The Vertigo Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Irish rock band U2. Staged in support of the group's 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, the tour visited arenas and stadiums between March 2005 and December 2006. The Vertigo Tour consisted of five legs that alternated between indoor arena shows in North America and outdoor stadium shows internationally. Much like the previous Elevation Tour, the indoor portion of the Vertigo Tour featured a stripped-down, intimate stage design. Protruding from the main stage was an ellipse-shaped catwalk that encapsulated a small number of fans.
U2 performs in Anaheim on April 1, 2005.
The symbols of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity form the word "CoeXisT" during a performance of "Sunday Bloody Sunday".
The stage and LED curtain viewed from the rear at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia on 22 May 2005.
U2 performs "City of Blinding Lights" in their home town of Dublin in June 2005.
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.