U2start.com | Shows | 2001-10-13 - Hamilton, Ontario

"Elevated in Steeltown"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: John Pollard (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Sony ECM-717 (Microphone), Sony MZ-R70 (Audio recording device)
Lineage: ECM717 mics > MZR70 MiniDisc Player/Recorder > CDR > EAC (secure mode) > WAV > mkwACT (0.97beta) > SHN > CDR > WAV > FLAC > MP3 (Lame, 192kbps)
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Bit rate: 192, bit depth: 16, sample rate: 44100, channels: 2

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review by truthsfate

3 years ago

Performance

I thought the band gave a very good performance this night. At one point during I Still Haven't Found Bono mentions how it feels like church and I have to agree. And we got a little Shine Like Stars!

Sound

Listening to John Pollard's recording and thinking of doing a remaster. Solid capture with a slightly distant soundstage. Some close clappers and screamers. It's funny listening to some of the comments and drunken screams..."AMERICA!!!!!!
Recording: "Elevated in Steeltown" - 4 stars

Audience

The audience was definitely up for this show. I was on the floor a few paces from the heart and the crowd was amazing. Bono and Edge did their usual venturing out onto the heart but it would have been nice to get Adam and Larry out there too.

Overall

I had the amazing pleasure to have U2 play in my hometown on the only tour that really mattered to me. I thought the new album was ridiculously great and had absorbed everything on the tour I could including a show earlier in the tour in Toronto.
This is the first show where I had an amazing POV. Basically centre floor near the tip of the heart. The sound where I was standing was sublime. Like Joe was mixing just for me. The lights and presentation were magical in moments.
The one song that really stood out for me was Still Haven't Found...I wasn't expecting it at all. Edge had his shimmer sound going on during it and it just felt mystical. Like Bono says during it 'Feels like church to me."
My good friend decided to buy a new digital camera just for the show and his pics are uploaded here.