PopMart Tour

E23033
U2 concert tour concert tour

The PopMart Tour was U2’s late-1990s worldwide concert tour known for its extravagant, pop art–inspired staging, giant LED screens, and satirical take on consumer culture.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
PopMart stage 1
PopMart: Live from Mexico City 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U2 concert tour ⓘ
concert tour ⓘ
artist U2 ⓘ
associatedAlbum Pop ⓘ
bassist Adam Clayton ⓘ
closingShowCountry South Africa ⓘ
closingShowLocation Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
drummer Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ
endDate 1998-03-21 ⓘ
era late 1990s ⓘ
followedBy Elevation Tour ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasMedia PopMart Tour self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PopMart: Live from Mexico City
hasPart PopMart Tour self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PopMart stage

giant LED video screen ⓘ
golden arch ⓘ
mirrorball lemon ⓘ
leadGuitarist The Edge ⓘ
lightingDesigner Willie Williams ⓘ
location Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
South America ⓘ
mainVocalist Bono ⓘ
notableFor extravagant staging ⓘ
ironic use of commercial symbolism ⓘ
large-scale LED screen technology ⓘ
use of pop art imagery ⓘ
numberOfLegs 5 ⓘ
openingShowCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
openingShowLocation Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas
partOf U2 360° Tour ⓘ
surface form: U2 concert tours
precededBy Zoo TV Tour ⓘ
productionDesigner Mark Fisher ⓘ
promoter U2 ⓘ
surface form: U2 Limited
recordedAt Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez ⓘ
recordedInCity Mexico City ⓘ
recordedInCountry Mexico ⓘ
stageDesigner Willie Williams ⓘ
startDate 1997-04-25 ⓘ
theme pop art aesthetics ⓘ
satire of consumer culture ⓘ
tourSupportsAlbum Pop ⓘ
usesMotif corporate logos parody ⓘ
supermarket imagery ⓘ
usesVisualStyle bright neon colors ⓘ
kitsch ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zoo TV Tour → followedBy → PopMart Tour ⓘ
PopMart Tour → hasMedia → PopMart Tour self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PopMart: Live from Mexico City
PopMart Tour → hasPart → PopMart Tour self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PopMart stage
U2 → notableTour → PopMart Tour ⓘ