Elevation Tour
The accompanying Elevation Tour officially began on 24 March 2001 with a two-night stay at the National Car Rental Center near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and ended back in Miami, Florida on 2 December 2001 at the American Airlines Arena. The tour featured three legs and a total of 113 shows. The Elevation Tour saw U2 return to playing indoor arenas after they spent the 1990s in outdoor stadiums. The stage design of the Elevation Tour was more stripped-down and intimate for the fans. The tour grossed approximately US$110 million, and was at the time the third highest-grossing tour of all time by Pollstar, with many of the stops selling out immediately. The band performed multiple shows in the same location including four consecutive shows in Chicago, Boston and London, respectively.
The song "Beautiful Day", which debuted on the tour, is one of only three U2 songs to have been played at every concert since their introduction (the other two being "One" and "Vertigo").
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