U2 performs during The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, on May 14, 2017. Photo: Tim Durkan.

U2 used some valuable Super Bowl ad real estate to announce a 2023 residency at the MSG Sphere, the newest event venue and prime real estate along the Las Vegas Strip.

The Irish rock band will open the bubble-like dome, which is expected to offer state-of-the-art sound to all seats and video projected on many surfaces.

The show is titled “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere,” but it will not include all of U2. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr., dealing with an injury, will be temporarily replaced by Dutch drummer Bram van den Berg.

The residency will run on non-consecutive weekends from September through the winter, though exact dates and ticket prices have not been announced.

A website for the residence links to Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan system, which has been slammed recently by failures during Taylor Swift and Beyonce pre-sales.

The Super Bowl ad was reportedly filmed in January in Colombia, including some of U2’s super-fans from throughout the world. In the video, fans are transported from various locations around the world to the Southwest desert, where they are joined by Bono and the Edge as a silvery balloon (presumably not from China) hovers above them.

“So, are we doing this?” the Edge asks.

“We’d be mad not to,” Bono replies.

A baby then appears in the sphere and warns, “Achtung!”

“U2 hasn’t played live since December 2019, and we need to get back on stage and see the faces of our fans again,” the band, minus Mullen, Jr., said in a written statement. “And what a unique stage they’re building for us out there in the desert… We’re the right band, ACHTUNG BABY the right album, and the Sphere the right venue to take the live experience of music to the next level.”

MSG Sphere has the first 16K screen that wraps up, around, and behind the audience. Immersive sound delivers pitch-perfect audio to every seat, according to a news release. Performances will also include “4D technologies,” such as wind blowing in attendees’ faces, heat on their skin and the rumble of thunder. The venue has 17,500 seats and a scalable capacity up to 20,000 guests.

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