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
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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
Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by the Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 18 November 1991 by Island Records. After criticism of their 198
Zoo TV Tour
…ZooTV, ZOO TV or ZOOTV) 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, visiting arenas and stadiums from 1992 to 1993. Intended to mirror the group's new musical direction on Achtung…
Prior to recording Achtung Baby, the Edge and Bono (pictured in 2024) began working more closely together on songwriting without the other band members.
The initial recording sessions took place at Berlin's Hansa Studios in late 1990 in the Meistersaal, a former SS ballroom.
Bono in 1992 as his persona "The Fly", a leather-clad egomaniac meant to parody rock stardom. He conceived this character during the band's 1991 recording sessions in Dublin.
The Edge on the Zoo TV Tour in November 1993