RBS Six Nations Championship
The 11th Annual Six Nations Championship sees rugby union teams of England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France and Italy locked in a battle to win the coveted Six Nations cup, with matches held in major stadiums in all six countries from 6th February to 20th March 2010.
This is a chance to support your team at home or abroad as the countries of the northern hemisphere will play some of the most competitive and exciting rugby matches ever throughout February and March. Tickets are available for matches in Croke Park Eire, Twickenham Stadium London, Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh, Millennium Stadium Wales, Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France and Stadio Flaminio in Rome, Italy with prices ranging from £44.31 to £215, depending on location of seat.
Can Ireland win a Grand Slam title again in 2010 or will a rampant England hold on to the record for winning the most points and return to the glory days of 2003? Will Wales snatch victory back from the Irish or France return to their winning form or maybe Scotland and Italy will upset the odds and confound expectations? Crowds can expect more of the same suspense, trauma, indescribable triumphs, bitter defeats and surprises that were experienced at the 2009 championship.
As a cultural and social occasion, the matches offer a wonderful opportunity to see the sights of some of the greatest cities in the world with a host of entertainments, restaurants, cafes and bars on offer. All this and the chance to watch international rugby played to the highest standard too –what more could you possibly wish for?
U2 gigantic claw stage set
Don’t miss this chance to see the acclaimed rock band, U2 on their 360 degrees World Tour, supported by the award-winning outfits, Elbow and Glasvegas.
Launched in support of their 2009 album Line on the Horizon, the tour represents Bono and co’s most ambitious to date, taking in 14 cities across Europe before embarking on the UK leg at Wembley, London, Hampden Park Glasgow, Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield with a grand finale at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
The concert includes lavish theatrics and a mind-blowing set with a gigantic claw like construction dominating the stage, complete with a 360 ? screen that has caused some controversy in Ireland owing to its extravagance in view of the band’s heavily publicised commitment to environmental issues. U2 themselves say it represents the” grandest and most advanced” live production ever and is the “first time any band has toured in stadiums with such a unique and original structure.”
So far the tour has had rave reviews not only for the pure spectacle of the event but because of the musical quality. One of the most popular alternative rock bands of the 80s, U2 represented a more conventional rock & roll as opposed to the heavily synthesised and electronic music of the era, writing and singing songs about politics and religion with a powerful edge. Over the years their music developed into something deeper than that of most contemporary rock bands and became characterised by wide, sweeping sounds and haunting resonance.
But it wasn’t until the release of their album The Joshua Tree that, in the words of the Rolling Stone Magazine, U2 was “elevated from heroes to superstars.” Since then the band has sold 145 million albums worldwide and has 22 Grammy Awards.
The tour represents the band’s return to a more conventional rock sound after forays into experimentation with electronic and dance music. Previous concert goers have raved about the semi-acoustic renditions of Stuck in a Moment, or With or Without You but it’s the Bono/Edge induced energy and sheer power of numbers like Elevation and Vertigo that make this tour unmissable.
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