U2 wrapped the inaugural residency at Las Vegas’ $2.3 billion technical and visual marvel Sphere this weekend, closing out a 40-show run that started in September. Fittingly, the legendary band did so by bringing things full circle.
The shows commemorated one of U2’s most successful records, the chart-topping 1991 release Achtung Baby, played in its entirety with selected tracks from other U2 efforts over the years. To further honor the album, U2 bandmates Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Bram van den Berg (sitting in during the residency for an ailing Larry Mullen Jr.) welcomed Achtung Baby producer Daniel Lanois to the stage Saturday night to play guitar and sing backup on the track “One.”
“There would be no Achtung Baby without Daniel Lanois,” Bono said in welcoming him up the back stairs with a request to the audience. “Show him your light,” and they did by holding up smartphone flashbulbs in a beautiful scene.
The shows commemorated one of U2’s most successful records, the chart-topping 1991 release Achtung Baby, played in its entirety with selected tracks from other U2 efforts over the years. To further honor the album, U2 bandmates Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Bram van den Berg (sitting in during the residency for an ailing Larry Mullen Jr.) welcomed Achtung Baby producer Daniel Lanois to the stage Saturday night to play guitar and sing backup on the track “One.”
“There would be no Achtung Baby without Daniel Lanois,” Bono said in welcoming him up the back stairs with a request to the audience. “Show him your light,” and they did by holding up smartphone flashbulbs in a beautiful scene.
- 3/4/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While the Grammys are being held at the (unfortunately-named) Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles this year, the show briefly traveled 270 miles away to U2 at the Sphere in Las Vegas where the group performed their 2023 single “Atomic City.”
The pre-taped performance started on the 580,000-foot LED screen on the exterior of the building before zooming in to reveal the band midsong, which is about Vegas itself. “God doesn’t play dice,” Bono sang. “But he likes roulette/The wheel has not stopped spinning yet.”
U2 opened the $2 billion Sphere Sept.
The pre-taped performance started on the 580,000-foot LED screen on the exterior of the building before zooming in to reveal the band midsong, which is about Vegas itself. “God doesn’t play dice,” Bono sang. “But he likes roulette/The wheel has not stopped spinning yet.”
U2 opened the $2 billion Sphere Sept.
- 2/5/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
U2’s Achtung Baby Las Vegas residency at the newly-opened Msg Sphere has been expanded with four additional dates, bringing the total run of the concerts to 40 performances.
The final shows in the residency will take place on Feb. 23 and 24 and March 1 and 2. General sale for the tickets will begin on Friday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. Pt via Ticketmaster. If they sell out, U2 tickets will still be available on reseller sites like StubHub.
U2 first opened the venue in September with their flashy stage show dedicated to their 1991 album.
The final shows in the residency will take place on Feb. 23 and 24 and March 1 and 2. General sale for the tickets will begin on Friday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. Pt via Ticketmaster. If they sell out, U2 tickets will still be available on reseller sites like StubHub.
U2 first opened the venue in September with their flashy stage show dedicated to their 1991 album.
- 12/4/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
The long-awaited opening for the Sphere in Las Vegas has come. U2 performed over the weekend playing at the debut of the stadium on the opening night of their tour U2: Uv Achtung Baby Live at Sphere.
The band performed many of their famous songs, drawing inspiration for their setlist from their album Achtung Baby. They played their songs “Zoo Station,” “Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around the World” and “So Cruel.” They will continue their tour until December 16 with 24 more shows to come.
The visuals have been described as similar to an IMAX theater movie. The Sphere was created by Madison Square Garden Entertainment and is currently the largest spherical structure in the world, taking up two blocks and is taller than the length of a football field. It includes amenities such as the highest and largest resolution LED screen in the world and covers the entire stadium.
The band performed many of their famous songs, drawing inspiration for their setlist from their album Achtung Baby. They played their songs “Zoo Station,” “Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around the World” and “So Cruel.” They will continue their tour until December 16 with 24 more shows to come.
The visuals have been described as similar to an IMAX theater movie. The Sphere was created by Madison Square Garden Entertainment and is currently the largest spherical structure in the world, taking up two blocks and is taller than the length of a football field. It includes amenities such as the highest and largest resolution LED screen in the world and covers the entire stadium.
- 10/2/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
It looked like a typical U2 outdoor concert: Two helicopters zoomed through the starlit sky before producing spotlights over a Las Vegas desert and frontman Bono, who kneeled to the ground while singing the band’s 2004 hit “Vertigo”.
This scene may seem customary, but the visuals were created by floor-to-ceiling graphics inside the immersive Sphere. It was one of the several impressive moments during U2’s “Uv Achtung Baby” residency launch show at the high-tech, globe-shaped venue, which opened for the first time Friday night.
The legendary rock band, which has won 22 Grammys, performed for two hours inside the massive, state-of-the-art spherical venue with crystal-clear audio. Throughout the night, there were a plethora of attractive visuals — including kaleidoscope images, a burning flag and Las Vegas’ skyline, taking the more than 18,000 attendees on U2’s epic musical journey.
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This scene may seem customary, but the visuals were created by floor-to-ceiling graphics inside the immersive Sphere. It was one of the several impressive moments during U2’s “Uv Achtung Baby” residency launch show at the high-tech, globe-shaped venue, which opened for the first time Friday night.
The legendary rock band, which has won 22 Grammys, performed for two hours inside the massive, state-of-the-art spherical venue with crystal-clear audio. Throughout the night, there were a plethora of attractive visuals — including kaleidoscope images, a burning flag and Las Vegas’ skyline, taking the more than 18,000 attendees on U2’s epic musical journey.
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“What a fancy pad,...
- 10/1/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Given U2’s reputation for pushing technical and creative boundaries with its live concerts, it seemed fitting that the band opened the anticipated Sphere in Las Vegas on Friday with its most ambitious and transportive live show ever: an electrifying live performance and visual odyssey that unfolds on Sphere’s enveloping 160,000-square-foot wraparound interior LED display.
Built for an estimated $2.3 billion, Sphere is a big gamble by Msg mogul James Dolan and Sphere Entertainment Co. (which was formed in April to combine Sphere and Msg Networks) on the future of entertainment. At 336 feet tall and 516 feet wide, the venue is now the largest spherical structure in the world, housing the largest interior and exterior wraparound LED displays. Inside, the enveloping LED display supports a high resolution of 16K, meaning that it delivers images so lifelike that it may make you feel as though you’re no longer in a Las...
Built for an estimated $2.3 billion, Sphere is a big gamble by Msg mogul James Dolan and Sphere Entertainment Co. (which was formed in April to combine Sphere and Msg Networks) on the future of entertainment. At 336 feet tall and 516 feet wide, the venue is now the largest spherical structure in the world, housing the largest interior and exterior wraparound LED displays. Inside, the enveloping LED display supports a high resolution of 16K, meaning that it delivers images so lifelike that it may make you feel as though you’re no longer in a Las...
- 9/30/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The opening night of Sphere in Las Vegas represented a great many things. For James Dolan and his business partners, it was an opportunity to introduce their $2 billion investment to the world. For the live music industry, it was a chance to see if giant concerts could work outside of the stadiums and arenas that have housed them going back to the days of Beatlemania. And for Las Vegas, it was a test run of a grand new attraction that should bring tourists to the city for years to come.
- 9/30/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
U2 are back with “Atomic City,” their first original new song in two years. Listen to the track below.
The Edge recently declared that he wanted U2 to lead a “resurgence of guitars” in pop music, and with “Atomic City,” he puts his money where his mouth is. The track — named after Las Vegas, where the band will soon perform a residency at the new Sphere — oscillates between staccato verses and a rollicking chorus as Bono sings, “Love is God and God is love/ And if your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough.” A gospel chorus and squalling horns even make an appearance before the guitarist takes a proper solo.
U2 shot a music video for “Atomic City” in its namesake metropolis. While on set, Bono told the fans who gathered to catch the taping that the song is “a rock ‘n’ roll 45 in the tradition of ’70s post-punk,...
The Edge recently declared that he wanted U2 to lead a “resurgence of guitars” in pop music, and with “Atomic City,” he puts his money where his mouth is. The track — named after Las Vegas, where the band will soon perform a residency at the new Sphere — oscillates between staccato verses and a rollicking chorus as Bono sings, “Love is God and God is love/ And if your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough.” A gospel chorus and squalling horns even make an appearance before the guitarist takes a proper solo.
U2 shot a music video for “Atomic City” in its namesake metropolis. While on set, Bono told the fans who gathered to catch the taping that the song is “a rock ‘n’ roll 45 in the tradition of ’70s post-punk,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
U2 premiered a new, Las Vegas-inspired song titled “Atomic City” during a surprise pop-up concert/music video shoot Saturday on Sin City’s Fremont Street.
Taking the stage two weeks before the band opens their U2 Uv: Achtung Baby residency at the massive Msg Sphere, Bono and company performed the track a couple times during the show, which doubled as a music video shoot for the video’s rumored release later this month.
“Atomic City” takes its title from Las Vegas’ nickname during the days of nuclear bomb testing in the 1950s,...
Taking the stage two weeks before the band opens their U2 Uv: Achtung Baby residency at the massive Msg Sphere, Bono and company performed the track a couple times during the show, which doubled as a music video shoot for the video’s rumored release later this month.
“Atomic City” takes its title from Las Vegas’ nickname during the days of nuclear bomb testing in the 1950s,...
- 9/17/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
U2 has announced the initial dates for their upcoming residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The set of performances will begin on September 29.
These dates are the band’s first series of live shows in four years.
Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. will not be playing with the band to undergo and recover from surgery. Bram van den Berg will take over in his place.
The Sphere is a new $1.8 billion, 20,000-seat venue. It houses 580,000 square feet of LED paneling, 170,000 directional speakers and a haptic floor system. You can see the band take a tour of the facility below.
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U2 Las Vegas Residency Setlist
U2 has not performed live in four years. The below setlist comes from their The Joshua Tree Tour in a performance on December 15, 2019, in Mumbai, India.
Sunday Bloody Sunday
I Will Follow
New Year’s Day
Bad
Pride (In the Name of Love...
These dates are the band’s first series of live shows in four years.
Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. will not be playing with the band to undergo and recover from surgery. Bram van den Berg will take over in his place.
The Sphere is a new $1.8 billion, 20,000-seat venue. It houses 580,000 square feet of LED paneling, 170,000 directional speakers and a haptic floor system. You can see the band take a tour of the facility below.
>Get U2 Vegas Residency Concert Tickets Now!
U2 Las Vegas Residency Setlist
U2 has not performed live in four years. The below setlist comes from their The Joshua Tree Tour in a performance on December 15, 2019, in Mumbai, India.
Sunday Bloody Sunday
I Will Follow
New Year’s Day
Bad
Pride (In the Name of Love...
- 8/22/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
U2 have confirmed the initial dates for their upcoming residency at the brand new Sphere in Las Vegas.
The run of shows, titled “U2:uv Achtung Baby Live At Sphere,” will take place beginning Friday, September 29th, 2023. Update: U2 have announced eight additional dates in December, bringing the total number of confirmed shows to 25. Check out the complete itinerary below.
The dates mark U2’s first confirmed live performances in four years. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. will not be participating in these shows as he takes time off to undergo and recuperate from surgery. In his place, Bono, The Edge, and Adam Clayton will be joined by drummer Bram van den Berg.
A Ticketmaster Verified Fan pre-sale for the eight December dates is ongoing through Monday, May 15th. The Verified Fan pre-sale will commence on Thursday, May 18th, followed by a general on-sale on Friday, May 19th via Ticketmaster. All-in...
The run of shows, titled “U2:uv Achtung Baby Live At Sphere,” will take place beginning Friday, September 29th, 2023. Update: U2 have announced eight additional dates in December, bringing the total number of confirmed shows to 25. Check out the complete itinerary below.
The dates mark U2’s first confirmed live performances in four years. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. will not be participating in these shows as he takes time off to undergo and recuperate from surgery. In his place, Bono, The Edge, and Adam Clayton will be joined by drummer Bram van den Berg.
A Ticketmaster Verified Fan pre-sale for the eight December dates is ongoing through Monday, May 15th. The Verified Fan pre-sale will commence on Thursday, May 18th, followed by a general on-sale on Friday, May 19th via Ticketmaster. All-in...
- 5/12/2023
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
U2’s the Edge explained the chemistry behind his and Bono’s songwriting process in a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “It’s not like Lennon and McCartney where there’s two guys [and] the rivalry probably made them better,” he told Lowe while sitting beside Bono. “They’re also basically doing the same thing – singers and songwriters. I do a lot of music composition, but I need Bono to finish the song, so we complement each other; we don’t ever cancel each other out. It’s additive.
- 3/16/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Near the end of U2’s new album, Songs of Surrender, the band kicks into the familiar opening chords of their 1980 breakthrough single “I Will Follow.” But there are no drums, bass, or electric guitar, and Bono quickly begins singing new lyrics that better fit his perspective on life at age 62, rather than 22.
“I was on the outside when you said, you said you needed me,” he sings. “In the mirror a reflection of the boy I can never be/A boy tried hard to be a man/His mother...
“I was on the outside when you said, you said you needed me,” he sings. “In the mirror a reflection of the boy I can never be/A boy tried hard to be a man/His mother...
- 3/6/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
In a commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl, the Irish rock band U2 announced a series of Las Vegas shows in a UFO-themed trailer.
The U2:uv Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere residency is scheduled to take place this fall at the Msg Sphere in the Venetian resort in Las Vegas.
U2 will be the first band to perform at the new venue, which can hold up to 17,500 people.
The Mgs Sphere was originally set to open in 2021, but the Covid-19 pandemic delayed its construction until 2023.
The show is described as a “futuristic adventure in a unique desert landscape.” It’s the band’s first live performance in four years following their 30th anniversary Joshua Tree tour.
A new version of the song “One” off their 1991 album, Achtung Baby, was played during the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year presentation that honored Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott.
This...
The U2:uv Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere residency is scheduled to take place this fall at the Msg Sphere in the Venetian resort in Las Vegas.
U2 will be the first band to perform at the new venue, which can hold up to 17,500 people.
The Mgs Sphere was originally set to open in 2021, but the Covid-19 pandemic delayed its construction until 2023.
The show is described as a “futuristic adventure in a unique desert landscape.” It’s the band’s first live performance in four years following their 30th anniversary Joshua Tree tour.
A new version of the song “One” off their 1991 album, Achtung Baby, was played during the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year presentation that honored Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott.
This...
- 2/20/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
U2 have announced that they will be embarking on their own concert residency in Las Vegas.
The Irish rock band will begin a run of dates at the newly opened Msg Sphere for an immersive show, titled U2:uv Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere, later this year.
News of the residency was confirmed during an advert at the Super Bowl on Sunday (12 February).
The extended trailer showed reports of an “unidentified flying object” with a large silver sphere floating through the air. It then saw a group of new and long-time U2 fans (along with a few band döppelgangers) coming together among a desert landscape.
The trailer caused many on social media to draw comparisons between the sphere and the recent spy balloon tensions between the US and China - though it appears to have merely been a coincidence.
The concert series will kick off in autumn 2023, but will...
The Irish rock band will begin a run of dates at the newly opened Msg Sphere for an immersive show, titled U2:uv Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere, later this year.
News of the residency was confirmed during an advert at the Super Bowl on Sunday (12 February).
The extended trailer showed reports of an “unidentified flying object” with a large silver sphere floating through the air. It then saw a group of new and long-time U2 fans (along with a few band döppelgangers) coming together among a desert landscape.
The trailer caused many on social media to draw comparisons between the sphere and the recent spy balloon tensions between the US and China - though it appears to have merely been a coincidence.
The concert series will kick off in autumn 2023, but will...
- 2/13/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Music
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (Ians) Irish rock band U2 announced a series of concerts in Las Vegas this fall celebrating their 1991 album ‘Achtung Baby’ in a cryptic 15-second ad aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday evening (US Time), reports ‘Variety’.
Drummer Larry Mullen Jr, still recovering from surgery, will sit out this run of shows. Dutch drummer Bram van den Berg will fill in, ‘Variety’ adds.
The concerts, titled ‘U2:uv Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere’, will see the band launching the new venue, Msg Sphere at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Further details were not immediately available. The unspecified “special run of shows”, however, will mark the band’s first live performances in four years, according to ‘Variety’.
It seems likely to be a kickoff for a world tour, notes ‘Variety’, celebrating the anniversary of ‘Achtung Baby’, similar to the band’s blockbuster tours around the 30th anniversary...
Drummer Larry Mullen Jr, still recovering from surgery, will sit out this run of shows. Dutch drummer Bram van den Berg will fill in, ‘Variety’ adds.
The concerts, titled ‘U2:uv Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere’, will see the band launching the new venue, Msg Sphere at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Further details were not immediately available. The unspecified “special run of shows”, however, will mark the band’s first live performances in four years, according to ‘Variety’.
It seems likely to be a kickoff for a world tour, notes ‘Variety’, celebrating the anniversary of ‘Achtung Baby’, similar to the band’s blockbuster tours around the 30th anniversary...
- 2/13/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
It’s a bird, it’s a plane — no, it’s just a big announcement that U2 will perform at the all-new Msg Sphere in Las Vegas later this fall. The Irish rockers announced their “U2:uv Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere” residency with a commercial during the Super Bowl, depicting a baby’s head floating in a giant sphere over the Vegas strip before saying the word “achtung.” Get it? Like their 1991 album Achtung Baby?
U2’s run at the Msg Sphere marks the band’s first confirmed live performances in four years. As expected, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. won’t be joining the band as he takes time off to undergo and recuperate from surgery. Register here to be notified with details on the show dates and tickets.
“It’s going to take all we’ve got to approach the Sphere without our bandmate in the drum seat,...
U2’s run at the Msg Sphere marks the band’s first confirmed live performances in four years. As expected, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. won’t be joining the band as he takes time off to undergo and recuperate from surgery. Register here to be notified with details on the show dates and tickets.
“It’s going to take all we’ve got to approach the Sphere without our bandmate in the drum seat,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Abby Jones and Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
A Super Bowl commercial confirmed today what has long been suspected: U2 will take up residency in the brand-new Msg Sphere in Las Vegas for an immersive show that mines the band’s catalog.
U2 has been in a retrospective mood of late. Lead singer Bono has been making the rounds to promote his memoir, Surrender. On Friday, the band will release its long-awaited Songs Of Surrender ― a collection of 40 songs from across the band’s catalog, re-recorded and reimagined. And now, the band has confirmed the Vegas residency that will be focused on one of its most iconic albums.
Dubbed “U2:uv Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere,” the residency will celebrate the band’s darker, post-Joshua Tree turn that resulted in the 1991 album Achtung Baby and hits like “One,” “Mysterious Ways,” “The Fly” and “Even Better Than The Real Thing.”
The residency will take place at the brand-new Msg Sphere at the Venetian.
U2 has been in a retrospective mood of late. Lead singer Bono has been making the rounds to promote his memoir, Surrender. On Friday, the band will release its long-awaited Songs Of Surrender ― a collection of 40 songs from across the band’s catalog, re-recorded and reimagined. And now, the band has confirmed the Vegas residency that will be focused on one of its most iconic albums.
Dubbed “U2:uv Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere,” the residency will celebrate the band’s darker, post-Joshua Tree turn that resulted in the 1991 album Achtung Baby and hits like “One,” “Mysterious Ways,” “The Fly” and “Even Better Than The Real Thing.”
The residency will take place at the brand-new Msg Sphere at the Venetian.
- 2/13/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
More than seven months after rumors circulated that U2 would perform the first-ever concerts at Las Vegas’ Msg Sphere, the Irish rockers officially announced on Super Bowl Sunday that they will stage shows dedicated to their 1991 LP Achtung Baby to launch the city’s massive new globe-shaped venue.
Bono and company — who have their sorta-new album Songs of Surrender arriving in March — previously teased the worst-kept secret in Sin City prior to the Super Bowl, posting an image of a newborn baby within the newly constructed Msg Sphere on a website not-so-subtly called U2xsphere.
Bono and company — who have their sorta-new album Songs of Surrender arriving in March — previously teased the worst-kept secret in Sin City prior to the Super Bowl, posting an image of a newborn baby within the newly constructed Msg Sphere on a website not-so-subtly called U2xsphere.
- 2/13/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Msg Sphere, the soon-to-open Vegas venue that boasts state-of-the-art technology, will open with a series of concerts by an act worthy of the hype: U2.
“U2:uv Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere” will mark the band’s first live shows in four years, though it will be without Larry Mullens Jr.: The drummer will undergo surgery and rehabilitation.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band made official their planned performances at Msg Sphere at The Venetian this fall with a Super Bowl ad on Sunday.
“It’s going to take all we’ve got to approach the Sphere without our bandmate in the drum seat, but Larry has joined us in welcoming Bram van den Berg, who is a force in his own right,” Bono, the Edge and Adam Clayton said in a statement.
The trio noted the concerts would come on the 30th anniversary of their legendary Zoo TV tour,...
“U2:uv Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere” will mark the band’s first live shows in four years, though it will be without Larry Mullens Jr.: The drummer will undergo surgery and rehabilitation.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band made official their planned performances at Msg Sphere at The Venetian this fall with a Super Bowl ad on Sunday.
“It’s going to take all we’ve got to approach the Sphere without our bandmate in the drum seat, but Larry has joined us in welcoming Bram van den Berg, who is a force in his own right,” Bono, the Edge and Adam Clayton said in a statement.
The trio noted the concerts would come on the 30th anniversary of their legendary Zoo TV tour,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Nekesa Mumbi Moody
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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