The Edge (left) and Bono Vox (right) have to rely on drummer Larry Mullen Jr. for their next U2 concerts. Photo: picture alliance/dpa/Jiji Press Photo
From BZ/dpa
Irish rock band U2 have announced a series of live shows in a new spherical multimedia arena in Las Vegas on the sidelines of the Super Bowl.
For the first time, the group will perform without one of its members: the ailing drummer and U2 founder Larry Mullen will be represented by Dutch drummer Bram van den Berg.
The concert series called “U2:UV (Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere)” is scheduled to start in September and open the MSG Sphere hall, as the band announced in a short film teaser at the NFL finals in Glendale (Arizona).
The shows are “gigantic than anything Las Vegas has ever seen before,” said singer Bono (62) in a radio interview with Irish broadcaster RTÉ.