U2, seen in the photo above, is expected to play 12 dates at the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas, beginning in September. (Image: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe anticipated kickoff date is sometime in September, which means the 17,500-seat venue will be open in time for what looks to become the busiest weekend in Las Vegas history \u2013 the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix from Nov. 16-18. The Sphere is included in its 3.8-mile street course.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the Irish superstars released a cryptic image to the media featuring a Las Vegas cityscape at night with a giant baby\u2019s head illuminated inside the Sphere. The baby could reference \u201cAchtung! Baby,\u201d the seventh studio album by U2. Released in November 1991, it’s the album the band\u2019s residency is expected to focus on.<\/p>\nThis cryptic image of Las Vegas at night, seen above, was released to the media by U2 on Feb. 10. (Image: Full Coverage Communications)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nU2 would be the first of between four and six acts announcing Sphere residencies. Each will play two shows per weekend over six non-consecutive weekends. That\u2019s 12 shows in total for each act.<\/p>\n
Sunday Super Bowl Bloody Sunday<\/b><\/h2>\n Since last summer, U2 has hinted about performing a Sphere residency. However, the band made it appear as though it hadn\u2019t committed yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t signed off on it, but if we do, if we do sign off on this, I will say that if we can pull off what we\u2019re talking about, it\u2019s not like anything we\u2019ve ever done before,\u201d Bono said on the \u201cSmartless\u201d podcast just last month.<\/p>\n
Apparently, the truth was that the band had<\/em> signed off yet agreed as part of its contract not to reveal the commitment before the Super Bowl ad did.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe band may also have delayed its decision to commit, at least for a couple of months, due to a health emergency. Late last year, longtime U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr., 61, revealed that he needs surgery on his neck and elbows to continue drumming and that he \u201cwon\u2019t be performing live\u201d<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 2023. It is not known whether Mullen will be well enough to play with the band by September.<\/p>\nInformation is expected to be posted at U2XSPHERE.com, after the first airing of the band\u2019s Super Bowl commercial.<\/p>\n
Able to hold 17,500 seated or 20,000 standing spectators, the MSG Sphere will include 160,000 square feet of immersive video, state-of-the-art audio and, thanks to programmable LEDs, a constantly changing exterior appearance. It will connect via a 1,000-foot pedestrian bridge to the Venetian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An updated version of this story appears here.\u00a0 ___________________________________________________ U2 is expected to announce its residency at the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas during a Super Bowl commercial this Sunday. That would confirm what we reported to you back in July 2022: that the superstar Irish rock band will open the $2.2B entertainment venue behind […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":259283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3313,81886],"tags":[84977,23,81969,82132,84978,83445,81968],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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