U2 and Sabaton in Poland - Polish Music chat (no video clips please)

I am bothered by the fact that we have music video threads, but never discuss the actual song.

In this thread I would like to know more about seeing bands, being there, the buzz that you get and also something about Polish venues: clubs, open-air, stadium gigs.

Also, who are the top DJ's and where do they play ?

How about getting there, cost of travel, distance, advertising/promotion of various gigs.

Let's talk. No clips, just words. If the topic strays from one idea to another it shouldn't be too much of a problem to create a new thread out of the original.

All we have to do to keep it Polish is talk about bands visiting Poland and Polish bands playing anywhere.

Snow Patrol and U2: who went, what was it like, what did they play. From what I've read it was the best gig in Poland... EVER !

Terrible bloody shame I missed it, then. =(

I guess now I -have- to go see Sabaton later on, to make up for it!

Are they coming to Poland ? Tell me why I should see them.

New Year's Day.
from wikipedia: The lyric had its origins in a love song from Bono to his wife, but then was reshaped and inspired by the Polish Solidarity movement.

What is it about U2 and this song ? How is it that this song has a greater effect on the Polish people than any written by a Polish national ?

Well, first, Sabaton is for most any fan of the 'cleaner' varieties of Metal (as opposed to Black Metal, Death Metal, ect.), and probably even so for those able to listen to a variety of music with an open mind. I, for example, do not personally listen to very much Metal, and yet do wish to see this show.

The theme they're running it on - 'Always Remember', appears to be a reference to their disproportionally-well-known-in-these-parts song "40:1", on the 1939 Battle of Wizna in Poland, where Cpt. Raginis and his 720 men held off 42,000 invading Germans for three days before finally being overrun, at which point Raginis took his own life with a grenade, presuably to take some more Germans with him (Always remember/A fallen soldier/Always Remember/Fathers and sons at war).

As implied by the album name, Art of War, the songs all have inspiration/basis in some historic battle(/field event), which I think is something of no small significance (because we've all heard plenty of songs about bad relationships and the like already!).

As to them playing in Poland: yes, they are, beginning with the 31st of this month and ending with the 6th of next. From the Sabaton official website sabaton.net


Concert dates and locations:
Mon. 31st Aug. - Warsaw
Tue. 1st Sept. - Bydgoszcz
Wed. 2nd Sept. - Zielona Gora
Fri. 4th Sept. - Siemianowice Slaskie
Sat. 5th Sept. - Rzeszow
Sun. 6th Sept. - Gora Strekowa

Information
Warsaw - artbem.pl/amfiteatr
Zielona Gora - zok.com.pl/strona/46_wynajem_amfiteatru.html
Siemianowice Slaskie - sabaton.siemianowice.pl

For buying tickets, look sabaton.net/tour.html (scroll down to the appropriate date, and click on the 'Tickets' link).