More U2 Tour Plans

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U2 have been planning their most ambitious tour ever in support of their new album, "No Line On The Horizon".

Their last tour ended November 2006, and towards the end of it, show director Willie Williams has been sketching out plans for the next tour. I bet all the fans are super excited to see the guys again! This is going to be absolutely awesome!

The stage set involves a huge four- legged monster with speakers mounted on every side allowing the band to play a stadium show, and interacting with fans all around!

The tour titled, The 360 Degree Tour, kicks off in Barcelona, Spain starting on June 30th. Bono and his band will hit the states September 12th in Chicago. Williams says, "the band is just sitting in the palm of the audience's hand, it really works." Lead singer Bono adds, "it creates this real physical proximity to the crowd."

Hitting 13 cities in the states during the fall, they'll add another leg in 2010! It will also be the first of tour in the US of A since their PopMart Tour. Even if the economy is in the dumps, good news is tickets will be just $30 bucks! "It enables us to subsidize lower-priced tickets with higher-priced tickets," says U2's manager, Paul McGuinne

Meet the CLAW! That's right, this huge 164 foot tall structure is twice as high as their previous stadium stage set. The sound system is amazing as well! The four sides of this monstrosity will have a full-size sound system. So if you're doing the math right, there will be 72 subwoofers!

The Willie Williams got inspired by the very futuristic, Disney-style LAX building! "It looks like a spaceship on four legs," he says.

You can read this article from RollingStone.com here. Have a great weekend everyone!