Product Details

• Actors: Bono, Adam Clayton, Jay-Z, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge
• Directors: Tom Krueger
• Producers: Audrey Davenport, Ford Englerth, Katherine Allen, Malcolm Gerrie, Ned O'Hanlon
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1), English (PCM Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Interscope
• DVD Release Date: June 3, 2010
• Run Time: 131 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003ELOQCA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,765 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "U2 - 360° AT THE ROSE BOWL" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

U2'S RECORD BREAKING ROSE BOWL CONCERT
Filmed on 25th October 2009

U2360° At The Rose Bowl was the penultimate gig of last year's U2360° tour in support of their Grammy-nominated album No Line on The Horizon. The Rose Bowl performance was the band's biggest show of 2009 and U2's biggest ever US show, with a live audience in excess of 97,000. The show was also streamed across seven continents via YouTube. The first ever live streaming of a full-length stadium concert, U2360° at the Rose Bowl had over 10 million views on the channel in one week.

Shot entirely in HD, the concert was filmed with 27 cameras and directed by Tom Krueger who had previously worked on U23D, the first live action 3D concert movie taken from U2's Vertigo Tour. Available in standard and two disc deluxe DVD formats, U2360° At The Rose Bowl will also be U2's first concert available in Blu-ray. The deluxe formats and the Blu-ray will feature a new documentary called Squaring the Circle: Creating U2360°, with new interviews from U2, Paul McGuinness and the team behind the touring production.

CONCERT:
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Beautiful Day
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
No Line On The Horizon
Elevation
In A Little While
Unknown Caller
Until the End of the World
The Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Sunday Bloody Sunday
MLK
Walk On
One
Where The Streets Have No Name
Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
With Or Without You
Moment Of Surrender

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In the City of Blinding Lights, June 6, 2010

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Boy - See all my reviews

This review is from: U2 - 360° AT THE ROSE BOWL (DVD)

U2 360 is without a doubt U2's most visually impressive concert film, even surpassing the ones chronicling their over-the-top 90s shows. The enormous and seemingly sentient "space ship" stage (aka "The Claw") is a spectacle unto itself, rivaled only by the sight of the 100,000-plus perpetually euphoric U2 fans.

Contrary to the many predictable bad reviews (this band REALLY attracts Amazon trolls...), the editing of this film is another high point, alternately manic and graceful depending on whatever song is being performed. Most of the reviewers complaining about the editing appeared to have only viewed the first five minutes of the film, which is specifically cut to match the furious pace of "Get on Your Boots".

Musically, I'd have to say that Bono is still at his peak as a performer, although past his prime as a singer. His voice is simply uneven, sporadically failing on some songs, while soaring to unexpected heights on others. That said, his gift for genuinely connecting with the audience - even one as monstrously huge as this - remains unequalled in the annals of modern rock.

As for The Edge, he is consistently brilliant throughout, and the sound quality of his guitar is mixed to absolute perfection. He also delivers some of his finest and most elaborate solos ever ("Unknown Caller", especially) which ought to - but probably won't - silence the clueless haters who insist he can't really play.

The inspired setlist is also refreshingly heavy on newer material, with 5 songs from ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND (2000), 2 from HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB (2004), and 6 from NO LINE ON THE HORIZON (2009). Many of the played-to-death '80s classics have been put out to pasture this time, including "I Will Follow", "New Year's Day", "Pride", and "Bullet the Blue Sky".

High points of the show include visually and sonically stunning versions of "City of Blinding Lights", "Vertigo", "I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight", and "Ultra Violet (Light My Way)". It's also great to see them playing "The Unforgettable Fire" again, with Edge doing impressive triple-duty on piano, guitar, and backing vocals.

IMO, the show really hits its stride about halfway through, with the outstanding new song, "Unknown Caller", and then never lets up. Everything up until that point is good, but the second half of the show is truly transcendent.

My only siginificant complaints are twofold: Bono's aforementioned vocal malfunctions, as well as the exclusion of the rousing opening medley called "Soon" and the rocked-out first song, "Breathe." I was lucky enough to see the 360 tour in the third row of the "Golden Circle", and I can tell you that this medley - which culminates with Bowie's classic countdown from "Space Oddity" - whipped the crowd into a frenzy of anticipation I haven't felt at any concert since U2's early '90s ZOO TV tour. Pity it isn't here.

That said, if you're a fan of U2's concert films at all, this one's an absolute must - 5 stars, easy. And now we can start looking forward to the recently rescheduled 2011 North American dates, the second live DVD from the next leg of the tour, the deluxe RATTLE & HUM and ACHTUNG BABY remasters, the Broadway SPIDER MAN soundtrack, the long-rumored SONGS OF ASCENT LP, and yet ANOTHER new record - maybe two! - they are reportedly working on. No line on the horizon? I'll say.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars VERY DISAPPOINTING!!! I HOPE U2 Reads this., April 28, 2011

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Scotty J. - See all my reviews

This review is from: U2 - 360° AT THE ROSE BOWL (DVD)

FIRST of all I LOVE U2 and have for many years!!! I wish they would get different production on their videos. I agree with other reviewers that there's TOO MANY FAST EDITS!!! TOO MANY QUICK CAMERA SHOTS!!!

I LOVE watching concerts...every aspect of them...the interaction of the band, the music, how they interact with the crowds, the musicianship of each member...etc...

When Editors do all the FAST/FRANTIC/QUICK/SHORT edits...it takes AWAY from the video experience.

This obviously was an AMAZING & INCREDIBLE show from one of the greatest live bands ever. U2 can rock a stadium and have the whole crowd into the show like no other band.

That's why it hurts to say that their last couple of DVDs (including the one from Chicago) have too many 'jerky' and frantic edits.

The 4 guys of U2 and their music are EXCITING ENOUGH without all the dizzying edits.

...that's why I was so disappointed in this DVD. I'm going to keep it b/c I love U2, but I hope they change their future concerts to something more enjoyable to watch.

I wish they could even do another camera angles or alternative edits feature, so you could choose if you wanted... or maybe they could reissue with a 'director's cut' ...LOL.

This is a DVD concert that could have been done SO MUCH BETTER.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great concert, bad video, October 23, 2010

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M. Jeter "MJ" (Fort Mill, SC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: U2 - 360° AT THE ROSE BOWL (DVD)

I'm a big U2 fan and have all of their concert videos, including this one. But this video was a major disappointment. The actual concert was great, but the video makes the concert seem very disjointed, and it is seriously over-edited. The rapid shot changes are extremely annoying and really take away from the concert experience. I actually prefer the streamed YouTube version, even with the lower video quality.