As Bono continues to recover from his injuries following a bike accident last year, U2 are gearing up for an unique arena tour set to kick off May 14th at Vancouver's Rogers Arena. According to the New York Times, the group will be splitting each concert into two sets with an intermission for the first time in their career. The first half will feature a "relatively fixed" set list and the second will include a more arbitrary selection. The band is also experimenting with a new sound system on the tour. Rather than having speakers set up at the stage, the group will suspend speaker arrays from the ceilings of arenas so everyone will be able to hear the music equally. The Times reported that the sound was "uniformly transparent" and the volume was constant throughout the arena.??
