U2 gig in the Rose Bowl will be live on YouTube
U2’s concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California on Sunday will be streamed live on video-sharing website YouTube.
Manager Paul McGuinness said that, as the gig was already being filmed, it was “the perfect opportunity to extend the party beyond the stadium”.
Fans in 16 countries, including the UK, the US, Australia and India, will be able to watch the show at 0330 GMT.
It will be the band’s penultimate concert of the year.
YouTube said it would place adverts around the video “in the normal manner”, and that clips from the concert would be available on the site after the gig ends.
McGuinness said that U2 had “wanted to do something like this for a long time”.
Way cool!
I haven’t watched a half time show at a Super Bowl in at least a decade. I seriously, actively avoid viewing them and I don’t feel I’ve missed a thing.
For instance, I already know what a nipple looks like because I have two of them myself – and a mirror.
What does U2 have to do with professional football, anyway? Did they release a wildly popular professional football song or something? Maybe they did a new, excellent professional football instrumental?
Maybe they’ll simultaneously expose their penises on national TV?
-=[ grumble grumble grumble ]=-
Cinaedh
October 21, 2009 at 8:17 am
The Rose Bowl is the name of the venue – not the event.
moss
October 21, 2009 at 8:26 am
Nevermind!
Cinaedh
October 21, 2009 at 8:53 am
That was my first reaction too.
Mr. Fusion
October 22, 2009 at 2:58 pm