PopMart Tour
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The PopMart Tour was a worldwide concert tour by rock band U2. Staged in support of the group's 1997 album Pop, the tour's concerts were performed in stadiums and parks in 1997 and 1998. Much like the band's previous Zoo TV Tour, PopMart was an elaborate production. Its lavish stage design had a 165-foot-wide (50 m) LED screen, a 100-foot-high (30 m) golden arch, and a large mirror-ball lemon. As with the Zoo TV Tour, the band delivered an image and performance that were ironic and self-mocking on PopMart, deviating from their earnest performances of the 1980s; the band performed in costumes that, along with the stage design, poked fun at the themes of consumerism and pop culture.
The mirrorball lemon that U2 emerged from for encores. The prop occasionally malfunctioned, trapping the band inside.
The stage during the performance at Botanic Gardens, Belfast, on August 26, 1997.
Mothers of disappeared detainees join U2 on stage during a performance at Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile, on February 11, 1998.
Mark Fisher (architect)
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Mark Fisher, OBE, MVO, RDI was a British architect best known for his rock music stage sets. He was born in Warwickshire, England.
Mark Fisher was architect for numerous rock music stages including the famous U2 "Claw" (2009)