The CLAW - Part. 2

[Sicy]

look how tiny everybody is!

Wow.. I was thinking the same thing.

 

[partygirl43]

I'm I the only one who is *afraid* if this?

 

[mikal]

I'm I the only one who is *afraid* if this?

i'm deathly scared. if i win the random lottery in Chicago, i think i'm going to take a second to call my wife and tell her that i love her.

 

[ouizy]

I'm I the only one who is *afraid* if this?

The only thing to fear is fear itself.

What better way to go out, than at a U2 show.

I do think it would be funny however if we got a viral thing going and got a bunch of people in GA to start wearing custom branded hardhats. They really are not that expensive. These are only about $6.50USD each.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

cool, the white one is almost invisible...

 

[wtonis]

i wonder when we'll start to hear the rehearsals?
Surely they can't hide them?

Rumours go that rehearsals start from 16 June onwards, according to u2tour.de

 

[hardyharhar]

These collect energy as well as protect

Makes a great flowerpot for use after the show too. And still available....

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I was referring to the curved legs of the claw (the gray portions), not the assembly structure (as you are suggesting). Each of the 4 claw legs is a curved box truss, not simple steel supports as was suggested in most (if not all?) of the artist's renderings that were published prior to tickets going on sale:

i don't think anything is suggested in the artist's rendering other than a general idea of the shape of the stage... it's obvious that these drawings were never drawn to scale and weren't supposed to be exact replicas.

 

[ramblin rose]

i don't think anything is suggested in the artist's rendering other than a general idea of the shape of the stage... it's obvious that these drawings were never drawn to scale and weren't supposed to be exact replicas.

Oh come on. U2 should have had the stage built at some vacant lot that could be webcast before the tickets went on sale. Doesn't every respectable act do that?

 

[fishlips]

Remember the good-'ol days when all we would see or hear of the tour & stage was short clips on mtv or a couple photos in a magazine? How did we ever survive?

 

[bratty_cat]

Ellie sez: Dress appropriately for your trip through the wormhole

this thing looks like it should have a roller coaster running through it during the show!

and loving the Contact reference. Brilliant!

 

[hibricc]

Okay to go! Okay to go! OKAY TO GO! OKAY TO GO!!!

 

[ouizy]

I am actually wondering if what we are seeing in Barcelona is claw#1, 2, or 3?

I mean I wonder if it is actually the same one we saw in the photos from Belgium. Did anyone actually witness them take that one down? Maybe that was number 2 or 3 and was being tested with the one in Barcelona the #1 claw, or vice versa.

None of this matters, but it gives me something to think about during the day...

 

[Super Yo]

Barcelona 360º (Fotos) Escenario 3/06/09

 

[MsPurrl]

Let's pray there won't be a thunder/lightning storm! MrPurrl and I were at Soldier Field for a Grateful Dead show in the early 90s where there was such a lightning storm; everyone had to leave their seats and go inside the concourse until it passed. And there wasn't even a giant claw on the field then, either!

 

[kramwest1]

Let's pray there won't be a thunder/lightning storm! MrPurrl and I were at Soldier Field for a Grateful Dead show in the early 90s where there was such a lightning storm; everyone had to leave their seats and go inside the concourse until it passed. And there wasn't even a giant claw on the field then, either!

I think they are relying on lightning strikes to help power the Claw.

1.21 gigawatts if I'm not mistaken.

Mark

 

[strat88]

I can't wait to see this thing poking out of The Rose Bowl!

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

Let's pray there won't be a thunder/lightning storm! MrPurrl and I were at Soldier Field for a Grateful Dead show in the early 90s where there was such a lightning storm; everyone had to leave their seats and go inside the concourse until it passed. And there wasn't even a giant claw on the field then, either!

I was at Memorial Stadium in Norman last year for the opening game of the season, and right after halftime there was such a storm that the game was delayed for over an hour. By the time the thunderstorm quit most of the people just left, even the team wasn't really into it after that they just tried to run out the clock.

 

[partygirl43]

I can't wait to see this thing poking out of The Rose Bowl!

*uses Beavis voice*

You said poking out.....

 

[strat88]

uh huh huh,that was cool.

*best butthead voice*

 

[bathiu]

.

 

[budvarka]

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I Believe thats Nou Camp - Barcelona, right?

 

[yester]

sure

 

[bazza]

 

[fullautoreverse]

That things a monster! I think this tours whole theme is based purely around some serious penetration... lol...

 

[partygirl43]

yep...

I'm still scared.

*dons custom haz(red) zone hard hat*

 

[mikal]

That things a monster! I think this tours whole theme is based purely around some serious penetration... lol...

if this thing stays erect for over 4 hours, i'm calling a doctor.



edit: sorry, it was there. i had to take it.

 

[partygirl43]

if this thing stays erect for over 4 hours, i'm calling a doctor.



edit: sorry, it was there. i had to take it.

But first you should call your friends to brag.......

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i do have to question the logic behind putting a giant lightning rod in the middle of their stage

 

[bizkitgto]

i do have to question the logic behind putting a giant lightning rod in the middle of their stage

Most likely the lighting rig (look at all the effin' lighting) for a spherical screen?? My two cents....