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| quote: | Originally posted by biznology
what about that whole 'Pop' tour? not only was it rediculously tied into to shitty products, but even u2 fans didnt go to it! it was completely unsuccessful...at least we know that bono is curing poverty and hunger! |
firstly, bono isn't curing poverty and hunger and doesn't think or say he is, he's using his position of influence to try and change the world for the better. I commend that. Lot's of people don't. To each his own.
And about the pop tour, it wasn't tied into any shitty products... U2 has never had corporate sponsorship (well, besides mtv) for any tour. the Pop tour was making fun of corporatism and pop culture and brands.. but as we can see it was lost on a lot of people. And it was rather unsuccessful in the US at the beginning.. the band screwed themselves over by booking a tour before their album was finished and in so doing had to rush to finish the album and then had time to rehearse. In Europe, the tour was really quite successful.. at one show in Italy there were over 150,000 attendees. There are some spectacular moments on that tour, it just started out a little rough.
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