PopMart Tour
E23033
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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PopMart stage | 1 |
| PopMart: Live from Mexico City | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U2 concert tour
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concert tour ⓘ |
| artist | U2 ⓘ |
| associatedAlbum | Pop ⓘ |
| bassist | Adam Clayton ⓘ |
| closingShowCountry | South Africa ⓘ |
| closingShowLocation |
Johannesburg, South Africa
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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
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surface form:
PopMart: Live from Mexico City
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| hasPart |
PopMart Tour
self-linksurface differs
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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
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ironic use of commercial symbolism ⓘ large-scale LED screen technology ⓘ use of pop art imagery ⓘ |
| numberOfLegs | 5 ⓘ |
| openingShowCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| openingShowLocation |
Las Vegas, Nevada
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surface form:
Las Vegas
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| partOf |
U2 360° Tour
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surface form:
U2 concert tours
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| precededBy | Zoo TV Tour ⓘ |
| productionDesigner | Mark Fisher ⓘ |
| promoter |
U2
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surface form:
U2 Limited
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| recordedAt | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez ⓘ |
| recordedInCity | Mexico City ⓘ |
| recordedInCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| stageDesigner | Willie Williams ⓘ |
| startDate | 1997-04-25 ⓘ |
| theme |
pop art aesthetics
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satire of consumer culture ⓘ |
| tourSupportsAlbum | Pop ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
corporate logos parody
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supermarket imagery ⓘ |
| usesVisualStyle |
bright neon colors
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kitsch ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
PopMart: Live from Mexico City
this entity surface form:
PopMart stage