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U2 Designer Willie Williams Featured At LDI2009

Meet the director/designer of the U2 360° tour at LDI2009 in Orlando...

Up on the Roof With U2, Part 2

Part 2 of our look at the custom LEDs that light the tensile roof structure of the U2 360˚ Tour.

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Up on the Roof With U2, Part 1

Custom LEDs light the tensile roof structure of the U2 360˚ Tour...

U2 360°: Q&A With Lighting Director Ethan Weber

Lighting director Ethan Weber wants to ensure show designer Willie Williams see a show each night that looks a lot like the one he saw before.


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U2 360°: Q&A with Video Director Stefaan “Smasher” Desmedt

Video plays a (very) large part of the U2 360° Tour both as a design aspect and a technical element…...

U2 Microsite: Q&A with Frederic Opsomer, Innovative Designs, A Barco Company

It all started in the production office during the Tokyo concert of U2’s Vertigo tour. Willie Williams showed me some very conceptual drawings of what would become the 360° stage and said...

U2 360° Tour: Q&A With Stageco

Hedwig de Meyer, president of Stageco, comments on his company’s role in the building of The Claw for the U2 360° tour...

U2 360°: Q&A with Systems Crew Chief Craig Hancock, Part 3

The final installment of our there-part interview with systems crew chief for U2 360°, Craig Hancock....

U2 360°: Q&A with Systems Crew Chief Craig Hancock, Part 2

More from systems crew chief Craig Hancock, who discusses the lighting control and power network for U2 360°....

U2 360°: Q&A with Systems Crew Chief Craig Hancock, Part 1

Systems crew chief Craig Hancock discusses the lighting control and power network for U2 360°....

U2 Rehearsals, Barcelona, Spain, Part One

From the Live Blog: Willie Williams is a remarkably calm man, but giving birth can do that to you. We’re inside Camp Nou, situated in a residential neighborhood in the hills above Barcelona, Spain...

U2 Rehearsals, Part Two: The Temple of Attention

From the Live Blog: I’ll be the first to admit I’m a little slow on the uptake, but I think I’ve finally figured out why the folks involved in the U2 360° tour have been so hesitant to have the shots taken of the set. It’s because it’s not finished...

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The U2 Crew: Crew 360°

Show Designer/Director: Willie Williams
Video Screen Concept: Frederic Opsomer
Video Screen Kinetic Design: Chuck Hoberman
Production Architect/Designer: Mark Fisher
FOH Audio Director: Joe O'Herlihy
Video Director: Tom Krueger
Video Content Producer: Sam Pattinson
Video Content: Catherine Owens
Video Technical Director: Stefaan “Smasher” Desmedt
Presentation Animation: Adrian Mudd
Lighting Director: Ethan Weber
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U2 Blog: Designing 360°

Video, photo, and written updates from staff editors and crew members on the tour. You never know who’s going to chime in!
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