PopMart Tour

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
PopMart Tour canonical 6
PopMart stage 1
PopMart: Live from Mexico City 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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

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
openingShowLocation Las Vegas
linked to: Las Vegas, Nevada
partOf U2 concert tours
linked to: U2 360° Tour
precededBy Zoo TV Tour
productionDesigner Mark Fisher
promoter U2 Limited
linked to: U2
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

U2 notableTour PopMart Tour
Zoo TV Tour followedBy PopMart Tour
PopMart Tour hasPart PopMart stage
linked to: PopMart Tour
PopMart Tour hasMedia PopMart: Live from Mexico City
linked to: PopMart Tour
Elevation Tour precededBy PopMart Tour
Pop tourSupported PopMart Tour
Dirty Day tourFeature PopMart Tour