U2 paid tribute to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony where he died suddenly on Friday. On Saturday, during U2’s residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Bono addressed the crowd before their performance of Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” a staple …
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“My hope is that this will be a kind of quantum leap forward in the sense of what a concert can be,” U2 guitarist the Edge told Rolling Stone about their latest tour. U2 has expanded their U2:UV Achtung Baby Live Las Vegas residency with four additional dates at the …
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While the Grammys are being held at the (unfortunately-named) Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles this year, the show briefly traveled 270 miles away to U2 at the Sphere in Las Vegas where the group performed their 2023 single “Atomic City.” The pre-taped performance started on the 580,000-foot LED screen on …
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U2 resumed their Las Vegas Sphere residency Friday night after a six-week break, and the mid-show acoustic set featured their first-ever live performance of the 1986 Crowded House classic “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” It was dedicated to that band’s frontman Neil Finn, Tim Finn, his brother and longtime creative collaborator, …
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U2 is set to perform at the upcoming Grammy Awards next week with a broadcast from the Sphere in Las Vegas, the band announced on Friday. The performance will mark the first broadcast from the high-tech venue, which opened last fall with a U2 residency as the band played their …
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Kelly Clarkson is honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a special performance. On Monday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, coinciding with MLK Day, the singer performed a cover of U2‘s “Pride (In the Name of Love),” the song Bono wrote, in part, about the civil rights …
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U2 unwrapped their rendition of a yuletide classic for the first time in nearly 36 years Friday as the band covered Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” at Las Vegas’ Sphere. U2 had only performed “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” in concert on one other occasion: Back on December …
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U2‘s Achtung Baby Las Vegas residency at the newly-opened MSG Sphere has been expanded with four additional dates, bringing the total run of the concerts to 40 performances. The final shows in the residency will take place on Feb. 23 and 24 and March 1 and 2. General sale for …
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U2 paid tribute to the late Shane MacGowan with a rendition of the Pogues’ “A Rainy Night in Soho” Friday at the band’s latest gig at Las Vegas’ Sphere. “Sing with us, for Shane MacGowan,” Bono told the audience as the band delivered the somber, acoustic take on one of …
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While Achtung Baby is the centerpiece of U2’s game-changing Las Vegas residency, the band have been using the Sphere to revisit long-forgotten songs from their catalog. That continued Friday night as Bono and company dug out “Seconds” for the first time live since 1985. “A great Adam Clayton bassline that …
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