Zoo TV Tour

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The Zoo TV Tour was U2’s groundbreaking early-1990s concert tour that fused rock performance with an elaborate multimedia spectacle satirizing mass media and information overload.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U2 concert tour → concert tour → rock concert tour →
artist	U2 →
associatedAlbum	Achtung Baby →
endDate	1993-12-10 →
followedBy	PopMart Tour →
follows	Lovetown Tour →
genre	alternative rock → rock →
hasPart	Outside Broadcast → ZOO TV Live from Sydney → Zoomerang leg → Zooropa leg →
introducedCharacter	MacPhisto → Mirror Ball Man → The Fly →
lightingDesignBy	Willie Williams →
location	Australia → Europe → Japan → Mexico → New Zealand → North America →
mainTheme	information overload → mass media → satire of television culture →
notableFor	extensive use of large video screens → ironic media-saturated stage persona of Bono → live satellite link-ups during shows →
numberOfLegs	5 →
numberOfShows	157 →
openingSongTypical	Zoo Station →
performer	U2 →
productionDesigner	Mark Fisher →
recordedInRelease	Zoo TV Live (video) → Zoo TV: Live from Sydney →
stageDesignFeature	dozens of television monitors → multiple giant video walls → scrolling text slogans →
startDate	1992-02-29 →
typicalSetlistSong	Even Better Than the Real Thing → Mysterious Ways → One → Until the End of the World → Where the Streets Have No Name → With or Without You →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Zoo TV Tour ("Zoo TV: Live from Sydney") → Zoo TV Tour ("Zoo TV Live (video)") →	recordedInRelease
Zoo TV Tour ("ZOO TV Live from Sydney") →	hasPart
Where the Streets Have No Name →	includedInTour
U2 →	notableTour
PopMart Tour →	precededBy