http://altrocknews.com/topic/brandenburg-gate2010-10-27T16:02:11Z2010-04-16T09:22:41ZAFP Global Editiontag:altrocknews.com,2010-04-16:/u2-warms-berlin-wall-anniversary-731401a/

<div><p>Irish rockers <a title="U2" href="/topic/U2" >U2</a> Thursday warmed the German capital up for celebrations next week marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the <a title="Berlin Wall" href="/topic/Berlin+Wall" >Berlin Wall</a> with a spectacular mini-concert in the heart of the city.</p><p>The band played six songs at the historic <a title="Brandenburg Gate" href="/topic/Brandenburg+Gate" >Brandenburg Gate</a>, a landmark blocked off to West Berliners prior to a peaceful revolution ...

2010-08-04T12:15:41ZAP Newstag:altrocknews.com,2010-08-04:/free-u2-berlin-concert-tix-3-hours-719983a/

<div id="subtitle">Tickets for <a title="U2" href="/topic/U2" >U2</a>'s free <a title="Brandenburg Gate" href="/topic/Brandenburg+Gate" >Brandenburg Gate</a> gig in <a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a> gone in just 3 hours</div><div><p>Lucky U2 fans have found what they were looking for.</p><p>The 10,000 tickets for the Irish rockers' free Nov. 5 show in front of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate were snapped up in just three hours.</p><p>Hopeful concert-goers ...

2010-10-27T16:02:11ZAP Newstag:altrocknews.com,2010-10-27:/photo/italy-google-2370273p/

FILE - In this July 9, 2008 file photo a google street view car drives near the <a title="Brandenburg Gate" href="/topic/Brandenburg+Gate" >Brandenburg Gate</a> in <a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a>, <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>. Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into <a title="Google Street View" href="/topic/Google+Street+View" >Google's Street View</a> for suspected violation of privacy. <a title="Google Inc." href="...

2010-04-15T09:02:16ZAP Newstag:altrocknews.com,2010-04-15:/photo/germany-church-abuse-protest-2229119p/

The hand of character symbolizing a nun holds a cross in front of the <a title="Brandenburg Gate" href="/topic/Brandenburg+Gate" >Brandenburg Gate</a> during a demonstration against church abuse in <a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a>, <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>, Thursday, April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2010  <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div><div><p></p><br /><br /><...

2010-03-28T22:12:08ZGetty Imagestag:altrocknews.com,2010-03-28:/photo/berlin-welcomes-201-2026615p/

<a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a> - JANUARY 01: A couple drinks sparkling wine in front of the <a title="Brandenburg Gate" href="/topic/Brandenburg+Gate" >Brandenburg Gate</a> in celebration of the new year on January 1, 2010 in Berlin, <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>.An estimated 1 million revelers descended on the area in front of the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate (Photo by Miguel Villagran/<a title="Getty Images Inc." href="/topic/G...

2010-03-30T05:13:14ZAP Newstag:altrocknews.com,2010-03-30:/photo/germany-wall-anniversary-1928460p/

Fallen dominos along the former border in front of the <a title="Brandenburg Gate" href="/topic/Brandenburg+Gate" >Brandenburg Gate</a> are seen after they were made to fall in a symbolic act in <a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a>, <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the <a title="Berlin Wall" href="/topic/Berlin+Wall" >Berlin Wall</a> on Nov.9, 1989. (AP ...

2010-03-30T06:47:57ZAP Newstag:altrocknews.com,2010-03-30:/photo/germany-wall-anniversary-dominoes-1923490p/

Dominoes stand in front of the <a title="Brandenburg Gate" href="/topic/Brandenburg+Gate" >Brandenburg Gate</a> in <a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a>, <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Around 1,000 dominos were placed on the former border near the Brandenburg Gate for the Festival of Freedom on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the <a title="Berlin Wall" href="/topic/Berlin+Wall" >Berlin Wall</a> on Nov. 9, 2009 a...