth.

    Way past time for them to hang it up
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
    Fair enough, I was about to start shit about their prices because I read somewhere that the UK and Ireland tickets started at $140+
    They're $39.50 to $295 here, which may be the market but quite reasonable...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post
    They are literally out of ideas, music, and self-worth.

    Way past time for them to hang it up
    Well they had more ideas than you, so the fuck what....

    BTW, they are working on a new album and thought The Joshua Tree redux fit the current political climate of right wing assholes controlling the U.S. and U.K., and would be a good bridge from their embarrassing last album to their new stuff....

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    Show here sold out. Could always sit near the Rock Hall or closer to the stadium and listen for free.

    Found this on the tube the other day

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    Actually New Era Stadium is perfect for that with so many parking lots and a presumably semi-empty bar(s) next door during the concert...

    I doubt they'll sell out right away on Monday, I hope...

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    I really didn't think it would sell out, with Pittsburgh so close.

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    Quote Originally Posted by twonabomber View Post
    I really didn't think it would sell out, with Pittsburgh so close.
    That's probably why they launched a second wave of dates, U2 will be like the third concert at the Bill's stadium since around 2011 after a period of concert bans after the Grateful Dead riots of 1991 or so..,.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    Well they had more ideas than you, so the fuck what....

    BTW, they are working on a new album and thought The Joshua Tree redux fit the current political climate of right wing assholes controlling the U.S. and U.K., and would be a good bridge from their embarrassing last album to their new stuff....
    Oh, right, right, another one of those "Remixed 2017" over priced pieces of shit like this one



    (Actually, that Beatles remix isn't all that bad)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    Well they had more ideas than you, so the fuck what.
    Really, fucktard?

    Seems to me when it ever came to Jew2 this guy was the one with the "ideas."


    As was this guy



    So "suck my dick," F A T T Y

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post
    Oh, right, right, another one of those "Remixed 2017" over priced pieces of shit like this one



    (Actually, that Beatles remix isn't all that bad)
    They already did that like ten years ago you moron. They're just playing the "Joshua Tree" line-up as a nostalgia thing...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post
    Really, fucktard?

    Seems to me when it ever came to Jew2 this guy was the one with the "ideas."


    As was this guy



    So "suck my dick," F A T T Y
    They didn't write the music, fucktard. They arranged it at behest of the band and the ZooTV/Achtung Baby era was largely pushing out Lanois and showed a dramatic break with their 'big-music' past. Most of that direction was driven by Edge and Bono...

    So eat my asshole
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    Wow. Stay stupid, fucktard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    They already did that like ten years ago you moron. They're just playing the "Joshua Tree" line-up as a nostalgia thing...
    "Nostalgia thing" = out of ideas. In it for the money.

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    ...Oh, and I don't ever remember Jew2 doing a "2017 Remix" of Crotchusa Pee 10 years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post
    "Nostalgia thing" = out of ideas. In it for the money.
    No shit, but there's a difference between out of ideas and never having any. You can hate U2 all you want, you say The Edge sucks and is all pedals and whatever. Yes their last album sucked weepy-old-man-balls. But you cannot deny they have been enormously influential. I understand people don't like U2 and see them as preachy phonies or whatever. I don't care. Their concerts tickets here are pretty reasonable and they do put work into putting on a good show, and yes, they are good to their fans and have been generous with the vaults and have tacitly even contributed bootlegs. In short, there isn't much that rivals them at this point like it or not though it's not a very high bar anymore unless you really love GNR....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post
    ...Oh, and I don't ever remember Jew2 doing a "2017 Remix" of Crotchusa Pee 10 years ago.
    Yes, there is a 30th Anniversary Ed. I really don't give a fuck about, you're correct and I hadn't noticed. I did pony up for the 20th Anniversary Remaster with the Paris-DVD and bonuses and had completely forgotten about it until I pulled it out of a box in my basement a couple months back. I read their Achtung Baby era bio that both the Edge and Bono were fucking with people by hitchhiking in the desert southwest during the original Joshua Tree tour and were picked up by an avid fan. After playing some of TJT the kid said something like, "hey guys, you like Def Leppard?" He popped in the Hysteria cassette in the car stereo and both Edge and Bono were horrified shocked on how much better the sound production was on a Def Leppard album than TJT. One of the legitimate things that drove the remaster originally, no interest in another one...
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    So..I win.

    AGAIN!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post
    Wow. Stay stupid, fucktard.
    I'll let you shit your pants to too much pot and electronica whalefarts®...

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    BONO: Hey Lou... what's the deal with this Kristy chick?
    LOU: Plucked her eyebrows along the way... shaved her legs and.... well you know how that goes.
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    Funny how all you suburban Jew2 fans think you're somehow relevant. Even you own suburbanites can't stand them

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidLeeNatra View Post
    U2 is a band that does a lot of right and good things, but I never came to like them. One of the bands I wouldn't want to see for free just because I don't give a shit.
    I really liked the War album. Still do.

    Joshua Tree was an excellent album.

    So was Achtung Baby.

    After that, I can't really say any of the subsequent albums I heard were great from start to finish, and probably 10 years ago I stopped even bothering with the newer stuff altogether.

    I mean, no doubt Bono is a pretentiously earnest, smug guy who thinks he has "changed the world" far more than he actually has. He HAS been willing to try and make a difference with various social/political/economic issues. I suppose I could fault him for his effectiveness with said issues, and his smarmy, self-satisfied attitude. Can't fault him for trying, though.

    I do remember thinking around 1993 that U2 were probably one of the last larger-than-life rock bands that were carrying forward the tradition of that classic rock style bands like The Beatles, The Who and The Stones had established. Mostly because U2 weren't afraid to write about 'big' things (as opposed to just love/lust tunes) and there was a seriousness to what they did.

    The longer U2 stuck around after the early 1990s, the less I felt that way with each passing year about their post-Achtung career. As I said, about a decade ago, I stopped giving a shit, too.

    However, War, The Joshua Tree & Achtung Baby for me have among some of the better stuff ever to come out of rock music. Probably 90% of rock bands who ever existed would have sold their souls to have come up with just one of the tunes off of one of those albums, much less an entire album as good as any of those three...much less all three.

    If they wanna tour The Joshua Tree now, and people want to see it, God Bless.

    You don't exactly hear anyone pining for a Black Flag reunion or a new Henry Rollins tour, although I'd agree both Sting and Bono are...well, a couple of twats. Talented, but twats nonetheless. I can't disagree with Henry on that score.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FORD View Post

    BONO: Hey Lou... what's the deal with this Kristy chick?
    LOU: Plucked her eyebrows along the way... shaved her legs and.... well you know how that goes.
    Talking of which did you hear about this story the other week?

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-a7748686.html

    Having a go at Lou Reed of all people on this issue - some students these days really need to get fucking get a grip...

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    God that's fucking ridiculous. Lou wrote that song about his own friends. And according to the book "Please Kill Me" - which was all about the early NYC proto-punk scene, Lou himself was dating a trans woman named "Rachel" at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post
    Funny how all you suburban Jew2 fans think you're somehow relevant. Even you own suburbanites can't stand them
    None of them are Jews, retard...

    Rollins is a bit of a mouthy straight-edge dicklick though....

    I've liked him, but at least Bono can drink a beer, you homo...

    BTW, Kristy you doucheknozzle, you couldn't name ONE fucking Blackfag song, you dumb fucking cumdumpster...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    BTW, Kristy you doucheknozzle, you couldn't name ONE fucking Blackfag song, you dumb fucking cumdumpster...

    She should learn this one, because she's ..... "one of them"



    Henry Rollins on vocals, Greg Ginn and Dez Cadena on guitar, Chuck Dukowski on bass, and Chuck Biscuits on drums - best band that (sadly) never made an official record together - due to corporate record label bullshit keeping them out of the studio.

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    Bought some fees with tickets included from TicketBastard...

    I hope they're okay only making $47 in bullshit, er, service charges on TWO FUCKING TICKETS!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    None of them are Jews, retard...
    http://forward.com/culture/207054/th...history-of-u2/

    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    BTW, Kristy you doucheknozzle, you couldn't name ONE fucking Blackfag song, you dumb fucking cumdumpster...
    Nice try with that one, fucktard.

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    Come to think of it, that’s not surprising in the least for a group that puts its faith in Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Joey Ramone, Paul Celan — and that other great Jewish rock star, Jesus Christ.
    The Messiah hath no problem being counted among the greatest Jewish songwriters of thy modern era

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    Oh Bono is a Yid Kid now! Gee, I always thought the bios stated he was into charismatic Christianity, knob. Googly-Kristy, again!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Terry View Post
    I really liked the War album. Still do.

    Joshua Tree was an excellent album.

    So was Achtung Baby.
    I think I like the Unforgettable Fire a little better than Achtung, but a good list
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    Bought some fees with tickets included from TicketBastard...

    I hope they're okay only making $47 in bullshit, er, service charges on TWO FUCKING TICKETS!!!!
    I went to the Vancouver show...prices were ridiculous...in a huge cavernous stadium - 50k plus

    What was weird about teh show is that it seemed way to small for that arena...sure the screen is big, but frankly U2 isn't bringing it anymore to justify energizing that size of crowd.

    What made it even stranger was Bono's bizarre comments about the venue during the show (eluding it was not suitable to his eclectic tastes).

    I know that the lion's share of shows are in the US, but there were a few puzzled faces when he spoke of "This is an American adventure... invented in America" and all of the visuals as well.

    I know alot of production and rehearsals are involved to change the show for other countries, but it seemed just strange is all. People around me were perplexed.

    It was made all the stranger as the band, particularly Bono spends alot of time here - they rehearsed for a couple of weeks here. Anyways, a smaller venue would have been much better I am sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romeo Delight View Post
    I went to the Vancouver show...prices were ridiculous...in a huge cavernous stadium - 50k plus

    What was weird about teh show is that it seemed way to small for that arena...sure the screen is big, but frankly U2 isn't bringing it anymore to justify energizing that size of crowd.

    What made it even stranger was Bono's bizarre comments about the venue during the show (eluding it was not suitable to his eclectic tastes).

    I know that the lion's share of shows are in the US, but there were a few puzzled faces when he spoke of "This is an American adventure... invented in America" and all of the visuals as well.

    I know alot of production and rehearsals are involved to change the show for other countries, but it seemed just strange is all. People around me were perplexed.

    It was made all the stranger as the band, particularly Bono spends alot of time here - they rehearsed for a couple of weeks here. Anyways, a smaller venue would have been much better I am sure.
    I'd tend to think U2 would be one of the few bands who really could put on an effective show in a stadium. I mean, shit, they've been doing them for 30+ years now...and they've got more than enough anthems in their discography that would still manage to translate well even in a stadium setting. Like, even if the band's physical energy levels aren't what they used to be, just the songs themselves would still - I imagine - be enough to carry them through.

    Having said all that, I'll never, ever see any band in a stadium again. Too much hassle + shit acoustics, and that's across the board for every stadium show I've ever seen. No rock acts - none of them - I've seen in a stadium setting ever sounded even remotely as good as a band in a mid-size arena.

    A 1,000 capacity club is my personal ideal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romeo Delight View Post
    It was made all the stranger as the band, particularly Bono spends alot of time here - they rehearsed for a couple of weeks here. Anyways, a smaller venue would have been much better I am sure.

    "I'll say your name if you promise to cum on my face."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
    Fair enough, I was about to start shit about their prices because I read somewhere that the UK and Ireland tickets started at $140+
    They were $35 actually but were all in the first two minutes. I went $70, which is what I wanted anyways, but with nearly $25 in Gimp assrape fees per` ticket...



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    Quote Originally Posted by Kristy View Post

    "I'll say your name if you promise to cum on my face."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romeo Delight View Post
    I went to the Vancouver show...prices were ridiculous...in a huge cavernous stadium - 50k plus

    What was weird about teh show is that it seemed way to small for that arena...sure the screen is big, but frankly U2 isn't bringing it anymore to justify energizing that size of crowd.

    What made it even stranger was Bono's bizarre comments about the venue during the show (eluding it was not suitable to his eclectic tastes).

    I know that the lion's share of shows are in the US, but there were a few puzzled faces when he spoke of "This is an American adventure... invented in America" and all of the visuals as well.

    I know alot of production and rehearsals are involved to change the show for other countries, but it seemed just strange is all. People around me were perplexed.

    It was made all the stranger as the band, particularly Bono spends alot of time here - they rehearsed for a couple of weeks here. Anyways, a smaller venue would have been much better I am sure.
    Saw the Popmart show in the Kingdome back in 1997. As big as that stage was, it looked tiny inside that building. Not so much during the show itself, since I was right in front of the stage. That was the last concert in that building before they blew it up a few months later of course.... saw the Stones there just a couple weeks before that. (nowhere near the stage for that one, unfortunately)

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