The tech behind U2's record-smashing tour
PASADENA, Calif.--If you were one of the 96,000 people packed into the Rose Bowl Sunday night for the U2 concert--said to be the largest concert ever held here--you were sharing the experience with a few other of the band's fans. There's no way to know yet how many exactly, but it's safe to say millions of people around the world were also watching the concert live on YouTube, a potentially server-crashing webcast that may have been the biggest live-stream in history.
For months, U2 has been on tour with its U2 360 concert. And to top of the grand claims, the events have been called the biggest rock tour in history, at least as measured by the size and cost--more than $750,000 per show, according to Rolling Stone--of its infrastructure.
Only days ago, the band shocked the world by announcing that it would share the experience of the Rose Bowl concert, live, with those in countries all across the globe. Just before the band came on stage, a roadie calling himself Rocco got up in front of the crowd of 96,000 and said, "Tonight, you are the ones making history," shouting out that those in attendance would be joined by viewers all across "North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica."
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