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U2 will make history tomorrow night as the first band to perform at the Sphere, Las Vegas’ newest and busiest entertainment venue.
Dubbed U2: UV Achtung Baby Live, the 22-time Grammy-winning band’s Las Vegas residency runs from September 29 through December. 16 for a total of 25 dates. Tickets are sold out on Ticketmaster, but last-minute U2 seats are still available on secondary market platforms and others Game time, SeatGeek, StubHub, Ticket liquidator, Ticket Network And Vibrant chairs.
Located at the Venetian Resort, the $2.3 billion immersive space is the largest spherical structure in the world and features fully programmable interior and exterior wraparound LED displays, both with 16K by 16K resolution. The outdoor globe lights change color to illuminate the city at night with varying graphics.
The quartet – frontman and rhythm guitarist Bono, lead guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. – is known for their high-tech shows. The Sphere will undoubtedly help them continue that tradition.
“That’s what we wanted from the very beginning of the band: to just break the fourth wall and reach our audience,” Bono recently said. CBS News. U2 enlisted visual artists Marco Brambilla and Es Devlin to design Friday’s 360-degree visuals.
The iconic Irish rock group is fresh off its March release Songs of surrender, an album of re-recorded songs spread across four discs. The 40-song collection, produced by guitarist The Edge, includes hits from platinum-selling albums such as Boy (1980), The Joshua tree (1987), Achtung Baby (1991), Everything you can’t leave behind (TK) and others. The track list features rearranged or rewritten versions of singles including ‘One’, ‘Where the Streets Have No Name’, ‘With Or Without You’, ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’, ‘Red Hill Mining Town’ and ‘Walk’. On (Ukraine)”, among others.
At the time of writing, the cheapest U2 concert tickets we’ve seen were $165. the September 30 show on SeatGeek, with prices for other dates from $170-$254.
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U2 Las Vegas residency dates 2024
U2’s Las Vegas residency takes place from September to December at the Sphere at the Venetian. Here is the full list of their residency dates:
- September 29 and 30
- October 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28
- November 1, 3, 4
- December 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16
The MSG Sphere on the Venetian resorts Las Vegas, 3355 S Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89109; (702) 414-1000