PopMart Tour
World tour by U2 | |
Location |
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Associated album | Pop |
Start date | 25 April 1997 |
End date | 21 March 1998 |
Legs | 5 |
No. of shows | 93 |
Attendance | 3,982,657 |
Box office | US$173,610,864 |
U2 concert chronology |
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 PopMart Tour spanned five legs and 93 shows, and took U2 to South America, South Africa and Israel for the first time. The tour was booked while the band were still completing Pop, which was planned to be released during the 1996 holiday season. However, the recording sessions went long, delaying the release until March 1997 and cutting into rehearsal time for the tour. Although it was the second-highest-grossing tour of 1997, PopMart was marred by technical difficulties and mixed reviews from critics and fans, particularly in the United States. PopMart grossed US$173.6 million from 3.98 million tickets sold. The tour was depicted on the concert film PopMart: Live from Mexico City.
Conception and planning
U2 stage designer
While still in the recording studio, U2 began scheduling tour dates in early 1996, along with
As the recording sessions on the new album progressed, U2 decided they would not be ready to finish their album for the mid-year production deadline, and pushed back the release date by several months.[7] To get the album ready for its March 1997 release, the album's recording sessions had to be finished by the end of December. Within one month of the production deadline, the album was still untitled and had much work left before it could be completed.[1] Because the dates for the tour had already been booked, the album's release could not be delayed any further. Eventually, the album was titled Pop, and Williams dubbed the title "PopMart" for the tour.[3] The album's recording sessions were finished in time for the March 1997 release date, but the band felt they still needed another month to fully complete the album. Bono later stated that letting McGuinness book the tour before the album was finished was the worst decision that U2 ever made because it forced them to finish up the album sooner than they had wanted.[10]
Set design
PopMart Tour set | |
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Pop architecture | |
Construction started | 28 March 1997 |
Completed | 25 April 1997 |
Client | U2 |
Height | 30 metres (98 ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Mark Fisher |
Architecture firm | Mark Fisher Studio |
Structural engineer | Atelier One, MC McLaren PC |
Other designers | Willie Williams |
After producing the band's previous tour, Zoo TV, which featured a complex setup involving 36 different video screens,[11] Williams did not want to produce another video-based show unless it was going to be completely different from its predecessor. His initial proposals to U2 featured physical designs, including a center stage surrounded by a racetrack with circling trucks and motorbikes.[3] Fisher researched one of the first LED screens to be imported into the United States. (It was built for the State Fair of Texas in 1995). Fisher proposed to make a much larger LED screen by spacing the pixels further apart, thus creating a lower resolution image. A prototype was built with LED pixels placed 75 mm (3 in) apart on a cargo net. It worked successfully and served as a basis for the proposal of the design.[12] The idea for producing another video-based tour gained much interest when Fisher and Williams were determined to create the largest video screen in existence at that time. When the idea for the screen was proposed to U2, they decided to take the risk of creating a show based on an undeveloped technological experiment, and invested US$7 million to develop the screen.[13]
Fisher proposed the idea of creating an LED screen on a flexible fabric sheet that could be draped over the stadium seats behind the stage. It was later decided that it would be easier to build the screen if it was hung in its own frame, so a sloped frame was added to the screen. Several months were spent experimenting with and demonstrating the capabilities of LED video. The screen designed for the show was ten times larger than all 36 Zoo TV screens put together, with a total size that ranged between 150 and 170 feet (46–52 metres) wide and 50–56 feet (15–17 metres) tall,
The set's
While the set's overall design consisted of simply an arch in front of a sloped video screen, Williams wanted to incorporate a
Promotion
Going along with the tour's satirical theme of consumerism, U2 announced their tour on 12 February 1997 by holding a
Before the tour, various markets distributed
On 26 April 1997, American television network
During the middle of the tour's first leg, MSN launched U2's first official website, U2popmart.MSN.com. The website was updated constantly throughout the tour, featuring images and audio clips from various concerts, as well as live webcasts during select performances.[29]
Concert overview
Out of the 93 concerts performed during the PopMart Tour, each show had a similar setlist, with 21–24 songs performed by the band at each show. The concerts began with U2's
Main set
Each concert opened with a performance of "Mofo." Following "Mofo" at every show, the band performed "I Will Follow", "Even Better Than the Real Thing", "Gone", "Last Night on Earth", and "Until the End of the World". As the group performed, the audience was bombarded with images and colors, all designed towards the show's ironic embrace of tackiness and pop-ular culture.
Each show featured "
Encores
At the end of the main set, before the first encore, the giant lemon moved to the middle of the stage. There a sheet fell off exposing a huge disco ball that lit up the stadium in spinning lights while the Perfecto Mix of "Lemon" played over the PA. The band then would walk out of the giant lemon onto the B stage to perform "Discothèque".
The rest of the first encore typically consisted of "
Additional songs
A total of 55 different songs were played throughout the tour and 17 of the 55 songs were played at all PopMart shows.
Average setlist
This set list is representative of the tour's average setlist as conducted by Setlist.fm, which represents all concerts for the duration of the tour.[32]
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Encore
2nd Encore
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Sarajevo concert
During the
This concert was also the first time the band had performed "
Despite the subpar performance, a news story said, "For two magical hours, the rock band U2 achieved what warriors, politicians and diplomats could not: They united Bosnia." Trains ran for the first time since the war to enable people to see the concert, though they were stopped again afterward. Bono later called the Sarajevo show "one of the toughest and one of the sweetest nights of my life."[36] Mullen called it "an experience I will never forget for the rest of my life, and if I had to spend 20 years in the band just to play that show, and have done that, I think it would have been worthwhile."[37]
Reception
Although the extravagance of the tour was visually and technically impressive, the early dates of PopMart were, on occasion, marred by subpar performances. The band had booked the tour before the album was finished, and with the planned November 1996 release pushed back until March 1997 to finish the album, valuable tour rehearsal time was lost. This lack of preparation manifested itself in the shows, particularly during the poorly received opening night in Las Vegas. There was intense pressure for the band, especially with several journalists and celebrities in attendance. The band lost their timing on the song "Staring at the Sun", stopped playing partway through, and then started over. During "Discotheque", the crew filled the stage with too much dry-ice; the Edge could not see his guitar pedal in the midst of the smoke and had to kneel down to find it by touch.[20]
Nonetheless, the quality of the performances improved greatly as certain new songs were dropped or reworked, old crowd favourites re-introduced and the setlist evolved into a more coherent order during the first two months. At the Giants Stadium dates, "Staring at the Sun" was performed acoustically by Bono and the Edge. Becoming one of the show's highlights, it would be performed this way for the rest of the tour.
By the second leg in Europe, the performances had vastly improved as evidenced by the
The band had some difficulty filling stadiums in the southern and Midwestern US, yet there were multiple night sellouts in Chicago, New York and Boston. It was however better received by Europeans and in particular, South American audiences. It was the first time U2 had toured South America and Bono remarked that the rapturous fan response they received there helped U2 regain their confidence and appreciation for playing together.[38]
Despite its cleverness and positive critical response, many fans felt alienated by the shows; certain material from the Pop album did not go down as well as U2 might have hoped and many people did not seem to have understood its satirical nature. U2 had dressed as the
Disrupting a few shows, technical problems also arose throughout the tour. As the band were about to walk out of the giant mechanical lemon for the encore of a show in Oslo, the lemon malfunctioned, trapping the band inside and forcing them to escape through a small hatch at the back. This incident was later listed as one of "Rock 'n' Roll's 15 Most Embarrassing Stage Antics" by AOL's Spinner.com.[43] The lemon malfunctioned again at a show in Sydney, and was not used at all,[44] and also malfunctioned in Osaka, Japan, where the band were again trapped inside but unable to escape through the back.[45] In addition to the issues with the mechanical lemon, the large LED video screen became damaged in Washington, D.C. by a rain storm during a concert. The video screen required time for repairs which ended up causing an entire concert in Raleigh, North Carolina to be cancelled.[46][47]
Like the band's previous Zoo TV Tour, PopMart was another huge success in terms of revenue, grossing US$173,610,864 from 3,982,657 tickets sold.[48] On 20 September 1997, the band performed in front of over 150,000 people in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and set a new world record for having the most attendees at a concert for a single performer.[49]
More than a decade after PopMart, despite the criticism and mishaps, Bono said that he considered the tour to be their best. "Pop(Mart) is our finest hour. It's better than Zoo TV aesthetically, and as an art project it is a clearer thought."[50] He later added "When that show worked, it was mindblowing."[51] The Edge said that he was "very proud of [Pop] by the end of the tour. We finally figured it out by the time we made the DVD. It was an amazing show that I'm really proud of."[52]
Post-tour
Appearance on The Simpsons
In April 1998, one month after the PopMart Tour had ended, U2 appeared as guest stars on the 200th episode of The Simpsons, "Trash of the Titans." The episode featured U2 performing a PopMart concert in Springfield Stadium where Homer Simpson disrupted the show during a performance of "Pride (In the Name of Love)." The four members of the band and entire PopMart stage were shown in animated form. Bono, The Edge, and Adam Clayton had voice appearances in the episodes, as well as the band's manager, Paul McGuinness, and McGuinness' assistant, Susie Smith. Mullen was not present for the studio recordings and therefore appeared in a non-speaking role. The band even had a small part in a musical number. U2's guest appearance was later featured on The Phoenix's list of "The Simpsons 20 Best Guest Voices of All Time."[53]
Live releases
In December 1997, the two PopMart Tour concerts in
In addition to the recordings from Mexico City, live versions of "Please", "Where the Streets Have No Name", and "Staring at the Sun" from Rotterdam, as well as "With or Without You" from Edmonton, were released internationally on the Please: PopHeart Live EP,[60] and later on the "Please" single in the United States.[61] A live video of "Please" filmed in Helsinki, known as the "Live Mural Cut", was featured on the bonus DVD of the special edition release of the album, The Best of 1990–2000.[62]
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening Act(s) | Attendance | Revenue |
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Leg 1: North America[63][64] | ||||||
25 April 1997 | Whitney | United States | Sam Boyd Stadium | Rage Against the Machine | 36,742 / 36,742 | $1,866,524 |
28 April 1997 | San Diego | Jack Murphy Stadium
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30,572 / 55,000 | $1,545,990 | ||
1 May 1997 | Denver | Mile High Stadium | 28,540 / 50,000 | $1,432,565 | ||
3 May 1997 | Salt Lake City | Rice Stadium
|
33,277 / 33,277 | $1,692,732 | ||
6 May 1997 | Eugene | Autzen Stadium | 25,931 / 35,000 | $1,293,540 | ||
9 May 1997 | Tempe | Sun Devil Stadium
|
33,539 / 45,000 | $1,673,317 | ||
12 May 1997 | Dallas | Cotton Bowl | 38,043 / 45,000 | $1,908,637 | ||
14 May 1997 | Memphis | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
|
22,734 / 35,000 | $1,131,570 | ||
16 May 1997 | Clemson | Frank Howard Memorial Stadium | 20,251 / 36,500 | $1,043,349 | ||
19 May 1997 | Kansas City | Arrowhead Stadium | Fun Lovin' Criminals | 23,709 / 55,000 | $1,201,035 | |
22 May 1997 | Pittsburgh | Three Rivers Stadium | 27,785 / 45,000 | $1,376,317 | ||
24 May 1997 | Columbus | Ohio Stadium | 43,813 / 50,000 | $2,246,977 | ||
26 May 1997 | Washington, D.C. | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium | 42,295 / 44,000 | $2,149,432 | ||
31 May 1997 | East Rutherford | Giants Stadium | Fun Lovin' Criminals Longpigs |
129,644 / 140,000 | $6,499,131 | |
1 June 1997 | ||||||
3 June 1997 | ||||||
8 June 1997 | Philadelphia | Franklin Field | Fun Lovin' Criminals | 49,944 / 49,944 | $2,549,610 | |
12 June 1997 | Winnipeg | Canada | Winnipeg Stadium | 42,270 / 42,270 | $1,653,884 | |
14 June 1997 | Edmonton | Commonwealth Stadium
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90,000 / 90,000 | $3,493,456 | ||
15 June 1997 | ||||||
18 June 1997 | Oakland | United States | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
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Oasis | 66,990 / 85,000 | $3,263,243 |
19 June 1997 | ||||||
21 June 1997 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Rage Against the Machine | 65,488 / 65,488 | $3,329,775 | |
25 June 1997 | Madison | Camp Randall Stadium | Fun Lovin' Criminals | 34,002 / 40,000 | $1,701,045 | |
27 June 1997 | Chicago | Soldier Field | 116,912 / 127,500 | $5,956,587 | ||
28 June 1997 | ||||||
29 June 1997 | ||||||
1 July 1997 | Foxborough | Foxboro Stadium | 93,946 / 93,946 | $4,719,124 | ||
2 July 1997 | ||||||
Leg 2: Europe and Asia[65][66] | ||||||
18 July 1997 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Feijenoord Stadion
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Skunk Anansie | 91,832 / 91,832 | $3,214,484 |
19 July 1997 | ||||||
25 July 1997 | Werchter | Belgium | Werchter Festival Park | 37,498 / 37,498 | $1,482,134 | |
27 July 1997 | Cologne | Germany | Butzweiler Hof Airfield | Die Fantastischen Vier | 27,662 / 35,000 | $1,059,067 |
29 July 1997 | Leipzig | Festwiese | 18,463 / 25,000 | $702,396 | ||
31 July 1997 | Mannheim | Maimarkt-Gelände
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18,828 / 25,000 | $716,281 | ||
2 August 1997 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Ullevi Stadium
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Audioweb | 46,658 / 46,658 | $1,920,178 |
4 August 1997 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Parken Stadion
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42,734 / 42,734 | $2,079,137 | |
6 August 1997 | Oslo | Norway | Valle Hovin | 40,000 / 40,000 | $1,698,841 | |
9 August 1997 | Helsinki | Finland | Olympiastadion | 50,943 / 50,943 | $2,198,978 | |
12 August 1997 | Warsaw | Poland | Warsaw Horse Track | 52,070 / 52,070 | $1,042,066 | |
14 August 1997 | Prague | Czech Republic | Strahov Stadium
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61,010 / 61,010 | $1,254,201 | |
16 August 1997 | Wiener Neustadt | Austria | Wiener Neustadt Airfield | Paradise Now | 62,592 / 62,592 | $2,017,344 |
18 August 1997 | Nuremberg | Germany | Zeppelinfeld
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Die Fantastischen Vier | 29,916 / 29,916 | $1,153,149 |
20 August 1997 | Hanover | Messegelände
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40,183 / 40,183 | $1,520,437 | ||
22 August 1997 | London | England | Wembley Stadium | Audioweb, Longpigs | 144,308 / 144,308 | $6,753,356 |
23 August 1997 | ||||||
26 August 1997 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Botanic Gardens
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Ash | 39,362 / 39,362 | $1,669,372 |
28 August 1997 | Leeds | England | Roundhay Park | Cast | 53,917 / 53,917 | $2,458,615 |
30 August 1997 | Dublin | Ireland | Lansdowne Road | Ash | 85,046 / 85,046 | $3,441,268 |
31 August 1997 | ||||||
2 September 1997 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Murrayfield Stadium | The Seahorses | 50,439 / 50,439 | $2,318,566 |
6 September 1997 | Paris | France | Parc des Princes | Placebo | 53,519 / 53,519 | $2,501,742 |
9 September 1997 | Madrid | Spain | Estadio Vicente Calderón
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46,385 / 46,385 | $1,776,728 | |
11 September 1997 | Lisbon | Portugal | Estádio José Alvalade | 62,114 / 62,114 | $2,045,906 | |
13 September 1997 | Barcelona | Spain | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys | 60,096 / 60,096 | $2,281,165 | |
15 September 1997 | Montpellier | France | Espace Grammont | 24,188 / 30,000 | $1,033,643 | |
18 September 1997 | Rome | Italy | Urbe Airport | Prozac+ Casino Royale |
56,392 / 56,392 | $1,990,073 |
20 September 1997 | Reggio Emilia | Campo Volo Airport/ Festa dell'Unità
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150,000 / 150,000 | $5,294,117 | ||
23 September 1997
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Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Stadion Koševo
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Gazi-Husref Beg choir Protest Sikter |
45,000 / 45,000 | $540,000 |
26 September 1997 | Thessaloniki | Greece | Harbour Yard | Echo Tattoo and Niko Portokalogou | 50,000 / 50,000 | $725,000 |
30 September 1997 | Tel Aviv | Israel | Hayarkon Park
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Apollo 440 | 31,566 / 35,000 | $1,809,388 |
Leg 3: North America[67][68] | ||||||
26 October 1997 | Toronto | Canada | SkyDome
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Third Eye Blind | 99,195 / 99,195 | $3,875,335 |
27 October 1997 | ||||||
29 October 1997 | Minneapolis | United States | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | Smash Mouth | 28,724 / 52,000 | $1,471,800 |
31 October 1997 | Pontiac | Pontiac Silverdome | 35,463 / 40,000 | $1,781,621 | ||
2 November 1997 | Montreal | Canada | Olympic Stadium | Third Eye Blind | 48,855 / 48,855 | $1,905,108 |
8 November 1997 | St. Louis | United States | Trans World Dome
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24,807 / 50,000 | $1,282,160 | |
10 November 1997 | Tampa | Houlihan's Stadium
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18,751 / 50,000 | $893,865 | ||
12 November 1997 | Jacksonville | Alltel Stadium
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14,491 / 50,000 | $1,282,160 | ||
14 November 1997 | Miami Gardens | Pro Player Stadium
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Smash Mouth | 42,778 / 44,500 | $2,158,988 | |
21 November 1997 | New Orleans | Louisiana Superdome
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Third Eye Blind | 21,465 / 25,000 | $911,528 | |
23 November 1997 | San Antonio | Alamodome | 26,022 / 30,000 | $1,277,250 | ||
26 November 1997 | Atlanta | Georgia Dome | Smash Mouth | 26,491 / 32,500 | $1,325,288 | |
28 November 1997 | Houston | Astrodome | 22,981 / 30,000 | $1,156,155 | ||
2 December 1997 | Mexico City | Mexico | Foro Sol | Control Machete | 106,966 / 106,966 | $4,595,225 |
3 December 1997 | ||||||
9 December 1997 | Vancouver | Canada | BC Place Stadium
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Smash Mouth | 29,468 / 35,000 | $1,136,592 |
12 December 1997 | Seattle | United States | Kingdome | 30,260 / 35,000 | $1,539,105 | |
Leg 4: South America[69][70] | ||||||
27 January 1998 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | Bootnafat Gabriel o Pensador |
66,949 / 66,949 | $2,654,715 |
30 January 1998 | São Paulo | Morumbi Stadium
|
154,056 / 154,056 | $6,103,065 | ||
31 January 1998 | ||||||
5 February 1998 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Estadio Monumental
|
Babasónicos Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas |
160,478 /160,478 | $8,668,840 |
6 February 1998 | ||||||
7 February 1998 | ||||||
11 February 1998 | Santiago
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Chile | Estadio Nacional
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Santa Locura | 67,633 / 67,633 | $2,171,112 |
Leg 5: Oceania, Asia, and Africa[71][72] | ||||||
17 February 1998 | Perth | Australia | Burswood Dome | Sidewinder | 13,775 / 13,775 | $1,273,178 |
21 February 1998 | Melbourne | Waverley Park | 23,810 / 30,000 | $1,366,510 | ||
25 February 1998 | Brisbane | ANZ Stadium | 17,567 / 30,000 | $1,019,744 | ||
28 February 1998 | Sydney | Football Ground Sydney | 37,976 / 37,976 | $2,236,123 | ||
5 March 1998 | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 34,265 / 38,000 | $2,439,230 | |
11 March 1998 | Osaka | Osaka Dome
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19,735 / 25,000 | $1,404,722 | ||
16 March 1998 | Cape Town | South Africa | Greenpoint Stadium
|
Just Jinger | 30,362 / 30,362 | $1,339,233 |
21 March 1998 | Johannesburg | Athletic Park | Bayete | 64,320 / 64,320 | $2,467,843 |
See also
- List of highest-attended concerts
- List of most-attended concert tours
- List of highest-grossing concert tours
- Timeline of U2
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- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 26. 28 June 1997. p. 12. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 28. 12 July 1997. p. 18. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 29. 19 July 1997. p. 21. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 25. 21 June 1997. p. 12.
- ^ de la Parra (2003), pp. 202–213
- ^ European and Asian leg boxscore data:
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 42. 18 October 1997. p. 18. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 42. 18 October 1997. p. 18.
- ^ de la Parra (2003), pp. 213–216
- ^ North American 2nd leg boxscore data:
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 48. 29 November 1997. p. 15. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 52. 27 December 1997. p. 24. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 48. 29 November 1997. p. 15.
- ^ de la Parra (2003), pp. 217–219
- ^ South American leg boxscore data:
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 9. 28 February 1998. p. 18. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 9. 28 February 1998. p. 18.
- ^ de la Parra (2003), pp. 219–221
- ^ Oceanian, Asian and African leg boxscore data:
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 12. 21 March 1998. p. 20. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 13. 28 March 1998. p. 14. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 16. 18 April 1998. p. 12. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "AB Boxscore: Top 10 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 12. 21 March 1998. p. 20.
Bibliography
- de la Parra, Pimm Jal (2003). U2 Live: A Concert Documentary. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9198-7.
- Scrimgeour, Diana (2004). U2 Show. New York: Riverhead Books. ISBN 1-57322-296-8.
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