U2 will be making their return to the West Coast to play at one of the newest venues on the West Coast later this year! The MSG Sphere at the Venetian is set to open around September and U2 will be the first act to take advantage of the state-of-the-art structure when they play a series of "U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere" residence dates in conjunction with their first live shows since 2019.
Fans can register here to receive information on specific show dates and ticket on-sale information. U2 will play some hits but will primarily focus on their 1991 hit release, Achtung Baby, which features their hit singles "The Fly," "Mysterious Ways," "One," Even Better Than the Real Thing" and "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses."
The band has also confirmed that drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who is set to undergo surgery this year, will not be part of their Las Vegas residency. Drummer Bram van den Berg will fill his spot for the shows.
Bono, The Edge and Adam said, "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.
The Sphere show has been in the works for a long time. We don't want to let people down, least of all our audience… the truth is we miss them as much as they appear to miss us… our audience was always the fifth member of the band. Bottom line, U2 hasn't played live since December 2019 and we need to get back on stage and see the faces of our fans again. And what a unique stage they're building for us out there in the desert… We're the right band, ACHTUNG BABY the right album, and the Sphere the right venue to take the live experience of music to the next level… That's what U2's been trying to do all along with our satellite stages and video installations, most memorably on the ZOO TV Tour, which ended in Tokyo 30 years ago this Fall.
The Sphere is more than just a venue, it's a gallery and U2's music is going to be all over the walls."
The Edge added "The beauty of the Sphere is not only the ground-breaking technology that will make it so unique, with the world's most advanced audio system, integrated into a structure which is designed with sound quality as a priority; it's also the possibilities around immersive experience in real and imaginary landscapes. In short, it's a canvas of an unparalleled scale and image resolution and a once-in-a-generation opportunity. We all thought about it and decided we'd be mad not to accept the invitation."
We'll keep you posted on when the scheduled U2 residency dates are announced and on sale info as we get it, Scenestar readers!
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