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This morning I heard there will be a free U2 concert in front of the Branderburger Tor to mark the 20th anniversary since the fall of the Berlin wall. Since I'm a U2 fan, and I remember the fall and the events it led to, I really wanted to go and started checking for flights. And just now, I read on some website that the 10 000 tickets were out:( I didn't know there would be tickets. They can't possibly cover the area around the gate. Does anyone know how it will be. Whether you could still hang out and see and hear what's going on the stage beyond the ticket area? Also, are there any other events commemorating the anniversary at that time, or the period Nov. 5-7?
Thank you,
Christina
You are right. Under the headline "Gone" on U2 's official website:
http://www.u2.com/news/title/gone
All to do with MTV's big night out with the European Awards and television so the concert must be in a specially organised area to allow for good television.
http://ema.mtv.co.uk/news/news_brandenburg_gate
ah well, bad luck:(
Thank you for the answer anyway!!
I'll visit Berlin some other time, I guess.
Whatever you do, don't think of purchasing tickets online (eWhatever), as tickets are personalized and have a barcode. Since you'll most likely only get a copy, the barcode won't work, and they'll not let you in. (Ask a certain music channel what the fuss is all about ...)
With that said, U2 is supposed to play 20 minutes, so it will possibly take 30 minutes. Spending 100 Euros on a fake ticket would be stupid anyway.
> They can't possibly cover the area around the gate.
As a matter of fact, yes they can. If you take a look at this picture:
http://www.berlin.de/orte/sehenswuerdigkeiten/pariser_platz/002616_PariserPlatz_360_270.jpg
Pariser Platz is the square between Brandenburger Tor and the building site.
You'll certainly be able to hear them, though.
Thank you for the information!
I wouldn't risk buying a ticket.
So maybe I'll visit Berlin for the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:) I still have a lot of things left to see there:)
Videos from the gig are all on a certain website, in case you haven't already found them.
No, I haven't found them, will look for them.
I read in the news that a 2m wall was built to block the view from all the unlucky ones who couldn't get one of the 10 000 tickets. Isn't it ironic..
But today there was an event at the German embassy with interesting exhibitions and displays about the fall of the wall, and an art installation with a trabant going into a piece of the wall:)
Kinda ironic, true. But MTV has never been my favorite broadcaster.
Neither mine, ha ha, haven't watched it in years. When I heard about the concert, I didn't even know it was organized by MTV, I thought it was organized by the municipality, but I guess it doesn't have that kind of money..
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