240,000 U2 fans are preparing for
Ireland's most successful band ever to return for a hometown gig in Dublin. The supergroup is playing Friday, Saturday and
Monday in front of 80,000 people a night at Croke Park. Gardai
have put
in place a massive traffic management plan to cope with the influx of
people. Fans have been queing since thursday morning when a
group of fans from Holland, Italy and Canada started queing outside the
stadium.
The concert forms part of U2's current "Vertigo" world tour. The support acts include emerging Irish bands Snow Patrol and The Thrills along with already very popular
Paddy Casey. Ash and The Bravery will cap it off as warm up acts on
Monday.
The gates for the gig will open at 4pm with the actual band not expected until around 8.30pm. Irish media has entered a
frenzied anticipation of the concert all this week, with constant coverage on radio stations. The national broadcaster, RTE is set to dedicated almost 3hr 30min to the band with an
exclusive interview by Dave Fanning forming the centerpiece of the stations coverage of the "U2 weekend". Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, who played in front of a sell
out crowd in Dublin earlier this week told fans that U2 were "still the best band in the world".
Croke Park is the forth largest stadium in Europe, with an official capacity of
82,000 - bigger than both Cardiff's Millennium Stadium and Paris' Stade de France. Croke Park is used to
host GAA matchs such as Hurling and Gaelic Football and regularly attracts
audiences of 60,000 or more in the summer months.
Source: Wikinews
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