July 26, 2011

U2 Is Ready to Bang at Heinz Field.

The Irish rock band's 360 Tour, which touches down at Heinz Field tonight, is the highest-grossing tour of all time with a massive steel structure -- dubbed "The Claw" -- that takes more than four days to construct and requires 136 touring crew members and 120 local stagehands.

Pittsburgh is the penultimate stop on this run, which began in 2009 and has topped the Rolling Stones' Bigger Bang Tour, with ticket sales expected to top $700 million and fans numbering more than 7 million.

Followings are representative U2's songs (actually impossible to list them, hundreds of songs)

#1 Billboard Hot 100 singles chart
  • With or Without You.
  • I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.

Grammy Record of the Year or Song of the Year
  • Beautiful Day
  • Walk On
  • Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own

#1 UK Chart
  • Desire
  • The Fly
  • Discothèque
  • Beautiful Day
  • Vertigo
  • Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own

Others, but fascinating songs
  • New Year's Day
  • Where the Streets Have No Name
  • One
  • Stay (Faraway, So Close!)