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Music events as contemporary spectacle: U2’s ‘360°’ Tour - a collective experience of rock, rituals and resistance


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Williams, M (2015) ‘One but not the same: U2 Concerts, Community and Cultural Identity’ in Merkel, U. (ed) Identity Discourses and Communities in International Events, Festivals and Celebrations. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 242-259. 

Williams, M. (2014) ‘Politics as spectacle: U2's 360° tour (2009-11)’, in Merkel, U. (ed.) Power, Politics and International Events: Socio-cultural Analyses of Festivals and Spectacles. London: Routledge, 174-190.

Williams, M and Bowdin, G., A., J. (2008) 'Festival evaluation: An exploration of seven UK arts festivals', in Robertson, M. and Frew, E. (eds) Events and Festivals - Current Trends and Issues. London:Routledge.

Williams, M and Bowdin, G., A., J. (2007) 'Festival evaluation: An exploration of seven UK arts festivals', Managing Leisure, 12:2/3, 187 – 203.