ROCK legends U2 are to play a free show at the Brandenburg Gate to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The band will perform in front of the landmark on November 5 as part of the MTV Europe Music Awards.
U2’s performance will be a prelude to the “fall of the wall” celebrations in Berlin and will be beamed into the awards.
U2 manager Paul McGuinness said: “It’ll be an exciting spot to be in, 20 years almost to the day since the wall came down.”
U2 famously relocated to Berlin in 1990 in the months after the wall fell to reinvent their sound on the Achtung Baby album, recording at the Hansa Studios close to where the wall stood.
Antonio Campo Dall’Orto, executive producer of the MTV EMAs, said: “The exceptional musical heritage of this year’s EMAs spans genres and generations and we are extremely proud to be bringing U2 to Berlin for this performance.”
