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There have certainly been other great moments to be in U2 over the course of the past two decades. The band's previous outing, the Popmart tour--when the boys from Dublin appeared in a huge onstage lemon and got pelted by (metaphorical) rotten fruit by critics in the U.S.--probably wasn't one of them. But their latest CD, All That You Can't Leave Behind, which was released last October, went to No. 1 in 32 countries, won the band three Grammys and helped spark an acclaimed, sold-out tour. Building on the fresh momentum, U2 is gearing...
...that resurfaced in 1991 was dramatically different from what audiences were used to. Their sound was infused with synthesizers and techno-based drum beats, while their tours were large-scale spectacles that expanded to the $250,000-per-day multimedia extravaganza of the 1997 PopMart tour, complete with a lemon-shaped spaceship that carried the band on stage. U2 was trying to create the next generation of music and performance by utilizing the technology...
...PopMart tour did reach the threshold of sensory stimulation, and in many ways, the show was too big for the band to handle. The tour did not sell enough tickets to cover its expenses, and the album, with its experimental music style, sold only a disappointing million copies. It was clear that the band could not continue expanding their...
...into Bosnia is one thing, but getting a 40-ft. motorized lemon-disco-ball spaceship into Sarajevo is another. But U2 managed to pull it off--with the U.N.'s help--when the band, fulfilling a promise made by lead singer and honorary Bosnian citizen BONO, staged a full PopMart concert in the city, which doesn't even have running water 24 hours a day. "We offered them a scratch gig, a benefit concert, and they didn't want that. They wanted PopMart," says Bono. "They've a mad sense of humor." The concert didn't go quite as planned...
...BONO, embodies a malign force that brings down civilization. Symbolizing the band's dim view of a rampant consumer culture (but they will happily sell you a CD!), frail Burroughs pushes a shopping cart out of the dead city. The band hopes to shoot two more videos during its PopMart tour in the U.S., says manager Paul McGuinness. Commuters, beware! The end is nigh...
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