Just wondering if this could be quite serious? couple of articles below:
U2 gig in doubt after protestU2's next date on a global tour is in doubt after protesters held up removal of a custom-built stage in Dublin.
Scores of residents mounted a picket outside Croke Park stadium after they finished three gigs in front of 240,000 fans before heading to Gothenburg.
They are unhappy with Dublin City Council for allowing work through the night after three noisy concerts
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July 28 (Bloomberg) -- U2’s schedule for its 360-Degree Tour may be disrupted by a protest at Croke Park in Dublin that is holding up the dismantling of the stage after three concerts at the weekend.
Residents near the stadium in U2’s home city are protesting against two days of non-stop work at the arena after the concerts. Tour director Jake Berry said the plan was agreed with the council and that crews need that time to make the next show.
“We based all our things on that schedule to make the next show,” Berry said on RTE radio today. The protest “affects” the tour schedule, he said, declining to say whether the band could miss a show.
Around 80 protestors blocked trucks from entering and leaving the area around Croke Park at midnight, when work was due to begin. Residents agreed this morning to allow trucks in until 4 p.m., when they will resume the protest.
While three stages are leapfrogging each other across Europe as part of the tour, the sound system, lights and screens are moved immediately after each show to the next city, according to U2’s Web site. The band -- lead singer Bono, guitarist the Edge, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton -- plays its next concert in Gothenberg on July 31.
Barbara Ward, who lives near Croke Park, said that around 1,200 houses in the vicinity are affected and that residents only get entered in a raffle for 200 tickets for the concerts.
“They should have known what was going to happen,” said Ward. “Everyone knew we were unhappy.”
About 250,000 people attended the Croke Park concerts on July 24, July 25 and last night. U2 crews and stadium ground workers planned the two days of work to take down the “Claw” stage and lay the stadium’s pitch before Gaelic football matches next weekend.
“It’s just really put a damp squib on something which was a fantastic experience,” Berry said of the protest.
U2 gig in doubt after protestU2's next date on a global tour is in doubt after protesters held up removal of a custom-built stage in Dublin.
Scores of residents mounted a picket outside Croke Park stadium after they finished three gigs in front of 240,000 fans before heading to Gothenburg.
They are unhappy with Dublin City Council for allowing work through the night after three noisy concerts
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July 28 (Bloomberg) -- U2’s schedule for its 360-Degree Tour may be disrupted by a protest at Croke Park in Dublin that is holding up the dismantling of the stage after three concerts at the weekend.
Residents near the stadium in U2’s home city are protesting against two days of non-stop work at the arena after the concerts. Tour director Jake Berry said the plan was agreed with the council and that crews need that time to make the next show.
“We based all our things on that schedule to make the next show,” Berry said on RTE radio today. The protest “affects” the tour schedule, he said, declining to say whether the band could miss a show.
Around 80 protestors blocked trucks from entering and leaving the area around Croke Park at midnight, when work was due to begin. Residents agreed this morning to allow trucks in until 4 p.m., when they will resume the protest.
While three stages are leapfrogging each other across Europe as part of the tour, the sound system, lights and screens are moved immediately after each show to the next city, according to U2’s Web site. The band -- lead singer Bono, guitarist the Edge, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton -- plays its next concert in Gothenberg on July 31.
Barbara Ward, who lives near Croke Park, said that around 1,200 houses in the vicinity are affected and that residents only get entered in a raffle for 200 tickets for the concerts.
“They should have known what was going to happen,” said Ward. “Everyone knew we were unhappy.”
About 250,000 people attended the Croke Park concerts on July 24, July 25 and last night. U2 crews and stadium ground workers planned the two days of work to take down the “Claw” stage and lay the stadium’s pitch before Gaelic football matches next weekend.
“It’s just really put a damp squib on something which was a fantastic experience,” Berry said of the protest.