RIP, U2's summer tour

[Matt Stephens]

I believe all tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates. At least that's what they're doing in Denver.

 

[lorneer]

I hope that Bono will get well soon and we'l see some great concerts in 2011. I think the members of U2 are so rich, they don't care that much about ticket sales, they can't even spend all the money they have earned in the last 25 years.

 

[WolvEagle]

I hope that Bono will get well soon and we'l see some great concerts in 2011. I think the members of U2 are so rich, they don't care that much about ticket sales, they can't even spend all the money they have earned in the last 25 years.

It sure looks like they've never lost the passion to put on a great show every night, even after all these years. Even though they're richer than rich, that's awesome that they still love what they do. They make great music, and they've got a passion for it. What a great combination.

I hope Bono gets well soon so they can keep rolling next year.

Speaking of all these years, the "Under a Blood Red Sky" DVD (I also had it on VHS) was taped a week or so before I graduated from high school in 1983. I have to shake my head when I look at the "fashion" choices that were made then. But, I'm also amazed that U2 is still going so strong.

 

[Batman]

The South Park guys were right. Bono is just a giant piece of crap.

 

[westcoastvol]

Blackeyed Peas were opening. I can't imagine that tour was having any trouble selling tickets.

Blue font?

Not at all. U2 is known for usually having really good opening acts. I saw Public Enemy and the Sugarcubes open for them once. I've also seen Kings of Leon, Garbage, Smashmouth and PJ Harvey open for them.

I saw the Blackeyed Peas open for U2 in Glendale. Not my thing, but the crowd loved 'em. It was clearly a big draw.

Worst U2 show I've ever seen. They played to the camera and not to the crowd. Phoned it in.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

I always thought U2 got lucky The Clash went bust when they did. It's also too bad Stiff Little Fingers didn't get the nod over U2 at the time. They were the much better Irish rock band.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I always thought U2 got lucky The Clash went bust when they did. It's also too bad Stiff Little Fingers didn't get the nod over U2 at the time. They were the much better Irish rock band.

Please.

I like Stiff Little Fingers. Cool band, and I have a soft spot in my heart for any Ulster act. But at their absolute best, they were never close to U2. That's silly.

And the Clash was never, ever going to have the widespread appeal that U2 has. Brilliant band -- one of my favorites -- but when given the opportunity to do something foolish and self-destructive, they always went after it with gusto. And not for nothing, U2 is a terrific arena band. They're as good as anyone at playing to the last row of a football stadium. I saw the Clash twice in front of festival-size crowds. They were mediocre the first time, and so horrid the second time that people who waited hours and hours to see them threw **** at them and walked out before the concert was over.

 

[WolvEagle]

The Clash was awesome - until it sold out and did "Combat Rock," which was an absolute piece of garbage. That was the end of them, and that's a shame. The Clash really had something going.

U2 at least learned its lesson when it veered toward that techno-crap, then got back to its roots.

 

[Det. Jimmy McNulty]

No Interpol tour is the biggest crime.

 

[Huggy]

I always thought U2 got lucky The Clash went bust when they did. It's also too bad Stiff Little Fingers didn't get the nod over U2 at the time. They were the much better Irish rock band.

The Undertones and Boomtown Rats were both damn good Irish bands too but neither are in the league of U2. As for SLF, "Suspect Device" and "Alternative Ulster" are two of the greatest records of that era but I don't think that's enough to give them the edge (as it were) over U2.

Mammoth Clash fan but when they hit a dead end - like with most of Sandanista for example and continuing without Mick Jones - they stumbled badly.

 

[westcoastvol]

Speaking of odd opening acts ...

I have a good friend who was attending what's now Rhodes College in Memphis in, I think, the fall of 1981 or 1982. Big music fan, one of the first people I knew who was listening to U2 regularly. In fact, I'd never heard of U2 before he made me aware of them.

He saw U2 that year in Memphis as the opening act for ... the J. Geils Band, which was riding high with the "Love Stinks" LP.

It was 1982. I went to that show in Knoxville. They played Alumni Gym on the October tour and ****ing killed it. After they finished, I shot over to the Civic Coliseum to see Rod Stewart on the Tonight I'm Yours tour.

Pass the Metamucil.

 

[Bob Cook]

I saw the Dalton Brothers open for U2 in Indianapolis in 87.

 

[westcoastvol]

I saw the Dalton Brothers open for U2 in Indianapolis in 87.

Nice pull, Bob...saw them twice on the Joshua Tree tour myself. Too bad they never released an album :).