Zoo TV Tour
Tour by U2
Start date	February 29, 1992
End date	December 10, 1993
Legs	5
Shows	157
U2 tour chronology
Lovetown Tour (1989-1990)	Zoo TV Tour (1992-1993)	PopMart Tour (1997-1998)

The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged, multimedia concert tour by Irish rock band U2 that took place in arenas and stadiums over 1992 and 1993. It was a show that operated on many levels; designed to instill a feeling of "sensory overload" in its audience, it used the video age for much of its inspiration.^[1] In 2002, Q magazine called it "still the most spectacular rock tour staged by any band."^[2] Zoo TV Live is a live album by the Irish rock band U2. ... Image File history File links U2ZooTVTour. ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... el 18 de mayo nacio claudia // 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... The rock band U2s Lovetown Tour took place in late 1989 and early 1990. ... The Popmart Tour (often referred to as just Popmart) was a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which took place from 1997 to 1998, in support of the groups 1997 album, Pop. ... A concert comprises a performance, usually involving some degree of formality, and particularly a performance featuring music. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rock and roll. ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... ARENA may refer to either: Nationalist Republican Alliance, a political party in El Salvador. ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games This article is about the building type. ... See also: 1992 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1992 Record labels established in 1992 other events of 1992 list of years in music 1990s in music // 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ... See also: 1993 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1993 Record labels established in 1993 other events of 1993 list of years in music 1990s in music // January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ...

Different phases of the tour were also known as Zoo TV – The Outside Broadcast, Zooropa, and Zoomerang. The tour began in Lakeland, Florida on February 29, 1992 and ended in Tokyo, Japan on December 10, 1993. It comprised five legs, 157 shows, was seen by about 5.4 million people,^[3] and was the highest-grossing tour in North America of 1992.^[4] Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4. ... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... el 18 de mayo nacio claudia // 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

If U2's 1991 album Achtung Baby was, as lead singer Bono said, "the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree", then the Zoo TV Tour marked a shift from the band's previously achingly earnest stage performances that had typified their previous tours in the 1980s. Differing from all previous and subsequent U2 tours, the Zoo TV shows opened with six to eight consecutive new songs before playing any older material. The songs were complemented by a myriad of bewildering visual effects. See also: 1991 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels established in 1991 other events of 1991 list of years in music 1990s in music // 1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...

The tour was alternately spelled ZooTV, ZOO TV, and ZOOTV.

The stage

The Zoo TV Outside Broadcast stage

The stage was designed by frequent U2 collaborator Willie Williams, and featured vidi walls, 36 video monitors, numerous television cameras, two separate mix positions, 26 on stage microphones, 176 speakers, and 11 elaborately painted Trabants, several of which were suspended over the stage with spotlights inserted into headlights, which all required 1 million watts of power to operate: enough to run 2,000 homes. Image File history File links U2s multimedia extravaganza Zoo TV world tour (1992-1993). ... Image File history File links U2s multimedia extravaganza Zoo TV world tour (1992-1993). ... Willie Williams stage and light design, U2 Vertigo Tour, 2005. ... The Trabant is an automobile formerly produced by East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Saxony. ...

A total of 52 trucks were required to transport the 1,200 tons of equipment, 3 miles of cabling, 200 labourers, 12 forklifts and one 40-ton crane, required to construct the stage.^[5]

The show

The tour, partly inspired by CNN's seemingly endless coverage of the Gulf War^[6]was, on one level, a straight-faced satire on the media overload that came to define the 1990s.^{[citation needed]} The tour's television screens displayed a mixture of seemingly random images and slogans created by artists such as Kevin Godley, Brian Eno, Mark Pellington, Carol Dodds, Philip Owens, David Wojnarowicz, and multimedia performance artists Emergency Broadcast Network in an effort to reflect the desensitizing effect of the modern mass media.^{[citation needed]} The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... Combatants UN Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf, Peter de la Billière, Khalid bin Sultan, Saleh Al-Muhaya, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Saddam Hussein Strength 883,863 360,000 Casualties 378 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 dead, 75,000 wounded The Gulf War or the Persian Gulf War... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Brian Eno (born Brian Peter George St. ... Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American film director. ... David Wojnarowicz (1954 - 1992) was a gay painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and activist who was prominent in the New York City art world of the 1980s. ... Emergency Broadcast Network is the name of a multimedia performance group that took its name from the Emergency Broadcast System. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The 1993 Zooropa and Zoomerang shows opened with a seven minute piece created by Emergency Broadcast Network, which wove looped images from Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will with various war and news imagery sources. Following this, the stadium was darkened and moments later Bono appeared onstage, silhouetted against a giant screen of blue and white video noise. The show began with a fixed sequence of songs. In an interview on the Zoo Radio program, The Edge described the visual material that went with the first three of them: Riefenstahl, 1931 Helene Bertha Amalie Leni Riefenstahl (August 22, 1902 – September 8, 2003) was a German film director, dancer and actress, and widely noted for her aesthetics and advances in film technique. ... Triumph of the Will (German: Triumph des Willens) is a propaganda film by the German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. ... For other persons named David Evans, see David Evans (disambiguation). ...

Trabants from the Zoo TV Tour now adorn the lobby of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The imagery used during "Zoo Station"'s performance was created by blending video noise with stop motion animation sequences of the band members 'filmed' on a photocopier. Some of "The Fly's" meltdown messages included 'Taste is the enemy of art', 'Religion is a club', 'Ignorance is bliss', 'Rebellion is packaged', 'Believe' with letters fading out to leave 'lie', and 'Everything you know is wrong'. Zoo Station is the opening track from the U2 album Achtung Baby. ... The Fly was the first single released from U2s 1991 Achtung Baby album. ... A Song Infobox has been requested for this article. ... Image File history File links Trabant cars from U2s Zoo TV Tour hanging in the lobby of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum, 2005, by Rick Dikeman From www. ... Image File history File links Trabant cars from U2s Zoo TV Tour hanging in the lobby of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum, 2005, by Rick Dikeman From www. ... The Trabant is an automobile formerly produced by East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Saxony. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ... Stop motion is an animation technique which makes things that are static appear to be moving. ...

"Mysterious Ways" featured a belly dancer on-stage. "One" was accompanied by the title word shown in many languages, as well as Mark Pellington-directed video clips of buffalos leading to a still image of David Wojnarowicz's "Falling Buffalo" photograph. People found in the song, as they did with the tour, many levels of meaning; released as a single as the tour began,^[7] "One" quickly became one of U2's most popular songs. During "Until the End of the World", Bono unleashed a series of egotistical rock star poses with the chaotic visual approach, this time created from a rapid-fire jumble of numbers, many of which reflected topics close to the video artist's and band's heart,^{[citation needed]} including production crew members' birthdays, the date of Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder, the date of release of U2's first 12-inch single release in Ireland, the date of 'Bloody Sunday'. More video montage led into "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World", during which Bono would continue his long practice of dancing with a young female fan pulled from the crowd, only now spraying themselves with champagne and captured each other with a consumer camcorder video feed shown live to the audience. Mysterious Ways is the second single from U2s 1991 album, Achtung Baby. ... Belly Dancer (Bananza) is the title of a hit single by R&B singer Akon. ... One is the third single from U2s 1991 album, Achtung Baby, and was released in 1992. ... Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American film director. ... Binomial name Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ... David Wojnarowicz (1954 - 1992) was a gay painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and activist who was prominent in the New York City art world of the 1980s. ... Until the End of the World (German: Bis ans Ende der Welt) is a 1991 film by the German-born film director Wim Wenders; the screenplay was written by Wenders and Peter Carey, from a story by Wenders and Solveig Dommartin. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Tryin To Throw Your Arms Around the World is a song from the U2 album Achtung Baby. ... Champagne is often consumed as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ... Sony DV Handycam A camcorder is a portable electronic device for recording video images and audio onto an internal storage device. ...

U2 had used backing tracks in live performance before (such as the synthesized backdrops to "Bad" and "Where the Streets Have No Name") but, with the need to synch live performance to the high-tech visuals of Zoo TV, almost the entire show was synched and sequenced, with most numbers featuring pre-recorded percussion, keyboard, or guitar elements underlying the U2 members' live instrumentals and vocals. This practice has continued on their subsequent tours.^{[citation needed]} Bad is the seventh track from U2s 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire. ... Where the Streets Have No Name is the third single and opening track from U2s 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. ...

Zoo TV was one of the first large-scale concerts to feature the B stage, a smaller stage in the middle of the floor, intended "to be the antidote to Zoo TV".^[8] Here, the four members would play quieter numbers such as acoustic arrangements of "Angel of Harlem" and "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)". After that it was back to the main stage for some U2 classics played straight, but when the encores began, Bono's alter-egos returned. In some pop and rock concerts held in arenas and stadiums, a B stage is a small secondary stage, usually located in the middle of the concert floor, connected to the main stage by a catwalk of some sort. ... Angel of Harlem is the second single from U2s 1988 album, Rattle And Hum. ... Stay (Faraway, So Close!) is a song by U2, released as a single from the Zooropa album. ...

The concerts usually ended with Achtung Baby's gentler "Love is Blindness", although later in the tour, it was followed by a cover of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love". Love is Blindness is a song from the U2 album Achtung Baby. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Cant Help Falling in Love, by George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, is a pop song based on Plaisir damour by Jean Paul Egide Martini. ...

According to VH1's Legends: "Zoo TV saw U2 mocking the excesses of rock and roll by ironically embracing greed and decadence. However, some missed the point of the tour and thought that U2 had 'lost it', and that Bono had become an egomaniac."^[9] Legends (aka VH1s Legends) is a music biography television series on VH1. ...

Other aspects

Between U2 and the support acts, eccentric Irish disk jockey BP Fallon acted as emcee, playing records and giving a running commentary while wearing a top hat and cape and seated inside a Trabant on the B-stage.^[10] He also hosted Zoo Radio, a distributed radio special that showcased selected performances from Zoo TV, audio oddities, and half-serious interviews with U2 members as well as with sometime opening acts Public Enemy and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. Eventually Fallon's off-stage antics got him thrown off the tour by Larry Mullen^[10] and Paul Oakenfold, who would go on to become one of the world's most prominent club DJs by the end of the 1990s, replaced him on the 1993 legs. For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline for Biographies. ... A Master of Ceremonies or MC is the host of a staged event or other performance. ... Public Enemy, also known as PE, is a seminal hip hop group from Long Island, New York, known, in accord to their fans, for their politically charged lyrics, criticism of the media, and active interest in the concerns of the African American community; for others, they are known for their... The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was a Rap/Hip-Hop band active during the early 1990s. ... Paul Oakenfold (born August 30, 1963 in London, England) is a record producer and one of the best-known, and most expensive (£25,000 per gig)[1] DJs worldwide. ...

The tour also had a Confessional Booth where concert-goers could record a personal confession on camera. These confessions were often incorporated into the show, being displayed on the main television screens in the intervals between main show and encore.

The shows included a nightly duet between Bono and a pre-recorded video of Lou Reed singing his song "Satellite of Love" (with a real appearance from Reed on August 12, 1992 at Giants Stadium), and an almost nightly phone call to the office of American president George H. W. Bush. Though Bono never got through to the President, Bush did acknowledge the calls during a press conference. Lewis Allen Lou Reed (born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Satellite of Love is one of the best known songs by Lou Reed. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Giants Stadium, also called The Meadowlands, is the home stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets NFL football teams, and Red Bull New York (formerly MetroStars) of Major League Soccer. ... The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... George Herbert Walker Bush GCB (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States of America serving from 1989 to 1993. ...

The novelist Salman Rushdie joined the band on stage in London's Wembley Stadium on August 11, 1993 despite the author's well-publicized fear of violence from Islamic extremists, due to the controversy over his novel The Satanic Verses. When confronted by Bono's MacPhisto character, the author observed that "real devils don't wear horns." This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For the old stadium, see Wembley Stadium (1924). ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... el 18 de mayo nacio claudia // 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... Extremism is a term used to describe the actions or ideologies of individuals or groups outside the perceived political center of a society; or otherwise claimed to violate common standards of ethics and reciprocity. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdies fourth novel, first published in 1988 and inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. ...

A number of European shows featured nightly live link-ups with people living in war-torn Sarajevo. Arranged by aidworker Bill Carter, (who later with Bono's help made the documentary film Miss Sarajevo^[11]), it was intended to bring world attention to the suffering of the people living in the war zone. Carter saw an interview on MTV where Bono mentioned the theme of the Zooropa leg to be an unified Europe; he felt compelled to inform Bono of the plight of the Bosnians in Sarajevo at the time.{[cn}} The link-ups allowed people who had escaped the conflict to speak with family members and loved ones within the war zone, or to accuse the West of inaction and apathy. The link ups though, drew criticism^{[citation needed]} as being inappropriate for a rock show. In 2002, Larry Mullen said: "I can't remember anything more excruciating than those Sarajevo link-ups. It was like throwing a bucket of cold water over everybody. You could see your audience going, 'What the fuck are these guys doing?' But I'm proud to have been a part of a group who were trying to do something."^[2] Nickname: Olympic City Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) Coordinates: Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina&Republika Srpska Canton Sarajevo Canton  - Mayor Semiha Borovac Area    - City 142 km²  (55. ... Bill Carter on the Dutch TV programme TweeVandaag. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... Nickname: Olympic City Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) Coordinates: Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina&Republika Srpska Canton Sarajevo Canton  - Mayor Semiha Borovac Area    - City 142 km²  (55. ...

Bono's stage personas

(L-R) The Fly and Mr. Macphisto

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The Fly

Bono had an array of on-stage personas, including The Fly, who featured in the music video for the song of the same name, as the video of "Even Better Than the Real Thing." The Fly was a intended to represent the stereotypical rock star. He wore wrap-around shades, and carried himself with exaggerated, sexual mannerisms. "We...assembled [a] postmodern rock star. We have our leg of Jim Morrison, our Elvis top, Lou Reed, Gene Vincent-we glue it all together and create it."^{[citation needed]} The character was created in Berlin while U2 were recording Achtung Baby. Bono felt that the shades, given to him by longtime U2 stylist "Fightin'" Fintan Fitzgerald, gave him a sense of de-individuation,^{[citation needed]} and he could really "let loose" when he wore them.^{[citation needed]} The shades came to symbolize the "new U2", as distinct from the pious, rootsy U2 of the The Joshua Tree-era. The Fly was also intended as an answer to critics who said U2 were hypocritical wealthy rock stars.^{[citation needed]} Bono stated in interviews,^{[citation needed]} "They [critics] wanted it, and now they're going to get it." Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In Zoo TV performances, The Fly would begin by appearing silhouetted against a video screen, dancing wildly as if drunk as "Zoo Station" opened the show. During the song, he played around with the "typical rock star" act.^{[citation needed]} He would then play guitar during "The Fly." Often, he would make a short introductory speech about Zoo TV after "The Fly," then would play local TV channels on-screen. Then the band would begin "Even Better Than the Real Thing," in which he would play with a handicam, filming The Edge's solo, then himself.

Mr. MacPhisto

Mr. MacPhisto was imagined by Bono to be a corrupted future version of the Fly character who had become an amalgam of The Devil and a Las Vegas-era crooner-thespian.^{[citation needed]} MacPhisto wore a gold lame suit, with gold shoes, and devil's horns atop his head. His face was heavily made-up. He spoke with a thick accent which crossed between many, but was primarily British. This character would subsequently figure prominently in the 1995 music video for "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" from the soundtrack of the movie Batman Forever. The video featured an animated version of Bono as a rock star battling between two personas: the Fly and MacPhisto, which was intended to parallel the conflict between Bruce Wayne's ordinary playboy persona and his crime-fighting Batman persona.^{[citation needed]} For other uses, see Satan (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... Left To Right, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Crooner is an epithet given to a male singer of a certain style of popular songs, dubbed pop standards. ... Thespian may refer to: A citizen of the ancient Greek city of Thespiae An actor; this usage is derived from Thespis of Icaria, the legendary first actor. ... See also: 1994 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. ... Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me was a song by U2 released on the Batman Forever soundtrack album. ... Batman Forever is the third of the Batman movies which began with Tim Burtons 1989 version of the character, although it is a major departure from previous entries in the franchise, with dramatic changes to such things as the cast, design, and Danny Elfmans theme, which was scrapped... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...

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The Mirror Ball Man

The Mirror Ball Man typically came out for the last few songs of the main set and the encores. This character was intended as a parody of American televangelists.^{[citation needed]} The Mirror Ball Man dressed in a suit of shining silver with silver shoes and a silver hat. Typically, upon entering the stage, he carried a large mirror with him, and spoke with a kind of American accent. He would usually attempt to call then-United States President George H. W. Bush, but never got through to him. Bono traded in his Mirror Ball Man persona for Mr. MacPhisto on Zooropa and Zoomerang legs. In the USA, a televangelist (television evangelist) is a religious minister (often a Christian priest or minister) who devotes a large portion of his (or her) ministry to TV broadcasts to a regular viewing and listening audience. ... George Herbert Walker Bush GCB (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States of America serving from 1989 to 1993. ...

One speech of his^[13] is a clear parody of televangelism:

The Anti-Smack Commando

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Zooropa, the album

U2 recorded their next album, Zooropa, during a break at the end of the third leg of the tour. The album was intended as an additional EP to Achtung Baby, but soon expanded into a full LP and was released in July 1993. Influenced by both tour life and the ideas of media barrage and irony on the Zoo TV tour, Zooropa was an even greater departure from the style of their earlier recordings, incorporating techno style and other electronic effects. A number of songs from Zooropa were incorporated into the subsequent Zooropa and Zoomerang tour legs, mostly frequently "Numb" and "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)",^[14] with "Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car" worked into the MacPhisto persona during Zoomerang. Zooropa is the eighth studio album by the Irish rock band U2. ... Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from Chicago House, electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at... Numb was the unusual first single from U2s Zooropa album. ... Stay (Faraway, So Close!) is a song by U2, released as a single from the Zooropa album. ... Daddys Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car is the sixth track on U2s eighth album, Zooropa. ...

Broadcasts and recordings

The Zoo Radio special included live selections from 1992 Toronto, Dallas, Tempe, Arizona, and New York shows. Portions of another 1992 show were taped and later broadcast as a one-hour Fox network television special. The 27 November 1993 Zoomerang show in Sydney was broadcast in the United States on tape-delayed pay-per-view and then aired later as a regular broadcast in other countries,^[15] and was subsequently released as the concert video Zoo TV: Live From Sydney. It is difficult for any video footage to capture the full effect of Zoo TV, since the multi-input sensory overload nature of the show is lost as soon as the camera focuses in on any one particular aspect. Dallas redirects here. ... Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated November 29, 1894 Government  - Mayor Hugh Hallman Area  - City  39. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... For the animal, see Fox. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... el 18 de mayo nacio claudia // 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ...

On 9 September 1992, a portion of U2's performance at the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit, MI. was broadcast live to the MTV Video Music Awards. The band performed "Even Better Than the Real Thing" while VMA host Dana Carvey, dressed as his "Wayne's World" Garth persona, accompanied the band on drums in Los Angeles.

Vertigo Tour homage

During U2's 2005 Vertigo Tour, the band often played (usually as the first encore) a mini-Zoo TV set - "Zoo Station", "The Fly", and "Mysterious Ways" - using some of the original Zoo TV video effects. "Zoo Station" included the interference in the background and "The Fly" had the flashing words on the screen, originally similar to the originals from Zoo TV, but which progressed into its own original words and phrases later in the tour. As the tour progressed, "Until the End of the World" also appeared with its original effects of flashing numbers. The Vertigo Tour was a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which took place in 2005 and 2006 in support of the groups 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. ...

Tour legs

Leg 1

• Dates: February 29, 1992 – April 23, 1992
• Location: North America
• Venues: Indoor arenas
• Shows: 32
• Supporting act: Pixies

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Leg 2

• Dates: May 7, 1992 – June 19, 1992
• Location: Europe and UK
• Venues: Indoor arenas
• Shows: 25
• Supporting act: Fatima Mansions

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Leg 3 - Outside Broadcast

• Dates: August 7, 1992 – November 25, 1992
• Location: North America and Mexico
• Venues: Stadiums
• Shows: 47
• Supporting acts: The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and Primus; later Public Enemy and Big Audio Dynamite II; later Public Enemy and The Sugarcubes

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Leg 4 - Zooropa

• Dates: May 7, 1993 – August 28, 1993
• Location: Europe, UK, Ireland
• Venues: Stadiums
• Shows: 44
• Supporting acts: many, sometimes changed with every venue

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Leg 5 - Zoomerang

• Dates: November 12, 1993 – December 10, 1993
• Location: Australia, New Zealand and Japan
• Venues: Stadiums
• Shows: 10
• Supporting acts: Big Audio Dynamite II; also Kim Salmon and the Surrealists in Australia, Three D's in New Zealand

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References

Further reading

• Flanagan, B. U2: At The End of the World, 1996, Delta, ISBN 0-385-31157-5
• Samuel R. Smith, "'The Fly' on the Stage: Readings and Misreadings of the 'New' U2", Music Area of The Popular Culture Association, April 1995

Notes

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External links

• u2tours.com – concert dates, setlists
• U2 official website
• U2 Tour site on Zoo TV Tour