Cardiff Millenium Stadium Live Thread - Gweiddi!

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feeds@kickapps.com (grahamcevans) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:10:04 PST

hi was at the cardiff concert.wow,one of the best.happy days.graham

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feeds@kickapps.com (mandywilliams) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:27:06 PST

This is really late I know but there's a really awesome review of the gig on electricshutdown.wordpress.com.

It's brilliant seriously! :D

What a night!

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feeds@kickapps.com (Mr Brightside) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:27:54 PST

MacFoley wrote:
3 stages of the stage................

I can see me.

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feeds@kickapps.com (MacFoley) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:18:08 PST

3 stages of the stage................

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feeds@kickapps.com (jkuli6) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:11:49 PST

Where do people plan on parking at 7am in the morning? I think I'll be getting there around 7:30 am

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feeds@kickapps.com (utwothefly) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:59:16 PST

Orris wrote:
So excited! I'm flying to my hometown of Chicago to finally see them in Chicago proper (crazy religious folks wouldn't allow it when I was younger!).

Anyway, we've got GA tickets. What time should we start lining up at Soldier Field to get a good spot close to the stage?

Thanks!

7am or earlier if you want to be with'in a couple of lines from the front rail. worked for me in cardiff and wembley. you can queue later but id go as early as possible as its the first show in the us.

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feeds@kickapps.com (Orris) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:30:33 PST

So excited! I'm flying to my hometown of Chicago to finally see them in Chicago proper (crazy religious folks wouldn't allow it when I was younger!).

Anyway, we've got GA tickets. What time should we start lining up at Soldier Field to get a good spot close to the stage?

Thanks!

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feeds@kickapps.com (andy scotson) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:52:33 PST

Not quite sure why you are asking inthe Cardiff thread, but I have read somewhere that they are having to pay an awful lot of money to get the screen moved.

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feeds@kickapps.com (txanniefan) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:04:45 PST

Will the Dallas Cowboys new stadium's giant jumbotron screen (that has recently given some football kickers a hard time) be a problem when setting up the massive U2 stage? Has the crew looked into that? I will be seeing U2 in Houston, TX after the Dallas show, and I don't want any equipment messed up due to that giant TV screen! I didn't know where else to ask.
Good luck in Chicago.

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feeds@kickapps.com (Jonesgirl) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:05:28 PST

speartje wrote:

sdvsdv wrote:
is the inner circle first come, first served,
or are they scanning tickets again & letting 2 ppl in for every 1 ticket that gets scanned as a "golden ticket", like vertigo? or are they scanning tickets randomly but letting in more early tickets and no late tickets? i am confused. thanx
First come, First serve.... you can find all procedures on the board and U2.com site
Come early and find yourself a good spot on the outside off the pitcentre (catwalk). frontline you'll miss a lot of the effects and screen.

..and early means EARLY! As I'm sure you know , some even queue outside from night before. I heard of people getting into inner circle for UK shows who joined queue by about 12 noon on the day - but really that's about...

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feeds@kickapps.com (speartje) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:43:46 PST

sdvsdv wrote:
is the inner circle first come, first served,
or are they scanning tickets again & letting 2 ppl in for every 1 ticket that gets scanned as a "golden ticket", like vertigo? or are they scanning tickets randomly but letting in more early tickets and no late tickets? i am confused. thanx

First come, First serve.... you can find all procedures on the board and U2.com site
Come early and find yourself a good spot on the outside off the pitcentre (catwalk). frontline you'll miss a lot of the effects and screen.

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feeds@kickapps.com (sdvsdv) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:55:49 PST

is the inner circle first come, first served,
or are they scanning tickets again & letting 2 ppl in for every 1 ticket that gets scanned as a "golden ticket", like vertigo? or are they scanning tickets randomly but letting in more early tickets and no late tickets? i am confused. thanx

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feeds@kickapps.com (sdvsdv) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:54:49 PST

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feeds@kickapps.com (adamapple) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:38:48 PST

Only signed up here the other day and have enjoyed reading the different things people enjoy about different shows. Having had the week since the Cardiff gig to gather my thoughts, they are the same now as they were afterwards - not only the best gig I've seen on this tour but the best U2 show I've ever been too. I think when you've seen them a fair few times it's the little things that tell you it's definitely a 'special' one. Saw Bad performed twice in Dublin and Bono didn't have his gretsch for either and was doing ad libbing in it as he did in Wembley. He also had the gretsch at Wembley but was just doing the usual air stuff, so I couldn't believe it when he played it as a proper lead just before the 'how long' refrain in Cardiff, and there was none of that preplanned 'ad lib' stuff.

Have to say I think the Millennium Stadium is the best stadium I've ever been to. Croke is a great stadium but just felt that much...

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feeds@kickapps.com (apocalyptic_queen) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:27:14 PST

Living in North Wales, we took the A487/A470 route which basically took us straight down to Cardiff. The journey took around 5 hours but it was well worth it. Not much traffic at all, not even when we were hitting the West area of the M4 on entering Cardiff and we got to see some amazing views on the way down as well as enjoying a sensational concert :-)

Having been to Croke Park, Wembley and the City of Manchester Stadiums previously, I can honestly say this was by far the best concert I've ever attended. Perhaps, that was also due to the patriotism that the Cardiff crowd somehow inspired but the atmosphere in the Millennium Stadium was awesome. It is the same when watching a rugby match in there and I was very impressed with the Edge's pronounciation of Cymru am Byth. Few bands respect the Cardiff audience in the way that U2 did but whether you were Welsh, English or had travelled from further afield, the whole crowd were enthusiastic and good-natured and I have...

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feeds@kickapps.com (andy scotson) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:38:28 PST

efc2009 wrote:
was there also , loved it, but wanna see it again!! cant find a bootleg anywhere non on ebay which was my source last year any1 know of any???

Dont you dare spend any money on bootlegs! Fans share such material for free as a service to each other, we don't like people on e-bay who flog stuff that is already being willingly shared so they can profit on the back of the band's work. (Edit - ohh, sorry if that sounded a bit fierce or pompous, wasn't meaning to start hectoring you!)

So far there is one audience audio recording that has come out (available to download from the usual locations). In terms of video a couple of sources have been posted on line and I know of one fan who is working on pulling the various bits together into a multicam mix of the show. You'll need to be a bit patient as these things do take time but the results can be stunning and I take my hat...

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feeds@kickapps.com (efc2009) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:08:38 PST

was there also , loved it, but wanna see it again!! cant find a bootleg anywhere non on ebay which was my source last year any1 know of any???

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feeds@kickapps.com (berni) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:34:11 PST

We were about 1 person from the barrier at the back of the pit slightly off centre which was a great spot until about 10 mins before u2 when some loud drunk blokes decided to come back from the bar and shove in. After attempting to stand in front of me and being told pretty firmly to f off they decided to stand behind me instead and as soon as u2 came on got their fat drunk friend to join them. I feel most sorry for the people who were on the rail behind us who probably saw very little and heard even less. After jumping into me several times the fat one got a few well timed elbows to the ribs and toned it down after that. He didn't shut up though. Hearing him shout his way through bad was pretty painful. Luckily for me I'd seen bad at croke and wembley so I wasn't as pissed off about it as I could've been.

Back to the positives... queuing was easier than dublin due to the fact we sat down in the queue this time (although dublin was more organised), the...

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feeds@kickapps.com (Sue1) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:27:51 PST

Great pics Gibbo and Kev, thanks for sharing!!! :-)

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feeds@kickapps.com (CarolineWebb) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:40:30 PST

Hey All......This is the first time I've posted on here, but just wanted to thank all for the fantastic photos!!!!
For me, this show was awesome!!!!.....highlights were ONE and UNFORGETTABLE FIRE.....and when the whole stadium started singing "40", I was instantly taken back to the JOSHUA TREE gig (when the millenium stadium was Cardiff Arms Park)......and as always, ONE totally blew me away!!!!
Myself and Hubby met some lovely people that day outside gate 1......there were 2 northern guys who were with us in red zone 1 (edges side), and a lovely guy from London, who stood next to us on the barrier, and who very kindly bought us a drink......."whoever you are, we owe you a drink!!!!"
Would have been great to get the names of these guys - would have liked to keep in touch with some fellow U2 fans.
Also, have heard rumours that U2 will be returning to UK next year......Anyone know if this is true??????
Would be awsome to see them again...

Cardiff Millenium Stadium Live Thread - Gweiddi!

feeds@kickapps.com (bigwave) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:59:28 PST

The tour moves into Wales, and the last show of the first leg of the 360 Tour.

Here's where to share links and discuss the day, I am all out of superlatives, other than to say it just get better and better, and it was magnificent from Day 1 anyhow.......

Lets see what we can do to get as close to the action as we can, should be something of a party going off in Cardiff tonight.