U2 lit up the Sphere stage with an opening night of their highly-anticipated U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere shows.
U2 provided fans an immersive experience featuring top-of-the-line technology. Utilising every part of Sphere’s LED screen, the world’s largest and highest-resolution, into an awe-inspiring gallery that showcased art from renowned artists including Es Devlin, John Gerrard, Marco Brambilla, and Industrial Light & Magic; all while performing on a Brian Eno-inspired turntable stage.
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The 25-date run of shows celebrates the band’s acclaimed album Achtung Baby and its accompanying ZOO TV Tour in 1991.
The band also performed their new song, Atomic City, which is an homage to the magnetic spirit of 70’s post-punk with a nod to Blondie, whose pioneering work with Giorgio Moroder inspired and influenced the band. Atomic City is itself a 1950s nickname for Las Vegas from a time when nuclear fascination swept the nation and the city promoted itself as a centre of atomic tourism due to its proximity to the Nevada Test Site.
