Originally posted by popmarter:The Americans didn't get Irony or like the experimental sound they used on POP that's why it didn't work in the US and that's why it's now treated like an outcast .The tour went down very well in Europe and the rest of the world apart from Deutschland and the album sold well and they had 4 UK top 10 singles from it something Achtung Baby failed to do .It was the first tour they ever played South America and a few of those gigs were broadcast live on TV which were incredible most of which are on YouTube .Overall the tour was a massive success yeah it did get off to a shaky start which the media couldn't wait to tell the world but after a few weeks they really hit the ground running .
To this day I have been waiting for them to top it. I'd say that the first Elevation show and the opening night of the current tour were on the same level. But they haven't topped it.