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New Berlin Wall built for U2 concert to mark the fall of the former.
Thursday, November 5, 2009 23 19 GMT First published on Thursday, November 5, 2009 23 19 GMT.
For twenty years, thousands of Germans converged on Berlin Wall to watch the hated barrier between east and west was demolished But tonight, many fans hoping to catch a glimpse of U2 as they played a free concert to celebrate the event history anniversary would have found a small obstacle in their path a wall erected in haste.
The organizers of the event, the MTV music network, erected a fence two meters to exclude those without one of 10,000 free tickets to catch a glimpse of the band The irony did not escape fans, some of whom said they would boycott the event in protest.
The 10,000 tickets for the free concert of 20 minutes at the Brandenburg Gate were snapped up within three hours of being made available on the Internet last month according to organizers of the barrier a metal fence draped in a white tarpaulin cover was necessary to protect local businesses from the sheer number of fans expected crowd the area around the Brandenburg Gate.
MTV was not available for comment U2 publicist, RMP, also declined to comment.
Listeners of Star FM, a rock music radio station in Berlin 24 hours voted tonight to boycott the protest concert leader DJ Wolfi said Is this a sick joke of the station A band whose leader, Bono, campaigns for world peace and freedom, puts a concert to commemorate the fall of one of the most monstrous obstacles of history, and they erect a wall to stop the fans to participate.
He said Star FM had a quota of tickets to give fans, but canceled a competition for distribution in protest Wolfi said he had also issued a ban for a day on U2 songs.
An online commentator wrote This is supposed to be one of unity and solidarity party but we're not allowed in Ironic, is not it.
U2 has lived in Berlin in 1990 to make their album Achtung Baby, who played on the themes of German division and unification and bore on its cover a picture of a Trabant, the German car.
The MTV Europe Music Awards, to be held in Berlin to coincide with events to commemorate the fall of communism, to be presented by David Hasselhoff The Baywatch star, who performed his song search of freedom to the Brandenburg Gate new Year's Eve 1989 was co-present with other stars Katy Perry had to include Joss Stone, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Green Day and Shakira.
The Brandenburg Gate is a magnet for bands during and after the Cold War Michael Jackson realized on the western side of the Berlin Wall in 1988, a concert at which fans threw glass bottles and firebombs at the wall to protest against the communist government of East Germany A concert staged by former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters group in 1990 included Van Morrison, Sinead O Conner and Joni Mitchell.
Around 2000 youths gathered in is to listen, and shouted the wall must go many were beaten and arrested by German police in East In 1990, Pink Floyd The Wall replayed on the same site.
This article was amended on 6 November 2009 The original said that Pink Floyd played at the Brandenburg Gate, and that David Hasselhoff was born in Germany This has been corrected.
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