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the Summer of 2009 By Brian S. U2 Photo - Livewire file |
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It seems odd, but there seems to be a multigenerational invasion of the world's music stages emanating from the United Kingdom. You have U2, Coldplay, and Paul McCartney bringing some the most popular music in the world to concert halls this summer. U2 is finally back after the Vertigo tour. After discovering that The Edge and Bono were involved in the musical version of Spiderman I feared that the massive world tour to promote the newest album, No Line on the Horizon, was going to be a massive tease. Luckily U2 tickets will simply be available for different legs of a tour that is expected to last for two years. Admittedly, playing the same songs for two straight years would probably get a little annoying. I add a new Pandora station every few weeks just to get something new into my daily musical routine. The tour is being called U2 360 Tour named because the stage will be in the middle of arenas, with fans surrounding all 360 degrees of the circular stage. The tour has European and U.S. legs in 2009 that will each last about six months and more concerts to be announced in 2010. Another group that is in the midst of a multi-year tour is Coldplay. Coldplay tickets have been available since summer 2008 to see the group promote Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and appear to be available until the end of the summer, when they will play Wembley Stadium with Jay-Z, Girls Aloud, and White Lies. The sound may be a little more melodramatic than U2, but the group remains as dedicated activists and as popular as the group that applies for the job as the Greatest Rock Band in the World every few years. I think those last few concerts will be the most interesting. Not that long ago Jay-Z released a track with his own words dubbed over the music of Coldplay. It seems that these two giants in their own genre have incredible mutual respect for each other, or at least the financial opportunity of performing together. Maybe Beyonce will show up to promote her own tour. Before there was U2 and Coldplay, the Beatles were the most influential group from the British Isles. The Beatles may have broken up nearly four decades ago and tragedy may snuffed out the life of two of the legendary members, but Paul McCartney has remained and occasionally is kind enough to perform live to the unbridled glee of his fans. Paul McCartney tickets not going to be available for marathon tours, but rather for a short summer fling in North America. He is hitting Citi Field in New York, Fedex Field in the D.C. area, Fenway Park in Boston, Piedmont Park in Atlanta, the Bank of Oklahoma Center in Tulsa, and Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. |
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