If you live near B.C. Place Stadium, we hope you like U2 because you’re going to be hearing a lot of them over the next couple of weeks.
The Irish supergroup has taken over B.C. Place as they rehearse for the upcoming Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Tour, which kicks off on May 12 in Vancouver.
U2 — singer Bono, guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. — last played in Vancouver in 2015 when they opened the Innocence + Experience world tour with two shows at Rogers Arena. The band spent a month in Vancouver rehearsing for that show.
They must like it here.
The last couple of nights, folks living downtown have been listening to the band playing songs from their most popular album.
One Twitter user, Bjorn Lodding, who posts as @Pbear1979, streamed four hours of rehearsal on Periscope.
It’s not exactly compelling viewing — the camera is set up across the street from the stadium and the sound is muffled — but it still registered more than 6,000 views.
There have also been U2 sightings.
Bono was spotted at The Diamond cocktail bar in Gastown.
Larry Mullen, meanwhile, was seen taking a stroll along the seawall on Tuesday.
