Popmart
Legs (4): Leg 1: North America, Leg 2: Europe, Leg 3: North America, Leg 4: Rest Of The World
Shows: 111
  1. 1. The tour/album announcement in K-Mart was not understood/well received by the general public.

    2. The whole Discotheque/Village People image was not understood/well received by the general public.

    3. The Pop album despite being a commercial success, didn't sell as well as was expected.

    4. The opening night of Popmart in Las Vegas was widely criticized because of a couple of mistakes in the show, with them having to repeat a song, and so on.

    5. The whole concept of Popmart went way above people's heads and they just saw a silly superficial extravaganza and was treated/criticized accordingly.

    6. The Edge's karaoke had some bad reviews, most notably singing La Macarena and being totally boooed in the stadium.

    7. Eventually the tour struggled to sell out the tickets, the tour was for big stadiums and when these stadiums didn't sold out, the media was right there to point it out and the general perception was that it was a failure for the combination of all the reasons above.

    8. I can imagine the stress the whole tour and all the above reasons put into the band's minds and hearts, they threw a lot of money in a concept that nobody understood, people were not responding as well as they thought, media was right there ready to point fingers at them for everything, and they had the obligation to sell the tickets.
    It surely was totally exhaustive and I can totally understand how they don't want to even remember that stage of their lives.
  2. Thank God it gave us 'Please'. And that transition to Streets. Amazing !
  3. It's an American thing.
  4. They sold out 12 dates of 93, that's why.
  5. it was not a failure over all...however ,there were many bumps in the road
    poor ticket sales in denver and miami, shows in hawaii never came to be.
    the lowest rated tv special in years .the screen being damaged at rfk stadium.horrible simpson cartoon and the wardrobe was not helping.
    blood raven states alot of solid reason for the overall tone.it felt like failure.
    the album wasnt going top 40 and rock radio didnt know what to do with it.
    but they still managed to have the highest grossing tour of 1997.so not a failure but left a bad taste in many mouths.i am glad i was there at rfk and even happier they played Sarajevo.
  6. Originally posted by revjisok:[..]
    it was not a failure over all...however ,there were many bumps in the road
    poor ticket sales in denver and miami, shows in hawaii never came to be.
    the lowest rated tv special in years .the screen being damaged at rfk stadium.horrible simpson cartoon and the wardrobe was not helping.
    blood raven states alot of solid reason for the overall tone.it felt like failure.
    the album wasnt going top 40 and rock radio didnt know what to do with it.
    but they still managed to have the highest grossing tour of 1997.so not a failure but left a bad taste in many mouths.i am glad i was there at rfk and even happier they played Sarajevo.
    Sorry but that Simpsons episode is perfect.
  7. What is a good boot with Bono's voice in full power? I find mexico to be a weak voice
  8. The Leeds gig is epic. One of the very best bootlegs.

    I love the Popmart tour. The performance of Mexico DVD is epic, but the dvd is rubbish. Why does it have to be 4:3, it was released in 2007!
  9. now I can see why they don't care about playing POP....
  10. Quick fascinating fact: When I moved to Melbourne this year, there's a massive stadium, now half-demolished called Waverley Stadium. It's about five minutes away from me.

    This is the very site of where U2 played their Melbourne shows in 1998. If I get the chance, I'll take some photos.