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U2's big, but its Giants Stadium stage is even bigger

Quick ReadThe biggest star at U2's concert? It just might be The Spaceship, as Bono's been calling it.

Bono leads U2 at Giants Stadium. (Sept. 23,

Photo credit: AP | Bono leads U2 at Giants Stadium. (Sept. 23, 2009)

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Bono of U2 and Mick Jagger of The U2

The biggest star at U2's two-night stand at Giants Stadium? It just might be The Spaceship, as Bono's been calling it.

U2's rotating stage - this is the 360 Tour, after all - features a 150-foot-tall canopy and 54-ton cylindrical video screen. No, you've never seen them this big before.

The Irish hit machine has certainly come a long way since that December 1981 show at the late, lamented...

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