ISTANBUL (A.A) - Members of the legendary Irish rock band U2walked through the Istanbul Strait from the European side to the Asian.U2 will give a concert in Istanbul on Monday within the scope of Istanbul aspart of the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture events.Turkish State Minister and Chief Negotiator for EU talks Egemen Bagis andState Minister Hayati Yazici accompanied the group.Bono of U2 said Turkey was a bridge between the East and the West and notedthey felt ashamed that they had not been in Turkey before.The U2 Istanbul concert will be organized by LiveNation in collaborationwith the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, or IKSV, and Pozitif.Willie Willaims, who has been working as production director for U2, hasworked with architect Mark Fisher on this show.The tour features a 360-degree configuration, with the stage being placedcloser to the center of the stadium's field than usual. The stage has no definedfront or back and is surrounded on all sides by the audience.The stage design also includes a cylindrical video screen and will increasethe venues? capacities by about 15 to 20 percent. Only tiered football stadiumscan be used for this scheme; flat fields and baseball stadiums are impossiblevenues.(AY)