Australian geography for U2 2011
Usually if you ask me what I’ll be doing in 2011 I won’t have a clue, but I can tell you one thing I hope I’m doing – going to a U2 concert.
Just came across this piece of news : U2 super tour here – in 2011.
Now I’ll be amazed if the tour actually makes it to us in Perth. Usually it bothers me that big name artists always skip Perth on their tours – we’re a decent sized city not some little country town – but in U2’s case I will choose not to be angry. After all it does take 60 semi-trailers to cart their stage and equipment from city to city (wonder if The Edge has one of those just for his guitars and effects and amps?) and Perth is a very very long way from anywhere, as you can see on this map…
If you’re not familiar with Australian geography, consider that the whole continent is roughly the size of the continental USA, and basically the whole huge area between Perth and the blue bit is pretty much empty (Adelaide is the next reasonable sized city and they are pretty close to the blue section… U2 probably won’t make it to them either). Perth is the most isolated city of it’s size in the world. So I’ll make an exception for U2 and their 60 semi trailers and will quite happily fly across the country to see them (maybe in Sydney – middle of the green; or Melbourne – bottom of the blue)… now what would be cool is if they decided to just fly the band across and do some ultra-secret intimate gig somewhere in Perth and only a select few (including me) got invited – that would be awesome.
So anyway that’s my plan for 2011. If anyone ever hears about confirmed dates or ticket sales etc (or if you can score me an invite to the “secret Perth gig” – shhh…) please let me know straight away! I will be forever in your debt!
Anyway better get back to work and see if any patients have showed up (a bit slow today), and I’m due in theatre in half an hour or so..
Tags : Australia, perth, U2
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