Music: Re: [u2tour] Re: Any more North American Dates?

excellent recap. Theres basically nothing in the South
Central U.S. I wonder if they could throw in a Texas show,
San Antonio/Austin or perhaps New Orleans. Wishful
thinking

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:34:06 -0000
"nsheers" <nsheers@sidley.com> wrote:
> Here's a recap, based on the facts as we know them
>today:
> (1) The Pittsburgh show has been announced as the
>"final US show of the 2011 tour." Could that change?
> Sure, but it's probably unlikely given the announcement.
> But things have been changed before, as we all know.
> (2) Based on the production issues of the 360 stage,
>with the three stage sets, but only one video set, that
>travel around from site to site, unless they are playing
>back-to-back dates in the same venue, they have to allow
>a minimum number of days for the video to travel to the
>next site, generally a minimum of 2 off days. (There
>have been exceptions, though, albeit only once on the
>current 2010 leg, of a single off day between close
>cities. Frankfurt to Hannover being the latest. It
>happened a bit more on the 2009 leg, maybe 4 times. I
>don't know what accounts for their ability to do a show
>with only one day off, other than close proximity between
>cities.) Based on the 2 day off minimum, there are still
>a few gaps in the North American tour dates in 2011:
> (2.1) The US leg is scheduled to start May 21 in
>Denver, but that is six days after the second Mexico City
>date; in theory, they could add a date on May 18 before
>the Denver show, but with customs between Mexico and the
>US, that may be doubtful.
> (2.2) There is a big gap between the June 7 Oakland
>show and the June 17 Anaheim show, enough for 2 cites,
>one with multiple shows. One might expect a site
>generally near California, given where they are before
>and after the gap.
> (2.3) There is another big gap between the June 18
>Anaheim show and the June 26 East Lansing show, but it is
>only big enough for one city on a two day off schedule,
>albeit it could be a city with multiple shows. Rumor has
>it that they will play Baltimore on June 22.
> (2.4) There is a final gap between the July 14 Philly
>show and the July 20 East Rutherford show. That would
>permit a show on July 17. There is a rumor circulating
>that they will play St. Louis on that date, but I haven't
>seen anything putting meat on those bones like we have
>seen for Baltimore.
> The good news is there are still at least 3 or 4 more
>gaps that can be filled for the North American leg of the
>2011 tour, though 1 or 2 of those may already be spoken
>for.
>
> --- In u2tour@yahoogroups.com, adrianfmbarrett@...
>wrote:
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>> Well,I'm only going by what it says on U2.com ......
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Beth Anderson" <souprqt@...>
>> To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October, 2010 13:29:58 GMT +00:00
>>GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
>> Subject: Re: [u2tour] Any more North American Dates?
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>> I read what Tigag said and my heart sank. Can't possibly
>>be true.
>> Unless.....Pitt isn't the last date?!
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>> On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:28 AM, Nancy Webb wrote:
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>> > NNNOOOO!! Say it ain't so! That's when they need to
>>come to
>> > Boston!!!!!
>> >
>> > www.facebook.com/u2boston
>> >
>> > Join the FB group, "Bring U2 to Boston"
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Nancy W
>> >
>> > --- On Tue, 10/26/10, Tigag < tigag@... > wrote:
>> >
>> > From: Tigag < tigag@... >
>> > Subject: Re: [u2tour] Any more North American Dates?
>> > To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
>> > Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 9:46 PM
>> >
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>> >
>> > St. Louis July 17th. You heard it here 1st
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> >
>> > From: Marilee Jacobs < mljacobs25@... >
>> >
>> > To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
>> >
>> > Sent: Tue, Oct 26, 2010 10:15 am
>> >
>> > Subject: RE: [u2tour] Any more North American Dates?
>> >
>> > Good Morning all from next city on U2's tour! Has
>>anyone seen the
>> > new offer on Ticketmaster ?? The 2011 North American
>>Tour Program-
>> > did anyone buy it?? It's 30.00. Just curious....I do
>>feel Nashville
>> > moved up in the ranks now to first tier cities! And
>>reading
>> > everyone's comments-I'd say yes to Boston because they
>>are playing
>> > at Vandy-Neely Stadium which in U2 world is
>>tiny-40,000-not much
>> > bigger than an arena-so I'd speculate they may be just
>>looking for a
>> > venue.
>> >
>> > Marilee
>> >
>> > To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
>> >
>> > From: Jsmith5764@...
>> >
>> > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:38:12 -0400
>> >
>> > Subject: Re: [u2tour] Any more North American Dates?
>> >
>> > My gut feeling is that theyll keep adding more
>>additional dates in
>> > the US - here is whay I have a hunch. The first leg of
>>the tour m,
>> > the stage costs were actually putting the tour in the
>>hole. That was
>> > published on Pollstar a few months ago. To only play a
>>few dates as
>> > planned right now in the US would be leaving alot of
>>money on the
>> > table. My bet and of course I cant know for sure is
>>that theyll
>> > finish in Boston as they have before.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >
>> > From: tonia mancino
>> >
>> > To: U2 Tickets
>> >
>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 1:11 AM
>> >
>> > Subject: [u2tour] Any more North American Dates?
>> >
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > Anyone have a good idea if any more dates are going to
>>be added? I
>> > have one presale code left and just saw the Nashville
>>show got
>> > added. I am torn as to whether to take what I can get
>>or hold out in
>> > case they play somewhere closer to where I live in the
>>Northeast!
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Tonia
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