Man ‘Uncomfortable’ During U2’s S’pore Concert As They Allegedly ‘Preached Throughout Concert’

Lest your name is Patrick Star and you have been hiding under a rock, you would know that U2 visited Singapore for a concert.

For. The. First. Time. Ever.

Yes, and this is a massive deal considering the fact that the band has been around for four decades.

And get this: They have also never held a concert in Southeast Asia before up until this year.

So of course, die-hard fans like my parents and many others went to the concert. Unfortunately, not everyone left with a smile on their faces.

In fact, at least one man left feeling “unsatisfied”.

Man ‘Uncomfortable’ During U2’s S’pore Concert As They Were Allegedly Too Preachy

Here’s a few details to keep you up to speed about U2

• U2 performed in Singapore over the weekend on 30 November and 1 December 2019.
• It was the first time in 42 years that they have been in Singapore for a concert.
• The concert attracted a 50,000 strong crowd
• U2 is a popular band who are touring on The Joshua Tree Tour.
• The Joshua Tree Tour sang a list of some of their old songs from their The Joshua tree album released way back in 1987.

Now we have all the details down let’s look at what this man has to say on his Facebook post.

A Facebook user by the name of Alex Toh took to Facebook to share his sentiments regarding the concert.

The TLDR version:

• He mentioned that the show started really well with high tempo songs
• As the show went on, he said “it was obvious they had messages to spread apart from just singing”
• He didn’t expect them to preach through the concert
• At some parts, he felt like he was attending church
• His tipping point was at the end when they sang beautiful day and mentioned “if a man loves a man it’s a beautiful day.”
• Doesn’t think it’s right to say such things in Singapore to a huge crowd of 50,000.
• Overall, he was disappointed with the concert.

It’s worthwhile to note that U2’s frontman Bono is very open about spirituality, faith and politics.

Interestingly, The Joshua Tree album was also said to be heavily influenced by gospel music and has Biblical and mythical references. It is also said to have socio-political themes.

With these in mind, is U2’s ‘preaching’ throughout the concert really so out of the norm or could it possibly just be crowd engagement.

I think the latter is certainly much better than if a band were to play their songs without speaking much to the crowd at all.

But at the end of the day, it really is subjective and everyone has different opinions. What’s yours?