U2

V-U2 at Sphere Las Vegas

Chapters:   Achtung Baby Live  •  General Admission  •  Zoo Station at the Venetian  •  V-U2  •  Sphere Experience and Postcard from Earth  •  Vegas Legends  •  Venetian and Tao Beach  •  Vegas, Baby!

“I went out walking through streets paved with gold. Lifted some stones, saw the skin and bones of a city without a soul.”
The Wanderer from Zooropa, lyrics by Bono

“Seeing how the Sphere lobby and AI experience was overhauled for the V-U2 experience was a special treat for me.”
Mattopia Jones
(comment made to the Times via the Satellite of Love from parts unknown)

The Wanderer

A highlight of the V-U2 Sphere lobby experience is the sound wall. There are four stations and as listeners stand in each of the four spots, they hear four different, precise aural experiences. This an update to the Postcard from Earth experience, which featured different instruments, as I recall. Now, for V-U2, the audio channels are pulled from a very, very special recording of The Wanderer from U2's Zooropa.

1. Drums and percussion
2. Bono's tracking vocals for Johnny Cash to use as a guide (this Sphere presentation is the first time this track has been played for the public)
3. Johnny Cash's lead vocals track
4. Synthesizers and backing harmony vocals

Great, great song. And, with a lyric like "I went out walking under an atomic sky, where the ground won't turn, and the rain it burns like the tears when I said goodbye," it's so fitting to be heard in this unique way in Las Vegas, also known as Atomic City.

The Wanderer Part II

While watching V-U2, I do believe I spotted myself off the rail, on Edge's side.

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