After that, and ever after, we haven't had a clue... Only to break rhyme...
Some people had spare time enough to make some compositions, like this one (from spooky, at u2-forum.com):
And that was it, for some weeks. We discussed and discussed about the stage, the structure, etc... but we had no visual proofs of anything.
Then just TWO pics were supplied from U2.com:
And then... some pics arrived from Belgium on May!!!! The stage was being built there for the first time, and lots of pictures and videos soon flooded the whole net. This are some of them:
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14th of May:
20th of May:
23rd of May:
The last step on this madness occured last June 1st, when U2 crew arrived at Barcelona, and took the Camp Nou. Then they started to assemble the REAL Claw.
2nd of June
3rd of June
5th of June
6th of June
7th of June Morning Evening
8th of June
In this pic, you can see the design of the circular runway that will hold the "golden area" or so.
9th of June
11th of June
Plane View
PS. I will post in this topic every new interesting picture of the stage, but I'll keep it closed and simply edit this post.
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- Bono
