Friday, March 27, 2009


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Inside U2's Plans to Rock Stadiums Around the Globe
Band plans its most ambitious tour ever behind new 'No Line'.

Toward the end of U2's last tour, in November 2006, longtime show director Willie Williams presented the band with sketches of a four-legged monster -- a massive structure with speakers mounted on each side that would allow the group to play stadium shows in the round.

On the new U2 360° Tour, which hits the U.S. beginning September 12th, in Chicago (and kicks off in Barcelona, on June 30th), Williams' vision will finally come to life. "The band is just sitting in the palm of the audience's hand,"
says Williams.
"It really works.