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The Latest Breaking News from U2

Las Vegas Sphere arena posts $98.4m loss as key executive quits

Sphere has been open to public just over one month

The Independent UK

“I decided to switch from amplifiers to digital emulators”: The Edge confirms he has ditched his tube amps for Universal Audio’s UAFX pedals for U2’s Sphere residency

Confirmation of the tube amp loyalist’s defection to digital comes after speculation emerged on the internet earlier this week

Guitar World

The Edge confirms his switch from amps to Universal Audio's UAFX pedals for U2's Las Vegas Sphere shows: "It's a case of high-level complexity to make it sound simple"

Even better than the real thing? The U2 guitarist reveals to MusicRadar what he's using

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Harry Styles Officially Debuts His Buzz Cut & The Comments Are As Deranged As You’d Expect

Change is scary but I welcome this new era.

Pedestrian.tv

Harry Styles appears to have shaved his head - and fans think it's all down to Taylor Swift

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Marie Claire

"We’re all really happy with the way things are": why watching U2 reminded Mike Mills why R.E.M. will never reunite

R.E.M. might be releasing a 25th-anniversary edition of Up next month, but don't expect to see the band back together, ever

Louder

Lady Gaga makes surprise appearance at U2's Las Vegas show

The singer performed Shallow, All I Want Is You and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For with the band on Wednesday night

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‘Like the Three Tenors, but with drummers’: Budgie, Lol Tolhurst and Jacknife Lee on their supergroup rebirth

The drummers from the Banshees and the Cure joked about a collaboration until – with megaproducer Lee on board – they were soon jamming with The Edge and Bobby Gillespie. They talk pop, alcoholism and leaving the UK

The Guardian - UK

U2 announce extra gigs at Las Vegas Sphere

$2.3bn venue opened last month

The Independent UK

'Consent': Film adaptation of French memoir recounting adolescent abuse by older man

In this roundup of the week's arts and culture news, we look at Irish rock group U2's musical tribute to the victims of the Hamas assault at the Supernova desert dance festival. In light of the unprecedented violence in Israel and Gaza, the Arab World Institute in Paris decides to…

France 24

U2 pay tribute to ‘beautiful kids’ killed in Israel’s Supernova festival attack during Las Vegas residency

The Irish rock band changed the lyrics of their track Pride (In the Name of Love) to honour the victims at the Supernova Sukott festival

Evening Standard

U2 honour ‘beautiful kids’ killed in Israel’s Supernova festival attack with changed Pride lyrics

Irish rock band referred to those who lost their lives as ‘stars of David’ in rewritten lyrics of their song ‘Pride (In the Name of Love)’

The Independent UK

U2 change lyrics to Pride to honour ‘beautiful kids’ killed at Israeli music festival

During Las Vegas show, Bono says ‘in the light of what’s happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about non-violence seems somewhat ridiculous’

The Guardian - AU

U2 changes song lyrics to honour hundreds of victims killed in Israel music festival massacre

Irish rock band referred to those who lost their lives as ‘stars of David’ in rewritten lyrics of their song ‘Pride (In the Name of Love)’

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

No one knows what to make of the $2.3bn Las Vegas Sphere

Las Vegas Sphere’s opening weekend took place on 29 September with a U2 concert

The Independent UK

People aren’t sure what to make of the $2.3bn Las Vegas Sphere: ‘Truman Show’

Las Vegas Sphere’s opening weekend took place on 29 September with a U2 concert

USA Today Sports Media Group

UFC fights at the Sphere? Dana White zones in on Mexican Independence Day for potential debut

U2 at the Sphere in Las Vegas has made all the international headlines. Could the UFC be next? Dana White likes the odds.

Evening Standard

What is the Las Vegas Sphere? Music arena reveals nearly $100 million loss in latest quarter

The loss was announced around a week after the CFO resigned

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The Guardian - UK

Don’t play the hits! Rarities are one of the great joys of live music

From the National to U2 and Taylor Swift, artists are digging beyond their best-known songs to affirm the connection they share with their loyal fans

Evening Standard

U2 at the Madison Square Gardens Sphere in Las Vegas review: this could be the greatest show on earth

With the largest LED screen in the world, the Sphere has bells, whistles and everything in between. It cost more than $2 billion and you can see every dollar

Evening Standard

What was Live Aid? West End musical to pay tribute to benefit concert

One of the most famous concerts of all time is set to have its tale told on stage, but what was it all about?

The Independent UK

U2 concert uses stunning visuals to open massive Sphere venue in Las Vegas

Two helicopters zoomed through the starlit skies before producing spotlights over a Las Vegas desert and U2 frontman Bono, who kneeled to ground while singing “Vertigo.”

The Independent UK

James Dolan's sketch of the Sphere becomes reality as the venue opens with a U2 show in Las Vegas

It started as a crude sketch — a circle with a stick person inside

Louder

"Impeccable, clear and soulful in equal measure": Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson album review

Robbie Robertson hooked up with producer Daniel Lanois for his debut solo album, conjuring up a fashionably atmospheric twist to his ongoing fascination with American culture

Guitar World

“For me, a power chord is laziness”: Rolling Stones, U2 and XTC producer Steve Lillywhite explains why certain uses of power chords are “not art”

They're used in many of music's most famous songs and form the bedrock of numerous styles, but super-producer Lillywhite isn't overly keen on power chords – here's why

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