Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Zooropa '93

Tour Legs: This program covers the 4th leg of the ZOO TV that would then become the Zooropa Tour. This leg started on 7 May 1993 in Rotterdam, Netherlands and finished up on 28 Aug 1993 in Dublin Ireland. Technically the tour started on 9 May as the concern on 7 May was actually a dress rehearsal played in front of small group of fans. The set list on the 7th was only 12 songs long.
Dates covered in program: Same as the previous programs for this tour, the c0ncert dates are interspersed with famous world events both in history and music all listed chronologically. The actual concert dates listed on the inside front cover fold out are from 9 May 1993 to 28 Aug 1993.

Concerts not listed in the program are:
7 May 1993 at Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Not officially a concert as it was 12 song full dress rehearsal played in front of a small group of fans.
23 July 1993 at Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungrary. At time of writing U2's only ever concert in Hungary

Concert dates incorrect as per program:
26 June 1993 - at Hippodrome De Vincennes, Paris, France. Actual concert date 26 June 1993

No. of pages: 32 (not including the foldout pages inside the front and back covers)
Size: 36cm x 28cm
Printing: this copy is in a matt finish. Printed inside is again are excerpts from the BP Fallon interviews with the members of the band. The questions are different from the previous programs on this tour. In the centre pages there are the Zoo style product cut outs as well as the bank note cut outs. The currency in this program is ZOO ECU. Pictures of the band include those taken from concerts previous in the ZOO TV tour in both colour and black and white.
Cost: This one cost me 17.99GBP on eBay. Folks try to sell this program up to $100US but honestly, unless it's a signed program you should never think of paying that much.


Front cover


Tour schedule


Tour schedule cont.


Inner pages...BP Fallon interview snippets


Zoo money...front


Zoo money...back


Zoo branded product labels


Tour personnel


U2 condoms were sold at the concerts.

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