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U2 live.Starting Friday, Dec. 1, the 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will pick their ongoing residency at Las Vegas’ The Sphere back up for 19 more shows.As of now, concerts are scheduled to take place at the visually spectacular, 20,000-seat venue on select Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays all the way up until Feb.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large On a windy evening in Las Vegas, U2 were finally reunited in the same arena for the first time in five years — sort of. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. attended Friday night’s penultimate U2 show at the Sphere in Las Vegas, where he watched from a box seat in the audience.

U2 will give a special performance and present an award at next week’s Grammys, live from the Sphere in Las Vegas.It will be the first ever official broadcast from the state-of-the-art venue, which has been hosting the ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby’ show since the end of September, and is due to wrap on March 2.The Grammys are taking place on February 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and will be hosted by Trevor Noah. The nominees were announced in November, with SZA picking up the most nominations with nine.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ready for it? ROXi, a music video streaming app for TVs whose backers include Simon Cowell and Kylie Minogue that was first launched in the U.K., is coming to the United States. The service promises American viewers access to some 100 million music videos — including the likes of Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé — plus hundreds of curated music video channels, karaoke and music games.

Nadine Shah has apologised for calling U2‘s Adam Clayton “a fucking spenk” in 2021.Shah initially made the comments when pointing to a clip from Clayton’s appearance in the documentary Phil Lynott: Songs For While I’m Away.In the clip that Shah tweeted, Clayton speaks on Lynott’s work as a bassist – in particular his role playing the instrument in Thin Lizzy. “One thing you need to know about the bass is it’s that big, heavy thing that hangs down between your legs,” Clayton said in the documentary.“The bass is this secret weapon. It’s where the power comes from.

U2 kicked off their residency at the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas by dedicating one of their tracks to drummer Larry Mullen Jr, who is not taking part in the shows due to various injuries.The Irish rock icons launched their long-awaited residency at the new MSG Sphere in Nevada last week, and used the opening show to pay tribute to the absent member.Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and stand-in drummer Bram Van Den Berg all made a nod towards Mullen Jr during the set, dedicating their 1988 track ‘All I Want Is You’ to him. The drummer is not taking part in their 25-show residency at the £2.3billion venue due to injuries sustained to his elbows, knees and neck.He previously confirmed that the injuries are all drumming-related, and said that he would “like to take some time… to get myself healed”, rather than persevere with the Las Vegas shows.

It looked like a typical U2 outdoor concert: Two helicopters zoomed through the starlit sky before producing spotlights over a Las Vegas desert and frontman Bono, who kneeled to the ground while singing the band’s 2004 hit “Vertigo”.

U2 played a surprise show in front of the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas last night (September 16) while filming a music video, where they played a new song live.The song, ‘Atomic City’, is believed to be about the very city the Irish quartet were playing in, and contained the lyrics “I’m free, so unexpectedly/I’m free from what’s in front of me!” and “I’ve got the key to the cages, waiting for my dice/I came here for the fight/I’m front row in Las Vegas. And there’s a big one on tonight”.It is believed the band were performing to around 250 extras, and frontman Bono’s vocals were live but the music was recorded.The song is reportedly going to be released before the band’s forthcoming residency at the new MSG Sphere in the city.

U2 have discussed their upcoming shows at the Las Vegas Sphere, which will see them take to the stage without drummer Larry Mullen Jr.The Irish rock veterans are set to kick off their Las Vegas residency later this month at the highly-anticipated new Sphere venue, and have confirmed that they will be playing the first few shows without their resident drummer.Set to launch on September 29, the ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere’ shows will be Bono and co.’s first live shows since the end of 2019, but will see a replacement for Mullen as he continues to recover from surgery.“The whole band and I’m sure the audience are going to be very sad and miss Larry,” said bassist Adam Clayton, speaking to the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column (via Irish Mirror). “He wants to come back, he wants to be able to have a long career and continue his drumming so he’s taking care of those injuries.”He also explained that, while Mullen continues to recover, Krezip drummer Bram van den Berg will be taking his place and performing at the first run of Nevada shows.

“Welcome To My Jungle” (BenBella). “Then with the moth hovering in the corner of the room, Axl pulled the trigger, and… BOOM!”Duswalt still can’t believe it.

So many stars are stepping out for the opening night of the 2023 Tribeca Festival.

U2 has done it all.They’ve been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, won 22 Grammy Awards and netted six Billboard Top 10 hits.Now, they’re doing something brand new.From Sept. 29 through Nov.

The Tribeca Festival has its opening-night, closing-night and centerpiece films.

U2 are outselling the rest of the Top 5 combined as Songs of Surrender leads the race to become their 11th Number 1 album in the UK. 

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic U2’s Bono and the Edge and David Letterman joined forces again at the Wednesday night premiere of the Disney+ special “A Sort of Homecoming,” with the band members explaining that they needed the former late-night host to add some irreverence to the Morgan Neville-directed documentary, set to begin streaming March 17. Said Bono to the audience at downtown L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre, “The thing that Dave brought — I don’t know if you agree, Edge — is that he brought the comedy to the tragedy. And you know, there’s a reason why Willie Shakespeare wrote that form. And our music is just better with him around, I thought. Musically, it was better just by him being in the room, kind of taking the piss out of it.”

U2 is heading to Las Vegas!

The Irish rock band U2 are among the artists awarded the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.While the band's contribution on the U.S. culture began with its amazing catalogue of music dating back to its first release in 1980, they have also made a major impact as activists for non-profits and social justice causes both as U2 and as individuals.The day's event included a White House reception for band members, Bono (vocals), The Edge (guitar, vocal), Adam Clayton (bass) and Larry Mullen Jr.

Matt Damon and his wife-of-17-years Luciana Barroso, looked glamorous on the red carpet at the 45th Kennedy Center Honors at the White House on Sunday.The 52-year-old Good Will Hunting star, who recently discussed going into business with his BFF Ben Affleck, looked handsome as ever in a black tuxedo while Luciana, 46, showcased her slender frame in a sheer form-fitting gown over a black bra top.Luciana tucked her brunette tresses back in a wavy ponytail and accessorized with a large pair of silver earrings and light makeup.The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual event celebrating those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. Lovely couple: Matt Damon, 52, and his wife-of-17-years Luciana Barroso, 46, looked glamorous on the red carpet at the 45th Kennedy Center Honors at the White House on SundayThe Kennedy Awards have been presented annually since 1978, culminating each December in a gala celebrating five honorees. The event will be televised Wednesday, December 28th on CBS.The 2022 Honorees include: acclaimed actor and filmmaker George Clooney; contemporary Christian and pop singer-songwriter Amy Grant; legendary singer of soul, Gospel, R&B, and pop, Gladys Knight; Cuban-born American composer, conductor, and educator Tania León; and iconic Irish rock band U2, comprised of band members Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr.

Bono has recalled losing his mother when he was just 14, and says she was ‘never spoken of’ after her death.The rocker, who fronts one of the most successful bands of all time, grew up in Dublin in the 1960s and 1970s, back when he was Paul Hewson rather than the one-word moniker he’s best-known for today.Bono formed U2 while he was still at school, along with his classmates the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr, with the group enjoying massive success in the almost 50 years since.Known for his philanthropy and charity work almost as much as for his music, Bono has led a rollercoaster of a life – which is now all set to be laid out in public.The vocalist is due to release his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story in November, which details his life from his childhood in the Irish capital to his Band Aid activism, music career and everything in between.In anticipation of the memoir’s release, US outlet The New Yorker published an excerpt in which Bono reflects on the death of his mother, who tragically suffered a stroke on the day of his grandfather’s funeral.In devastating simplicity, Bono writes that he has ‘very few memories’ of his mother, and ‘the simple explanation is that, in our house, after she died she was never spoken of again.’He adds: ‘I fear it was worse than that.

“Sesame Street” was honored. The Eagles were honored in 2016 and Led Zeppelin in 2012.Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter said in an interview that her group has “worked really hard to think about ‘Are we including all of the performing arts?’” as it hands out its awards. She singled out Grant’s music in particular as a different genre being represented in the honors this year.“We’ve had gospel before.

U2 may be getting its own television series from Bad Robot.