RARE VIDEOS OF THE 1992 FLY SHADES STYLE

During the Zoo Tv Tour, Bono used to wear the '92 fly shades style on stage & only for the first 3 songs!

U2's Bono conceived the alternate persona, "The Fly", during the writing of the song of the same name. The character began with Bono wearing an oversized pair of "blaxploitation" sunglasses, to lighten the mood in the studio. Bono wrote the song's lyrics as this character, composing a sequence of "single-line aphorisms". He developed the persona into a leather-clad egomaniac, describing the character's outfit as having Lou Reed's glasses, Elvis Presley's jacket, and Jim Morrison's leather pants. To match the character's dark fashion, Bono died his naturally brown hair black.

Bono began each concert as The Fly and would continue to play the character for most of the first half of the concert. In contrast to the earnest Bono of the 1980's, the character strutted around the stage with "swagger and style", exhibiting mannerisms of an egotistical rock star. Bono often stayed in character away from the tour stage, including for public appearances and when staying in hotels. Bono said, "That rather cracked character could say things that I couldn't", and that it offered him a greater freedom of speech.

The initial legs of the Zoo Tv tour took place in arenas. Subsequent legs were mostly in stadiums and were branded as "Outside Broadcast", "Zooropa", and "Zoomerang/New Zooland". The tour began in Lakeland, Florida on 29 February 1992 and ended in Tokyo, Japan on 10 December 1993. It comprised five legs and 157 shows, was seen by over five million people, and was the highest-grossing tour in North America of 1992.