Shout Out ! U2 Crew !

Rehearsals over and now it's time to get to work. Sure daily sound checks will happen, however for the most part rehearsals are over.

The crew all packed up and ready to go. The trucks are all ready for tonight's load out. Band rested and ready to go.   

Vancouver has been a great host.  Bono has said in previous interviews "We always had a thing for Canada in general, but Vancouver has been very, very welcoming to us at a time when we're very fragile," "Because you get quite vulnerable when you are preparing to launch a tour. And I know that sounds odd, but there is a level of nausea and, sort of, you feel ill in the pit in your stomach. It's an anxious time. Here in this city, we feel very free. And I like to get out of the city, and I go wandering, cycling, I get lost around here, and I like getting lost in B.C."

Everyone is anxious during this time. The crew has to get the timing for load in's and load out's and be able to map out a plan for the local that will change every night on tour.  This touring crew has been together for many years; sure some new crew members will join the team. However, most of them have been on this crew for some time.

It's a family no it's not at all like that HBO show its much more work, long hours, short nights and long days.  As a crew member, you know that everything your doing brings the best possible experience.  The crew stands at the edge of the stage and looks over and smiles "Yea I made it happen, and I'll do it all over again tomorrow."

Crew a big shout out to you! You bring all the parts together so that the band creates an experience of a lifetime.  You are a crew member of the world's largest rock band, that's not a bad gig at all.

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U2 Daily News

New York City:  You may have noticed that we have refreshed our site. Don't worry all of the old content can still be found.

We centered our focus on the tour news that we are about to launch in a few days. 

One big change will be our tour image wall which can be found on our site as well as on Instagram. You can expect to see concert footage of the day also as well as updated setlists, video footage of the day and of course tour news.

Hey in tour news today.  Opening Night inVancouver, the band will be featuring the work of Canadian parliamentary poet laureate George Elliott Clarke.

Clarke was contacted by the Third Company, which is producing visuals for U2’s Joshua Tree 30th-anniversary tour, with a request to feature his poems “Ain’t You Scared of the Sacred?: A Spiritual” and “Elegy for Leonard Cohen” during the band’s Vancouver date. The poems will be projected on stage screens prior to the show.

Clayton Shares Insights

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New York:   Now Adam sits down with Rolling Stone. The full court press marketing machine is up and running. U2' has the best publicist team around. Creating opportunities for the boys to get the word out and share their views on the upcoming tour, the last tour and well yes the new album. Andy Greene captured a couple of great talking points and got some answers that have been in the minds of U2 fans. 

The boys like touring and playing music live. This summer should be a blast for most fans. No word on Latin America, however, you can see the on-line support grow to request a Latin/South America tour.

I&E Tour was to extend into 2016. However, the challenges of the new album and the idea of pivoting towards Songs of Experience proved to be a bit more challenging than expected. Throw in some world events as Brexit and Donald Trump and you a recipe for some new songs, maybe some activism. Could the album be ready this year? Well maybe.

Tomorrow we will cover the Joshua Tree tour and what we could expect. As well as the one question Andy asked Adam that happened to be on our minds too.

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