U2 Intro/Zoo Station (ZOO TV Sydney 1993)

U2 (ZOO TV Sydney 1993)

[@chettee]

This is definitely the coolest beginning of a concert ever..

[@scottmacduff9613]

not even close

[@mleugim1978]

Completely in agreement ... unparalleled. Best ever.

[@manuelpuente7336]

this come as my second one, my first should be elevation go home slane castle, what do you think?

[@TravelsAndFootageExperience]

I agree!!!!

[@romanbaranovichi5375]

Popmart where they come in through the crowd

[@isaacb.462]

Bono kick dancing in front of a blue TV screen is probably the most iconic u2 moment of all time

[@ceciliagrantham4689]

One star falls=Brexit then red pill above screen and Europe falls. Bono mimicking vaxx minutes later. Nazi references too. Coincidence?

[@erichambel4812]

@@ceciliagrantham4689 😂 you overthought this.

[@cyrusmerkury6645]

Me all drunk trying that iconic entrance yes I felt all the time.

[@sheagoff6009]

He wouldn’t be able to pull that off now though.

[@billvassi]

I have to disagree. I would say Bono revealing the American Flag in his jacket at the Super Bowl halftime show tops that. But it is pretty cool.

[@Macca-rb5ok]

These guys were quite simply on a different planet to every other group at the time. So clever, so creative and brilliant, brilliant song writing. I'm not sure there's ever been a tour before or since to match ZooTV.

[@greglynch6549]

Pink Floyd

[@TP42411]

U2 "s Zoo tv tour put the standard for future rock shows, not only U2, but other bands aswell. But still the Zoo tv tour is pretty much a 'U2 thing'. This is soo utstandig and timeless that by the looks of it ,it seems that it was yesterday

[@patrickkelly5609]

Agree with you that this tour was incredible… up there with anything I have experienced, however U2 definitely attended a few Depeche Mode concerts !

[@joseantoniot9312]

Totally agree.That tour were incredible and They were pioneers in the use of technology .

[@alcapone7093]

Best show I've ever seen

[@rafaelbusjaja]

Bono isn't just a singer... Is a showman... What a talent!

[@deplorableaussie6749]

Still undefeated as the best stadium tour in rock music

[@edwardbliss8931]

It took me nearly 3 decades to realize that it's Adam Clayton's basslines that makes the song

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@Edward Bliss Edward here’s just the bass, in a cover video kzbin.info/www/bejne/mme5fXSNg9l9pZo

[@mjade1673]

Lmao ✌💘👏

[@gregk3246]

defo. Clayton - the man

[@dkes53]

The bass is what immediately hooked me

[@groundcontrol-888]

Yeah the edge only ever plays 2 notes a song

[@CraigWhitaker]

This is an absolute master class in creative direction & production. Everything about this is perfect. The songs, arrangements, vocals, wardrobe, visuals, choreography, etc. I still haven’t seen anything that comes close to this. The best show open of all time.

[@MsMShahi]

It's the genius of Willie Williams.

[@positronicfeed]

That's how you open a gig. That stage is a work of art.

[@rycam418418]

25 years ago intro still gives me the chills.

[@blokeabouttown2490]

It was even more amazing in person.

[@tompoynton]

same brother

[@verilpeters2805]

That long ago? Time flies. Young people missed out.

[@jamesdavison2927]

And now over 30 years ago MEEEEEE TOOOO CHILLS CHILLS CHILLS I had the wonderful privilege of seeing two zoo tv shows - Nassau colliseum and giants stadium WOOOOOOOOW

[@dennisganesh3219]

Greatest intro in a concert, ever.

[@midchaff5010]

I feel like the EI tour had a better intro but we are entitled to our own opinions

[@matuszubcak4325]

@@midchaff5010 Now E+I has both: best intro and Zoo station. What a time to be alive.

[@midchaff5010]

@@matuszubcak4325 yeah but now I can't see them because I live in North America

[@Dunitez26]

I’ve always idolised this intro and the entire show for that matter but it’s funny how the star falling from the EU flag is so relevant today all these years later

[@marlenesullivan3113]

Love The Edge Love Them All.. 😎🎸🎸😀

[@noradosmith]

Yes as a Brit that makes me sad. Why did we do this.....

[@SaabSurpemacy]

That was actually a reference to Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time.

[@MW-qv5ox]

because it's all part of satans script

[@JuanDiegoPinillos]

@@johnreeves6286 Twat!, the real reason you left the EU is summed in one word: racism! You may fool yourselves into believing all that shite, but not the rest of the world, you're not the empire anymore, deal with it you arrogant asshole

[@maxhealy7155]

This was U2 at the top of their game..I wish I could have seen this show

[@renzokukenleneyoyo522]

These and popmart... larger than life... but after popmart as the saying goes... all that rises must fall...

[@s2b_original350]

i was there the night before , it might have been the night after, adam clayton didnt play because his girlfriend naomi campbell split with up him and he was too pissed(drunk) to stand. regardless , it was as good as this.

[@maxhealy7155]

@@s2b_original350 and they had their backup dressed like an Adam body double haha. Pretty cool to say that you were at the only U2 concert where they didnt have all 4 boys

[@s2b_original350]

@@maxhealy7155 got there at 5 in the afternoon found an entry with only about 100 people at it . ended up right up in the front section. i could hear Bonos footsteps as he walked down the long bit at the front of the stage (the cat walk) in retrospect it was cool to see this unique show , but at the time it was a slight bummer.

[@viachicago]

@@renzokukenleneyoyo522 All You Can Leave Behind had its moments too. Especially Grace. But after that, ugh.

[@kentuckychromedesign]

Probably the best tour I've ever seen.

[@NapoliTube1]

yes. i was in naples, san paolo, in july 1993... was so spectacular!

[@blokeabouttown2490]

@@NapoliTube1 It was a great tour, I was at this concert in Sydney. Although I'm not sure if I was at the one they filmed in this video because they did two nights at the Sydney Football Stadium and we went on Saturday night. Either way it was a great night and one of the best concerts I've been too. I saw them again live in Sydney in 2006, that was great too.

[@osvaldojoseecheverriacolla2231]

Sin duda. No doubt!

[@tompoynton]

I was just too young at the time, if I could go back in time and watch one concert from one tour it would be a ZooTV show

[@verilpeters2805]

Brought my mom to this concert. She couldn't believe the magnitude of it all. She said all the young people had so much fun and the stage was incredible.

[@designforlife704]

I've seen all the big bands live, this was, without doubt, the greatest tour of all time. Light years ahead of its time.

[@declanfallon6074]

Spot on

[@shiznicks74]

Greatest Show On Earth.

[@Stratman389]

never tire of Zoo Tv

[@gregk3246]

@@Stratman389 Zoostation Berlin - cooler then any other Bahnhof the world

[@mroctober2978]

Best rock stage intro ever.

[@vinnym6734]

Such an amazing aesthetic shift from The Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby...in only those few years that separated them.

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@Vinny Macias vinyl what’s really remarkable is listening to the final Lovetown Tour concerts in Europe in Dec1989/Jan1990 and realize just 10,months later they would be recording some of the best songs from Achtung Baby.

[@strictlynorton]

The Achtung era of U2 is unsurpassed to this day.... talk about riding the Zeitgeist. This was totally immersive Art. Incredible achievements in sound and vision.

[@gilessb]

I was at the Zoo TV concert in Christchurch, New Zealand on December 1st, 1993. Probably the best gig I've ever seen.

[@doctorsocrates4413]

Big U2 fan here,,i would pay full ticket price just for this intro alone..awesome.

[@petergreen2552]

Their best tour. It was simply mind blowing. Saw two shows myself. 25 years have flown by. Wish I had a time machine.

[@tbirdsteve1]

Wish you could go back and see it again?? I do.

[@user-yo1bx9xg1m]

Time is a train makes the future the past

[@samkeith647]

Back when U2 ruled the world. They were favorite band as a teen (mid to late 2000s) the amount of times I listened to this live album and watched the DVD is staggering. Saw them on the Joshua Tree 30 year tour, wish they'd do something similar for this because THIS was the top of their game.

[@rizon406]

Vegas 2023 -- Achtung's second coming !!

[@Leprosita80]

@@rizon406 Without Larry... 😪

[@jamestonkin8610]

​@rizon406 unfortunately too late. The voice is wrecked 😢

[@staceys2563]

First concert I ever saw. I was 10 years old and have been a die-hard U2 fan ever since. It changed my life!

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@Stacey S stacey you attended the Sydney concert in Nov 1993?

[@staceys2563]

@@ObamaFromKenya not the Sydney concert. Zoo TV in Philadelphia.

[@tompoynton]

Damn I was 13-15 when they toured this and I couldn’t go

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@@tompoynton Tom, U2 band members are all in their early 60s, and if they have a ZooTV anniversary tour, I don’t see how they can perform like they did back in 1992.

[@tompoynton]

@@ObamaFromKenya Yeah I don’t think it would be great to see really, at least we have this wonderful document

[@nicknick1974]

This is when Bono ans U2 were at their peak, they were cool and had some of the best music ever.. time is a train, makes the future the past... deep shit right there

[@jjrj8568]

best tour of the 90s

[@ailtonsantiago1873]

Of all the time

[@hookyoldyip9313]

Probably the best tour I've never seen

[@gsxesx]

Still here in 2020. The benchmark for concert intros...

[@hughjass6869]

I was born 3 years later, I've never loved a band as much as this

[@sjp6839]

I think u2 peaked with this tour. Although they still did good tours they never rose to this magnificent level since. Everything here is perfect and mind blowing

[@marcosanasi]

I ve seen it on july 12 1993 in Turin. I was 16 years old, 1200 km away from home. After 27 years, many U2 tours, and many more from other bands I can still assert it has been the best live experience of my life. The world wasn't ready for that. A revolution

[@TravelsAndFootageExperience]

The best show ever...no one like U2 from 1990 until now

[@sawomirde1012]

in 90 years in Poland you could not buy video from this concert. my friend, as a few who could travel to the United States, because his father emigrated in the 1980s, he brought me a video tape. how much I suffered when it turned out that it is in the NTSC standard, and the VHS machine does not play it, I watched it once with another colleague, who has that kind of player from the west. at the end of the 1990s, the European version of VHS was able to buy. the quality of sound and image was terrible, but for a person whose life was shaped with joshua tree, achtung baby and zooropa, this concert was like a drug. everything, fulfillment, love, life. performance, stage, arrangements = heartbeat ...

[@tomgeorgearts]

How amazing it must have been to witness this tour. Were people ready for the 'new' U2? Nobody knew. But you have to take risks to stay relevant and fresh. And the set, the concept, the show they created with Brian Eno was so exiting, so challenging and innovative that it just blew everybody away. It took the theatre and spectacle of rock'n'roll to new heights and brought out new depth and humour in Bono particularly. At least we will always have these stunning videos.

[@LyttonB.C]

Brought my mom to this concert in Vancouver B.C. She couldn't believe the magnitude of it all.

[@JG-vg4nw]

U2 at their very best. They might still be great right now, but in those times they were top of the art.

[@mikel3030]

bono looks awesome at the start

[@Leemnc1]

Best ever intro to kick off a rock concert,...

[@mattyboykop100]

The best start to a live concert ever! I was at Wembley and I can still recall the chills and excitement. I still rate them but this felt like them at their very best!

[@alcapone7093]

Best day ever wembley ❤

[@johnsturges3139]

Back when we had rock stars

[@nightchairrecords8655]

Greatest Rock Show Ever done 2nd to none, absolutely on top of the world here

[@northernpharma]

I was at a meeting years ago where some ponce told the group that "pop" music was for idiots and people should read more poetry. At some point later I told him my favourite poem, "Time is a train, makes the future the past. leaves you standing in the station, your face pressed up against the glass." He thought for a moment and said "Wow! That's really deep. Who's it by?" I told him it was Paul Hewson, an Irish poet. Wonder if the nobhead ever found out!

[@sitdownandshutup3598]

northernpharma Legend

[@bajabret60]

Brilliant!

[@ogt_flavour]

hahaha mate u made my day!

[@MTW1340]

I had a boss that always posted stupid motivational crap all over the office like 'CEREBRATE', One day I put up "It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest. It's no secret that ambition bites the nails of success. He was very impressed and I told him an Irish philosopher named Paul Hewson. I wonder if the idiot ever found out! Love your post!

[@positronicfeed]

That's brilliant. :)

[@miguelfelizardo7479]

I am just thankful that I saw live ZOO TV! Best shows ever

[@trevorosullivan7300]

What a band , what a tour , saw them with this tour in Cork City Ireland in 93 still gives me goosebumps

[@rosacollado4602]

Only ONE BONO, ONE U2 World Wide Legends....

[@laurenceshingler1004]

Over 30 years old. No one has ever come close to topping this tour and still blows me away just how good it was.

[@BobABooey.]

Saw the scaled down version at the L.A. Sports Arena , then this version a year later at Anaheim stadium, best show ever, period.

[@lesbattersby8287]

Best intro ever so clever

[@lisahastings2927]

This n popmart are the best intro to a concert ever! Amazing

[@antoniofombuenavidal9150]

Siempre Fantasticos!✌️☘️✌️☘️✌️ U2 Siempre!🌟🌟🌟🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🎩🎩✌️✌️

[@zakarialaouira]

Zoo Tv was a place were everything is legal the best rock tour in music history no artist or band can reach this level of live performances fucking legendary

[@carljan57]

Great show. " Television- drug of a nation' ACHTUNG BABY!

[@anatavares2590]

The concept is fabulous. A magical moment in History. No ONE will EVER top this.

[@pascalschwachhofer5502]

Best opening ever ever ever

[@JStarStar00]

I'm ready for the laughing ass. (I was at the Detroit show.)

[@darthvader6579]

Gosh!!! Can I just go and call myself a lucky guy ? I was born in 1999 and am still grabbing to U2's culture The band That's made me pick up the guitar and rock I've always listened to this song on the mornings before my exams Best band ever

[@nathanielpurves2903]

MY FAVORITE SONG BY THEM!!!!

[@SpeedBird001]

I saw them in Chicago at the United Center back in 2005. Amazing But this opening of the Zoo Tv tour in Sydney was legendary, and yeah, the best opening EVER

[@dmdasoriginal2714]

ZOO TV was epic.

[@fernandeaux1631]

These guys need to do one more with this sound.

[@BuzzOff.]

Best concert ever.👏🇦🇺

[@tonobaro1581]

El comienzo de estos conciertos en la impresionante gira ZOOTV y Zooropa Tour con este inolvidable tema de sonido industrial es sencillamente magistral. La puesta en escena maravillosa. Sin ninguna duda hay un antes y después con estos conciertos y con esa obra maestra que fue Achtung Baby en la historia del rock.

[@darkhorsejim]

Wow ... This is just mind blowing! I saw them live for the first time in Foxboro 1992 & they were utterly amazing. Had to go to two shows because you couldn't take it all in with just one.

[@openureyes]

what a start to a show

[@TLF1]

THE GREATEST WORLD TOUR of Alltime Zoo Tv Tour after releasing the greatest album of all time Achtung Baby.

[@mikaelpettersson4877]

The best opening ever made ❤❤❤❤❤

[@PerpetualWalkerJoe]

This small but enduring piece of music history from U2's Zoo TV Tour (1992-1993), which added 5 songs including, luckily, a personal favorite of mine, "Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car" to the setlist as an encore after recording and releasing Zooropa (July 1993) between legs of the Zoo TV Tour. "Zoo Station" the opening number on "Achtung Baby" (Nov 1991) depicted here and an even more personal favorite of mine inspired me, 7 years after hearing it, to complete a mission to Europe, specifically Amsterdam, to feel something of what the band and Bono might have felt when they created this artistic masterpiece...("My face pushed up against the glass..."). A dream fulfilled, it couldn't have been any better. My Hats off to U2. Thank you. The likes of what you accomplished, done because you could, will not likely ever be seen again in my book. In addition, I have some interesting recollections of the one time I got to see the band Live at Foxboro Stadium outside Boston, MA on 8/22/1992 (Leg 3: "Outside Broadcast"). If anyone is interested lmk and I will share. Thank you for the post Sir and stay safe everyone...Aug 21 FL USA

[@dirkzilken7795]

Seen it 12.06.93 in Cologne. Mind Blowing....!

[@elizarr9442]

I was in the stadium the night this was recorded and remember being shaken to my core at what I had experienced - from the electric opening to the sublime rendition of Stay (faraway, so close). Rewatching this tonight 29 years later, it is as electric as it was that glorious November evening.

[@fabiansilva5677]

wow wow wow, power of U2, only U2

[@pascalschwachhofer5502]

Greatest show ever

[@dwaynepipe6387]

My dad took me to Wembley for this. I was 10. Never ever forget it.

[@theparrot-mo9mc]

Celtic park, Sunday night 1993, Best gig ever.

[@matthewmcgurk4282]

My first ever concert at Celtic park. Stereo MCs and Utah saints opened for them, if I’m right? Amazing night. I have my ticket for Vegas!

[@virgiliocapano7558]

La mejor gira de la historia ZOO TV TOUR, U2 en su máxima expresión 👏👏👏👏

[@Peter-lt1mz]

Just sit back and watch the best band in the world.

[@pikkuapuri]

My mind exploded x times when i saw them live numerous times in the 90's. This was the start of my mind exploding.

[@axrindoran5476]

Awesome.oh my god mindblowingly amazeing.i adore u2.im so proud of them.thank u so much.u2

[@jareroken9127]

When U2 really were showbiz.

[@mattgreenfield360]

The greatest intro to any concert of any time

[@cynthiabascunanvera3152]

U2 nunca más hará una gira tan espectacular como Zoo Tv

[@petergreen2552]

Still the best tour they've ever done. Mind blowing

[@wonderwall1981]

26-11-21 the world will no longer see such shows... Happy birthday Achtung baby

[@safedreams6241]

The 90’s 🎉❤

[@mangrove]

The audio came from the Halloween (?) 1992 show at the Pontiac Silverdome. They did link-up with the MTV VMAs, and Dana Carvey (in character as Garth) played drums with the band during 'Even Better Than the Real Thing."

[@MondoCivilizzato]

happy and grateful to have lived these times

[@lizhorne923]

Marco Sabatino yup

[@candybanks8717]

First concert I ever saw. It was at Sundevil Stadium. Raised the bar almost too high for me. I remember the volume on The Fly loosened my teeth! Public Enemy and the Sugar Cubes (featuring Bjork) were the opening acts. October 24, 1992.

[@jefflasby1308]

Next stop was San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium, Greatest show ever, Paul McCartney next.

[@jackearl]

Public Enemy, barely. It was not long after the fiasco when AZ rejected the MLK Day holiday, and I remember Public Enemy played their protest song "By the Time I Get to Arizona" then walked off the stage. Otherwise an incredible show. I saw the ZooTV show earlier that year at the ASU Activity Center as well with Pixies as the opener.

[@leovox3024]

U2 IS MY FAVORITE BAND!!!!!!!!!

[@tonyconway7284]

The best U2 era ever

[@chippengael]

Saw this in the RDS in Dublin. Best concert I ever saw, and I have seen a few. The brilliant 'Television' morphing into ' Triumph of the Will' and 'Ode to Joy' totally captured the zeitgeist and drove the crowd into a frenzy before unleashing Zoo Station. Holy crap! I can still feel the goosebumps. What a moment, what a show, what a band. Say what you like about them now, but back then they were Gods.

[@MayurPanghaal]

Glimpses of a golden period of my life... Thk you all

[@habibhussain825]

rememeber watching this age 13 in 1994 and wanting to see u2 in sydney.. and in 2006 i did....

[@Bolb]

From when I first watched this on vhs 20 odd years ago, it's still the best opening to a gig I have ever seen. I just wish I had been there.

[@shaneross6242]

I was lucky to see this live , at the time this was an event no one had seen or done this before stage was massive everything was planned total performance, biggest band in the world then

[@rooman3334]

best concern I have been too!!!!

[@scottmacduff9613]

never be reprelicated !!!

[@iainbradford4254]

I was THERE :-)

[@Balfour.]

Greatest show on earth. Pity I was only 3 years old by that time.

[@ThexBorg]

I went to both Sydney shows, one with the GF, the next on my own... totally awesome!

[@sugarspun4216]

I saw this tour at Roundhay park Leeds..They seriously kicked arse that night!.

[@johnpringle5392]

Me too

[@paulwilliams5431]

Me too I was there what a night

[@r7coo]

Me too right at the front too , it was unforgettable.

[@michealgeoghegan8481]

Totally agree with the other review, these icons were so far ahead in music terms, it's Amazing. So with it the years ahead of the music scene, There Music is a beautiful ENIGMA fascinating lyrics the G.OAT...easily U2 How lucky the world was, that Larry stuck that "" WANT TO JOIN A BAND 78 ADD on the School info.

[@gregk3246]

there is and will be nobody any close than them