U2 gig is out of this world
Saturday 15th August 2009, 11:10AM BST.
Bono and Adam Clayton on stage at Wembley Stadium
U2 played to a record audience as their mammoth 360 Tour reached Wembley Stadium.
The band played on a mind-blowing stage last night that looked like it had just been beamed down from outer space.
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The huge green and orange “claw” in the middle of the London venue projected smoke and lights as the crowd, estimated at 88,000, looked on.
Earlier concert promoters at Live Nation confirmed that U2 would break the attendance record at Wembley, which was previously held by the Foo Fighters.
Live Nation said in a statement: “The U2 360 shows at Wembley Stadium on 14th and 15th August will see an expected attendance of between 165,000 to 170,000 over the two days with an estimated attendance of 88,000 last night breaking the previous attendance record held at Wembley Stadium.”
The band’s worldwide tour kicked off in June. Last night Bono said Britain was “the most generous country”. He said: “Just right now we can turn this place into the Milky Way.”
Three 360-degree claw-shaped centre stages, which take a week to build, are being used. Last month residents at Dublin’s Croke Park stadium, where the band played three gigs, protested about roadies working continuously to dismantle the stages.
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