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  1. The height isnt as impressive as the width or overall span.


  2. the temptation to make a penis-related joke is quite overpowering at this point.

    but in all seriousness, that stage looks like it's gonna be a beast.
  3. Originally posted by wangmaster:[..]

    the temptation to make a penis-related joke is quite overpowering at this point.

    but in all seriousness, that stage looks like it's gonna be a beast.


    Lol. The overall size is all wow. I want more height though
  4. More pictures of the claw

    http://bartmot.be/Site_2/The_Claw.html#grid


    from a thread on U2.com. Apologies if this has been posted already

    U2 360 Tour: Details from inside the claw

    @U2, May 14, 2009

    Matt McGee

    When the U2 360 Tour begins next month, the band will have three stages crisscrossing Europe and North America. That's one of the things U2 fan Bart Mot of Belgium learned this week while visiting the StageCo grounds in Werchter -- where part of the stage design is being built.

    As we've reported on our home page, Bart has been posting photos from his visits to StageCo over the past week, and was able to speak with a StageCo employee about what's going on. Bart's latest photos are posted now; they show the enormous towers that the crew will use to build and take down the stage at each venue. (Scroll to the bottom of Bart's photo page.)

    According to Bart, the StageCo employee shared these details about the tour and stage:

    * There will be three "claws" built for the tour. (Bart's photos are of the first claw.) The other two haven't been built yet, but will be easier after they figure out how to build the first one.
    * This first claw will be used in Barcelona, Gelsenkirchen, two UK shows, and Paris.
    * It'll take four days to build the claw at each venue.
    * The towers are 27 meters high, and the claw itself will be about 50 meters high. The towers will be moved out of the way after the stage is built and before the show starts.
    * The "cover sheets" for the claw just arrived and are being tested this week.
    * They'll start building the stage in Barcelona on June 15th.
    * The tour may visit South America in 2010.



  5. Wow it's huge, the contrast with the house on the foreground. What a thing.
  6. The sprawling aspect of it is incredible, but like others, I thought it would be taller. So is this basically the finished product in terms of the structure? Nonetheless, it looks pretty damn incredible
  7. is that the actual hieght,completed.

    i thought it was supposed to be 164ft high.

    if thats the actual height then thats a bit underwhelming.i hope those in the nosebleeds will be able to have a decent enough view.especially those who have paid $98 each for top tier seats.
  8. then again if they say it s 50m high.then the overall structure will be huge.
  9. I'm confused , is the stage going to rotate? because where I'm sitting I'm slightly behind .

    Will they be like, i hope so. Its gonna be classsss!!
  10. Originally posted by thefly07:The sprawling aspect of it is incredible, but like others, I thought it would be taller. So is this basically the finished product in terms of the structure? Nonetheless, it looks pretty damn incredible



    The towers are 27 meters high, and the claw itself will be about 50 meters high. The towers will be moved out of the way after the stage is built and before the show starts.
    so im guessing that,that is not the finished product,maybe thats just the stage,and the rest of the claw will be added.if you look at the towers next to framework.i think the claw will be almost twice as high as those.

    and they are big.

  11. Originally posted by thefly07:The sprawling aspect of it is incredible, but like others, I thought it would be taller. So is this basically the finished product in terms of the structure? Nonetheless, it looks pretty damn incredible


    If you look at the graphic here http://360.u2.com/ you can see that a lot of the height is from the light(?) column rising through the centre of the claw. I also get the impression that the photos we've seen so far are not of the finished claw but are only part way through the construction.
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