From The Calgary Herald:

The Popmart File

By the numbers

Some facts about U2’s PopMart tour, which hits Commonwealth Stadiumtonight and Sunday:

- The tour features the world’s largest television screen, about 50 metres by16 metres, behind the stage. The screen weighs about 26,000 kg and sports 35 km of cable, 120,000 connectors, 21,000 circuit boards and 150,000pixels. It cost $ 6 million.

- The stage, about 60 metres by 23 metres, is dominated by a 30-metre higharch that supports sound and lighting systems. It also features an 11-metre-high mirror-ball lemon and a four-metre-wide illuminated stuffed olive atopa 30-metre-tall toothpick.

- The public address system uses more than one million watts of power.The lighting system uses more than 1,000 lights, including 100 strobe lights and 20 Xenon search lights.

U2 Forecast

Environment Canada is forecasting a few clouds tonight, with temperaturesaround 20. On Sunday, the weather service is calling for clear skies and a temperature of 18.

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