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U2 played an electrifying mini-set to an audience of 10,000 at Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) this evening, to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

With the crowd having waited patiently through snow, rain and wind on a bitterly cold Berlin night, U2’s arrival on stage was greeted with joy and jubilation, the likes of which have not been seen in the city for almost 20 years. As the lights shone out over the historic city, it felt like a very special occasion indeed. And it was.

Bono took to the microphone like an old time preacher and immediately displayed his German linguistic skills. « Vielen Dank Berlin. Du bist Wunderbar, » he told an appreciative audience. After that, it was down to business.

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