U2
Arnhem, The Netherlands
Gelredome
July 31, 2001

Source 1
Taper : Chris Voynet 
Danish Pro Audio 4061 > DAT SONY TCD 8
DAT MASTER -> CD-R (unknown gen) -> WAV (EAC Secure) -> FLAC (Level 6)

Source 2
IEM (Bono) > MiniDisc 

Disc 1 

1. Elevation (influx mix) 
2. Elevation 
3. Beautiful Day 
4. Until The End Of The World 
5. New Year's Day 
6. Kite 
7. Gone 
8. New York 
9. I Will Follow 
10. Sunday Bloody Sunday 
11. ( When I Get Home ) / Stuck In A Moment 
12. In A Little While
13. Desire (*)
14. Stay (faraway, So Close) 
15. Bad / (Norwegian Wood) / (40) / 
16. Where The Streets Have No Name 
17. Mysterious Ways 
18. The Fly 
19. Bullet The Blue Sky 
20. With Or Without You 
21. One 
22. Wake Up, Dead Man 
23. Walk On / Hallelujah 

(*) first 40 seconds of IEM is missing due to disc flip


Some shows just hit different. This was one of them. Arnhem, July 31, 2001, wasn't just another Elevation night it had that extra spark, that connection between band and crowd where everything just clicked.

Summer 2001 was full of contrasts. Bono's dad was very ill (he would pass away a few weeks later), and you could hear that weight in his voice. Herman Brood had passed weeks earlier, leaving the Netherlands mourning one of its wildest, most beloved rock icons. And Europe itself felt tense Genoa had erupted in protests at the G8 summit, turning violent when police shot and killed an activist in the streets. It was a summer where the world felt on edge, and somehow, all of that found its way into this show.

This night soared. The Dutch crowd was on fire, and the band fed off it. Bono sang a few verses of When I Get Home before Stuck in a Moment, a quiet but powerful tribute to Herman Brood. Later, Sunday Bloody Sunday carried extra anger, fueled by what had just happened in Genoa and the unrest in Ireland. You could hear the bite in Bono's voice, the frustration, the call to arms in a version that lasts 10 more than minutes.

Then came Bad, one of those moments where time stretches. Midway through, a little girl made her way to the stage, and suddenly, the whole thing shifted. Bono, heavy all summer, broke into a playful mood, smiling, moving differently, as if the weight lifted for a moment. He ended it with a snippet of Ò40Ó, one final reach into something beyond words.

And Mysterious Ways? That ending was pure chaos. Bono lost in it, the band spiraling upward, the crowd absolutely locked in.

This show has floated around in many versions. 22 years ago, I put together the so-called 'AW matrix mix', but this show deserved another look. This time, it's built from the same two sources that truly complement each other:
* The IEM feed brings texture, clarity, and definition.
* The Chris Voynet audience recording brings warmth, bass, and that unreal Dutch crowd.

The time I had better software in mixing and mastering, and was able to split all instruments before bringing them together in a more balanced way. 

Together, it just works the best of both worlds, giving the show the mix it deserves.

Some shows just hit different. This was one of them. Turn it up. Relive the night.