U2 Popmart Tour Leg 4 R.O.W. 1998

Already in 1998, Popmart was back on the road facing its 4th and final serie of concerts. A total of 15 shows that will visit Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Australia, Japan and South Africa from January 27th to March 21st.

Another very Popmart U2 picture was selected for the front cover of the new itinerary book, this time called U2 Popmart Itinerary ROW (Rest of the world). Mini popmart logos were added again to the cover.

Another interesting detail to notice is that after this final Popmart book, all U2 itinerary books will be using wire bound instead of spiral or ring bound. So, any books you might found for Elevation, Vertigo and 360º tours should come with wire bound. If they do not, they are probably fakes.  

Two different versions of this book can also be found. The black and white version you see above and  the colorful version I'm showing next.

The only difference between both books is the back cover. B/W version is using the same design they used for the 2nd Northamerican itinerary but the Colour version uses the European itinerary back cover. Curious, isn't it? 

According to the itinerary only 2 shows were planned for Buenos Aires so the 3rd one on February 7th was probably due to the high tickets demand. On the opposite a 2nd show in Santiago was planned for the 10th but they finally played only on the 11th.

Also a 2nd show at Tokio Dome was marked as TBA (To be announced) for the 6th of March but was never confirmed. While in Japan U2 and their management took the Bullet Train to travel inside the country.

Finally, the Capetown concert was not on the itinerary but it really happened on March 16th.

According to the book, even though the band was in Brazil 3 days before the first show, no rehearsals were in the agenda.

No details for the trip from Japan to South Africa were confirmed when the book was printed but once the tour was over they all were departing home from Johannesburg on March 22nd.

I got Bono and The Edge to sign my color copy of this itinerary book at the gates of the Riviera Studio in Nice on August 14th 2014.































RATING: A (Colour Version)
RATING: B (B/W Version)
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