U2 at Sphere: The 40-Show Las Vegas Residency That Grossed $244.5 Million (2023–24)

U2 opened Las Vegas’s Sphere with U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, a 40-show residency that ran from Sept. 29, 2023 to March 2, 2024. It drew 663,000 fans and grossed $244.5 million, making it the fourth-highest-grossing concert residency of all time.

The show was built around the 1991 album Achtung Baby. It was first announced as 25 shows through December 2023, then extended with 15 more in 2024.

U2 without Larry Mullen Jr.

Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. sat out the residency to recover from surgery. It was the first time since 1978 that U2 had performed without him.

Dutch drummer Bram van den Berg of the band Krezip took his place for all 40 shows.

The Sphere show

Willie Williams designed the show with Es Devlin and Ric Lipson, and his agency Treatment Studio made all the video. The band played on a stage shaped like a record player, borrowed from Brian Eno’s “Turntable” art installation.

Around and above the audience was a 16K wraparound LED screen covering 160,000 sq ft.

The V-U2 film

An immersive concert film of the residency, V-U2, began screening exclusively at Sphere in September 2024.

After Sphere

Sphere was U2’s last full run of shows before their 50th anniversary year. Their next tour, the Carnaval de Luz world tour, opens Feb. 23, 2027 in Mexico City. See which Sphere-era songs might return on the expected U2 setlist.