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
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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Production director Jake Berry discusses touring with three separate structures, er, claws, preparing for that all important second show, and other important numbers.
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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.
Production designer Mark Fisher discusses taking show director Willie Williams’ initial inspiration of the Theme Building at LAX and coming up with a structure that would fulfill the needs of the U2 360 tour.
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U2 360 show director/Designer Willie Williams describes the path that led to the creation of The Claw.
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Production designer Mark Fisher and his team at Stufish worked on numerous sketches and concepts before arriving at the final look of The Claw; below are a few iterations in that journey.
Some deeply geeked out shots of the installation of the lighting rig for the U2 360 tour in Barcelona.
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