Posted on Sep 30, 2023
U2 guitarist The Edge on the convergence of art, music, and technology at The Sphere in Las Vegas...
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If Las Vegas is about big bets, it doesn’t get much bigger than a new $2.3-billion venue opening Friday on the Strip called The Sphere.
From the outside, images are projected onto a huge dome to make it look like the moon or a basketball. On the inside, the highest resolution LED screen on earth, thousands of speakers, scents and wind create an immersive experience for those who bought a seat.
On opening night, the rock band U2 will harness all this to kick off a 25-show residency — U2:UV: Achtung Baby Live at Sphere — in the first performance inside the new venue. The nearly sold-out residency run starts Friday and runs through Dec. 16. U2’s new single, “Atomic City,” drops on Friday too.
From the outside, images are projected onto a huge dome to make it look like the moon or a basketball. On the inside, the highest resolution LED screen on earth, thousands of speakers, scents and wind create an immersive experience for those who bought a seat.
On opening night, the rock band U2 will harness all this to kick off a 25-show residency — U2:UV: Achtung Baby Live at Sphere — in the first performance inside the new venue. The nearly sold-out residency run starts Friday and runs through Dec. 16. U2’s new single, “Atomic City,” drops on Friday too.
U2 guitarist The Edge on the convergence of art, music, and technology at The Sphere in Las Vegas...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The show celebrates the band’s 1991 album “Achtung Baby,” which will be played in full and features some of the band’s biggest hits, including “Mysterious Ways” and “One.”
“Obviously, now we're playing the full album. That's kind of one of the ideas of this show and discovering some of the deeper cuts from side two has been such a thrill,” The Edge says. “And really, I mean hearing Bono sing those songs in rehearsal, it's very powerful stuff. So the music side, I think, is really a much more understood aspect.”
..."The show celebrates the band’s 1991 album “Achtung Baby,” which will be played in full and features some of the band’s biggest hits, including “Mysterious Ways” and “One.”
“Obviously, now we're playing the full album. That's kind of one of the ideas of this show and discovering some of the deeper cuts from side two has been such a thrill,” The Edge says. “And really, I mean hearing Bono sing those songs in rehearsal, it's very powerful stuff. So the music side, I think, is really a much more understood aspect.”
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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