News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
Twenty-year-old Emilia was desperately trying to get a ticket to the MTV Europe Music Awards Thursday, shivering outside the O2 World stadium on a chill grey evening in what used to be East Berlin. "I've come all the way from Portugal with my...
News Source: Denver Post
| about 1 month ago
Irish rockers U2 returned to Berlin for a free mini-concert Thursday in front of the Brandenburg Gate, playing its classic singles and a duet with Jay-Z even as the show was obscured from view by a 6 1/2-foot metal barrier surrounding the site. The...
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| about 1 month ago
The celebrations will culminate in a gathering of luminaries past and present with an estimated 100,000 revellers at the Brandenburg Gate, a potent symbol of unity that was long on the faultline between East and West. United Germany is basking in the...
News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 month ago
Twenty years ago, thousands of Germans converged at the Berlin Wall to watch as the hated barrier between east and west was torn down. But tonight, many fans hoping to catch a glimpse of U2 as they played a free concert to celebrate the anniversary...
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
True, there were no minefields or watchtowers, but the new temporary wall erected before the performance certainly sent the wrong signals. Only 10,000 fans in possession of previously allocated free tickets were allowed to pass through the...
News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 month ago
AP Photo/Gero Breloer) Spectators watch the beginning of a concert of the band U2 at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Fans hoping to glimpse U2's free concert celebrating 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell were outraged...