In June 1993, U2 signed a six-album deal to remain with Island Records/PolyGram.Flanagan (1996), pp. 232–233, 239 The Los Angeles Times estimated that the deal was worth to the band, making them the highest-paid rock group ever.McGee (2008), pp. 161–162 The following month, the group released a new album, Zooropa. Quickly recorded during a break in the Zoo TV Tour in early 1993, it expanded on many of the themes from Achtung Baby and the tour. Initially intended to be an EP, Zooropa evolved into a full-length LP album. It delved further into electronic, industrial, and dance music.Graham (2004), p. 51 Country musician Johnny Cash sang the lead vocals on the closing track "The Wanderer". Most of the songs were played at least once during the 1993 legs of the tour, which visited Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan; half the album's tracks became long-term fixtures in the setlist.de la Parra (2003), pp. 166–172 The commercially successful Zooropa won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1994; the band regard it as "an interlude".
In June 1993, U2 signed a six-album deal to remain with Island Records/PolyGram.Flanagan (1996), pp. 232–233, 239 The Los Angeles Times estimated that, the deal was worth to the band, making them the highest-paid rock group ever.McGee (2008), pp. 161–162 The following month, the group released a new album, Zooropa. Quickly recorded during a break in the Zoo TV Tour in early 1993, it expanded on many of the themes from Achtung Baby and the tour. Initially intended to be an EP, Zooropa evolved into a full-length LP album. It delved further into electronic, industrial and dance music.Graham (2004), p. 51 Country musician Johnny Cash sang the lead vocals on the closing track "The Wanderer". Most of the songs were played at least once during the 1993 legs of the tour, which visited Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan; half the album's tracks became long-term fixtures in the setlist.de la Parra (2003), pp. 166–172 The commercially successful Zooropa won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1994; the band regard it as "an interlude".