An interview with the band’s legendary live set designer and “creative spirit”, originally published on livedesignonline.com and reproduced here in full. When did you and U2 know you were opening Sphere and did it seem like a daunting project? The idea first came up about two years ago and initially I wasn’t terribly keen. The […]
It’s the most anticipated venue and technical launch for as long as anybody can remember and there’s no bigger act in the world to open the MSG Sphere than U2, who already have a long history with the city of Las Vegas. The day before their much talked-about show, Bono and The Edge gave CBS […]
Apple Music’s Zane Lowe takes Bono and The Edge to the construction site that is the 20,000 capacity MSG Sphere at The Venetian hotel on The Strip in Las Vegas and, look, not a hi vis jacket or hard hat in sight! U2 open the venue, which is clad in 580,000 square feet of fully […]
Details are emerging about U2’s role in the opening of the MSG Sphere at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas this autumn. At 150m wide and 90m high, the new multi-use 17,500 seat venue is going to be the tallest spherical structure on earth with the largest and highest-resolution LED screen in the world at […]