U2 launch The Sphere venue in Las Vegas and our minds are appropriately boggled

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U2 have played the first show of their 25-show residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas, and the official photos are in.

Kicking off their run of U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere with a 22-song set, the band appeared to use every pixel of the highest resolution LED screen in the known universe, entertaining an audience of 18,600 that included the likes of Andre Agassi, Bryan Cranston, Chelsea Clinton, Dr. Dre, Flava Flav, Jane Seymour, Jason Bateman, Jeff Bezos, Jimmy Iovine, Jimmy Kimmel, Katy Perry, Lars Ulrich, Lebron James, Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom, Oscar De La Hoya, Maria Sharapova, Matt Damon, Paul McCartney and Snoop Dogg.

Full setlist below.

U2 onstage in Las Vegas — (Image credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

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U2: Las Vegas The Sphere setlist

Zoo Station
The Fly
Even Better Than the Real Thing
Mysterious Ways
One
Until the End of the World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
All I Want Is You
Desire
Angel of Harlem
Love Rescue Me
So Cruel
Acrobat
Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Love Is Blindness

Encore
Elevation
Atomic City
Vertigo
Where the Streets Have No Name
With or Without You
Beautiful Day

U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere 2023 dates

Oct 05: Las Vegas Sphere at The Venetian, NV
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