U2 360 Tour

U2 360 Tour at Giants Stadium (September-23-2009) during and just after the show I posted the gig as “OK” now I need to expand on that. For years I have said that the young female pop stars Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Beyonce, Lady Gaga and others. Have some Pretty Good music I like much of it but when do a live show it is stacked with distractions 40 dancers-lights-explosions-multi video displays. The music is good enough to stand on it’s own I wish they realize that I would love to see any one of them do a acoustic show sit down on a stool pick up a guitar and sing to me. This was the way I felt last night at the Giant Stadium stop of the U2 360 Tour. The stage well it was much more than a stage it was this massive structure that took up probably ¼ of the football field with four legs topped by a giant canvas covering with a tower that looked like a rocket. Rapped around all this was a black video screen that used 4 stationary cameras and a few hand held ones. At times all 4 members of the band were shown in split screen. There were 2 bridges that extended from the center stage to a round catwalk these bridges moved 360o during the set allowing band members to walk over and onto the catwalk. Now onto my point was/ is all this necessary ? U2 as I said I believe is the Worlds 2nd best band behind Mike Peters-James Stevenson-Craig Adams and Steve Grantley collectively The Alarm. U2 can deliver a powerful high energy concert without all the visual distractions Bruce Springsteen is a good example his shows are high profile and high energy without all the pyrotechnics I do not believe all these visuals add to the concert experience I believe it takes away from it. Let’s leave all that nonsense to the pop stars. Come on Bono-Adam-Larry and Edge bring me into a small venue leave the electric instruments home and show me what you got. I have full confidence in you.