The Los Angeles Times has posted a pretty cool interactive graphic breaking down the various components of the U2 360 stage. Most of it is info you’ve seen or read here, but it’s nice to see it laid out graphically:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-u2-stage25-2009sep25-i,0,2216762.htmlstory
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).
Production designer Willie Williams discussing the massive U2 360˚ set during rehearsals in his onsite video interview with Live Design’s David Johnson.
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Production designer for U2 Mark Fisher discusses the movement toward more kinetic and three dimensional design.
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| August 22, 2009 |
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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Production designer/architect Mark Fisher explains why they opted for the tensile material that covers the set for the U2 360 tour, including why they opted for the unique color scheme.
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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.
U2 360 production designer Mark Fisher discusses working with Stageco and Atelier One to engineer and build The Claw.
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Willie recalls the first time he went in to pitch The Claw to the band, without Mark Fisher, Jake Berry, or any other ideas.
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Now that the show has officially kicked off, we figured we’d get on the bandwagon and show some shots of The Claw, taken prior to the June 30 opening.
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