Post by East on Jan 17, 2006 23:34:08 GMT 10
At a recent press conference, U2 guitarist The Edge told journalists that U2 may stop touring after the current Vertigo world tour winds down.
Mr. Edge doesn’t believe the band can top the current tour, which he thinks to be their best yet. While previous U2 tours Popmart and Zoo TV have been two of the biggest and most extravagant tours in history, the last two (Elevation and the current Vertigo tours) are much smaller, though with state of the art special effects, according to Undercover.
"I'm ok to say bye-bye because I don't think we could top it," The Edge said. "Bono has taken it to another level. I don't agree with everything, but I love that it's like a new paradigm, a different equation altogether."
Last month Bono revealed that he thought he was going to be thrown out of the band over his campaigning against global poverty. He explained that his campaigning activities had "raised eyebrows" amongst fellow band mates The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. "There was one point when I thought 'I'm going to be thrown out of the band for this stuff'," Bono said.
In other news, Tickets for U2's concert at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu went on sale Saturday and sold out within an hour. Aloha Stadium spokesman Patrick Leonard said it was the fastest-selling concert in stadium history -- The Michael Jackson concert in 1997 sold out in four hours.
U2 will perform in Honolulu on April 8 as part of its Vertigo Tour. It's the band's first Hawaii performance in two decades.
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Mr. Edge doesn’t believe the band can top the current tour, which he thinks to be their best yet. While previous U2 tours Popmart and Zoo TV have been two of the biggest and most extravagant tours in history, the last two (Elevation and the current Vertigo tours) are much smaller, though with state of the art special effects, according to Undercover.
"I'm ok to say bye-bye because I don't think we could top it," The Edge said. "Bono has taken it to another level. I don't agree with everything, but I love that it's like a new paradigm, a different equation altogether."
Last month Bono revealed that he thought he was going to be thrown out of the band over his campaigning against global poverty. He explained that his campaigning activities had "raised eyebrows" amongst fellow band mates The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. "There was one point when I thought 'I'm going to be thrown out of the band for this stuff'," Bono said.
In other news, Tickets for U2's concert at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu went on sale Saturday and sold out within an hour. Aloha Stadium spokesman Patrick Leonard said it was the fastest-selling concert in stadium history -- The Michael Jackson concert in 1997 sold out in four hours.
U2 will perform in Honolulu on April 8 as part of its Vertigo Tour. It's the band's first Hawaii performance in two decades.
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