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"And the film of the 'PopMart' tour in Mexico is one of the most extraordinary U2 shows ever. I love the imagery around that album. And the only thing that album wasn’t was pop." ...
Still, U2 were nearing the end phase of their experimental period. The immense 1997–1998 PopMart Tour received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed in the U.S.
In 1997, Irish rock band U2 embarked on a world tour of their ninth studio album, Pop. Hitting all seven continents, the group’s styling was under the watchful, zany eye of Belgian designer Walter Van ...
U2 famously covered The Monkees' song 'Daydream Believer' during their 'PopMart' Tour. But when Davy Jones joined the fun, the song changed.
The Irish rock ’n' roll sensation U2 kicked off its U.S. PopMart Tour in Las Vegas in 1997 and two weeks later brought the show to Autzen Stadium in Eugene for its fifth stop.
On the accompanying PopMart Tour—a 100-show trek that found the band visiting every continent but Antarctica—U2 worked out the kinks in many of the album’s best songs.
U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere (to give the ‘tour’ its full name) is - fittingly enough for its Las Vegas location - a residency very much in the vein of those previously wallowed in by Elvis ...
Costing a cool $100 million to produce, the Popmart Tour was even more over-the-top than the band’s previous outing, with a gigantic arch towering above the stage and a gargantuan video screen ...
U2’s 360° World Tour previously held the record at the venue, bringing in 88,491 fans on July 20, 2011. Overall, the venue’s standard seated capacity is 82,500.
A look at U2's 1997-98 PopMart Tour."We did the show at a time when most of the people who lived in Sarajevo were really trying to persuade themselves that the war was really over," the Edge noted ...
U2 has been a brotherhood since 1976. Through stadium sellouts, hundreds of millions of albums sold, questionable professional choices (PopMart Tour, anyone?) and expected musical squabbles, Bono ...