U2: Elevation 2001 – Бостоннан тікелей эфирде

2001 concert video by U2

Elevation 2001: Live from Boston is a concert film by Irish rock band U2. It was filmed on 5–6 and 9 June 2001 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts, during the first American leg of the group's Elevation Tour. The video was directed by Hamish Hamilton and produced by Ned O'Hanlon. It was released on home video as a two disc DVD and a single VHS by Island Records and Interscope Records on 20 November 2001. Elevation 2001 was the first of two video releases from the tour, the second being U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland in 2003. During the 6 June concert, some fans in the crowd sat down in protest due to a disagreement over others being handpicked from the general admission queue prior to the show. Two songs from the concert were televised that day on NBC during halftime of Game 1 of the 2001 NBA Finals. For the concert's release on home video later that year, a promotional agreement was reached with media partners consisting of DirecTV, VH1, Clear Channel Communications, and Best Buy, who agreed to commit US$10 million to market the video. Best Buy was given a two week exclusivity window in which to sell the video in North America, before its wide release on 4 December. Many retailers reacted negatively to the exclusivity agreement, believing it would affect their own sales. Elevation 2001 received favourable reviews from critics. It received multi platinum certifications in Canada, France, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The video sold 700,000 copies by the beginning of 2002 and won the award for Best Music Release DVD at the 5th Annual DVD Entertainment Conference and Showcase. The first disc of the DVD set contains the standard concert footage, while the second disc contains alternate video feeds from a small camera in lead vocalist Bono's trademark glasses, among other bonus features.

Elevation 2001: Live From Boston captures the band's return to performing to indoor venues, making for a more intimate experience. The band had played mostly large outdoor stadiums over the previous decade on their Zoo TV and PopMart Tours. U2 started their 2001 Elevation Tour on 24 March at the National Car Rental Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with the final concert held at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on 2 December. The tour was divided into three legs, two in North America and one in Europe, and also included two concerts at Slane Castle—one of which was documented and released on U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland.

The concerts were directed by Hamish Hamilton and produced by Ned O'Hanlon. It was the third U2 concert video O'Hanlon had been involved in producing; his company with Maurice Linnane, Dreamchaser Productions, previously produced Zoo TV: Live from Sydney (released in 1994) and PopMart: Live from Mexico City (released in 1998). Drawing from their past experience filming the band, O'Hanlon knew that two shoots would be required to adequately capture their show. He said, "You don't often get two bites at the cherry when you shoot these things because it is very expensive." The 5 June show served as a dress rehearsal for the production crew before the official filming the following night. As the "Making of" featurette on the DVD reveals, the dry run was deemed not up to everyone's standards. The decision displeased many in the general admission line, who thought that fans had been specially selected from the line for prime positioning on camera because they were deemed more telegenic. Consequently, about 50 people staged a protest during the concert inside the heart shaped stage, turning their backs to the band members and sitting down; their actions were visible on the home video release.