U2 Las Vegas: Irish fans delighted as rockers raise the bar for live shows
Thousands of followers fly to Sin City as band (and new drummer) begin 25-night run at the ‘phenomenal’ high-tech Sphere
U2 wow fans in the Sphere in Las Vegas
Pride (In the Name of Love): “It makes you think, look at these lads from Ireland and what they have achieved.”
U2 fans from around the world descended on Sin City for the opening weekend of the band’s Las Vegas residency, spending thousands of euros on the once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Diehard devotees of the Dublin rockers were there to support their heroes for the first of the band’s 25-night run in Vegas’s $2.3 billion Sphere venue last Friday with a show that sets a bar for the live music industry and, according to critics and fans, “has changed the way concerts will be for ever”.
Bono wept as he sang All I Want is You, which he dedicated to Larry Mullen Jr, the band’s usual drummer who is recovering from surgery
“Every country is going to need a Sphere,” said Tracy McNally, who along with her husband, Declan, from Co Tyrone,
