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  1. Fans are the worst. Imagine paying for a ticket to a show, queuing all day and protesting. For what was likely to be your fortieth show of the tour.
  2. Almost as childish as selfish.
  3. I once heard a big Spanish artist complain that low cost flights and internet are slowly ruining the fun of doing concerts.
  4. Looks like nothing has changed in 17 years
  5. Oh god. The GA people who follow them from city to city and obsess about their numbers are seriously annoying (and need to get lives).

    I remember being in GA in 2001 and hearing the conversations about how "I have been in the heart 12 times/20 times." It was stupid then, it is stupid now.

    What I found funny was how low-energy the obsessives were once the show started.

    I'm not saying going to multiple shows is bad, however, when your entire life during a U2 tour revolves around your fucking GA number, you need a few new hobbies/therapist.

    From the Interference thread

    "Soon the scene in the heart was apparent. Many of us were heartbroken that
    the band would intentionally screw us over like that. A group of us simply
    sat down at the back of the heart and started crying. It was just awful.
    These are people who are the BIGGEST u2 fans, who had sacrificed so much to
    be there, who hadn't slept in 2 days, and who had just spent 25 hours on the
    sidewalk in order to see the band they love, and here they are totally
    heartbroken before the show."

    /vomit
  6. I like that above post, I certainly see things in the same way. The point at the end about these people claiming to be u2’s biggest fans is a good one to highlight. There’s probably people out there who have scraped together funds just to afford the cheapest ticket for a show that’s down the road from them, such is some people’s financial situation, yet going to see there favourite band just the one time even way up in the cheap seats is a dream come true. Thats a true fan. And I’m not saying people that go to loads of shows aren’t real fans because they’ve got the funds, it’s just a direct comparison between someone fulfilling a dream and these particular individuals involved with the line set up and protesting that are calling themselves the ‘biggest fans’. Going to loads of shows and queuing for hours doesn’t make you a bigger fan, if anything seperates us, and it’s still an if, then it’s the passion for the music, what hearing Streets does to you, how much it means to you. That can be someone who’s a millionaire and goes to every show or someone who can only afford to watch the dvd at home.
  7. I saw them twice during the Elevation tour, in AZ because I was lucky enough to live about two hours from the venue. Yeah, I did line up in the wee hours because I wanted to have an awesome GA experience, and I had heard about the "superfans" lining up the day before, line jumping, etc. If they wanted "fresh faces" and locals to be in front, they should have done a lottery system and stuck with it years ago. Now the superfans are brought on stage? Ah well, that's another thread. So.....Boston Elevation DVD- crap camerawork, awesome audio LOL
  8. Originally posted by deanallison:I like that above post, I certainly see things in the same way. The point at the end about these people claiming to be u2’s biggest fans is a good one to highlight. There’s probably people out there who have scraped together funds just to afford the cheapest ticket for a show that’s down the road from them, such is some people’s financial situation, yet going to see there favourite band just the one time even way up in the cheap seats is a dream come true. Thats a true fan. And I’m not saying people that go to loads of shows aren’t real fans because they’ve got the funds, it’s just a direct comparison between someone fulfilling a dream and these particular individuals involved with the line set up and protesting that are calling themselves the ‘biggest fans’. Going to loads of shows and queuing for hours doesn’t make you a bigger fan, if anything seperates us, and it’s still an if, then it’s the passion for the music, what hearing Streets does to you, how much it means to you. That can be someone who’s a millionaire and goes to every show or someone who can only afford to watch the dvd at home.
    Amen brother
  9. Originally posted by Coso:Oh god. The GA people who follow them from city to city and obsess about their numbers are seriously annoying (and need to get lives).

    I remember being in GA in 2001 and hearing the conversations about how "I have been in the heart 12 times/20 times." It was stupid then, it is stupid now.

    What I found funny was how low-energy the obsessives were once the show started.

    I'm not saying going to multiple shows is bad, however, when your entire life during a U2 tour revolves around your fucking GA number, you need a few new hobbies/therapist.

    From the Interference thread

    "Soon the scene in the heart was apparent. Many of us were heartbroken that
    the band would intentionally screw us over like that. A group of us simply
    sat down at the back of the heart and started crying. It was just awful.
    These are people who are the BIGGEST u2 fans, who had sacrificed so much to
    be there, who hadn't slept in 2 days, and who had just spent 25 hours on the
    sidewalk in order to see the band they love, and here they are totally
    heartbroken before the show."

    /vomit
    https://goo.gl/images/NP8AHv
  10. Was because of this U2 have resolved raffle the people who would have the right to get in inner circle on vertigo tour? it sounded good, weeping fans always with a mania to think they're better than the others
  11. Originally posted by hedyzera:Was because of this U2 have resolved raffle the people who would have the right to get in inner circle on vertigo tour? it sounded good, weeping fans always with a mania to think they're better than the others
    It was one of the reasons they did this. They were also trying to discourage fans from camping out all night or for days. Did not stop that however. They also wanted to see some fresh faces up front and not the same people every single show (supposedly)

    Regarding the Boston o1 protest. What is really stupid about it was that they were still IN the heart. They just did not get their coveted front row rail spot for the 20th time.
  12. I still think the raffle/lottery for the inner heart was the smartest things U2 has done with the GA section. Everyone with GA got a chance and nobody needed to be at the venue forever.