U2 - 360° AT THE ROSE BOWL [2 DVD Digipack]

I will start by saying that I have just about every Live U2 DVD released including the Slane Castle Gig, Sydney Australia, Mexico City, Chicago, Red Rocks & Milan. The cinematography with switching & fades capturing the complexity of their songs at this Rose Bowl gig is PHENOMENAL!! Considering the scope and size of this 360 stage; the state of the art cameras flying and rotating bring you to a place that is simply unattainable from being there live and actually brings the "concert experience" or should I say Reexperience? to a whole new level. Millions of people watched this unparalleled theatrical show live around the globe. It starts with a powerful, nearly flawless, version of "Get on your Boots" and "Magnificent" and encouraging performances of "Beautiful Day" "In a little while" "until the end of the World" (incredible Camera work) "The unforgettable fire", "I'll go Crazy" is enlightening. Later in the show a message to Iran, "This is United States Calling" to "all who love freedom" for those persecuted in Iranian prisons followed by an emotional version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" It is profound to see the fans singing along with "Amazing grace" leading into "Where the streets have no name" or witness music transcend politics and borders in SO Cal during "Vertigo"... & wrapping up with an awesome version of "Moment Of Surrender" Each song performed that evening has it's own little story. No other band has been able to generate this type of global response & bring a genuine intimacy to this SIZE of a venue. It is really quite amazing and quite honestly super natural, in its own "mysterious way" Before watching this show I did not care too much for their new album... but now I am discovering new things about each song as I watch this memorable evening in 2009 that was captured on film. Regarding poor reviews... What the whiners do not understand (Now I know why Bono wrote the song with or without you) is that this show was in Los Angeles!! the whole concert is geared to honor Hollywood and LA! that includes special effects and color!! and this is supposed to be through the eyes of a spaceship! At the intro, the Ariel view of the Rose Bowl completely filled with a enormous crowd glowing in Neon Blue is unprecedented... People complaining about a "grainy" look to this HD concert? Maybe they did not notice that they used colored lighting almost exclusively?? HD is not going to have a "SHARP" picture you expect in this type of lighting environment!! In my opinion it was refreshingly different, with almost surreal type effects the band & fans at times seem to glow in neon colors almost like a blend between Tron, Terminator and Fantasia!! The fast switching is executed between the musicians and the songs in a genius type manner, catching the emotions of the band and venue dancing back and forth between every note of their dynamic and ever changing music & melodies. The audio recording & mixing with "360" surround in Dolby Digital is awesome! After 30 years of singing Rock and Roll and touring more than any other band... I was impressed with Bono's voice, unbelievable energy & grace for this show. Yes I too, can not wait for U23D live from Argentina to be released! But in the mean-time I am thoroughly enjoying this magic night that was captured at the Rose Bowl USA.

There are only certain "Special Editions" that I will purchase because they really seem "special." For example, the Blade Runner box set in the suitcase. The James Bond set - got it on Amazon for a great price and it has lots of extras. And now, the U2 Super Deluxe Set for U2360. This show, I believe, is the one that was broadcast over Youtube and it was amazing. A real mix of new and old songs. This set also comes with the tour program, as well as those fun extras that we've all come to know and love. I'm not going to rehash what's in the set. Sure, you don't really need U2 guitar picks, but for the cost of the whole set, it's kind of fun to have. The set is beautifully packaged and the materials are good quality. The hardback book is kind of cool too, plus a single called "Soon." I have not listened to it yet. But it's U2, so most likely, I'll like it. If you're as big a fan of U2 as I am, you'll enjoy the set. For average fans who just want to see a good show, get just the DVD. But diehards, I don't think you'll be disappointed with this set.

I attended the U2 360 Tour concert at Fed Ex field last September. Trying to describe the experience to someone who wasn't there is almost impossible. The HUGE "Claw" stage setup was an amazing sight - like something out of a Godzilla movie! But if you couldn't be there, this DVD is the next best thing. Although the Rose Bowl set list is slightly different than the one I saw, watching this DVD still brought back some great memories. 95 percent of this concert is the same as what I saw in DC. It was like going back to the concert again, but this time from different ever changing seat locations. The sound quality is excellent and the presentation of the concert is top notch! So for those that missed the 360 tour, heres your chance to finally see it. And for those of you that did go, this is the ultimate 360 concert souvenir. Enjoy!

I was at this concert, as well as the show two nights before in Las Vegas. The concert was streamed live on YouTube (and archived for later viewing for the next week) and of the more than 20 U2 shows I've gone to dating back to the Unforgeable Fire tour, this was best of the lot. That statistics tell part of the story: this was the biggest show U2 ever played in the US, and the largest show by a single headlining artist in US history. But that's only part of the story. While U2 shows are always high energy, this one went just a little bit further. The next to the last show of the tours second leg, they were polished, confident and clearly having a great time. This is the first U2 live video that will be released in Blu-Ray, and in a rare move for a live concert release, it was taken from only one show. (Typically, at least two concerts are shot to give more editing choices.) While this may result is a slightly rougher sound (no second takes - unless they re-recorded them in post), it also gives an even greater sense of being there live in the moment. More than just a memento of a night at a concert, I'm looking forward for the chance to relive a night that saw one of the best bands in the world completely "in the zone" and sharing the moment with 100,000 of their friends in Southern California.

I am a huge U2 fan, and I have to say that this show was absolutely incredible! The 360 tour was amazing and this blu-ray movie of the Rose Bowl show was extremely well done. The audio and video quality was great, I really felt like I was there at the concert. The bonus features were also pretty cool. The bonus features include documentaries about the tour and music videos from the No Line CD, a bonus track (Breathe), clips from the 360 tour, videos from the opening of the European tour and the North American tour, and more. Overall this movie is incredible and provides a breathtaking concert experience. In my opinion, this is one of U2's best concerts on film.

The U2 extravaganza we know as 360 live at the Rose Bowl documents the bands latest and biggest production yet which will still be trotting around the world this year. I was fortunate to catch this show in LA and and the one 2 nights prior in Las Vegas at the Sam Boyd Stadium. Looking back now the Vegas show was just a dress rehearsal for LA. The setlist was identical which is unfortunate which tells me as the biggest Rock and Roll band in the world they like to "play it safe" and create the illusion that that night was special and unique. If you like your Rock shows presented to you with perfection then shows like U2, Rush and Kiss is your cup of tea. If you wanted to see a rock show where the music is center stage go see The White Stripes, Prince or The Black Crowes where setlists if there is one differs night after night. I personally take the big production shows for what they are at face value. U2 at a time did let the music dictate and be the center piece of their shows and if it worked it worked. Take example their live aid performance in 85' They were meant to play 3 songs that day "Sunday Bloody Sunday" "Bad" and "Pride" but they only got to do 2 songs Sunday and Bad. They got lost in the music and Pride wasn't performed. They didn't need all the gadgets -they had passion and its hard to get that with a rehearsed show. There are shows like Rush where it works they are probably the only exception in my opinion, with U2 seeing both forms - they do work better when they play off the fly- they are more exciting to watch as performers. Now that being said, at the vegas show I was in the front pit and in LA I was in nosebleed seats. Having experiencing the same show in 2 different outlooks. The show makes more sense in the nosebleed seats as a whole - the lights, the visuals it was more enjoyable, so with that in mind the home dvd will be great viewing. Being in the front didn't matter - the band 80 percent of the time were roaming the ramps playing to the rest of the stadium except Adam and Larry who you couldn't see at all. The front pit was created so it could have a club vibe with the band -standing room only without the pushing shoving and being crushed. personally it didn't work for me for the band was hardly visible and you couldn't see the visuals. The sound was way better in the nosebleed seats. The show was designed more for the people in the nosebleed seats. I give credit to U2 for coming up with ways to make a stadium very intimate. As far as track listing one thing i can say about U2 is that they play almost all their new material. They don't have to depend on their hits to make their shows work. They also throw in other than hits deep cuts from their old albums "In a little while" "Ultraviolet" "The Unforgettable Fire" fans like myself like to hear the new material and songs that aren't as popular. U2 is great in the balancing act of giving hard core fans and just regular radio listeners what they need.

I had the pleasure to see this show Live in Los Angeles 2011. This DVD is an incredible example of how great a live concert DVD can be. The huge size and scale are well depicted while we as the audience are drawn into an intimate performance by U2. This is a concert DVD for anyone who enjoys incredible production design, energy, color, movement and great sound. If you are a U2 Fan, you simply can't do without it. The staging is among the most technologically advanced ever devised and it's transformations are beautifully executed. One will never be disappointed by this DVD. I was a mild fan. This DVD put me over the top. I'm a fan now. Well done, boys!

I was at the concert just before this at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. U2 is wonderful live, and this brought back some of that excitement for me. I do agree with other reviews that some of the camera work is so quick you barely have time to focus before it jumps to the next scene. As the shows continues, it does seem to improve though. I sat and watched this grinning like an idiot, singing away with Bono and the Edge. And the stage is really something to be seen- you just cannot describe it to someone. The shots from above the stadium really show how impressive it is- but be ready to hit the pause button, it is another quick shot. It took me ten years to get tickets, and so I want to be able to re-live this concert until the next time.

画像も綺麗で、ライブ会場の雰囲気が伝わって来ます。

Bono sang my favourite song, " Until The End Of The World " so naturally I am happy with the dvd. Bono mentioned his band, such as bass guitarist, Adam Clayton, being like dead actor Clark Gable in the movie " Gone With The Wind ". Drummer Larry Mullen moved to Ireland in 1955 to start U2. Guitarist " The Edge " is described as like the character from Vulcan, the honest Mr. Spock from the television show, Star Trek. Bono questions why Iranian women are oppressed, unlike women in the United States. Bono is interested in sinful, sometimes dead actors, like the former governor of California, however not Ronald Reagan. Bono was mentioning the deceased actor called Dennis Hopper. Dennis Hopper had played an evil cop, a corrupt kidnapper of an exotic dancer in one movie and in another movie the manager of the New York casino in Las Vegas. Bono loves to refer to evil, corrupt politicians but really nobody knows if Bono himself is aware of the covert or only overt reputation of individuals.

O melhor de todos!!! ❤️😍

After the obligatory tour, the essential live video. U2 have documented every tour for the past 25 years on video : and here is U2's most cinematic, enormous tour. 360 is a unique proposition - a night spent in the round with no front or back, and a good view from everywhere in the venue : there is no line on the horizon, in the cosmos, just an immersive, surrounding everything. This is what 360 means. After 30 years of this stuff, I suppose the motive is to make it interesting. And if you're an artist, or a musician, music and art is what you do. In some ways this is U2 with the world's biggest playset, off exploring somewhere. Originally webcast, now rethought, re-edited, and re-mixed, this DVD can be a frustrating watch : the editing is jerky, with too many atmospheric out of focus shots, too many closeups, too many quick-cut fractions, and some of the `impossible zoom' shots that take anyone with a fraction of understanding out of the verisimilitude of the moment. Not only that, but the 360 show is the world's biggest, and most ambitious stage. It deserves to be seen, to be enjoyed, to be luxuriated slowly, as it is, to be frank, the most impressive, and imposing rock staging I've ever seen - a veritable battleship of music. 360 needs scale, and this presentation sometimes misses the sheer scope and size of this. But 360 captures something nothing else does : the heart and the beat. And helicopters. The camera pans over the huge stage, rises across the Rose Bowl, takes the vista in, of this enormous Gaudi-esque Claw that dances in a sea of light in the middle of the football stadium, and sets it in the context. And then you jump cut for a fraction of a second to an out of focus shot of the bassist's fingers. Style supercedes substance sometimes. But not often enough. The eternal battle of the concert film is to capture the spectacle or the spirit - and it is rare that one can do both. Whilst this frenetic editing captures the spirit of the show as you do from the floor, a plastic-beaker drinking evening of jumping and airpunching, it misses the presentation of the show as it feels from the top of the stands. The spectacle itself. Bono has his moves worked out, the angles, the second-hand, instinctive stagecraft -so much so that perhaps he has reached the instinctual zone of reaction and action that a footballer occupies his whole life, where there is no space or time to think, just to be. Just try not to see if there are any closeups of Bono's shoes. You won't see them. There's a moment in "Beautiful Day" where almost the entire audience reaches to the stage and Bono encapsulates the ethos of music in one fell swoop : "Touch me. Take me to that other place.", as if pleading to be healed by Jesus. What that other place is is never clear, but it exists, if only as the mythical 'somewhere'. The songs are the same, yet different - new contexts and new arrangements, new flourishes and new age. "I'll Go Crazy" is reworked from a hangover to a late night high speed disco train in a stunning moment of revision, all thudding drums, bongos, and thick bass that drives the night forward. When the screen contracts and stretches as a concertina, resembling some kind of ancient lantern, and the lighting is set to an epileptic recreation of a nuclear explosion in "The Unforgettable Fire", the effect is not just at the level of an emotional or intellectual truth but some kind of cerebral, thematic whole - everything connects in everything. War is just a spectacle for the television. The final strait of the main set sees the set change, expand, the stage become a cone of light and the songs become some kind of hymn, mantra, or something. The songs become more than they were ever meant to mean, a third dimension that really only ever exists for that moment, the space between the songs, the band, and the audience : to see it on a screen recreates that sense of community, but in the same way that a photograph can never be as real as reality itself. There is a moment there, where the band takes you beyond the music, to some sense of community. This is one of the reasons U2 are one of the best, if not the best, live band on the planet by now : they unify 80,000 strangers into one moment of short communion. One, but not the same. No amount of video can capture that moment : when the whole stadium is united by a brief, intangible spirit. The encore is business as usual : the time machine of "Ultraviolet", "With or Without You" , and the closer - "Moment of Surrender" : the refrain that sticks in my mind is that of the exodus due to happen as the stadium empties. "I did not notice the passersby. And they did not notice me". In the future, people will talk of U2 amongst the greats of Mozart, Amadeus, The Beatles. And they will deserve to be there : and "360" is, for its minor faults of editing, an important snapshot of one night in their lives at this stage of their journey. The point is not to arrive, but what you see on the way. What a view. Extras : the first song of the set "Breathe" is only on the deluxe editions, alongside a fine selection of bonus documentaries, extra videos, interviews, and general stuff. Whilst there is a truly amazing documentary hiding inside a U2 tour, none of the material on here captures it. But it provides a well rounded perspective on the tour.. The single DVD contains just the music : and is more than serviceable if that is all you are interested in. Either version is recommended.

Zunächst einmal ein Kompliment an Amazon, dass die DVD am Tag des Erscheinens auch wirklich schon im Briefkasten war. Perfekt! Vielleicht fehlen mir die Vergleichsmöglichkeiten, aber ich kann mich den negativen Rezensionen absolut nicht anschließen. Als ich die DVD eingelegt hatte, war da nur noch die pure Begeisterung. Und wie immer eigentlich bei den dramaturgisch gut durchdachten U2-Shows möchte man auch nicht mehr abschalten. Man kann sich mit einem normalen blu-ray-player und einer guten Sterioanlage das Liveerlebnis wirklich ins Wohnzimmer holen. Möglich, dass es schon Blu-ray-Liveaufnahmen gab, die besser waren. Die U2-DVD ist zumindest fantastisch. Und jetzt zum Inhalt: Schon der Anfang ist brilliant. Die DVD beginnt sofort mit dem Konzert. Kein lästiges Suchen in einem Menü. Und wir treffen gleich einen alten Bekannten: Das Zooropababy ist offenbar im All unterwegs und sieht in seinem high-tech-spaceshuttle, dass da etwas in Los Angeles los ist - erste Musikfetzten sind auch schon zu hören. Neugierig nimmt es Kurs auf die Rose-bowl-arena. Durch die Wolken schwebt es über dem Stadion. Überhaupt die Luftaufnahmen, von denen es viele gibt, während der Show: Einfach fantastisch. Die Spannung steigt, die Zuschauer flippen völlig aus. Wer das mal live erleben durfte (ich war beim Konzert in Berlin), weiß, was ich meine. Diese Spannung und Vorfreude, die einem den Atem nimmt und fast mit Händen zu greifen ist. Dass das Konzert nicht mit "breathe" beginnt (ist im Bonusteil zu finden) stört wirklich nicht. "The future needs a big kiss" - und schon gehtŽs los. Und wie! Das U2-Raumschiff hebt ab und die Zuschauer mit. Man merkt, wie viel Freude die Jungs auf der Bühne an dem haben, was sie tun. Lustige Konversation zwischen der Band, gute Laune und auch Larry Mullen jr. kriegt wirklich das eine oder andere Lächeln hin! Bono lebt auf in der Show. Er lebt die Musik, er überzeugt, er redet, er scherzt, er kämpft, leidet, fleht, bittet. Bis zu 1 1/2 Stunden nach einem Konzert sei er nicht ansprechbar, hat er einmal gesagt. Wer die Show sieht, weiß warum. Seine Stimme ist nicht immer auf der Höhe, aber das stört nicht weiter. Leicht erkältet war er an dem Abend, deshalb hat man lange überlegt, ob man diese Show auf DVD aufnimmt, oder eine andere. EdgeŽs Stimme ist glockenklar und es ist erstaunlich, welch tolle Backgroundstimme er liefert. Die Bühne und die Screens zaubern herrliche Bilder und Effekte. Die Bildschnitte des Regisseurs Tom Krüger wirken wesentlich ruhiger als die immer etwas hektischen Schnitte von Hamish Hamilton bei den DVD`s aus Boston und Chicago. Wunderbar auch die immer mal wieder eingestreuten "snippes", wobei mir "Stand by me", und "Amazing grace" am besten gefallen, gekonnt platziert sind und lautstark vom Publikum mitgesungen werden. Spätestens bei "Still haventŽt found what IŽm looking vor", nach einer launigen, an Hollywood orientierten Vorstellung der Band, kommt Gänsehautatmosphäre auf. Das Publikum sing fast den gesamten ersten Teil des Song allein. Bei "City of blinding lights" und "Vertigo" ziehen die Lights und Screens alle Register. Sowas hat es wohl noch nie gegeben. Selbst bei Pink Floyd nicht. Sehr gelobt wird immer die "Danceversion" von "IŽll go crazy". Ich muss sagen, dass mir die Albumversion besser gefällt. Der politische Teil bezieht sich erst auf die Proteste im Iran (Sunday bloody sunday"), dann auf Aung San Sue Kyi (MLK und Walk on), dann auf Afrika (Rede Bischoff Tutu und "One"). Where the streets have no name wird wohl immer ein Liveknaller bleiben. Das Zooropababy taucht noch einmal in seinem Spaceshuttle auf und leitet die Zugaben ein. Beeindrucken ist "ultra violet", nicht nur wegen des Mikros und Bonos Jacke. Es passt einfach perfekt in die Show. Mit Moment of Surrender gehen 2:15 Stunden fantastische Livemusik zu Ende. Das macht Lust auf mehr. Am 12.8. geht es in Hannover weiter!! Die Bonus-features sind sehenswert. Eindrücke aus anderen Shows, wie dem Touropening in Barcelona, aus Dublin, die Fanaktion in Polen und andere besonders erwähnenswerte Ereignisse während er Tour. Eine 35-minütige Doku über die Entstehung und Planung dieser Wahnsinnsbühne ist eigentlich ein Muss für alle, die sich etwas mehr dafür interessieren. Sehr gut die Interviews der Bandmitglieder, Manager Paul McGuiness, Video Designerin Catherin Owens und Tour-consultant Gavin Friday. Schon die Leute, die so etwas planen und hauptverantwortlich umsetzen, dafür sorgen, dass dieser "Wahnsinn" fast jeden Abend irgendwo auf der Welt wirklich "läuft", sind Künstler und verdienen allerhöchsten Respekt. Einige Videos gibt es noch, das Touropening in Chicago wird gezeigt, Bonus Material, das über Internete heruntergeladen werden kann und eine Überraschung: 21days till showbeginn, beinhaltet kleine Videosequenzen, die schon auf der U2-website gezeigt wurden. Sie befinden sich hier als versteckte features auf der DVD. Das Format ist 16:9, der Ton PCM Stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 und Dolby Digital. Es gibt eigentlich nichts auszusetzen. Insgesamt über 4 Stunden äußerst interessante Unterhaltung sind garantiert.