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U2 Popmart Tour 1998 Leg IV
South America, Australasia, South Africa

01/27/1998 Nelson Piquet Autodrome - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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 / Never Tear Us Apart (snippet), Desire / Van Morrison's Gloria (snippet), Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky / America (West Side Story) (snippet), Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Stayin' Alive (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet), Wake Up Dead Man
comment: U2's first ever concert in South America. During Desire, some local samba percussionists came on stage to perform with U2. Many fans attending the concert arrived late due to a significant traffic jam; before One, Bono thanked fans for their patience.

01/30/1998 Morumbi - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until the End of the World / Break On Through (snippet), New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bad / All I Want Is You (snippet), Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky / We Will Rock You (snippet), Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Stayin' Alive (snippet) / Whole Lotta Love (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Into The Groove (snippet) / Mysterious Ways, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet), Unchained Melody
comment: Popmart Tour debut of Bad. It was last played on 28 August 1993.

01/31/1998 Morumbi - Sao Paulo, Brazil
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), Neon Lights (snippet) / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, All I Want Is You, Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky, Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Take Your Partner By The Hand (snippet) / Black Betty (snippet) / Stayin' Alive (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet), 40

02/05/1998 River Plate Stadium - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until the End of the World / Break On Through (snippet), 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 / We Will Rock You (snippet), Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Love To Love You Baby (snippet) / Discothèque Howie B Hairy B Mix (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Into The Groove (snippet) / Mysterious Ways, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet), Mothers Of The Disappeared / El Pueblo Vencerá (snippet)
comment: U2's first Argentinian concert. Mothers Of The Disappeared is played for the first time since 20 December 1987 and some of the real "mothers of the disappeared" (the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, or in Spanish, Madres de Plaza de Mayo) join U2 on stage during One and Mothers Of The Disappeared.

02/06/1998 River Plate Stadium - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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 (snippet), Desire, Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky, Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Stayin' Alive (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet), Mothers Of The Disappeared / El Pueblo Vencerá (snippet)

02/07/1998 River Plate Stadium - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone / Never Tear Us Apart (snippet), Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until the End of the World / Two Tribes (snippet), New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), Dirty Old Town (snippet) / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bad / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet) / All I Want Is You (snippet), Slow Dancing, Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky / We Will Rock You (snippet) / America (West Side Story) (snippet), Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / The Fly (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Into The Groove (snippet) / Mysterious Ways, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet), Mothers Of The Disappeared / El Pueblo Vencerá (snippet)
comment: This show features the second of two Slow Dancing performances on the Popmart Tour; its previous appearance was on 15 June 1997 in Edmonton.

02/11/1998 Estadio Nacional - Santiago, Chile
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until the End of the World / Two Tribes (snippet), New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bad / All I Want Is You (snippet), Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky / America (West Side Story) (snippet), Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Love To Love You Baby (snippet) / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Stayin' Alive (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways / My Sweet Lord (snippet), One / Hear Us Coming (snippet), Mothers Of The Disappeared / El Pueblo Vencerá (snippet)
comment: U2's first concert in Chile. The concert is broadcast on television in the country. During Mothers Of The Disappeared, the Madres are brought onstage and speak of their missing children. The song was not performed again until the band returned to Chile on 26 February 2006.

U2's tour itinerary as distributed to their crew indicated there would be a second Santiago show at this venue the previous night, 1998-02-10. This second concert never actually happened.

02/17/1998 Burswood Dome - Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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 / Never Tear Us Apart (snippet) / All I Want Is You (snippet), Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky / America (West Side Story) (snippet), Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Love To Love You Baby (snippet) / Take Your Partner By The Hand (snippet) / Whole Lotta Love (snippet) / Black Betty (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet), Wake Up Dead Man
comment: The only arena show of the Popmart Tour. Somehow, most of the Popmart stage setup including the gigantic screen fit inside the venue - the giant toothpick and olive were not included.

02/21/1998 Waverley Park - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until the End of the World / Break On Through (snippet), New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet), Bad / Never Tear Us Apart (snippet) / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet) / All I Want Is You (snippet), Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky, Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Stayin' Alive (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One, MLK
comment: Bono changed the lyrics of MLK at the end to "Rest in Peace" (referring to Michael Hutchence).

02/25/1998 ANZ Stadium - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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 / All I Want Is You (snippet), Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky, Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Black Betty (snippet) / Stayin' Alive (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways / My Sweet Lord (snippet), MLK, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet)

02/27/1998 Sydney Football Stadium - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until the End of the World / Two Tribes (snippet), New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet), Bad / Waltzing Matilda (snippet) / Ruby Tuesday (snippet), Desire, Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky / America (West Side Story) (snippet), Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Can't Stand The Rain (snippet) / Need You Tonight (snippet) / Rain (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways / Singin' In The Rain (snippet) / Never Tear Us Apart (snippet), MLK, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet)
comment: The giant lemon was broken, so it was not used. Before Desire, Bono asked humorously if the evening's persistent rain was the work of controversial state politician Fred Nile and told the crowd not to let Nile rain on their parade. He then jokingly dedicated Desire to the socially conservative Nile and another controversial Australian politican, Pauline Hanson. This show featured the last performance of MLK until 3 February 2002.

Documents about U2's 1998 tour plans that were distributed to their tour crew during Popmart's third leg in 1997 indicated there was an option for a second Sydney show at this venue the next night, 1998-02-28. This second concert was never announced as demand was insufficient.

03/05/1998 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
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), Neon Lights (snippet) / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bad / Never Tear Us Apart (snippet) / Ruby Tuesday (snippet), Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky, Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Love To Love You Baby (snippet) / Take Your Partner By The Hand (snippet) / Stayin' Alive (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet), Wake Up Dead Man
comment: Documents about U2's 1998 tour plans that were distributed to their tour crew during Popmart's third leg in 1997 indicated there was an option for a second Tokyo show at this venue the next night, 1998-03-06. This second concert was never announced as demand was insufficient.

03/11/1998 Osaka Dome - Osaka, Japan
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until the End of the World / Two Tribes (snippet), New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), Neon Lights (snippet) / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, All I Want Is You / Love Is In The Air (snippet), Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky, Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Take Your Partner By The Hand (snippet) / Stayin' Alive (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways, One / Hear Us Coming (snippet)

03/16/1998 Green Point Stadium - Cape Town, South Africa
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until the End of the World / Two Tribes (snippet), New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), Shosholoza (snippet) / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet), Bad / The Lion Sleeps Tonight (snippet) / All I Want Is You (snippet), Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky, Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / Love To Love You Baby (snippet) / Can't Stand The Rain (snippet) / Stayin' Alive (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Happy Birthday, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways / Funky Town (snippet), One / Hear Us Coming (snippet)
comment: U2's first concert in South Africa, the only African country they have performed in to date. This concert was not originally in draft tour itineraries distributed at the start of Popmart's third leg in 1997; instead, a concert at Singapore's National Stadium was scheduled provisionally on this date. The Singapore show never happened (to date Japan is the only Asian country in which U2 have performed) and the Cape Town show was added. Happy birthday is sung for Adam Clayton, who turned 38 three days earlier.

03/21/1998 Johannesburg Stadium - Johannesburg, South Africa
Mofo, I Will Follow, Gone, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Last Night On Earth, Until the End of the World / Two Tribes (snippet), New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), Shosholoza (snippet) / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet), All I Want Is You / Never Tear Us Apart (snippet), Staring at the Sun, Sunday Bloody Sunday Edge, Bullet the Blue Sky, Please / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet), Where the Streets Have No Name
encores: Lemon (Perfecto Mix), Discothèque / We Are Family (snippet) / Love To Love You Baby (snippet), If You Wear That Velvet Dress, With or Without You, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Mysterious Ways / Funky Town (snippet), One / Hear Us Coming (snippet), 40
comment: Last live performances of Mofo, Last Night On Earth, If You Wear That Velvet Dress.


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