For opening night in Soldier Field, U2 sold out all 65,000 tickets in a matter of minutes, and based on the demand, the band had to schedule an extra show on September 13th. The centrepiece of the U2 360° tour is the world's first transformable LED screen, comprised of over 500,000 Barco FLX LED modules. For the third time this millennium, the close cooperation between XL Video and Barco has … [Read more...]
Nova Flower 2Ks on U2
PRG Lighting's newly purchased Nova-Flower 2Ks are being utilised on the phenomenal U2 "360" world stadium tour, as part of show director/designer Willie Williams' amazing lighting design. Seven of the fixtures - specially developed by Italian manufacturer Novalight for the tour and now in full production - are positioned around the stadiums in the audience bleachers, pointing back at the … [Read more...]
Brilliant Stages Pylon forms centre point of U2 360° tour
Causing the biggest stir for many years amongst audiences and industry professionals alike with the sheer scale of its design and construction is U2’s current 360° Tour. The now-famous ‘Claw’, designed by the combined talents of Show Architect Mark Fisher and long-time U2 collaborator, Show Designer/Director, Willie Williams, forms a 28m high canopy over one of the largest stages ever toured. … [Read more...]
U2 are touring the globe with grandMA
In 1980, when a little known Irish Band called U2 released its first album “Boy”, hardly anyone noticed. Even the first gigs were played in front of only a handful of guests. Today this is completely beyond belief. After hits like “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “New Year’s Day”, “Where The Streets Have No Name”, “One”, “Discotheque” or the Bob Dylan cover “All Along The Watchtower” Larry Mullen Jr., … [Read more...]
Kinesys ‘Transforms’ U2’s 360° video screen
UK based automation experts Kinesys designed and supplied the bespoke motion control system that moves and shapes the 'transforming' video screen for U2's 360° world tour. The system consists of 40 Kinesys Evo zero-speed chain hoists and 8 custom built winches, all controlled by their K2 3D software control package. Kinesys' Dave Weatherhead comments, "This was the heaviest, most complex and … [Read more...]
