Originally posted by JRoz:[image]
Mix 94.5 is a radio station that targets older listeners. Plays a lot of classic rock and pop from the 70s-90s. If they aren't referring to U2 I honestly don't know who they are referring to.
Originally posted by taker:IMPORTANT: Do not book flights or accommodation until these dates are officially announced by U2 or official ticketing agencies.
We have been sent the following tour dates by two sources.
November 8, 9 - Auckland - Mt. Smart Stadium
November 12 - Brisbane - Suncorp Stadium
November 15, 16 - Melbourne - Marvel Stadium
November 19 - Adelaide - Adelaide Oval
November 22, 23 - Sydney - Sydney Cricket Ground
November 27 and add 28th - Perth - Optus Stadium
November 30 and add December 1st - Singapore - National Stadium
December 4, 5 - Tokyo - Saitama Super Arena
December 8 and add 9th - Seoul - Gocheok Sky Dome
Strong rumours that a tour announcement will be made on Monday, May 20.
Originally posted by iver54:[..]
Why no China/Hong Kong show? It seems a bit weird that they wouldn't stop in Hong Kong on their way to Tokyo from Singapore. Seems a bit odd that you wouldn't stop exactly half way between those two locations to play another show, it means less travel. And isn't Hong Kong a high demand place for a band like U2?
Originally posted by ddarroch:[..]
Possibly because U2 participated in the Tiberian Freedom Concert years ago? Not sure if China is allowing artists who performed at the concert to tour China, & not sure if U2 would want to.
Originally posted by taker:IMPORTANT: Do not book flights or accommodation until these dates are officially announced by U2 or official ticketing agencies.
We have been sent the following tour dates by two sources.
November 8, 9 - Auckland - Mt. Smart Stadium
November 12 - Brisbane - Suncorp Stadium
November 15, 16 - Melbourne - Marvel Stadium
November 19 - Adelaide - Adelaide Oval
November 22, 23 - Sydney - Sydney Cricket Ground
November 27 and add 28th - Perth - Optus Stadium
November 30 and add December 1st - Singapore - National Stadium
December 4, 5 - Tokyo - Saitama Super Arena
December 8 and add 9th - Seoul - Gocheok Sky Dome
Strong rumours that a tour announcement will be made on Monday, May 20.
Originally posted by taker:
November 22, 23 - Sydney - Sydney Cricket Ground
Originally posted by ddarroch:[..]
Possibly because U2 participated in the Tiberian Freedom Concert years ago? Not sure if China is allowing artists who performed at the concert to tour China, & not sure if U2 would want to.
Originally posted by Sydney_MIke:[..]
I really can't see them being allowed to use the SCG. There hasn't been a concert there for years and there's usually lots of opposition from residents about noise. Plus it's a much smaller venue than ANZ (Olympic) Stadium, circular too and has access rights for Members. I could be wrong but I'd say the odds are it will be ANZ.
Originally posted by JRoz:[..]
I honestly don't know how people can still be sceptical about this tour happening at this point in time. If you aren't 100% confident that is fine, the tour hasn't been announced yet so something drastic could happen before the expected announcement that leads to the tours cancellation, but if you are less than 80% confident at this point you are going against the signs.
Even if you don't fully trust U2Songs (even though they have proven to be reliable in the past) other sources have indicated that U2 are coming to Australia. There was the newspaper article that indicated U2 were looking for a mansion in Sydney, a few mentions on the radio including Eddie Mcguire basically confirming that it was an open secret that they were coming back in march, Guy Oseary stating that he was travelling to New Zealand in Spring, Noel Gallagher announcing he would be in Australia in November, plus a radio reference to a big tour announcement on Monday and another radio host stating that they expect U2 to announce a tour on Monday both from today!
To specifically address your concerns:
1. While you can generally expect tour posters to leak this isn't a guarantee, there is still time for it to leak before Monday.
2, Basically the same as above - there isn't always a pre-announcement but it could occur before Monday
3. They basically did the same thing when they did the Lovetown tour. U2 have been known to be slow to come to Australia. Additionally it seems that U2 have long planned to come to Australia. As mentioned by others they planned to come here in 2018 and had previous stated in an Australian 60 minutes interview that they intended to come to Australia around the time of the JT30 tour.
5. Clearly they want to come to Australia (as stated above), and stadium tour, rather than an arena tour (like the I+E E+I tours), would be the most commercially viable option for the region, especially given the weak Australian dollar. I believe the last (and only) time U2 have done an arena tour in Australia was during The Unforgettable Fire tour.
If you aren't optimistic about the chances of a tour by this point I don't think any amount of leaked information will change your mind. Will just gave to wait until Monday/sometime next week to change your minds. If they don't announce the tour next week and U2Songs doesn't give a good reason why it wasn't announced or something dramatic doesn't occur, I will concede that there will be some reason to doubt that the tour is happening. But if that is the case it would have been one of the greatest tour conspiracies of all time given the amount of information indicating that the tour will be happening.
Originally posted by Remy:[..]
Wasn't ANZ about to be renovated as well? I read something about that.
Originally posted by Sydney_MIke:[..]
Those renovations have been postponed until 2020 or later from memory. Queen is playing there in February so certainly after that.