Excessive is the surely the word to describe U2's monstrous set of tours during the 90's. While their albums like "Achtung Baby" and "Pop" were experimental and groundbreaking, it was their tours that really pushed the enevelope. Consider that PopMart boasted the world's largest TV screen and it STILL projected images of pop art from the likes of Andy Warhol and onward. It can even be said that the musical value of U2 was proven during the epic Zoo TV and PopMart outings because it is the songs that breathe life into the eye candy, and sometimes the scope is lost in the wave of wonderful, driving melodies the band produces. PopMart was as far as the band went (or at least we think), before settling down for more intimate venues for their 2001 Elevation Tour. And it's not just the costumes and screens that change, the music is retouched a bit here too. "I Will Follow" is given some kind of echoish techno, wah-wah sheen while tracks from Pop such as "Gone" and "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" actually sound improved upon live. Some of the material like "Mofo" is weak and we're glad to see the band churn out the classics like "With Or Without You," "Where The Streets Have No Name" and "Until The End Of The World." "Mysterious Ways" is a noteworthy performance, a song that already sounds fit for the future and beyond. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is the band rocking out on a glam-rock jam that is at times both diabolical, seductive and stylish. The fun is also in spotting all the quirky animations that appear in the back screen (the liquid bursts that appear during "Gone" really add to the scope of the performance). In the end it proves U2 are capable of putting on some kind of quasi-theatrical epic that rivals most Disneyland, Universal Studios shows and still retain the ability to play some wonderous music.