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Don't fence me in

U2
Last updated Nov 9, 2009

Oh, the irony...organisers of a U2 gig to mark the collapse of the Berlin Wall have built their own barrier...to keep people out.

10,000 free tickets were available for today's concert in the German capital but thousands of ticket-less fans will be kept on the other side of a two-metre high fence around the Brandenburg Gate.

Berlin politician Frank Henkel was one of many who weren't impressed "It's stopping many Berliners from hearing the concert...We don't know who's responsible...U2 or MTV."

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U2 area rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion). The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. By the mid-1980s, the band had become a top international act. Their success as a live act was

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