McGuinness: Zoo TV tour changed the biz forever
Speaking at ILMC 29, Paul McGuinness reflected on U2's "military"-precision early touring career and described how their 1992–93 tour revolutionised the live industry
News By | 13 March 2017
Former U2 manager Paul McGuinness has spoken of the significant role he and the band played in the emergence of major multinational promoters such as Live Nation and AEG Live/Presents.
Interviewed by Ed Bicknell for the ILMC 29 Breakfast Meeting, McGuinness related how U2’s 1992–93 Zoo TV world tour indirectly laid the foundations for the rise of Live Nation et al. Describing the tour production as “extraordinary – but bank-breaking”, he said U2 were then “still operating like a punk band, with…
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