again, can i point out that i am a bonjovi fan, not a U2 fan. I wouldnt be able to tell you any of the new songs on the U2 new album and so, by knowing many of the songs played, i guessed the band wasnt playing many of the new ones. For those who are going to the U2 later this year, tell me what they finish with as the end to the show was crap........it died, people left early and this is definitely something Jovi dont fail on.....twist and shout, one of their own songs, always a great ending. Seems to be a knew thing as Snow Patrol also finished with a weird ending in concert!
However, i look at the stage with the circular walkway..........and i compare it to the poor attempt by Jovi at Croke when Jon came out on it just twice and it was tiny, he loves to interact with the crowd so theres nout to say he cant get out there more. I wont compare the crowds as Croke was full and louder for U2 but they are from Dublin after all but the crowd knew the new stuff and didnt use poor ones for toilet breaks......unlike the lost highway songs on the last tour.
The Wembley stage in 05 had stuff like i mentioned before, this just adds to the show. To talk about Bono's voice is interesting as there has been plenty of people who have moaned that Jon has lost it though personally I thought it sounded great last tour. As for the last albums, again i remember comments of how rubbish the stuff is the boys are producing nowadays......LH, TLFR, Bounce etc (I ignored Have a Nice Day as i think its ok), people on this site not going to buy it any more. If Bonjovi are such a big band compared to U2 why do the numbers not match up. I would much prefer Bonjovi to be bigger than U2, in fact that would really rub Bono's nose in it but currently U2 are still bigger......probably the biggest in the world.......maybe the Stones would be the only ones to pip them.
All I want is Richie rifting the big guitars on new 'classics', with great lyrics from Jon, every album needs one. Look at Snow Patrol album, one song that will be played in bars for years to come = Chasing cars, The Killers last album poor but Human will be played for ages, Kings of Leon will be Sex on Fire (though thought this was a great album).............i can go on. Bonjovi......you hear Prayer or Its My life.............certainly nout from the last number of recent albums. I await the new album with anticipation but we have been promised a big rock record for a while and it hasnt appeared..........big album, big show. Agreed that they dont need a spider for a stage (although spectacular) but what we dont need either is a violinist up there with a rock n roll band (unless like yokohama 03 which was great despite their colds!)