Aloha !

This band is utter wank. They've made about 15 great songs, the rest is either mediocre or very bad, and the reason they're played on every radio station is because they always tend to play it safe on their studio recordings. They've lost all their edge about 15 years ago and Bono has been incapable of delivering a proper vocal for about 15 years as well. Nowadays they're all about flashy stages and all that, but doing a proper rock show is something they can no longer do. Terribly overrated band.

Anyway, they've just released a lot of their European tourdates:

Barcelona 20 June 2009 Camp Nou Barcelona ES Wed. 25 March
Milan 07 July 2009 San Siro Milan IT Fri. 13 March
Paris 11 July 2009 Stade De France Paris FR Fri. 20 March
Nice 15 July 2009 Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann Nice FR Fri. 20 March
Berlin 18 July 2009 Olympic Stadium Berlin DE Fri. 27 March
Amsterdam 20 July 2009 Arena Amsterdam NL Sat. 14 March
Dublin 24 July 2009 Croke Park Dublin IE Fri. 20 March
Gothenburg 31 July 2009 Ullevi Stadium Gothenburg SE Fri. 13 March
Gelsenkirchen 03 August 2009 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen DE Fri. 27 March
Chorzow 06 August 2009 Slaski Stadium Chorzow PL Fri. 20 March
Zagreb 10 August 2009 Stadium Makimir Zagreb HR Fri. 27 March
London 14 August 2009 Wembley Stadium London US Fri. 20 March
Glasgow 18 August 2009 Hampden Park Glasgow GB Fri. 20 March
Sheffield 20 August 2009 Don Valley Stadium Sheffield GB Fri. 20 March
Cardiff 22 August 2009 Millenium Stadium Cardiff Wal. GB Fri. 20 March

And here are the prices for Amsterdam:

Rang 1 (exclusief servicekosten): €150.00
Rang 2 (exclusief servicekosten): €85.00
Rang 3 (exclusief servicekosten): €80.00
Rang 4 (exclusief servicekosten): €75.00
Rang 5 (exclusief servicekosten): €65.00
Rang 6 (exclusief servicekosten): €30.00

Rang 1 = Gold Circle.

These tickets cost twice as much as tickets for the Stones did back in 2006, so just like every time this band tours, I'm not going to spend any money on them. For ****s sake, we paid 75E for the Gold Circle of Bon Jovi, and that's for a band that has a singer who can sing and a guitarist who can play.

With Holland never being the most expensive country when it comes to ticket prices I expect it to be worse for Germany and the UK.

So, anyone else who actually is going and feels like U2 are worth 150E?

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan