Zoo TV: Live from Sydney
| Zoo TV: Live from Sydney | ||||
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Cover to the standard edition DVD
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| Video by U2 | ||||
| Released | 17 May 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 27 November 1993, Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 118 mins | |||
| Label | Island / PolyGram / UMG | |||
| Director | David Mallet | |||
| Producer | Ned O'Hanlon, Rocky Oldham | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Bullz-Eye |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
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Zoo TV: Live from Sydney is a concert video release by rock band U2 from the "Zoomerang" leg of their Zoo TV Tour. Recorded on Saturday, 27 November 1993 at Sydney Football Stadium on the band's featured stop in Sydney, Australia, it was released in May 1994 on VHS and Laserdisc, and re-released in September 2006 on DVD. It won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form in 1994. The show was also broadcast around the world live on pay-per-view.
In 2006, the show was released as the live album Zoo TV Live to subscribers of U2.com.
This was the second of two consecutive concerts in Sydney. The previous night was used as a rehearsal for the video shoot; however, it is now infamous as the only U2 concert ever played without all four band members present. Adam Clayton was bed-ridden and unable to play, and was replaced by bass technician Stuart Morgan. Although on stage Bono cited a virus as the reason for Clayton's not appearing that night, it has since been revealed that Clayton was too hungover to play, as confirmed by Bono during an interview many years later. Clayton was back on stage the following night and appears in the video. Clayton no longer drinks and has cited the devastation he felt at missing the Friday concert in Sydney as his motivation for staying sober since.
Years later in a Rolling Stone interview, Bono discussed this performance and its significance to the band. Clayton’s absence the previous night had caused a real situation amongst the band members and they were all wondering what long-term impact the event would have. Bono said he wasn’t sure that they would ever play live again – he realized during the show that it could be the band's last live performance. As a result, the band's performance that night is particularly emotional, especially during "With or Without You", "Love Is Blindness", "Running to Stand Still" and "Can't Help Falling in Love".
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