U2 On Tour » Lighting http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:09:54 +0000 http://penton.com/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 A Close-Up View of “Ultraviolet” (With Jacket and Microphone) http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/2009/10/12/a-close-up-view-of-ultraviolet-with-jacket-and-microphone/ http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/2009/10/12/a-close-up-view-of-ultraviolet-with-jacket-and-microphone/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:29 +0000 David Johnson http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/?p=360 We’ve posted mostly long shots of the tour that we’ve found on the web over the course of the tour, mainly because that gives our audience the best overall perspective of the show. But we did find this close up video clip of the song “Ultraviolet” from the Atlanta show on October 6, which offers a better glimpse of Bono’s LED jacket and microphone. Oh, and we guess you can see the band better too, if that matters.

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 ]]> http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/2009/10/12/a-close-up-view-of-ultraviolet-with-jacket-and-microphone/feed/ 0 U2 Coming to America http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/2009/09/10/u2-coming-to-america/ http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/2009/09/10/u2-coming-to-america/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:15:01 +0000 Marian Sandberg http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/?p=347 U2 lighting associate Alex Murphy reports in that the U2 360˚ crew started the transfer to the US on Sunday, hauling all the gear out sea containers into trucks with the Manhattan skyline in the background. The first stop is Chicago this weekend, so stay tuned for more from the US leg. Here is what transferring this tour looks like (photos courtesy of Alex Murphy).

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The last stop on the European tour ended here on Saturday, Aug. 22. Here’s a pretty good clip we found on YouTube of the song “I’ll Go Crazy (If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight),” which shows the entire stage:

 

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 ]]> http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/2009/07/16/willie-williams-on-the-bad-boy/feed/ 0 Photo Gallery: Some Production Pix http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/2009/07/10/photo-gallery-some-production-pix/ http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/2009/07/10/photo-gallery-some-production-pix/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:59:12 +0000 David Johnson http://blog.livedesignonline.com/U2-360-Tour/?p=103 Here’ a further taste of shots from the Barcelona dates, courtesy of Mark Fisher, who’s possibly as good a photographer as he is a designer. So unfair.

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