U2 bring their 360° tour, with innovative new stage design affording the audience unobstructed views from every angle, to the Stadion Slaski in Chorzow. The show features material from the band's latest album, No Line On the Horizon.
The band's biggest reinvention coincided with what is arguably one of their best albums, 1991's Achtung Baby. Influenced by electonic dance music, the album took U2's sound to places it had never been before, both sonically and emotionally. The accompanying tour was even more of a departure: Zoo TV featured walls of video screens flashing ironic slogans and pop-culture images, while Bono adopted new personas and played around with the band's established public image.
6 Aug 2009
Stadion Slaski
ul. Katowicka 10
41-500 Chorzów
Cost: Zl140-Zl825
Opening Hours: 5pm
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The subsequent albums, Zooropa and Pop, continued to take U2's music in new directions with techno influences, rhythm sequencing and funky beats. While this may have been artistically rewarding, it didn't cut the mustard with many fans.
All That You Can't Leave Behind released in 2000 and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, from four years later saw a return to the band's straight-ahead, rock roots and were hailed as a return to form, with accompanying multi-platinum sales. The group's latest release finds them tweaking their successful sonic blueprint with the help of co-producers Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno.
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