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PopMart: Live from Mexico City is a concert video release by rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
 from their PopMart Tour
Popmart Tour

The PopMart Tour, often referred to as simply PopMart, was a worldwide concert tour by the Republic of Ireland Rock music band U2. Launched in support of the group's 1997 album, Pop , the tour's concerts were performed in stadiums from 1997 through 1998....
. Recorded on December 3, 1997 at Foro Sol on the band's featured stop in Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
, Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, it was released on VHS
VHS

The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard developed by JVC and launched in Europe and Asia in September 1976, and the United States in June 1977....
 and Video CD
Video CD

Video CD is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. VCDs are playable in dedicated VCD players, most modern DVD-Video players, personal computers, and some video game consoles....
 in November 1998, and was re-released in September 2007 on DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video

The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video has been awarded since 1984. A similar award for Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video has also been awarded since 1984....
 in 1999.

show opens with the non-dance version of "Mofo
MOFO (song)

"Mofo" is the sixth and final single from U2's 1997 album Pop . It was the first time U2 released more than five singles from one album.Continuing a common theme in U2's lyrics, the song was partially written about Bono's mother, whom he lost at the age of fourteen....
," and contains standard PopMart setlist inclusions.






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PopMart: Live from Mexico City is a concert video release by rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
 from their PopMart Tour
Popmart Tour

The PopMart Tour, often referred to as simply PopMart, was a worldwide concert tour by the Republic of Ireland Rock music band U2. Launched in support of the group's 1997 album, Pop , the tour's concerts were performed in stadiums from 1997 through 1998....
. Recorded on December 3, 1997 at Foro Sol on the band's featured stop in Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
, Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, it was released on VHS
VHS

The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard developed by JVC and launched in Europe and Asia in September 1976, and the United States in June 1977....
 and Video CD
Video CD

Video CD is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. VCDs are playable in dedicated VCD players, most modern DVD-Video players, personal computers, and some video game consoles....
 in November 1998, and was re-released in September 2007 on DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video

The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video has been awarded since 1984. A similar award for Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video has also been awarded since 1984....
 in 1999.

Footage

The show opens with the non-dance version of "Mofo
MOFO (song)

"Mofo" is the sixth and final single from U2's 1997 album Pop . It was the first time U2 released more than five singles from one album.Continuing a common theme in U2's lyrics, the song was partially written about Bono's mother, whom he lost at the age of fourteen....
," and contains standard PopMart setlist inclusions. Bono forgets some of the lyrics of "Desire" during the acoustic set. While minor edits were made before release (such as Bono telling a fan to turn his laser pointer off at the end of "New Year's Day
New Year's Day

New Year's Day is the first day of the new year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome ....
") this is the only U2 home video to date to contain a concert's complete setlist. Selected tracks from this performance were later released on the 2000 exclusive fan club-only live album, Hasta la Vista Baby!
Hasta La Vista Baby!

Hasta la Vista Baby! is a live album recorded by U2 and released exclusively to members of its fan club in 2000. It features 14 songs from the band's 25-song performance during their PopMart Tour in 1998....
.

Captured on video, this concert is the only time that "Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday (song)

"Sunday Bloody Sunday" is the opening track and third single from U2's 1983 album, War . The song is noted for its militaristic drumbeat, simple but harsh guitar, and melodic harmonies....
" is not played on a Fender Stratocaster
Fender Stratocaster

The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously to the present....
 or Telecaster
Fender Telecaster

The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is typically a dual-Pick up , solid-body electric guitar made by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation....
 or "Bullet the Blue Sky
Bullet the Blue Sky

"Bullet the Blue Sky" is the fourth track from U2's 1987 in music album, The Joshua Tree. Although never released as a single, "Bullet the Blue Sky" has been played at nearly every one of the band's live concerts since its first performance at the opening night of the Joshua Tree Tour on April 2, 1987....
" is not performed with a Fender Stratocaster (both are played with a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
Gibson Les Paul

The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s. The Les Paul was originally designed by Ted McCarty and endorsed, named and used by then popular jazz/Pop music guitarist Les Paul....
).

Track listing

  1. "Pop Muzik
    Pop Muzik

    "Pop Muzik" is a 1979 hit song performed by the British band M , fronted by Robin Scott....
    "
  2. "Mofo
    MOFO (song)

    "Mofo" is the sixth and final single from U2's 1997 album Pop . It was the first time U2 released more than five singles from one album.Continuing a common theme in U2's lyrics, the song was partially written about Bono's mother, whom he lost at the age of fourteen....
    "
  3. "I Will Follow
    I Will Follow

    "I Will Follow" is the opening track from U2's debut album, Boy . It was written by Bono after the tragic death of his mother, who died of a brain hemorrhage at the funeral of her father....
    "
  4. "Gone"
  5. "Even Better Than the Real Thing
    Even Better Than the Real Thing

    "Even Better Than the Real Thing" is the second song from U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby and was released in 1992 as the fourth single from the album....
    "
  6. "Last Night on Earth
    Last Night on Earth

    "Last Night on Earth" is the third single from U2's 1997 album, Pop . The song features excerpts from "Trayra Boia," written by Nan? Vasconcelos and Denise Milan....
    "
  7. "Until the End of the World
    Until the End of the World (song)

    "Until the End of the World" is the fourth track from U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby. The lyrics describe a conversation between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot....
    "
  8. "New Year's Day
    New Year's Day (song)

    "New Year's Day" is the third song and lead single from U2's 1983 album, War . The song is driven by Adam Clayton's distinctive bassline and The Edge's keyboard....
    "
  9. "Pride (In the Name of Love)
    Pride (In the Name of Love)

    "Pride " is the second song on U2's 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire and was released as the album's first single. Written about Martin Luther King, Jr., "Pride" is one of the band's most recognized songs, and appeared as the opening track on the compilation The Best of 1980-1990, and on the 2006 compilation U218 Singles....
    "
  10. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

    "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is the second track from U2's 1987 album The Joshua Tree, and was released as the album's second single....
    "
  11. "All I Want Is You"
  12. "Desire"
  13. "Staring at the Sun"
  14. "Sunday Bloody Sunday
    Sunday Bloody Sunday (song)

    "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is the opening track and third single from U2's 1983 album, War . The song is noted for its militaristic drumbeat, simple but harsh guitar, and melodic harmonies....
    "
  15. "Bullet the Blue Sky
    Bullet the Blue Sky

    "Bullet the Blue Sky" is the fourth track from U2's 1987 in music album, The Joshua Tree. Although never released as a single, "Bullet the Blue Sky" has been played at nearly every one of the band's live concerts since its first performance at the opening night of the Joshua Tree Tour on April 2, 1987....
    "
  16. "Please
    Please (U2 song)

    "Please" is the fourth single from U2's 1997 album, Pop .As "Sunday Bloody Sunday ", the song is about The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The single cover for this song features the pictures of four Northern Irish politicians ? Gerry Adams, David Trimble, Ian Paisley, and John Hume ....
    "
  17. "Where the Streets Have No Name
    Where the Streets Have No Name

    "Where the Streets Have No Name" is a song by Irish rock music U2, from their 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. It was released August 1987 as the third single from The Joshua Tree....
    "
  18. "Lemon
    Lemon (U2 song)

    "Lemon" is the fourth song and second single from U2's 1993 album, Zooropa. This song, more than any previous U2 song, showcases Bono's falsetto skills, aided by atmospheric vocals from The Edge and Brian Eno....
     (Perfecto Mix)"
  19. "Discothèque
    Discothèque (song)

    "Discoth?que" is the lead single from Ireland rock and roll band U2's 1997 in music album, Pop .The accompanying music video, which was directed by France St?phane Sednaoui, the band performed in atmosphere approximating the inside of a mirrorball....
    "
  20. "If You Wear That Velvet Dress
    If You Wear That Velvet Dress

    "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" is the tenth track on U2's 1997 album, Pop . It originated from the Zooropa album sessions.During the Pop sessions, it was initially not intended to be included on the album but was planned as a B-Side for the "Discoth?que " single....
    "
  21. "With or Without You
    With or Without You

    "With or Without You" is the lead single from U2's 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. It has since become highly-acclaimed as one of the band's most popular songs....
    "
  22. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
    Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

    "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is a 1995 single by U2 from the Batman Forever soundtrack album. It reached number two on the UK singles chart, number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts....
    "
  23. "Mysterious Ways
    Mysterious Ways (song)

    "Mysterious Ways" is the eighth track on U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby and was released as the album's second single. When the covers to "Even Better Than the Real Thing", "The Fly ", "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses", and "Mysterious Ways" are arranged, a picture of the band members driving a Trabant is formed....
    "
  24. "One
    One (U2 song)

    "One" is the third single from U2's 1991 in music album, Achtung Baby, and was released in 1992 in music. While recording Achtung Baby, there was a rift between band members over the direction of the band's sound....
    "
  25. "Wake Up Dead Man
    Wake Up Dead Man

    "Wake Up Dead Man" is the twelfth and final track from U2's 1997 album, Pop . Similar to "If You Wear That Velvet Dress", the song was originally written for the Zooropa album, but was set aside and then reworked on the next album....
    "


"Pop Muzik" and "Lemon (Perfecto Mix)" are pre-recorded and played as the band makes its grand entrances through the audience at the beginning of the show and via mirrorball lemon for the first encore.

All songs were written by U2, except for "Pop Muzik," which was written by M
M (band)

M was England singing Robin Scott's briefly active musical collaboration in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They played New Wave music and commercial synthpop, and are most known for their 1979 hit "Pop Muzik", which reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1979, and #1 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 record chart on 3 November 1979....
's Robin Scott
Robin Scott

Robin Esmond Scott , lead singer and founder of a music project he called M , is a singer originally from the United Kingdom. His career encompasses four decades....
.

DVD release

PopMart: Live from Mexico City was one of the first titles slated for release in the DVD format in 1997/98, and previews for it appeared on PolyGram DVDs of the time. But the PolyGram release was quietly canceled, leaving the DVD to languish until its re-release in September 2007, under the Island Records label. The DVD was released in a one and two-disc edition, similar to the DVD release of fellow U2 VHS to DVD release Zoo TV: Live from Sydney
Zoo TV: Live From Sydney

Zoo TV: Live from Sydney is a concert video release by rock band U2 from the "Zoomerang" leg of their Zoo TV Tour. Recorded on Saturday, November 27, 1993 at Sydney Football Stadium on the band's featured stop in Sydney, Australia, it was released in May 1994 on VHS and Laserdisc, and re-released in September 2006 on DVD....
. Both editions feature the concert in its original 4:3 aspect ratio
Aspect ratio

The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements, such as the length and diameter of a rod....
, remixed with Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital

File:Dolby-Digital.svgDolby Digital is the marketing name for a series of lossy data compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories....
 5.1, DTS
Digital Theater System

DTS , owned by DTS, Inc. , is a multi-channel digital surround sound format used for both commercial/theatrical and consumer grade applications....
 5.1, and PCM Stereo audio. The two-disc format features the following bonus features on disc two:
  • Bonus Tracks
    • "Please," "Where the Streets Have No Name," "Discothèque" and "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" — taken live from Feyenoord Stadium
      Feijenoord Stadion

      The Feijenoord Stadion, better known by its nickname de Kuip , is a stadium in Rotterdam, the Netherlands that was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the area "Feijenoord" in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same name....
      , Rotterdam
      Rotterdam

      Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...
      , July 18, 1997
    • "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me," "Mysterious Ways" and "One" — taken live from Commonwealth Stadium
      Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)

      Commonwealth Stadium is a sports stadium located in the Norwood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, primarily used by the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League....
      , Edmonton
      Edmonton

      Edmonton is the capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies....
      , June 14, 1997
  • Bonus Music Videos
    • "Staring at the Sun" (Miami
      Miami, Florida

      Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the most populous county in Florida....
       Version)
      Directed by Morleigh Steinberg
    • "Last Night on Earth - First Night in Hell" (Remix Version)
      Directed by John Bland
  • Documentaries
    • Lemon For Sale
    • The Road To Sarajevo
      Sarajevo

      Sarajevo is the Capital and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,065 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 419,030 people in the Sarajevo Canton ....
    • A Tour of the Tour
    • Last Night on Earth - One Day in Kansas
  • PopMart Tour Visuals Montage
    Curated by Catherine Owens
  • Extras
    • DVD-ROM features


Guitar equipment

  • The Edge
    The Edge

    David Howell Evans , more widely known by his nickname and stage name The Edge , is a British people Irish people musician known best as the guitarist, keyboardist, and main backing vocalist for the Ireland rock band U2....
    • Gibson Les Paul Custom
      Gibson Les Paul

      The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s. The Les Paul was originally designed by Ted McCarty and endorsed, named and used by then popular jazz/Pop music guitarist Les Paul....
    • Rickenbacker 330-12
      Rickenbacker

      Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker ), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for putting the world's first electric guitars into general production in 1932....
    • Gibson Les Paul Standard (goldtop)
    • Fender Stratocaster
      Fender Stratocaster

      The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously to the present....
       (various)
    • Taylor acoustic
      Taylor Guitars

      Taylor Guitars is an El Cajon, CA, California-based luthier, specializing in hollow-body acoustic guitars, as well as semi-hollow and solidbody electric guitars....
    • Gretsch Country Gentleman
      Gretsch

      Gretsch is a United States musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and drum craft company Kaman Music....
    • Fernandes
      Fernandes Guitars

      Fernandes is a guitar and guitar accessory manufacturer. Their brand of guitars carry the same name. Fernandes originated in Japan in 1969 building flamenco guitars....
       Decade
    • Gretsch Country Classic.
  • Bono
    Bono

    Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
    • Gretsch Chet Atkins
    • Gibson ES-175
      Gibson ES-175

      The Gibson ES-175 is one of the most famous jazz guitars in history. It is a 24 3/4" scale full hollow body guitar with a trapeze tailpiece and Tune-O-Matic bridge....
       (red and blue)
    • Gibson Hummingbird
      Gibson Hummingbird

      The Gibson Hummingbird is an acoustic guitar model produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.Unlike the other flat-top Gibson acoustics, the Hummingbird was Gibson's first square-shoulder Dreadnought , similar to the dreadnoughts produced by C.F....