U2 Setlist: October 25, 2009 at Los Angeles, CA
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U2 Setlist: October 25, 2009 at Las Angeles, CA
Venue: Rose Bowl
Opening Act(s): Black Eyed Peas
Breathe
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Beautiful Day / In God’s Country (snippet)
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet)
Stuck In A Moment
No Line On The Horizon
Elevation
In A Little While
Unknown Caller
Until The End Of The World
The Unforgettable Fire
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo / It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)(snippet)
Crazy Tonight / Two Tribes (snippet)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
MLK
Walk On / You’ll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
Encore(s):
One / Amazing Grace (snippet)
Where The Streets Have No Name
Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender
Rose Bowl rattles and hums in preparation for U2 show
Cranes and heavy equipment prepare for this weekend's U2 concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Keith Birmingham)
Rose Bowl rattles and hums in preparation for U2 show
By Janette Williams, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/21/2009
With major construction underway on transforming the Rose Bowl’s interior for Sunday’s U2 concert – the largest in the Irish rockers’ and stadium history – the buzz is building, General Manager Darryl Dunn said Wednesday.
“This is the only event I remember getting this kind of hype,” Dunn said. “I knew U2 was a popular band, but I didn’t know it was like this. Once in a while, not often, you know something’s going to be big, but this is in the stratosphere.”
You’d have to go back to the 1994 World Cup final or the classic 2006 Bowl Championship Series game between USC and Texas to get the same sense of building excitement, Dunn said.
And, he said, an almost unprecedented amount of planning has gone into Sunday’s sold-out event, which will bring 96,000 fans to the Rose Bowl, starting when parking opens at 8 a.m.
More than 150 staff, including police, traffic officers and cadets, will be there to keep traffic as smooth-running as possible, said Cmdr. Mike Korpalof the Pasadena Police Department, who is overseeing event operations.
“We’ve taken the opportunity to post signs and directions right on the barricades – we’ve used them in previous events and found it reduced conflict” with motorists, Korpal said Wednesday. Explorer Scouts manning the barriers have been given some additional training on how to deal with residents and others who “might be a bit demanding in forcing their will,” Korpal said.
Street closures will be much the same as for other large Rose Bowl events, he said, although there will be additional street postings, and minor streets in Linda Vista and the east side of the arroyo could be impacted by temporary closures. Parking may also be limited to one side of the street to allow emergency vehicles access, Korpal said.
Most of all, Dunn and Korpal said, they are hoping people will heed their advice to make a day of it. Photo Gallery
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Rose Bowl Readies for U2
(SGVN/Staff photo by Keith Birmingham)
The day will go smoother if people come early for pre-concert entertainment, pre-pay parking on-line, carpool, or use public transportation and shuttles.
“The (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) has agreed to extend its hours” for departing concert-goers, Dunn said, adding that the Rose Bowl and local promoters LA Music had split the $10,000 cost.
“Car-pooling is an important as anything,” Dunn said. “Four people per car rather than three people can mean 8,000 fewer cars – which is a sold-out Lakers game. It will make the experience so much better for everyone.”
For fans who missed out on U2 tickets – which sold out in a few hours when they went on sale in late March – there’s an alternative, Dunn said.
“For the first time ever, a concert is going out live on YouTube,” Dunn said. “It will be going around the world, so it’s not only going to showcase the Rose Bowl, but Pasadena and all of Southern California. It’s another platform to the world.”
For updated information, go to rosebowlstadium.com/RoseBowl_U2-parking.htm.
janette.williams@sgvn.com
(626) 578-6300, Ext. 4482
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Rose Bowl: U2 attendance will be venue’s largest ever for a concert
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Rose Bowl: U2 attendance will be venue’s largest ever for a concert
October 5, 2009 |
The Bruins got nothing on Bono.
When U2 hits the Southland with an Oct. 25 date at the Rose Bowl, it will be the venue’s largest ever attendance for a concert, with 96,000 fans expected to descend upon Pasadena. It will be the band’s second-to-last North American date on the 2009 leg of its 360 Tour, a trek that Billboard projects will bring in $112 million.
The aforementioned is probably old news for those with tickets, as the Rose Bowl is aggressively encouraging concertgoers to secure parking arrangements in advance. While the venue is typically able to accommodate more than 20,000 spaces (22,380, to be exact), parking — available at $25 per car, plus a $5 online service fee — will sell out.
The Rose Bowl suggests fans arrive early and partake in its “Picnic in the Park” festivities, which will include live entertainment and all of the day’s NFL action on various televisions, or to seek out shuttle information. U2 will bring in slightly more fans than January’s annual Rose Bowl game, in which attendance tops off at a little more than 95,000 people.
U2’s 360 Tour is in support of its recent release, “No Line on the Horizon.” The album this week sits at No. 69 on the pop chart, and recently entered Taylor Swift territory, having just passed the 1 million sales mark, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The 360 Tour, in which U2 performs in the center of the arena inside a giant claw-like alien structure, costs about $750,000 per day, whether or not there’s a show, manager Paul McGuinness recently told Billboard. The tour already has grossed $187 million on its European leg, and is expected to break even sometime by the end of this year, McGuiness was quoted as saying in Billboard.
Above, watch U2 transform its single “I’ll Go Crazy if I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” in concert, turning the maudlin album version into an electronic-laced, bongo-enhanced celebration.
– Todd Martens