The NME's BRAT Winners edition celebrates U2's Best Live Act Award by
highlighting three of the 2001 Elevation shows for special mention.
Want to know what those shows were really like ? Check our
Tour Archives.
NME carried reports of three U2 shows in 2001:
* Live at London's Astoria back in February last year.
' They close with '40',' wrote Victoria Segal, 'And Bono tells us God loves
us. Well, whatever. If tonight was bestowed as a rock star blessing then
such charm and grace is a small miracle. They got to see the whites of our
eyes and in return, we got to see a little of their heart.'
Check what U2.Com said about the show
here.
* Live at the Toronto Air Canada Centre in May last year.
' Make no mistake,' writes Mark Pytlik, 'Just as you wouldn't go to a Geri
Halliwell show and expect, say, a series of Faust covers, you don't go to a
U2 arena gig and expect, well, subtlety. As such, their movements, finely
cultivated after years of playing even larger venues, come off as broad
strokes on this cavernous canvas. And although over-the-top ostentatious
moments or rock opera glitziness are far behind them, they've still got a
bulging bag of tricks.'
Check what U2.Com said about the show
here.
* Live at the Birmingham NEC last August.
'Now, that 'alternative' means braindead nu-metal f**k,' writes Stephen
Dalton, 'It is actually heartening that literate, creative, non-macho
do-gooders like Bono still have the key to the executive washroom...'
* Check what U2.Com said about the show
here.
And don't forget, as you are looking through the Elevation Tour dates for
last year, you can still send us a short review of a show you were at. No
more than 250 wds and send to
elevationreview@U2.Com