The U.S. tour was but one piece of a larger "360-degrees" global tour that will continue well into 2010, and will likely surpass the $389 million that U2 raked in from its 2005-2007 Vertigo tour, which is second only to the Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang" trek. Billboard reports that U2 "toured Europe in July and August, the U.S. in September and October for a total of 40-45 shows this year." There are plans for "more stadiums in America in June and July next year, then August and September in Europe. The trek then tentatively will hit South America in the fall of 2010, for potentially as many as 90-100 shows over the next two years."
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The most moving portion of the concert was near the end, when a gaggle of Amnesty International volunteers came onto the stage in a long processional, each holding a mask of Aung San Suu Kyi, the long-imprisoned leader of Burma. The procession was accompanied by a stirring video and exhortations from Bono himself. Freeing Aung San Suu Kyi has been one of U2 and Amnesty's major causes, positioning them at the forefront of international politics while at the same time sadly underscoring their political impotence.

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As for the concert's extravagance, as AlterNet's Vanessa Richmond wrote, "Ironically, U2 is outspoken about their commitment to the environment, but carbon output of their tour this year is far bigger even than Madonna's high-maintenance carbon-heavy tour. U2's carbon emissions will equal that of 90,000 people flying from Dublin to London, and are equivalent of the waste created by 6,500 average British or Irish people in an entire year (equal to leaving a standard 100 watt light bulb on for 159,000 years). To offset this year's carbon emissions, U2 would need to plant 20,118 trees." Before the tour began, "Live Nation, the producers of the U2 360° Tour, confirmed their commitment to producing the largest concert tour in history in an environmentally responsible manner with a goal of balancing the tour's direct carbon footprint through a comprehensive reduction and offset strategy."

I wonder if they are going to plant those 20,118 trees?

U2 has also been criticized for their decision several years back to move their assets to the Netherlands in order to take advantage of the country's lower tax rates; it seemed Bono, a longtime anti-poverty advocate, preferred a more
regressive system of taxation when it came to the band's own earnings.

More recently, Bono drew the ire of net neutrality activists with an op-ed that slammed file-sharing and seemed to suggest online content should be policed. Blogger Cory Doctorow had this to say in response, according to BBC News: "If only greed and ignorance could sequester carbon, Bono could FINALLY save the planet."

Ivan Dimkovic: * Doticni Bonobo je odlican primer kvazi dobrocinitelja - osoba koja cini sve kako bi izbegla da placa porez svojoj zemlji (i od koga bi se gradili putevi, skole...), leti privatnim avionima troseci eone goriva dok pridici o klimi... i izigravajuci svojevrsnu Celebrity Majku Terezu, iz Learjet-a... kvazi dobrocinitelji kod normalnih ljudi mogu da izazovu samo iritaciju digestivnog trakta

Srđan Pavlović: Mislim da su neku od South Park epizoda Met i Trej posvetili njemu :-)

Ivan Dimkovic: * Doticni Bonobo je odlican primer kvazi dobrocinitelja - osoba koja cini sve kako bi izbegla da placa porez svojoj zemlji (i od koga bi se gradili putevi, skole...), leti privatnim avionima troseci eone goriva dok pridici o klimi... i izigravajuci svojevrsnu Celebrity Majku Terezu, iz Learjet-a... kvazi dobrocinitelji kod normalnih ljudi mogu da izazovu samo iritaciju digestivnog trakta

Doticni Bonobo je odlican primer kvazi dobrocinitelja...

Ivan Dimkovic: Hipokrit je ...