The Edge and Bono.Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Images/Getty Images
It’s a beautiful week forU2!
On Sept. 29, the Irish rock band is set to kick off their Las Vegas residency on at The Venetian’s new venue Sphere, where they’ll make history as the first band to perform there. U2’s opening show will mark four years since their last live performance.
In an interview withCBS News, bandleader Bono, 63, opened up about returning to the spectacle-like nature of their performances.
“That’s what we started out wanting from the very beginning of the band is just to smash the fourth wall, get to our audience,” Bono told the outlet.
Bono and The Edge.SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty
According to the publication, U2 worked with visual artists Marco Brambilla and Es Devlin “to create a truly immersive experience” for their residency.
Sphere holds 17,500 seats and features a scalable capacity up to 20,000 guests along with a new 16K screen that “wraps up, around, and behind the audience,” per a release.
“It’s a love song to our audience …’where you are is where I’ll be," says frontmanBonoin a statement.
According to CBS News, “Atomic City” seems to point to an “upcoming rock and roll album” from the legendary band.
“Edge started to fall back in love with himself. No, with the sound of the guitar … and the potential of the guitar. And we fell in love with that sound, too,” Bono told the publication.
In February, it was revealed that drummer Larry Mullen Jr.would not be joining the bandfor the string of shows, as he needed to take time to undergo and recuperate from surgery.
In his place, drummer Bram van den Berg will join Bono, guitaristThe Edgeand bassist Adam Clayton on stage.
U2.Carlo Allegri/Getty
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“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,” the band said at the time.
The band added that their new residency “is more than just a venue, it’s a gallery, and U2’s music is going to be all over the walls.”
“We all thought about it and decided we’d be mad not to accept the invitation,” The Edge, 62, added of U2’s shows at the venue.
source: people.com
