Watch U2 joined by Daniel Lanois and pre-recorded Neil Finn at final Vegas Sphere show

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U2 wrapped up their residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere last night (March 2) by playing alongside Daniel Lanois and a pre-recorded Neil Finn.Lanois, who co-produced the band’s classic albums ‘The Joshua Tree’ and ‘Achtung Baby’, joined them on stage to play the latter record’s ‘One’.Additionally, U2 played a version of Crowded House’s ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’, a song they have been covering at recent shows.

For this farewell performance, however, they were joined by the song’s writer Neil Finn, albeit virtually.Watch the performances of both tracks below.“The other day we got a beautiful e-mail from Neil Finn, who wrote this bewilderingly beautiful song,” Bono said ahead of ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’. “Attached to the e-mail was a version of the song he said we could play whenever we wanted.

It’s a new version that he did, and we’re going to try and record it.”As noted by Variety, the band’s drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who has been sitting out the Sphere shows as he recovers from neck surgery, was in attendance for the final show, watching from a box seat.

Bram van den Berg, from the band Krezip, has been filling in for Mullen for the run of shows.The band have been playing at the Venetian resort in the city since the end of September, in the state-of-the-art, 18,000 seated structure.