Originally posted by germcevoy:The balloon thing suggests the production team didn’t quite have all the time they wanted (or needed). But all valid points stated above.
Originally posted by germcevoy:The balloon thing suggests the production team didn’t quite have all the time they wanted (or needed). But all valid points stated above.
Originally posted by u2wanderer1:[..]
The balloon thing was a fun way to introduce an audience member to the stage. Then they realized how there were aspects they hadn’t considered when it was in use. The door was an attempt to keep some of it in place after they decided having an audience member swing out over the audience May not work in the long run…
Originally posted by shappers72:[..]
The first 8 songs have full on video production, tipping the nod to zoo tv along the way.
The middle set was designed to strip out the intensity and it did
The ‘wake up the baby’ set built a steady uphill climb from acrobat on the turntable visual right back out to full production.
From the reveal at the end of Elevation it’s a staged romp through vegas and the desert to the Arc.
It was designed specifically to do that.
The production team worked on it for a straight 12 months and the rehearsal time was not restricted.
Assumptions and reality don’t seem to align.
Originally posted by jick:The show itself could not measure up to the last 3 tours - JT Tour and ei Tour. The former had 8k videos shot by Anton Corbijn himself, while the ei Tour had some nice moving images. Meanwhile, the Sphere was just a "budget" version of the last 3 tours with just an added sky, roof, or ceiling. It did not feature real videos but just graphics created by people in the computer gaming industry. The supposed "finale" was just a collage of animals that was not even moving, and was copy/pasted and repeated many times just to fill up the Sphere screen. The Fly was a rehash of the ei Tour graphics. So what if Streets or Atomic City had a sky above? Guess what, the same thing can be said for stadium shows in the JT Tour but they actually had the real sky above instead of a make-believe one.
Bono was zapped of all his political commentary and religious references. Perhaps it was by design to appease those who ridicule him for talking too much in previous tours. But agree or disagree with his words, they are what charges him up to do a great show. Robbed of his ability to rant, preach, and pray, Bono is uninspired and like a headless chicken.
The Edge is the scientist and perfectionist of the band. He is so meticulous with his amps and the signal that he used different wires, microphones, speakers, amps, and for every song. Now, he doesn't use his old rigs and Dallas isn't as prominent here because Edge is using an "amp emulator" which is something that just mimics what he used to do before through trial and error. The guitar is not authentic Edge but more of a "sounds like" Edge.
Clayton seems to be in another planet whenever he is not focused on communicating with Van Den Berg to guide him through the songs. If he is not making contact with Van Den Berg, he seems like he is somewhere else worried about his mustache or his next fashion statement. Is he really present with us?
Van Den Berg is pure energy. I cannot say enough superlatives to commend his effort on carrying on the legacy of Mullen's music. He is doing his best. He seems to be the most professional and hard working member of the band. But that's the problem: he is not a member of the band but a substitute. When your substitute outworks you, then you know it is a tour to forget.
So yes, I voted that this is a tour to forget. It sounds like an uninspired U2 cover band, doing cabaret karaoke, with some nice graphics and manufactured sky above for better effects.
Let's forget all this and move on to the next album and tour.
Cheers,
J
Originally posted by hoserama:[..]
November 1st...they played every song expertly, great vibe, Bono clearly in good spirits and lots of random extra snippets. It's a bummer there isn't a quality recording for people to hear it (ahem).
Regardings the point about 15 shows being excessive, you're probably right. I wouldn't recommend seeing the show that many times for most folks. I have no regrets (although my bank account might disagree). I will say that the show really benefits from seeing it at least twice, as it can be a bit overwhelming the first time you see the show. My mother joined for two shows with me in November, liked it so much, and ended up coming out for two more shows in December with my cousin. Both of them agreed there was a real benefit in seeing the show twice.
I'm also the guy who saw the Bono book tour show six times, so a little insanity is expected.
Originally posted by popmarter:[..]
You must have a lot of disposable income or else be Certifiably Insane 🤣I get why some people travel to different countries on a proper tour to see them as you get a different experience on multiple levels ,but even for the band it must have done their head in after the first week playing the same venue night after night where half the audience were zoned out from looking at the screen so much.