05-26-2017, 01:49 PM
pinkoos wrote:
Guess they're so big now that they have to play huge stadiums (vs small arenas). They played at NRG stadium which is where the Houston Texans football team plays. I think it must have been 50,000 people.
Anyway, it was a great show in terms of the stage setup, the music, the trip down Joshua Tree memory lane, and the extra non-JT tracks. However, acoustics in a venue that large are never going to be up to snuff and last night proved no different.
However, I'm glad I went, but this will probably be my last U2 show.
Setlist here: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/u2/2017/nr...7cc09.html
The stadium is designed to reflect the roar of crowd and amplify it. As with Seattle's. They usually hang miles of fabric from the rafters to help stop sound from bouncing around especially with that roof designed to be like a tight drum trapping the sound inside the stadium.
Designed to amplify the roar of the crowd I doubt any modern NFL stadium is going to be a great venue for music beyond accommodating numbers of people.