U2 ready for post-POP

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U2 Ready to Record Next Album

Unbelievable as it may seem, insiders tell us that U2 have begun work on
their next album. The band all filed into a Johannesburg studio on March
20 and began demo-ing songs for their follow-up to their semi-flop
PopMart. They may or may not have recorded a tune for the X-Files
soundtrack, but we do know for certain they’re now looking forward to
the next release, since their controversial tour has finally wound down.
According to our source, Bono has been telling his compatriots that he
plans to give up smoking, because he wants to really emote on this next
offering, and feels that his nasty cigarette habit is inhibiting his
best efforts. He’s now in the ideal situation to do it, since following
the tour’s final note in South Africa on March 21, the singer and
drummer Larry Mullen hopped on a plane with their families, and are now
happily ensconced in their vacation hideaways in the south of France.
Bassist Adam Clayton was so enamoured with South Africa that he stayed
there until March 25, flying back to Dublin with his gal-pal Susie
Smith, who works for the band’s management company. As for the enigmatic
Edge, he was last seen boarding a Lufthansa flight on Monday night — so
who knows what exotic locales he stopped at before he finally landing in
Dublin?

- music.com

March 21, 1998 – Johannesburg, South Africa – Johannesburg Stadium

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About: A little about me, I was bitten with the U2 obsession in 1991 with the release of Achtung Baby. Although I’ve known about U2 since the mid 80’s it wasn’t until the AB album that I was hooked. AB was the very first (and only) album that I had ever owned that I played straight through without hating a single song. I truly love every song on that album. Even today that album seems so fresh. My online activities, I'm curator of several U2 related sites: U2exit.com, U2torrents.com, U2fansites.com, and U2radio.com. I've maintained a U2 fan site in some form since the late 1990's.See Authors Posts (2587) on Mar 21, 1998 in Popmart - 4th Leg - ROW, Popmart Tour | Comments Off

Opening Act(s): Bayete
Setlist:
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Pride (In The Name Of Love), I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, All I Want Is You, Staring At The Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky, Please, Where The Streets Have No Name. Encore(s): Discothèque-Life During Wartime-Staying Alive, If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With Or Without You, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One, 40.

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March 16, 1998 – Cape Town, South Africa – Greenpoint Stadium

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About: A little about me, I was bitten with the U2 obsession in 1991 with the release of Achtung Baby. Although I’ve known about U2 since the mid 80’s it wasn’t until the AB album that I was hooked. AB was the very first (and only) album that I had ever owned that I played straight through without hating a single song. I truly love every song on that album. Even today that album seems so fresh. My online activities, I'm curator of several U2 related sites: U2exit.com, U2torrents.com, U2fansites.com, and U2radio.com. I've maintained a U2 fan site in some form since the late 1990's.See Authors Posts (2587) on Mar 16, 1998 in Popmart - 4th Leg - ROW, Popmart Tour | Comments Off

Opening Act(s): Just Jinger
Setlist:
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Pride (In The Name Of Love), I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For-Stand By Me, Bad, Staring At The Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky, Please, Where The Streets Have No Name. Encore(s): Discothèque-Life During Wartime-Staying Alive, If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With Or Without You, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One.
Remarks:
This is U2′s first concert on the African continent.

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March 11, 1998 – Osaka, Japan – Osaka Dome

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About: A little about me, I was bitten with the U2 obsession in 1991 with the release of Achtung Baby. Although I’ve known about U2 since the mid 80’s it wasn’t until the AB album that I was hooked. AB was the very first (and only) album that I had ever owned that I played straight through without hating a single song. I truly love every song on that album. Even today that album seems so fresh. My online activities, I'm curator of several U2 related sites: U2exit.com, U2torrents.com, U2fansites.com, and U2radio.com. I've maintained a U2 fan site in some form since the late 1990's.See Authors Posts (2587) on Mar 11, 1998 in Popmart - 4th Leg - ROW, Popmart Tour | Comments Off

Setlist:
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Pride (In The Name Of Love), I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, All I Want Is You, Staring At The Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky, Please, Where The Streets Have No Name. Encore(s): Discothèque-Staying Alive, If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With Or Without You, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One.

March 5, 1998 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome

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About: A little about me, I was bitten with the U2 obsession in 1991 with the release of Achtung Baby. Although I’ve known about U2 since the mid 80’s it wasn’t until the AB album that I was hooked. AB was the very first (and only) album that I had ever owned that I played straight through without hating a single song. I truly love every song on that album. Even today that album seems so fresh. My online activities, I'm curator of several U2 related sites: U2exit.com, U2torrents.com, U2fansites.com, and U2radio.com. I've maintained a U2 fan site in some form since the late 1990's.See Authors Posts (2587) on Mar 5, 1998 in Popmart - 4th Leg - ROW, Popmart Tour | Comments Off

Setlist:
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Pride (In The Name Of Love), I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Bad-Ruby Tuesday, Staring At The Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky, Please, Where The Streets Have No Name. Encore(s): Discothèque-Staying Alive, If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With Or Without You, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One, Wake Up Dead Man.

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