September 5 will likely be a fantastic day for U2 followers. V-U2: An Immersive Live performance Movie at Sphere Las Vegas will open that night time on the state-of-the-art venue the place it was shot. Watch a trailer above.
Directed by Morleigh Steinberg and the band’s founding guitarist The Edge, V-U2 chronicles the Irish megaband’s “U2:UV Achtung Child Stay at Sphere” residency from September 2023 by way of March. It’s the first movie shot totally with Massive Sky’s Sphere Leisure’s ultrahigh-resolution digicam system.
“The objective was to offer the immersive moviegoers as near the dwell U2:UV live performance expertise as doable — after which some,” The Edge stated. “I’ve by no means seen a U2 present. I’m so relieved I caught an amazing one.”
Added Steinberg: “We knew all of the great capabilities of the know-how, however we didn’t know what to anticipate from the method of constructing this movie. The work turned a real collaboration between band, artists, producers and know-how groups. The tip result’s a cinematic expertise that transports viewers into the power and fantastic thing about the dwell present.”
Right here’s a tease of the a few of the band’s Sphere residency, which was directed by Willie Williams:
U2 has been thrilling dwell audiences for happening half a century, promoting out stadiums around the globe, profitable 22 Grammys and shifting greater than 53 million albums within the U.S. alone. Shaped in Dublin in 1976, the band nonetheless options The Edge, lead singer Bono, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullin Jr.
No phrase but on how lengthy V-U2 will display at Sphere. For many who may not give you the option make it to Sin Metropolis by then, the present will go on with or with out you.
