I saw 3 shows that tour. Two were on the indoor leg early in the tour, Phoenix, AZ and Los Angeles at the Sports Arena. The third was late in '92 during the stadium leg at Dodger Stadium on Halloween. The first leg was an incredibly tough ticket - instant sell outs on Ticketmaster and brokers were getting a lot of money even for crappy nosebleed seats.
For the Phoenix Arizona show, my girlfriend (later my wife) had a business contact who had a pair of decent lower loge reserved seats available a day before that show if we could get there. We lucked out and got a plane flight that afternoon from LA to Phoenix, took a cab to the arena, got our tickets at will call only 10 minutes before U2 came on - perfect timing.
I was pretty impressed with the first half of the show from a visual standpoint. I thought it was pretty ballsy for the band to play only the new album's songs up 'til the B stage segment. The AZ State arena was a lot smaller than most arenas I've seen shows at and the sound was generally excellent. Bono drop kicked a cup of water late in the show which sailed all the way to the back of the arena hitting the mixing desk. My only real complaint for that show was that they didn't play Desire and Ultraviolet for the encore and I did not care much for the distorted guitar version of "Desire."
One thing that I vividly remember was a lot of fans were actually pissed and depressed leaving after the show that the band had "sold out."
I was so impressed with the AZ show, my best friend and I went to the 2nd LA Sports Arena show the following week without tickets and scored mediocre loges from a scalper for a pretty hefty $300 for the pair. This show was a lot better than the AZ show, better performance and they played Desire and Ultraviolet.
The third show later that year unfortunately kind of sucked for me. A group of 8 of us bought tickets during the TM onsale and only scored terrible nosebleeds in the stadium. The sound was awful as were the sightlines and even though the band was using larger video screens and a bigger stage, it still seemed too small a setup for the stadium.
I will say the ZooTV tour performance of "The Fly" was indeed pretty badass all three shows and for me, the highlight of the set. In '92, such extensive use of video screens, tvs, etc on such a big scale was still pretty rare as was the use of a "B Stage."
I will also say I prefer the 2001 Elevation tour version of "The Fly" over the ZooTV and Vertigo tour versions.
T.B.
