Elevation Tour
Artist	U2
Dates	March 24, 2001 - December 2, 2001
No. of legs	3
No. of shows	113

The rock band U2's Elevation Tour took place in 2001 in support of their album All That You Can't Leave Behind. Image File history File links U2ElevationTour. ... U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, guitar and harmonica, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen, Jr. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, guitar and harmonica, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen, Jr. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... All That You Cant Leave Behind is an album by the Irish alternative rock band U2. ...

The tour's opening night was on March 24, 2001 at the National Car Rental Center outside of Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States. The first leg took place in North America that spring, the second leg in Europe that summer, and the third leg back in North America that autumn, ending on December 2, 2001 near where it started, at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Office Depot Center (also known as the Broward County Civic Arena and the National Car Rental Center) is an indoor arena located in Sunrise, Florida, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ... Venice of America Location of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County, Florida. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Note: For the arena in Dallas, Texas, see American Airlines Center. ... The Magic City, The American Riviera, The Sixth Borough Location of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ...

The tour was the top concert draw of 2001 in North America, where the band's 80 shows grossed $110 million, the second-highest all-time total behind The Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge Tour in 1994. The Rolling Stones are a British rock group who rose to prominence during the 1960s. ...

The Elevation Tour's stage design was done by Willie Williams, designer of a number of U2's tours. Unlike its predecessor Zoo TV and Popmart tours, Elevation was a simpler, stripped-down affair, hitting indoor arenas instead of outdoor stadiums. The key feature was the stage, which included a large heart-shaped ramp which jutted halfway out onto the arena floor, creating a glorified catwalk. Some general admission ticket-holders were placed inside the heart, on top of which band members could walk, getting closer to the audience on both sides. Visual images were presented on scrims mounted high among the lighting rigs, sometimes in dynamic swirling fashion such as for "Kite". Willie Williams stage and light design, U2 Vertigo Tour, 2005. ... Zoo TV was a massive, elaborate, innovative, postmodern, multifaceted and multimedia, and very commercially successful world concert tour by the rock band U2 that took place in arenas and stadiums during 1992 and 1993. ... U2s Popmart Tour ran between 1997 and 1998 in support of their album Pop. ... An arena is a circular or oval shaped (or sometimes rectangular) public space (akin to a classical amphitheatre), designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. ... The Athens Olympic Stadium A modern stadium (plural stadiums, Latin plural stadia) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. ...

Shows typically began with the powerful opening duo of "Elevation" and "Beautiful Day", but the setlist overall did not present any major thematic patterns. The live favourite "Bad" appeared as a regular again after it was only played a few times in the Popmart Tour. Elevation was a single release from U2s tenth studio album All That You Cant Leave Behind. ... Beautiful Day is a song by the Irish rock band U2. ...

Due to the fact that some of the second-leg European cities played on the Elevation Tour did not have an indoor arena or a facility not suitable for the show, several outdoor shows were played, including both shows in Dublin, the show in Berlin, and the show in Torino. To accommodate for this in Dublin, the heart was extended out farther and wider. In Torino, a separate black catwalk was extended out from the stage, but one could not call the shape a "heart" even. In Berlin, the venue was similar to an amphitheatre, so no extra catwalks were needed; however, due to the lack of depth of the venue, the top of the heart was placed in front of the band. Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Torino or Turin is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ...

Bono's Irish Falcon guitar, which he played throughout the tour. The pickguard says "The Goal Is Soul".

The third leg of the tour began in the U.S. only a month after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and in the midst of the 2001 anthrax attacks. This nearly led U2 to cancel the leg, but they decided to continue, starting it at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, home of the "Fighting Irish". While some fans shied away from coming to an ordinarily celebratory occasion or to a large, enclosed public gathering, many other fans did not let these events stop them. The tenor of the times dramatically affected the temperament of the shows, with Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" appearing frequently in the setlist and the band's "Walk On" taking on added emotional weight. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x356, 58 KB) Summary Bonos distinctive emerald green Gretsch G6136I Irish Falcon acoustic guitar (with The Goal Is Soul on the pickguard). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x356, 58 KB) Summary Bonos distinctive emerald green Gretsch G6136I Irish Falcon acoustic guitar (with The Goal Is Soul on the pickguard). ... A pickguard (also known as scratchplate) is a piece of plastic or other laminated material that is placed under the strings on the body of a guitar. ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... A letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle containing weaponized anthrax powder caused the deaths of two postal workers. ... The University of Notre Dame is a leading Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located immediately northeast of South Bend, Indiana, United States. ... South Bend is a city located in St. ... Not to be confused with the University of Notre Dame Australia University of Notre Dame du Lac The University of Notre Dame (standard name; full legal name University of Notre Dame du Lac) is a Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA adjacent to the... Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. ... Whats Going On is a 1971 hit single by Marvin Gaye for the Motown label, and the title track from his groundbreaking 1971 LP Whats Going On. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Two DVDs of the Elevation Tour were released. The first, Elevation: Live From Boston, was released in December 2001, and included material from three different shows filmed in June 2001 in Boston at the then-named FleetCenter. The second, U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle, was released the following year. Filmed on September 1, 2001, it captured the outdoor variant of the show as the quasi-annual Slane Concert performance at Slane Castle. Boston is a town and small port c. ... TD Banknorth Garden, often called simply the Garden and formerly known as the FleetCenter, is a sports arena in the West End Neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Slane Concert (often referred as just Slane) is a concert held every year in Slane Castle in Slane, Ireland. ... Slane Castle is a castle located in Slane, Ireland. ...

External links

• u2tours.com
• U2.com
• elevation-tour.com
• U2 Tour site on Elevation Tour