- by Andrew Almond
- Friday, August 14, 2009
- Photo by: WENN.com
- Next Gig
22/08/09
U2 'Claws' Could Become Permanent Stages
Talks are underway to make the colossal stages that have been used on U2's latest world tour into permanent concert venues.
Three different “claw” stage structures, which each cost between £15 million and £20 million, are used by the band on their current 360 tour but could be recycled once it has finished.
U2's tour architect Mark Fisher told the BBC, “My vision, which I've been discussing with the band, is that we will turn them into concert pavilions.”
"Part of the tour will finish in Australia and another part of the tour will finish in South America, where people could use a nice concert pavilion in a park, which has an ability to take 200 tonnes of kit hanging under it," Fisher continued, before stating how the stages could be “a fairly useful thing”.
The Irish quartet are set to play Wembley stadium later today and next month will take their elaborate stage show to America.
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