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Opened under the name "O2 World" in September 2008, the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin is the second largest multifunctional arena (total capacity of 17,000) in Germany after the Lanxess Arena in Cologne.
The arena was renamed Mercedes-Benz Arena in July 2015. The band has paid its visit to the arena three times: On February 21st, 2009 U2 performed their newly released single "Get On Your Boots" at the Echo Awards, while a couple months later on November 5th, the band accepted the "Best Liveact" award at the MTV EMA's an hour after playing a short gig in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
During the iNNOCENCE+eXPERIENCE Tour, U2 visited the arena for four sold out shows in September 2015.
On August 31, 2018 U2 opened the European Leg of the eXPERIENNE+iNNOCENCE Tour in this arena. At the 2nd concert the next day Bono lost his voice after three to four songs and the concert had to be stopped.
It was made up on November 13th and filmed completely for the official film of the e+i tour.
Adress
Mühlenstraße 12-30, 10243 Berlin-Friedrichshain
Directions
Berlinkarte Nr. 18 | Station Warschauer Straße (lines S3, S5, S7, S75, S9, U2 all stop at “Warschauer Straße” station, as well as bus numbers 347 and N1 and tramway lines M10 and M13). The station is connected to the Arena by a pedestrian bridge.
East Central Station (Ostbahnhof):
The Mercedes-Benz Arena is located in the immediate vicinity of East Central Station. For your convenience it may be advisable to take the suburban railway lines S3, S7, S5, S75 and S9 or bus number 140, 240, 347 or N40. There is a walkway leading from East Central Station to the Arena.
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