I'm going to the U2 and Muse show. Glad to see both.

Though I've been reading set lists and reviews and while I'm not worried about quality, it looks like I won't be hearing the songs I've wanted to see live for so long (mostly stuff off Joshua Tree and The Unforgettable Fire, I want them to pull out Red Hill Mining Town so bad).

If you like All That You Can't Leave Behind, you're in luck.

9/26/2009 10:28:10 AM

Quote :

"how much is parking? is $20 accurate?"

yep

http://www.gopack.com/ViewContent.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=9200&CONTENT_ID=98694

9/26/2009 12:25:32 PM

Goddammit. I accidently bought tickets for YouTube in concert instead.

9/26/2009 12:32:29 PM

gonna park at fairgrounds for free or something like that. haven't been to the CF-RBC area in a long time though. is fair parking still pretty much a free-for-all?

9/26/2009 12:36:52 PM

ive got two tickets i need to get rid of. scheduling conflict. section 12 row e. good seats. $95 each face value or make me an offer (ill eat the convenience charges). pm me if interested.

9/26/2009 2:28:08 PM

Yeah me too, I've got 4. sec 224 55 is face...

9/28/2009 1:34:59 AM

hey someone tell me what im better off doing getting the GA field seats or getting a lower level or upper level seat?

I dont really love U2 or anything jsut going more for the experience & drinking and to make the gf happy. Also i want to see a concert in C-F.

Is being on the field cool or is it pretty annoying? If i tailgate too long will I get there and be pissed because im standing 120 yards from the stage and a guy is peeing on my new balances? HELP

9/30/2009 12:27:05 AM

I don't think anyone knows. I bought tickets for my parents and I'm pretty sure they don't want to be down there with you people. I'll be in section 226 which seems to me is going to be behind the band even though it is advertised as a 360 degree stage. Bono will be walking out toward the middle of the field on that giant circle away from where I will be.

also

Quote :

"WE UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE HATE U2"

I have a feeling you will be loving every second of them when they are out there. I know I will even though I rarely listen to them anymore. If I were you I would park at 3, drink a fifth in 2 hours and be at the doors at 5pm if you get GA.

[Edited on September 30, 2009 at 2:01 PM. Reason : .]

9/30/2009 1:58:36 PM

damn I hope it doesn't rain for this

9/30/2009 2:28:01 PM

Anybody know if companies are still hiring to work this event? I have a friend interested...

9/30/2009 3:37:07 PM

my friend and i have previously decided that we WILL be leaving after Muse

9/30/2009 4:16:58 PM

WAY TO STICK IT TO U2!

9/30/2009 4:49:09 PM

yes, clearly you're making a statement, after you've paid for the ticket.

9/30/2009 5:00:20 PM

Hahaha.

I PAID 200 BUCKS FOR THIS

C YA.

9/30/2009 5:03:10 PM

HOLY SHIT

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"272.95"

YOU PEOPLE ARE INSANE

seriously, who would fucking pay that? General Admission!?!

Fuck.

You.

9/30/2009 5:07:02 PM

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"I have a feeling you will be loving every second of them when they are out there. I know I will even though I rarely listen to them anymore."

i was responding to the post above me... i've been a fan since i bought joshua tree new on cassette

i was at the DC show last night and will be at the Carter-Finley show on Saturday

if people are going to leave after Muse, good riddance... more room for the rest of us

--

regarding the field

i was on the field at FedEx Stadium, and i was actually elated that i hadn't had a drop of alcohol, because i would have had ZERO urge to leave my spot once i got there; be it to get a beer, some nachos or to go to the bathroom... the trouble involved in pushing through that amount of people simply wasn't worth it... i can drink any time

--

i wasn't really bowled over by the setlist (most of it was last 3 albums + the BIG BIG hits,) though they did play "unforgettable fire," "your blue room," "mlk" and "ultraviolet"

but GOOD LORD if it doesn't rain, that stage is going to blow people's minds

it's gonna be the largest spectacle in Carter-Finley since Chuck's red shoes

[Edited on September 30, 2009 at 6:34 PM. Reason : i'll try and post a pic or two if i upload them]

9/30/2009 6:32:42 PM

your blue room?

wow.

9/30/2009 6:54:13 PM

marko, i'm really not trying to troll, but was what i listed the average price of tickets for this show?

9/30/2009 6:54:20 PM

marko i was reiterating what you said

people are really selling tickets on craigslist

evidently the bitch on wral said she couldn't get tickets which i find hard to believe

i don't have the patience to see what the average price is

looks like some are going pretty high

[Edited on September 30, 2009 at 7:32 PM. Reason : .]

9/30/2009 7:21:16 PM

^^

i really dunno... our field through stub hub was $55

seats are more expensive

some people in the crowd were talking $100-400 for some seats

[Edited on September 30, 2009 at 7:31 PM. Reason : +]

9/30/2009 7:30:52 PM

i was also at the DC show.. the spaceship was awesome.

for those going Saturday.. enjoy it.

9/30/2009 9:24:07 PM

I ended up with seats in Vaughn Towers. Am I going to be looking at the top of a spaceship the entire time?

10/1/2009 3:24:19 PM

everybody should skip the U2 show and come to the Hear Here: The Finale at the Pour House on Saturday!!!

Just kidding, but those of you that aren't fortunate enough to have any U2 tickets, come on out!

Some info for the show plus Inflowential's new video on the 88.1 blog: http://wknc.org/blog/post/6191/new-inflowential-music-video/

10/1/2009 3:48:30 PM

^
I'm hoping to catch The Love Language after U2.

That would be an amazing evening.

10/1/2009 6:43:09 PM

10/2/2009 3:48:44 PM

U2’s 360-Degree Stage Takes Shape At Carter-Finley
http://music.mync.com/2009/10/a-sneak-peak-at-u2s-150-foot-stage/

10/3/2009 12:31:44 AM

Id see them, but would not pay that outrageous price

10/3/2009 12:42:19 AM

Quote :

"Id see them, but would not pay that outrageous price"

How is $35 outrageous? Go watch some free band in a crappy bar.

Quote :

" U2 360º Tour Carter Finley Stadium, Raleigh, NC Sat, Oct 3, 2009 07:00 PM Section 122 Row J Seats 1 Description Price Level 4 Lower Level Seating Reserved Seating Type Standard Admission - Select GA / Reserved Below Ticket Price US $30.00 x 1 Price Details Convenience Charge US $5.85 x 1 SUBTOTAL US $35.85"

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E0042879CD26193?artistid=736365&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

10/3/2009 12:51:45 AM

It looks like we get a new field out of this too:
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/story/121977.html

10/3/2009 1:39:26 AM

Walked by the stage tonight.

Even the wide-angle pictures don't do justice to how retardedly huge the thing is.

10/3/2009 7:43:31 AM

I'll be there. Section 31. Upper level, seats C37-40.

I have no idea if these are good or shitty cause I didn't buy them.

10/3/2009 10:04:32 AM

section 21 for me. Should be fun

10/3/2009 10:13:48 AM

forecast is looking good.

10/3/2009 11:18:24 AM

^ You should have made your screenname aaroneous. That would have been cool.

10/3/2009 11:38:01 AM

i've got a stagehand parking pass and no tickets

10/3/2009 11:43:51 AM

Quote :

"Even the wide-angle pictures don't do justice to how retardedly huge the thing is."

You really do have to see it to understand.

I don't feel bad for a single person in the stadium. There won't be a bad seat in the house.

10/3/2009 12:21:18 PM

Quote :

"^ You should have made your screenname aaroneous. That would have been cool. "

my middle name is ian.

10/3/2009 2:28:16 PM

good lord. the traffic on i-40 was backed up to durham.

10/3/2009 7:55:01 PM

i have a fucking flat and can't even head out

10/3/2009 8:28:17 PM

The epitaph of this show is going to be the horrible traffic/parking situation. I have been taking calls at 96 Rock for the last 3 hours and people are royally pissed.

10/3/2009 8:45:16 PM

They are pissed that they went to a location where thousands of other people were going to be and got stuck in some traffic?

10/3/2009 11:48:53 PM

Punk kid got bono's glasses

and ahhhh, that stage was sick
totally worth it
muse was great
got goose bumps with amazing grace-->streets have no name
parking--HA! Thanks guy that drove over the fair lot back entance resulting in our avoidance of paying $20

10/4/2009 12:31:50 AM

anybody have an awkward moment in the crowd after bono mentioned john edwards? i know we did

10/4/2009 12:36:56 AM

If I had gotten a ticket for around 35 bucks I would have gone just to say I went.

Everybody not only seemed impressed with the stage, but I now have 29340293490 pics on my Facebook newsfeed to show, apparently, just how impressed everybody was.

10/4/2009 12:42:46 AM

Great concert indeed. We had a blast. I mean I knew the stage was going to be big, but omg that thing takes up so much space. I read somewhere that if it were 2 feet larger it wouldn't have fit in Carter Finley.

That 360 video screen was tight. When it expanded to basically go from the stage to the top of the claw/ship I was like, "did that really just happen". This stage has some amazing tech in it.

As for parking, we parked on the grass in the University Club driveway, lol. I mean really, it's just like a game day almost. The walk wasn't bad at all and we didn't have to shell out any money for parking. That and while everyone else was getting pissed off trying to leave after the concert, we just walked through it all and drove off.

News is reporting that this is probably going to pump about $4 million into the local economy.

10/4/2009 12:48:21 AM

^^ Haha, I'm guilty of that. Every time the stage did some new random thing I had to get a picture of it. I wonder how much power it costs to run that thing for the duration of the show.

10/4/2009 12:50:09 AM

"Stand By Me" during "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" was pretty cool.

10/4/2009 12:54:23 AM

Post some pics...my facebook friends didn't go I guess.

10/4/2009 2:01:59 AM

i kept wondering what the big claw things were for that hung from the top (arab13)

also i didn't think it lived up to the hype, was bono lipsyncing during a song or two? i swear i heard singing yet no mic near his face.... i also think several of the songs were out of sync....

no beer!

10/4/2009 2:13:58 AM

I guess Bono really does say happy birthday to someone in the crowd like he did on entourage

for some reason i can't think of bono without thinking of johnny drama haha

10/4/2009 2:18:24 AM