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  1. Looks amazing!
  2. Anyone have an idea of where and when this was taken? I'm shocked that no other pictures of the set up have appeared, or have i missed them?

    From a project management perspective for a project like this you woud be testing, testing, and retesting months, maybe years ahead of time and from a logistics perspective they the set-up and dismantling process would be tested more then a few times, add in the electronics / lighting and sound testing and it make sense that one stage is already set up somewhere? My question, where?

    For me it make no sense, with the tour less than 3 months away, to just be just be putting the stage/claw set-up together for the first time.

    Thanks
    sH




  3. I'm sure there will be people who will not be able to see shit, because of the construction.
  4. stage being assembled somewhere in Belgium
  5. The stage for the upcoming tour is leaving the drawing board and taking shape. We sneaked in to the build to grab a couple of shots.

    Who else to get the latest word from but Show Designer Willie Williams. 'After two and a half years of planning, this thing is almost built.' he tells us. ' Pictured is an inverted section of the 'shoulder' of the main structure, being fabricated in Belgium. ' I thought I was getting used to the scale of the operation, but it's pretty staggering to look at this and imagine we're taking it on tour, with several dozen other pieces like it"


  6. Indeed..read that weeks ago in some Belgian newspaper. The Belgians were upset that U2 left them behind on the tour but they are poud in some way that they help to produce the stage.
  7. to add:

    Originally posted by http://livedesignonline.com/concerts/0427-u2-360-tour-set-design/Designer Willie Williams shared with Live Design this behind-the scenes look at the building of the set for the upcoming U2 360° tour. This shot from April 15 shows an inverted section of the main support structure, currently under construction at StageCo in Wechter, Belgium. Williams notes that test builds of the structure commence May 12, while simultaneous test builds of the video screen, designed by Chuck Hoberman and Frederic Opsomer, take place in the Antwerp Sportpalais, while the main stage is being built at Tait Towers in Lititz, PA. “And it's all very big,” says Williams.
  10. Unless I heard wrong, there will be a catwalk that goes out in various directions.

    Seems like many are 'freaking out' before there is reason to do so.
  11. Stageco Is building the thing, they had built the popmart stage , and worked for many other big names in the music industry, like tina turner, and if i remind it , they also did the Rolling Stones bigger bang stage.
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