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Former Republic Liquor rooftop
U2 filmed the video on the Republic Liquor store rooftop at Seventh and Main. The map marks the street-level location; the nearby Cecil Hotel was not the performance roof.
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U2
A downtown street corner and the Rose Bowl trace two Los Angeles-area performances made for the camera.
← All peopleFollow the geography ↓Photograph of Bono performing with U2. Representative member at an actual band performance; not a full group photograph. Portrait crop/resize. Resized without enlargement and converted to WebP. The existing People portrait frame may crop the photograph. Source colours retained.
Rose Bowl
The 25 October 2009 Rose Bowl concert was streamed and filmed for a later release. The stadium is the performance site, not a permanently installed version of the 360° stage.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 7 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Former Republic Liquor rooftop
U2 filmed the video on the Republic Liquor store rooftop at Seventh and Main. The map marks the street-level location; the nearby Cecil Hotel was not the performance roof.
Former Republic Liquor rooftop — location account ↗︎
View from public sidewalks only. The rooftop is private and there is no visitor access.
Open street map ↗︎Rose Bowl
The 25 October 2009 Rose Bowl concert was streamed and filmed for a later release. The stadium is the performance site, not a permanently installed version of the 360° stage.
Rose Bowl — location account ↗︎
Stadium access is controlled; use official events or tours.
Open street map ↗︎Hansa Studios ↗︎
U2 — Achtung Baby in Berlin — Hansa Studios
Hansa Studios is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Köthener Str. 38, 10963 Berlin
Open street map ↗︎Potsdamer Platz ↗︎
U2 — Achtung Baby in Berlin — Potsdamer Platz
Potsdamer Platz is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
Open street map ↗︎Brandenburg Gate ↗︎
U2 — Achtung Baby in Berlin — Brandenburg Gate
Brandenburg Gate is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin
Open street map ↗︎East Side Gallery ↗︎
U2 — Achtung Baby in Berlin — East Side Gallery
East Side Gallery is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Mühlenstraße 3-100, 10243 Berlin
Open street map ↗︎Oberbaum Bridge ↗︎
U2 — Achtung Baby in Berlin — Oberbaum Bridge
Oberbaum Bridge is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Oberbaumbrücke, Berlin
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORYMusic video · Where the Streets Have No Name Concert film · U2360° at the Rose Bowl
Former Republic Liquor rooftop
Rose Bowl
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
U2 — Achtung Baby in Berlin ↗︎
U2
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Berlin ↗︎
Divided streets, studio rooms and dance floors. Trace the films and records that learned to use Berlin's fractures.
U2 ↗︎
Echo: answer Larry’s note on the Mount Temple noticeboard to fill the Artane kitchen, press record on Windmill Lane until the wall is thick with paint, stamp a delay pedal and send one note repeating out across eight real places from the docklands to Seventh and Main, turn the sleeve from Zabriskie Point to the fallen tree, then go back to the same yard fifty years to the day.