U2 Jackets
360 Tour
U2 360 Tour Jackets
CuteCircuit designed four amazing interactive jackets for legendary band U2. The jackets have been designed considering every single detail, there are no wires in the system, the smart textile circuitry is able to lay flat against the body, the lights escape through thousands of minuscule apertures in the jackets and they look and feel like beautiful leather jackets.
Zooropa was chosen to be played after 15 years on this first show in Denver Colorado during the final leg of their spectacular 360 Tour. The jackets and music created a truly exceptional moment for the band and their fans.
All matched to perfection, the set simulating a brightly-lit futuristic city with a spectacular “spaceship-on-four-legs” and the overall effect of the four artists wearing the startling leather jackets.
Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. wore these masterpieces exclusively during the North American leg of the 360° Tour and were used for a number of songs in each performance including “City of Blinding Lights”, “Crazy”, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” among others.
The Jackets are some of the most spectacular garments ever created and an example of innovative design, craftsmanship, and technical achievement.
Quick facts
- CuteCircuit has designed four spectacular jackets for the Worldwide 360º Tour of the legendary rock band U2.
- White and black leather jackets hand embedded with over 5000 pixels each.
- Lights are individually synchronised and capable to recreate any number of dynamic patterns and even video
- Real time and wirelessly controlled by the lighting design team using “Q”, the live performance software for wearable technology by CuteCircuit.
Press & Celebrity
- CuteCircuit’s work is frequently featured in international magazines, books on design, fashion and innovation, such as Fashioning the Future, Textile Visionaries, WWD, Time Magazine, Surface, WIRED, ELLE, Vogue, etc.
- View a selection of press coverage here.
- CuteCircuit’s celebrity clients include: Katy Perry, Nicole Scherzinger, Irina Shayk, Sarah Brightman, Fergie, Laura Pausini, U2, Eiza Gonzalez, and more, that have worn CuteCircuit Haute Couture for red carpet appearances.
- The Galaxy Dress is part of the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
- The iMiniSkirt is part of the Digital Revolution exhibition of the Barbican Museum in London, currently traveling worldwide.
- A number of documentaries about the future of fashion and innovation feature CuteCircuit, see them here.