The PopMart Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Irish 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. Muc
U2 Pop Mart Tour, Belfast, August 1997
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.
The Zoo TV Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Irish rock band U2. Comprising five legs and 157 shows, the tour supported their 1991 album Achtung Baby and later their 1993 album Zooropa, visitin
PopMart Tour
…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…
U2's interest in Trabants while recording Achtung Baby in Germany inspired tour designer Willie Williams to use them as lighting fixtures on the tour and to paint them.
Bono filming himself with a video camera during a Melbourne concert in November 1993
The Edge and Bono during an August 1992 show, with one of the Trabants from the lighting system visible behind them