As their stage architect, Mark Fisher, put it in 1999, "U2 is definitely not frightened to try anything." What better way to emphasize this than through an elaborate global tour? PopMart was ...

Of course, the irony is not lost on U2, whose current “PopMart” tour is designed in part as a sendup of consumer culture. The show itself is no slouch in that department, as it chews up $ ...

but it’s also a sad day for U2 fans since this Kmart is where U2 announced their PopMart tour to the world. The event took place on February 12th, 1997, in the lingerie department, and the band ...

True, in places such as Edmonton – provincial, happy to be on the international touring circuit – the greeting afforded the PopMart tour had been as full-hearted as U2 had come to expect.

January 8 -- After the impersonal, overblown nature of U2's "PopMart" stadium tour alienated a lot of fans, the band is serious about reconnecting with its audience this time around. As most fans ...

The Irish rock group U2 has canceled two North American dates on its ballyhooed “PopMart” tour, and is playing to less-than-capacity crowds at stadiums it had packed on previous outings.The ...

U2 last brought their tour to Belfast 18 years ago. Then it was the Popmart Tour which further emphasised the band's reputation for big brash shows.