This September, U2 start their long-awaited residency at the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas, a fully immersive visual and sonic experience that will — yet again — move the dial on live performance. More than a decade ago they reinvented the stadium experience with their 360 tour, while this new adventure is set to rival the Abba show for ingenuity. Unlike Abba Voyage, U2 will be performing in person, although you can easily imagine that in 40 or so years’ time, they will have been replaced by such sophisticated multi-D holograms that they will seem almost real.
Almost, but not quite. Which is why it’s important to enjoy U2 now, or indeed any of the extraordinary artists who currently populate the rock and pop ecosystem — and I’m not talking about Coldplay, Beyoncé or Ed Sheeran.
