U2's World Tour Hits a Snag
Just a week after announcing a donation of €5million ($7million) towards music education for children in Ireland, local heroes U2 have faced protests in their hometown of Dublin because of the disruption caused by their massive tour entourage. About 80 people joined a picket near Croke Park stadium because of the sheer volume of trucks required to transport U2’s unique claw-like stage. “The stage was to come down overnight and 94 trucks were to go in and out, one every three and a half minutes, right through narrow roads and both sides of the stadium,” Mrs Barbara Ward, of the Croke Park Area Residents’ Alliance told Ireland On-Line. “People would have been awake all night. We decided to stand up and protest and the drivers never tried to pass us.” The size of the tour was also criticized by David Byrne, who said “Those stadium shows may possibly be the most extravagant and expensive (production-wise) ever: $40 million to build the stage and, having done the math, we estimate 200 semi trucks crisscrossing Europe for the duration. It could be professional envy speaking here, but it sure looks like, well, overkill, and just a wee bit out of balance given all the starving people in Africa and all.” The somewhere-between 94 and 200 trucks (oh, and the band) are now behind schedule as they head for Sweden, where the next dates on their world tour are due to be held this weekend.
Here's a short video courtesy of U2Miracle.com about the construction of U2's unique stage, known as The Claw:
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