U2: From joshua trees to palm trees
You can’t blame U2′s concert promoter for wondering just how big the band’s Vertigo world tour could have been if it had simply kept on playing.After all, not one ticket went unsold for the 131 shows on the trek, which began March 28, 2005, in San Diego and wrapped December 9 in front of 47,000 fans at Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium.
Having been on the road in fits and starts since March 2005, U2 was clearly in a celebratory mood in Hawaii, as Bono danced onstage with a woman from the crowd during “Mysterious Ways” and even pulled a lucky guy out of the audience to play piano with the band during “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses.” Whether waving the American flag high above his head amid opener “City of Blinding Lights” or writhing on the stage blindfolded for “Bullet the Blue Sky,” the frontman was holding nothing back.
When all was said and done, Vertigo clocked in as the second-highest grossing tour of all time: $389 million from an astonishing audience of 4,619,021, second only to the Rolling Stones’ concurrent A Bigger Bang trek, which may continue into 2007, and has grossed more.[Keep Reading at Reuters.com]
I only saw the Vertigo Tour once. Was tempted when they came into the area a second time, but I didn’t have the mad cash to spare. And one who has gone to 4 U2 Concerts… They always rock, even the tour they declared as their hugest failure the Popmart Tour. But the fact that even with doing more concerts and touring so long, the Stone’s beat them in a larger grossing tour… simply because of the price of their tickets and how long that Stone’s Tour has been going on. The article goes on, and I have to agree it’s a real article if you’re a U2 fan (like me) but I figured this article tied nicely with the one I wrote about their book U2 by U2.
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