I had field tickets, pretty close to the outer stage. I took some great pics and vid's, wanted to share them with everyone





muse




U2





this kid pretty much had the greatest moment of his life so far






video screen comes down for vertigo






laser jacket, gotta get me one of those, lol




giant disco ball









ill post the videos in a second, maybe a mod can help me w/the embedding part, thx

10/5/2009 2:30:27 PM

awesome thread

10/5/2009 2:31:44 PM

http://message_topic.aspx?topic=578177

10/5/2009 2:32:05 PM

sorry didn't see anohter thread. Doesn't hurt to have another

10/5/2009 2:33:24 PM

great timing, ask and ye shall receive, scrumples!

10/5/2009 2:33:50 PM

inorite

10/5/2009 2:34:03 PM

Hey dharney...I like you, and imma let you finish, but Entertainment had the best U2 thread of all time

10/5/2009 2:35:12 PM

was this a recent concert???? damn.

10/5/2009 2:35:38 PM

Muse was the first show. I didn't know much about them, but damn they were freakin awesome

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[Edited on October 5, 2009 at 2:36 PM. Reason : can someone help with the embedding? thx]

10/5/2009 2:35:47 PM

?

10/5/2009 2:36:20 PM

I feel bad for that little kid.




U2 does not deserve another thread

10/5/2009 2:37:45 PM

wow, the crowd looks lame as fuck

10/5/2009 2:41:07 PM

good quality video, post all muse videos, dont really care about u2

10/5/2009 2:41:23 PM

while they were getting the stage ready for U2 they played some David Bowie, that was sweet

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U2 Intro
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Here they did still havent found what im looking for, and he let the audience sing. At the time it was just kinda cool but looking back on this video i thought it was actually pretty awesome and very moving
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These 2 are a must watch, in the first video the 360 degree video screen comes down while they are playing and it's really just an awesome thing to see. The second video it contracts down while the video is spinning fast, very cool shit

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we were maybe 15ft away from the outer stage, some great shots when Bono came out
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laser jacket
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last video, with or without you
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enjoy!

10/5/2009 2:44:15 PM

while they were getting the stage ready for U2 they played some David Bowie, that was sweet




U2 Intro


Here they did still havent found what im looking for, and he let the audience sing. At the time it was just kinda cool but looking back on this video i thought it was actually pretty awesome and very moving


These 2 are a must watch, in the first video the 360 degree video screen comes down while they are playing and it's really just an awesome thing to see. The second video it contracts down while the video is spinning fast, very cool shit






we were maybe 15ft away from the outer stage, some great shots when Bono came out


laser jacket


last video, with or without you




enjoy!

10/5/2009 2:44:34 PM

.....that'll be 10 dollar bucks, kthx

10/5/2009 2:45:07 PM

thanks! i owe ya a beer

10/5/2009 2:46:04 PM

bowie was part of the show

you did get that they played david bowie's Life on Mars b/c of the "space ship" and the constant references of "taking off" throughout the show...and then they closed with Elton John's Rocketman??

and from where i was sitting...seeing 60k people clap in unison during Life of Mars was awesome

BUT THAT'S IN THE OTHER THREAD

[Edited on October 5, 2009 at 2:49 PM. Reason : ]

10/5/2009 2:48:14 PM

Wait wait wait

David Bowie was there?

omfaslkdjflaskjdflakjsdflkajsfatkjastlashjt that would have been worth going to see

10/5/2009 2:50:48 PM

i didn't even know Elton John was in town!!!!11

10/5/2009 2:52:33 PM

i, too, saw david bowie

10/5/2009 2:52:55 PM

V OHHH oh, got it That is less exciting

10/5/2009 2:55:00 PM

*hand on head*

no...just the intro & outro music...they weren't physically at the show
both songs space related for the theme of the show

started with a space song...ended with a space song...360!

[Edited on October 5, 2009 at 2:58 PM. Reason : ]

10/5/2009 2:57:44 PM

aaaah

U2 played COVERS of Bowie and Elton!

i get it now
though i got before

10/5/2009 2:58:47 PM

wait no,


......U2 IS DAVID BOWIE


OMG HOW DID I NOT SEE THIS!!!

10/5/2009 2:59:46 PM

nope...the actual song played as intro and outro music over the speakers...both songs considerably louder than other music played before and after U2 started, purposefully played to set the tone for the theme of the concert

10/5/2009 3:00:30 PM

Cooper's BBQ delivered food to their plane at RDU.

10/5/2009 3:05:48 PM

more muse videos

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<embed width="600" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullscreen="true" allowNetworking="all" wmode="transparent" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/arneyd/046.flv">

10/5/2009 3:06:59 PM

that's the kind of shit i wonder about when someone famous comes to town...what local cuisine are they having while they are here? and did they enjoy it?

10/5/2009 3:07:56 PM

more muse videos

10/5/2009 3:09:04 PM

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"that's the kind of shit i wonder about when someone famous comes to town...what local cuisine are they having while they are here? and did they enjoy it?"

They must have a thing for NC BBQ because Bullocks has a picture of them at their place circa 1981 on their celebrity wall.

I only remember that because the caption says

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"The U2 Band (from Ireland)"

10/5/2009 3:11:29 PM

yeah i've seen the photo at bullocks

10/5/2009 3:14:16 PM

Well geez. Just crap all over my fun trivia then.

10/5/2009 3:15:36 PM

haha, not trying to. i work in durham and eat at bullocks once every few weeks...i've spent a lot of time staring at the photo wall while i'm there, and taking photos of some and sending them to people

like 60 Minutes' Morley Safer

10/5/2009 3:21:21 PM

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"Cooper's BBQ delivered food to their plane at RDU."

i figured they were like hippie vegans or something

[Edited on October 5, 2009 at 3:29 PM. Reason : also i love the time is running out video]

10/5/2009 3:26:17 PM

I can't find any laser jackets for sale on the internet.

10/5/2009 3:31:29 PM

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"good quality video, post all muse videos, dont really care about u2"

I concur.

10/5/2009 3:34:25 PM

Thanks for the Muse vids, can't wait to watch those at home later

10/5/2009 4:21:29 PM

im just not a big fan of you u2. i mean i have respect for what they have done in music. but bono gets on my fucking nerves

[Edited on October 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM. Reason : ,]

10/5/2009 5:22:45 PM

south park got it right, bono is just a huge piece of crap

10/5/2009 6:09:14 PM

It takes like 200 18-wheelers to bring in that stage. He has 3 stages that rotate around the country because it takes a week to set them up. His carbon footprint is as big as like Belgium. He is a fucking douche bag and his music sucks asshole.

10/5/2009 6:42:16 PM

10/5/2009 6:58:52 PM

^^ If a Belgium-sized carbon footprint is what it takes to put on the type of show U2 did at Carter-Finley, then that's exactly what needs to happen. Doesn't bother me one fucking bit.

And name for me one other active rock band that has maintained its musical and social relevance for 30-plus years with the original members?

And there's this:

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"28,500,000 The Joshua Tree 18,500,000 The Best of 1980-1990 17,500,000 Achtung Baby 14,500,000 Rattle and Hum 12,000,000 All That You Can't Leave Behind 10,000,000 War 10,000,000 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 10,000,000 Under a Blood Red Sky 8,500,000 The Unforgettable Fire 7,500,000 Zooropa 7,500,000 The Best of 1990-2000 7,000,000 Pop 4,000,000 Boy 3,500,000 October 3,500,000 No Line On the Horizon 2,500,000 Wide Awake in America They place U2 as the 8th highest selling act in history based on album sales."

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"U2 first received Grammy Awards for the The Joshua Tree in 1988, and have won 22 in total since, tying U2 with Stevie Wonder as contemporary artists with the most Grammys."

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"The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in early 2005."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2

[Edited on October 5, 2009 at 7:30 PM. Reason : Name your "awesome" bands. ]

10/5/2009 7:29:51 PM

"relevance"

lawl

10/5/2009 7:35:49 PM

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"It takes like 200 18-wheelers to bring in that stage. He has 3 stages that rotate around the country because it takes a week to set them up. His carbon footprint is as big as like Belgium. He is a fucking douche bag and his music sucks asshole."

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2009/09/u2-gets-green-to-offset-big-carbon-footprint-of-360-tour.html#

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"But the band says it’s not ignoring those concerns. In an interview with the BBC recently, guitarist The Edge said, "It's probably unfair to single out rock 'n' roll. There's many other things that are in the same category but as it happens we have a program to offset whatever carbon footprint we have." Edge was vague on details, perhaps because the program was in its early stages. But U2 does have an environmental plan in place for the current tour, which includes having tour promoter Live Nation pay for programs to offset the carbon impact, according to an environmentalist working with the tour. Earlier this year, U2 and Live Nation hired the greening company MusicMatters and EFFECT Partners to accompany the tour and work on cutting emissions and other damaging side effects of staging big rock concerts. Already, says MusicMatters CEO Michael Martin, the tour has cut the number of vehicles by 10 percent. Other changes include having tour staff use canteens rather than disposable water bottles. Venues such as Soldier Field are being encouraged to use everything from environmentally friendly soap and toilet paper to offering discount parking for hybrid vehicles. At the end of the tour, Martin and his team will offer a handful of proposals to the band and tour promoter about how they can offset the environmental damage. “There are myriad options at myriad price points, from 8 dollars a ton to 25 dollars a ton, in projects they can fund around the world to offset the carbon footprint,” Martin says. “Proceeds from the tour will be used to pay for these projects, which shows commendable responsibility on their part.” Martin says he expects the specific projects to be made public by the end of the year."

It's adding a good number of jobs as well so I'm not too upset.

10/5/2009 7:40:05 PM

U2 has to consistently be one of the worst bands per capita

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10/5/2009 7:41:53 PM

i've never understood what was so great about them. everything i've ever heard has only stricken me as "meh" at best. also, i really don't see how all those green efforts with transporting their concert materials "offsets" the carbon footprint. i thought offset meant to counterbalance something. it's good to see that they're making an effort, but those efforts hardly offset whatever damage they're doing.

10/5/2009 7:45:53 PM

Kickass. Client gave me two tickets for tomorrow nights show at the done

10/5/2009 8:05:05 PM

I could have gone and would have gone to the U2 concert only for the display. Looked pretty cool... Now I need to build a similar mini size for my home entertainment system...

10/5/2009 8:13:11 PM

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"relevance' lawl"

ambrosia1231

Perhaps you would (1) illustrate for everyone why U2 is irrelevant? And (2) list all of your "awesome" bands for comparison?

No?!

10/5/2009 8:17:48 PM