April 27, 2007 15:48

U2 to release 1997 live show

'PopMart' show gets DVD treatment

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U2 are set to release a DVD of their ’PopMart’ show from 1997.

The concert, which was filmed in Mexico City’s Foro Sol Autodromo in December of that year and was directed by David Mallet, was originally released on video in 1998.

It’s been transferred to DVD with upgraded pictures, remastered audio and mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound.

As well as a single disc, the DVD will be available in a special limited edition two-disc format. The second disc will contain unreleased live audio, video material, documentaries, a PopMart tour visuals montage and DVD-ROM extras.

The bonus disc will feature the extra live tracks: ’Please’, ’Where The Streets Have No Name’, ’Discotheque’, ’If You Wear That Velvet Dress’ all recorded at the Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam as well as live versions of ’Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me’, ’Mysterious Ways’ and ’One’ from the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.

It will also feature the videos for ’Staring At The Sun’ and ’Last Night On Earth’.

The tracklisting is:

‘Pop Muzik’
‘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’
‘Lemon‘ (Perfecto mix)
‘Discotheque’
‘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’


A release date is yet to be confirmed.

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