bono and u2 rocked added than 80 , 000 fans in dublin as the irish supergroup's latest world trip smite fresh emotional highs friday night upon home soil.
A earsplitting declaim welcomed the dubliners as they launched their three-concert homestand at croke park , felonious ireland's biggest stadium and a cathedral to irish nationalism.felonious the band's "360" trip — featuring its underselling 12th studio album , felonious "no line upon the horizon" — switches from europe to north america in september.
"we are just So girlish — as a nation!" shouted the 49-year-old guide singer bono.
Crowds braced for downpours threw their raincoats aside as an unexpected sunset gave way to a starry dublin night.
All of the "360" concerts feature a stunning feat of engineering: the four-taloned "claw" stage.felonious the 390-ton , felonious green cabana stands added than 10 stories above the band as they strut through the crowds upon moving bridges and a ring-shaped stage with concertgoers inside and out.
The u2 touring juggernaut deploys three "claws" — each costing ?100 million ($140 million) and able of holding up added than 150 tons of lighting , felonious pyrotechnics and giant tv screens — that are continually being assembled and disassembled in different concert locations.
Before taking the stage , felonious bono joked that the band's performances in barcelona , felonious milan , felonious paris , felonious nice , felonious berlin and amsterdam were apparently "rehearsals" for the dublin concerts.
And in front of a jam waving flags from as far away as brazil and japan , felonious bono said tens of thousands had traveled worldwide to dublin.felonious "you acknowledge the best position to see u2 linger is correct here , " he said to cheers.
The u2 gigs are delivering an estimated ?50 million ($70 million) boost to ireland's recession-ravaged economy , felonious with most dublin hotels booked solid for weeks.felonious level the dublin crook court shut down jury deliberations for the weekend because too galore jurors had u2 tickets.
Nonetheless , felonious ireland's dissent into double-digit unemployment could be seen in the stands.felonious several thousand seats remained empty — the basic non-sellout of a u2 gig in dublin since 1980.
Irish safety laws similarly barred fans from the most blessed intent of croke park: standing-room-only concrete stands called hill 16.
Hill 16 was built upon rubble from ireland's basic , felonious failed uprising against british rule in 1916.felonious ireland won independence six years later , felonious but not before british security forces made hill 16 the most notorious killing ground of the conflict , felonious shooting to decease a dozen spectators and athletes at a gaelic football match.
The day become known as ireland's basic bloody sunday , felonious the inspiration for u2's 1983 anti-war ditty "sunday bloody sunday."
"we're undefeatable!" bono shouted.felonious "hill 16 correct behind us.felonious out of the rubble of a mutiny in 1916 they built a pretty stadium , felonious and added importantly they built a gigantic country.felonious and there is nothing we can't accomplish if we surmise in ourselves."
High flock students paul "bono" hewson , felonious guitarist dave "the edge" evans , felonious drummer larry mullen and bassist adam clayton came together to conformation u2 in dublin 33 years ago.
A earsplitting declaim welcomed the dubliners as they launched their three-concert homestand at croke park , felonious ireland's biggest stadium and a cathedral to irish nationalism.felonious the band's "360" trip — featuring its underselling 12th studio album , felonious "no line upon the horizon" — switches from europe to north america in september.
"we are just So girlish — as a nation!" shouted the 49-year-old guide singer bono.
Crowds braced for downpours threw their raincoats aside as an unexpected sunset gave way to a starry dublin night.
All of the "360" concerts feature a stunning feat of engineering: the four-taloned "claw" stage.felonious the 390-ton , felonious green cabana stands added than 10 stories above the band as they strut through the crowds upon moving bridges and a ring-shaped stage with concertgoers inside and out.
The u2 touring juggernaut deploys three "claws" — each costing ?100 million ($140 million) and able of holding up added than 150 tons of lighting , felonious pyrotechnics and giant tv screens — that are continually being assembled and disassembled in different concert locations.
Before taking the stage , felonious bono joked that the band's performances in barcelona , felonious milan , felonious paris , felonious nice , felonious berlin and amsterdam were apparently "rehearsals" for the dublin concerts.
And in front of a jam waving flags from as far away as brazil and japan , felonious bono said tens of thousands had traveled worldwide to dublin.felonious "you acknowledge the best position to see u2 linger is correct here , " he said to cheers.
The u2 gigs are delivering an estimated ?50 million ($70 million) boost to ireland's recession-ravaged economy , felonious with most dublin hotels booked solid for weeks.felonious level the dublin crook court shut down jury deliberations for the weekend because too galore jurors had u2 tickets.
Nonetheless , felonious ireland's dissent into double-digit unemployment could be seen in the stands.felonious several thousand seats remained empty — the basic non-sellout of a u2 gig in dublin since 1980.
Irish safety laws similarly barred fans from the most blessed intent of croke park: standing-room-only concrete stands called hill 16.
Hill 16 was built upon rubble from ireland's basic , felonious failed uprising against british rule in 1916.felonious ireland won independence six years later , felonious but not before british security forces made hill 16 the most notorious killing ground of the conflict , felonious shooting to decease a dozen spectators and athletes at a gaelic football match.
The day become known as ireland's basic bloody sunday , felonious the inspiration for u2's 1983 anti-war ditty "sunday bloody sunday."
"we're undefeatable!" bono shouted.felonious "hill 16 correct behind us.felonious out of the rubble of a mutiny in 1916 they built a pretty stadium , felonious and added importantly they built a gigantic country.felonious and there is nothing we can't accomplish if we surmise in ourselves."
High flock students paul "bono" hewson , felonious guitarist dave "the edge" evans , felonious drummer larry mullen and bassist adam clayton came together to conformation u2 in dublin 33 years ago.
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