Even though the 360 tour of the popular band U2 will end on July 30th in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, but the four legged structure resembling an alien which stood on the stage, will stay alive for a long time to come.
After more than two years on 360 tour, the management of the band has decided to sell off three of the complete four legged 29,000 square foot structures made from steal, as their own individual venues.
"It's certainly our intention to see these things recycled into permanent and usable ventures," U2 tour director Craig Evans told Billboard.biz earlier this month. "It represents too great an engineering feat to just use for [the tour] and put away in a warehouse somewhere."
Evans also said that U2 camp is "now in discussions to send them into different places around the world and have them installed as permanent venues. Some major events have shown interest in these, from four different continents -- and we haven't even really put the word out yet."
Evan did not respond to the questions about particular potential clients for the structures but did mention that most of the ideas are "for turning them into full interior pavilions and amphitheaters. They're something you can put up on a waterfront and become an instant skyline icon. We know that the inquiries will keep coming in."
Furthermore, he said that the popularity of the 360 tour as one being the largest in history is on way to perform for around seven million people and earning $700 by the time it ends.
"Having been part of the biggest tour of all time, they're pretty well tried and tested," he said. "They can carry weights no other structure can consider, and since they're already developed and designed you can probably complete [a venue] in a one-month period instead of a two-year build period."
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