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  1. U2’s iconic 'claw' stage will become cultural landmark

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  2. Architect Mark Fisher designed this stunning colossal stage for U2 360

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  5. U2 360 tour 2009, The Claw

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  6. Inside/under U2's Claw Fisher, Dream Out Loud, Soldier Field, Stage

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  1. How U2's 'Claw' Stage Became a Utah Tourist Attraction

    The Claw was the biggest concert stage ever built when U2 took it on tour, and has since become the largest repurposed stage structure ever. It took 30 truckloads to move the pieces to Utah and ...

  2. Utah's biggest aquarium bought U2's biggest stage

    DRAPER — The three massive stages built for U2's "360° Tour" have been called a lot of things. Bono referred to it as the Space Station. Its other nickname, the Claw, became a little more common. A Los Angeles Times reporter once called it "an extravagance with a big carbon footprint and an even bigger price tag."

  3. U2's Claw Stage Finds Permanent Home At Utah Aquarium

    U2's iconic 165-foot, 190-ton touring Claw stage from the band's 360° Tour has found its forever home at the Utah's Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

  4. Famous Concert Stage Structure Becomes New Landmark for Utah Aquarium

    Anderson said he first saw the steel structure in Barcelona, Spain, when U2 launched the 360 tour in 2009 and again when the band played a concert at the Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah.

  5. U2's iconic 'claw' stage will become cultural landmark

    The stage was the largest in music concert history on the highest-grossing music tour of all time. ... The Claw served as the stage for U2's massive 360° Tour from 2009-2011 which included a ...

  6. U2's "The Claw" to Become Landmark at Utah Aquarium

    In 2009, U2 embarked on their 360° Tour, featuring a massive 165-foot stage design known as "The Claw.". Now, one of those "Claws" will be on display at Draper, Utah's Loveland Living ...

  7. U2's "The Claw" Will Become a Landmark at Utah Aquarium

    Back in 2009, U2 went on an ambitious "360º tour" featuring a massive stage design that was known as "The Claw." One of these 165-foot, 190-ton "claws" will be on display at Draper, Utah's ...

  8. U2's Enormous Claw Stage to Become Permanent Installation

    April 10, 2018. U2's Claw stage from their 2009-2011 360 tour will be permanently installed at Salt Lake City's Living Planet Aquarium. John Shearer/WireImage. In June of 2009, Brent Andersen ...

  9. U2 to Sell 360 Tour 'Claw' as Permanent Venue

    Photos: U2 360 in Italy. The "claw," which is the largest stage rig ever constructed for a concert tour, includes a sound system built into each leg, a cylindrical video screen, various lighting ...

  10. U2 360° Tour

    The U2 360° Tour was a worldwide concert tour by rock band U2. Staged in support of the group's 2009 album No Line on the Horizon, the tour visited stadiums from 2009 through 2011. The concerts featured the band playing "in the round" on a circular stage, allowing the audience to surround them on all sides.To accommodate the stage configuration, a large four-legged structure nicknamed "The ...

  11. U2's Award Winning 360° Claw Structure Gets a New Home in Utah

    In 2009, U2 embarked on their iconic 360° tour which saw them transport a 190-tonne steel stage named 'The Claw' to 30 countries around the globe for more than 7.2 million people to marvel at. Over a decade later, The Claw is now finally in its new home as a permanent art installation at Utah's Living Planet Aquarium, making it the largest repurposed stage structure ever to exist.

  12. U2's 'The Claw' gets an encore at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium

    Workers install U2's 360° Tour stage — formerly referred to as "The Claw" — at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper on Tuesday. The 190-ton, 165-foot-tall stage will become the centerpiece of the aquarium's outdoor plaza. According to Brent Andersen, the aquarium's founder and CEO, the stage has undergone numerous ...

  13. Mark Fisher On The Cladding of the Claw

    Mark Fisher On The Cladding of the Claw. By David Johnson - Blog Jul 21, 2009 2:57pm. U2 360 Tour. 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. U2 360 Tour.

  14. U2 > Tours > U2360 TOUR

    The Wayne Gretzky of U2. On lead guitar - The Edge! 'What do you want to play The Edge?'. All I Want Is You gave way to Stay as 65,000 Canadian fans joined in word-for-word and ahead of Beautiful Day a girl arrived on stage to read lyrics from Heart of Gold by a Canadian rock'n'roll legend Neil Young and Bono ended the song by returning to it ...

  15. U2 360: 10 Little Things About The World's Biggest Tour

    U2's innovative stage design for the 360 Tour, The Claw, was designed to make a huge stadium feel more like an intimate experience. ... Prior to 2009, the previous U.S. single-concert attendance record was set by U2 on their Joshua Tree Tour show at JFK Memorial Stadium in Philadelphia in 1987. That show was attended by 87,145 fans.

  16. U2's colossal 360° stage, "The Claw," is rising in Draper

    "The Claw," one of the biggest single stages ever built, is going up at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper. The road to get there was really long. Back in 2009, the U2's staff had an unusual idea: turn the band's iconic stages into concert venues. The band's tour architect Mark Fisher told the BBC what he had in mind.

  17. U2 to Sell 360 Tour 'Claw' as Permanent Venue

    Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images. U2 have announced plans to sell "the claw" - the innovative four-legged structure at the center of their record-shattering 360 Tour - as a permanent venue ...

  18. U2 360° Tour The Claw / Stage Construction and ...

    Time-Lapse video made out of images from the Veltins Arena webcam, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Shows construction and deconstruction of massive U2 360 stage and ...

  19. U2 > Tours > U2360 TOUR

    The combination of the best band of the world that is U2 and the majestic Aztec Stage did that outside one night special by several situations: to break the record of attendance in its presentations during tour 360°, the technology of first (lights, audio and the great screen), unisonous of all the fans in each song that we sang, we jumped, we danced, moved and joy crying to us; and that to ...

  20. U2 > Tour

    irish dates. 1978 / 1979. 1 countries. 27 shows. The official U2 website with all the latest news, video, audio, lyrics, photos, tour dates and ticket information.

  21. U2 Reveal Innovative Stage Design as First 360 Tour Gig Kicks Off

    While the tour launches tonight, American fans will have to wait until autumn before feasting their eyes on the Claw, as the U2 360° tour arrives at Chicago's Soldier Field on September 12th.

  22. U2 > Home

    U2 on Instagram. U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere - 40. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. The official U2 website with all the latest news, video, audio, lyrics, photos, tour dates and ticket information.

  23. U2 and Sphere Top Billboard Boxscore Midyear Concert Touring Recap

    At midyear, grosses for the top 10 entries on the Top Tours chart total a collective $1.5 billion, up a staggering 83% from last year's figure of $814.9 million. That marks the first time the ...

  24. Top Concert Tours Grossed 'Unprecedented' $1.5 Billion ...

    The top 10 concert tours giving data to Billboard performed between Oct. 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024 grossed a collective $1.5 billion, according to the annual midyear report by Billboard Boxscore ...

  25. Sarah McLachlan Is Resurfacing

    Sarah McLachlan is on tour celebrating "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy," the 1993 album that turned her into an avatar for the sensitive, mysterious singer-songwriters of '90s radio. Alana ...