# U2 360 Tour **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2-360-tour/585054 "2011-06-11T01:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2-360-tour/585054/21 "2011-06-24T23:58:13Z")
> [@Lor213](#): > > This tour I was surprised you can actually get pretty decent standing spots by the stage even if you don’t stand in line for ages. I guess because it’s just such a big venue or what. The good reserved seats are just too expensive these days. That was probably the band’s idea, as a way to try to get a decent crowd near the stage. If you’re on a stage with a million watts of light in your eyes, it is pretty much impossible to see past the first couple of rows. A standing pit near the stage gets them people they can see, apart from the people in the $500 seats checking their iPhones waiting for the hits. I’m not a fan of the band, but I love the thing they did in Seattle, dedicating “It’s A Beautiful Day” to Rep. Gabriel Giffords, with a video link to her husband Mark Kelly on the International Space Station ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2-360-tour/585054/22 "2011-07-27T17:29:20Z")
I just got a text from the missus saying she got a rose from Bono last night at the Pittsburgh show. He better not show his face in this town again. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2-360-tour/585054.md?page=1)