10月25日，U2在YouTube上直播他们2009年巡演的倒数第二场。乐队为加州帕萨迪纳玫瑰碗满座96，000名观众进行演出，并且成为史上最大的网上现场直播的演唱会。

乐队经纪人保罗麦吉尼斯称：“U2早就想要这么做了，我们拍摄了洛杉矶的演出，这是绝好的机会把演出扩展到露天体育馆之外。”

他还补充说：“从前乐迷们总是从很远的地方赶来参加U2的演唱会，现在U2去了他们那里，无论是在世界何处。”

周日的演出是乐队为宣传他们第十二张专辑《无边的地平线》而进行的360°演出的一部分。这场开始于6月的巡演以最初用于演出的360°舞台而命名。然而，就在7月份，它吵闹的建设引发了都柏林市民愤怒的抗议。

尽管如此，巡演仍在继续并且现今盈利超过160，000，000美元。第三站预计2010年8月在欧洲进行。

这场演唱会将在YouTube上实现同步观看，开始时间是太平洋标准时间晚上8：30。而不幸的是，这意味这英国乐迷将不得不在凌晨4：30到youtube/u2official观看这场直播。如果抗议的声音不被采纳，演唱会将在YouTube上全程播出，并且在表演结束后在上播放。

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U2 are to stream the penultimate show of their 2009 tour live on YouTube this Sunday (25 October). The band will play the sold-out show to a crowd of 96,000 at California's Pasadena Rose Bowl, making it the largest concert ever to be streamed live online.

The band's manager, Paul McGuinness, said: "U2 have always wanted to do something like this for a long time. As we're filming the LA show, it's the perfect opportunity to extend the party beyond the stadium."

He added: "Fans often travel long distances to see U2, this time U2 can go to them, globally."

Sunday's concert is part of the band's 360º tour, which started in June in support of their 12th album, No Line On the Horizon. The tour was named after the original 360-degree staging used for the shows. In July, angry residents in Dublin protested against the stage, objecting to its noisy construction.

Despite the disruption, the tour continued and has now grossed over £160m. A third leg is scheduled to take place in Europe in August 2010.

The concert will be available to watch live on YouTube and is due to start at 8.30pm pacific standard time. Unfortunately, this means UK residents will have to stay up until 4.30am to watch it live at youtube/u2official. But if this sounds unappealing, the concert will be streamed in full on YouTube and on directly after the live show.

 

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