U2 360 at the Rose Bowl: 97,014 Fans, a US Record and YouTube's First Live-Streamed Concert

U2 played Pasadena’s Rose Bowl on Oct. 25, 2009 in front of 97,014 people, a US attendance record for a single headlining act. The show was also the first concert ever live-streamed on YouTube, watched by more than 10 million people.

The night was a stop on the U2 360° Tour, under the giant “Claw” stage.

The Rose Bowl concert film

Director Tom Krueger shot the show with 27 cameras, more than double the 13 originally planned for the tour. U2360° at the Rose Bowl came out on June 3, 2010 in the US.

It was released on DVD, in a super deluxe box and on Blu-ray. It was the first U2 concert released on Blu-ray.

Why it still matters

The Rose Bowl show set the template for big streamed concerts and remains U2’s biggest single-night US crowd. The band returns to US stadiums on a tour that hasn’t been announced yet. See U2 US tour 2027: what we know.