WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! i posted this on the other thread in case u didnt read it...here it is again
U2 Down Under
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By James Wigney
November 20, 2005
THE world's biggest band, U2, is heading to Australia for its first tour in eight years.
The hugely successful Irish quartet will bring its Vertigo stadium show, which has been playing to packed houses and received glowing reviews around the world since March this year, to Telstra Stadium in Sydney on March 31 and other capital cities.
"I always enjoy Australia," bass player Adam Clayton said in San Francisco last week.
"It's a really great country and particularly great to be there in March when it is winter everywhere else. We are going to be playing outdoors."
The scale of the production means there will be two complete systems for the Australian tour, leapfrogging each other around the country. As one is dismantled, another one will be erected in the next city.
The centrepiece of the set, which will arrive in the country via 32 ocean containers and three 747 charter planes, is a video wall 40m wide and 10m high, flanked by two screens that are 12m wide and 8m high.
Ticket prices are yet to be finalised, but promoter Michael Coppel says the top price will be less than $200, with most tickets costing less than $100.