Behind the Wall

On November 5, Irish rock group U2 will perform a free concert to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The band will play in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate during the MTV Europe Music Awards, which take place at Berlin’s O2 World arena. The wall separating east from west came down on November 9, 1989.
 

U2 gig forces cancellation of football match

U2 has officially forced the football match to be called off for tomorrow after leaving Hampden fields in a wreck. Earlier in the week U2 played at Hampden field and officials scrambled to approve the field for "ready for play" however even with sand in the areas most damaged the feld was left unplayable.

The Scottish Football League called a pitch inspection, which took place at 12.30pm on Friday 21st August. A statement on Queen's Park's website.

"At this time, the match referee declared the match canceled.

"QPFC requested that a further inspection should take place at 6pm on Friday, when the programme of works was completed.

"However, we have been advised that the match referee declared the pitch unplayable and the fixture v Albion Rovers was cancelled at 1pm on Friday 21st August."

Albion Rovers' website stated: "Tomorrow's league match at Hampden against Queen's Park is off due to poor pitch conditions after the recent U2 gig."

No Official comment from the band, the promoter or the Live Nation Global Touring has yet to be made.

More than 120,000 fans in Zagreb for U2 gigs

ZAGREB — More than 120,000 fans from all over southeastern Europe have gathered in Zagreb to see legendary rock group U2 on their only stopover in the region on their current 360 Degree Tour of the world.

It is the Irish band's first visit to the region since their concert in Sarajevo in 1997. Local media have dubbed the two shows "the performance of the decade."

Some 63,000 people filled Zagreb's Maksimir Stadium on Sunday night, and as many again are expected at a second concert on Monday, organisers said.

More than 40,000 fans have arrived in the Croatian capital from countries including Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Slovakia and Romania.

The event has dominated news in the Croatian media for the past week, with detailed reports of the setting up of the stage on the home turf of the Dinamo Zagreb football club.

The futuristic décor is dominated by a huge metal structure nicknamed "the claw", which measures 50 metres (160 feet) and weighs 390 tonnes.

The opening concert on Sunday lasted around two hours and included songs from "No Line on the Horizon", the band's 12th album which was released in February.

Zagreb is one of 15 European cities on the 360 Degree Tour, which began on June 30 in Barcelona and will end in October in Vancouver, Canada, with a total of 44 concerts scheduled.

By the end of the tour, the group will have performed before an estimated three million fans.

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Bono and the boys walk out in Berlin

The show keeps rolling forward and we can expect to hear and see new things along the way. Enjoy

Reviews and Videos are in from Berlin

U2 moved on to Berlin, Germany. The setlist did have one big surprise - the tour debut of Stay. It is the first Zooropa song to appear on the current tour, and with the exception of the 23 November 2007 surprise appearance by Bono and Edge at Islington Chapel, it is the first time U2 have played the song since 25 October 2001 on the Elevation Tour.

In the encore, Bono led the crowd in singing Happy Birthday for Nelson Mandela. The full set was posted earlier tonight - Thank you headphones4less

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