Dragonfave
New Yorker
Barcelona may fine U2 for noise in Spain
MADRID (AP) - Barcelona city authorities say they might fine band U2 for rocking too long and loudly during rehearsals for their latest world tour.
While the city says it is proud to host the beginning of U2's world tour, it also said in a statement Thursday that one of its districts received a formal complaint by residents about the band playing after permitted hours and making noise.
The Irish quartet kicked off their «360 degree» tour at Barcelona football club's Camp Nou stadium by playing 22 songs in front of 90,000 fans on Tuesday.
The show features a large, modernistic four-legged construction which houses what the band calls «giant spherical screen.
Singer Bono told the audience after four songs, «This has been our neighborhood for the last couple of weeks.