Originally posted by MoFoNYR15:[..]
Give it a rest. It ok for someone to not enjoy it. Nothing to laugh at them about.
Originally posted by MoFoNYR15:[..]
Give it a rest. It ok for someone to not enjoy it. Nothing to laugh at them about.
Originally posted by guykirk9:[..]
Can’t help myself
Originally posted by Papo:[..]
Don't know if you intend to, but you come across very rude at the moment, imo.
If a fellow fan has a bad experience at a show or doesn't enjoy it,, because the experience is harmed by others or it is just not what he or she expeceted, there is nothing to laugh about. I don't agree with you that hearing AB in full should be all it takes to have a great time, there is more to it to have a good experience at a show.
I hope for our fellow U2 friend that his next experience on the weekend will be better and that he can enjoy the show maybe a bit more than the last one.
Originally posted by iTim:[..]
Interesting, any particular reasons why it fell short of expectations? Which were the few songs you didn’t know about?
Originally posted by iamcrazytonight:[..]
oh that sucks - having someone spoil the whole setlist when you've clearly said that you were spoiler free lol. But how come your first reactions was "it's not a good show" ? I'm curious to hear your thoughts.
Originally posted by SJKamal:[..]
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Songs I knew they were going to play: AB, Atomic City, Streets, WOWY. BD
Songs I assumed they were going to play: Elevation, Vertigo, ISHFWILF, Pride
Songs I had a suspicion they were going to play: All I want is you, Desire, Love Rescue Me
I also thought I saw a YouTube video titled something like "City of Blinding lights Sphere U2" so I assumed they played COBL. However, they obviously didn't so I wonder If I clicked off the page too fast and got the video title wrong.
So, the shows itself. I think I underestimated just how many people in attendance would be there for the Sphere, and not for the band themselves. Night one my section was filled with people wearing "guest" lanyards. The atmosphere was awful, and if it wasn't for Streets, it would have been my first gig ever where I would have stayed fully seated and never have stood up. Upon investigation, apparently those "guest" lanyards were given out with the Vibee packages. So, they could have been genuine fans, but I doubt it. Some were kids playing on their phones, and others were dressed up in formal attire.
Night 2 the couple next to me had travelled from Michigan to see the Sphere, and not U2, as they've been following the Sphere's development on social media. Night 3, the row of lads behind me were also there for the Sphere, and shouted "turn the screen back on" during the R&H section.
On paper the setlist itself looks pretty standard. However, I don't think any of it particularly translated well live. The opening of the show was OK, but could have been considerably better if Bono sang the "I could have lost you" snippet off stage, you see him on screen put on The Fly glasses, then the band appear from the darkness with spot lights and kick into Zoo Station, with the same visuals on the screen.
I don't think any of the AB songs sounded great live either. In fact, I think they sounded considerably better in 2018 then they did at the Sphere. I understand that the band purposely decided to not use any visuals in the R&H section, but they definitely lose the show when they do this. The reality is that it's U1.5, playing on a big TV screen, to a non U2 audience. When you get rid of the attraction people lost interest. I would defo add some visuals into that section. Doesn't have to be anything crazy. Just something calm and generic.
I don't think any of the visuals were particularly special either. The Zoo Station visuals were nice, but you could easily imagine that on the E+I screen. We've seen The Fly visuals before, apart from the ceiling falling from the sky. The Ultra Violet visuals were probably my favorite, and the Atomic City visuals was the only time I truly went "wow". I liked the Helicopter at the start of the show and the Helicopters during Vertigo too. They should have done more along those lines.
The audio really wasn't anything special either. It sounded like a normal arena. Although when I moved to section 302 for the second night, you could hear Edge a lot more clearly. It felt like he had his own audio feed broadcasted. You could hear his guitar and vocals a lot more clearly. However, when I also sat in 302 on the final night, this was all ruined with the constant feedback noise, which almost led to the band leaving the stage.
I felt the encore worked well for the most part and was the probably the highlight of the show for many. This was really the only part of the gig where the crowd was interacting. However, who's idea was it to awkwardly segue Vertigo into Streets with a MoS snippet? It feels like the band drew up the setlist and were like "crap what about Streets" and just shoved it in wherever. They would have been better off doing 2 encores, and leaving the stage after Vertigo, have some video play on the screen to segue into Streets, then come back out for the second encore.
Normally, when I leave a U2 gig I leave with many highlights, and always leave thinking "I've seen the best of U2 here". However, it's disappointing that I don't think there were any highlights, and certainly don't think I saw the best of U2 at all. It doesn't help that on night 1 Edge had guitar issues and missed the intro for Streets. Night 2 he had guitar issues during WOWY and BD, and night 3 the band almost had to leave the stage due to sound issues!
On a positive note, I did hear many songs that I've never heard before live. Trying to throw your arms around the world, All I want is you, love rescue me, so cruel, love is blindness, atomic city and Lovetown are all songs I've never heard before.
Originally posted by popmarter:[..]
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But yet you went 3 times to see it🤣,surely after the first night you knew exactly what you were getting and could have sold those tickets, and BTW most people are there to see the band the sphere is a lot more spectacular on the outside than it is inside and WTF would people pay a fortune just to see a video screen when you can look at a better one for free on the outside .
Originally posted by SJKamal:[..]
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Songs I knew they were going to play: AB, Atomic City, Streets, WOWY. BD
Songs I assumed they were going to play: Elevation, Vertigo, ISHFWILF, Pride
Songs I had a suspicion they were going to play: All I want is you, Desire, Love Rescue Me
I also thought I saw a YouTube video titled something like "City of Blinding lights Sphere U2" so I assumed they played COBL. However, they obviously didn't so I wonder If I clicked off the page too fast and got the video title wrong.
So, the shows itself. I think I underestimated just how many people in attendance would be there for the Sphere, and not for the band themselves. Night one my section was filled with people wearing "guest" lanyards. The atmosphere was awful, and if it wasn't for Streets, it would have been my first gig ever where I would have stayed fully seated and never have stood up. Upon investigation, apparently those "guest" lanyards were given out with the Vibee packages. So, they could have been genuine fans, but I doubt it. Some were kids playing on their phones, and others were dressed up in formal attire.
Night 2 the couple next to me had travelled from Michigan to see the Sphere, and not U2, as they've been following the Sphere's development on social media. Night 3, the row of lads behind me were also there for the Sphere, and shouted "turn the screen back on" during the R&H section.
On paper the setlist itself looks pretty standard. However, I don't think any of it particularly translated well live. The opening of the show was OK, but could have been considerably better if Bono sang the "I could have lost you" snippet off stage, you see him on screen put on The Fly glasses, then the band appear from the darkness with spot lights and kick into Zoo Station, with the same visuals on the screen.
I don't think any of the AB songs sounded great live either. In fact, I think they sounded considerably better in 2018 then they did at the Sphere. I understand that the band purposely decided to not use any visuals in the R&H section, but they definitely lose the show when they do this. The reality is that it's U1.5, playing on a big TV screen, to a non U2 audience. When you get rid of the attraction people lost interest. I would defo add some visuals into that section. Doesn't have to be anything crazy. Just something calm and generic.
I don't think any of the visuals were particularly special either. The Zoo Station visuals were nice, but you could easily imagine that on the E+I screen. We've seen The Fly visuals before, apart from the ceiling falling from the sky. The Ultra Violet visuals were probably my favorite, and the Atomic City visuals was the only time I truly went "wow". I liked the Helicopter at the start of the show and the Helicopters during Vertigo too. They should have done more along those lines.
The audio really wasn't anything special either. It sounded like a normal arena. Although when I moved to section 302 for the second night, you could hear Edge a lot more clearly. It felt like he had his own audio feed broadcasted. You could hear his guitar and vocals a lot more clearly. However, when I also sat in 302 on the final night, this was all ruined with the constant feedback noise, which almost led to the band leaving the stage.
I felt the encore worked well for the most part and was the probably the highlight of the show for many. This was really the only part of the gig where the crowd was interacting. However, who's idea was it to awkwardly segue Vertigo into Streets with a MoS snippet? It feels like the band drew up the setlist and were like "crap what about Streets" and just shoved it in wherever. They would have been better off doing 2 encores, and leaving the stage after Vertigo, have some video play on the screen to segue into Streets, then come back out for the second encore.
Normally, when I leave a U2 gig I leave with many highlights, and always leave thinking "I've seen the best of U2 here". However, it's disappointing that I don't think there were any highlights, and certainly don't think I saw the best of U2 at all. It doesn't help that on night 1 Edge had guitar issues and missed the intro for Streets. Night 2 he had guitar issues during WOWY and BD, and night 3 the band almost had to leave the stage due to sound issues!
On a positive note, I did hear many songs that I've never heard before live. Trying to throw your arms around the world, All I want is you, love rescue me, so cruel, love is blindness, atomic city and Lovetown are all songs I've never heard before.