U2’s residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas attracts fans from all over the world, as well as quite a few celebrities.
On Saturday night, the celebrity trio was spotted at a new venue just off the Las Vegas Strip, where Bono paid tribute to the “beautiful children” killed at an Israeli music festival.
Tom Hanks, 67, and Rita Wilson, 66, were captured on video of fans shaking their boots to the Irish rockers’ hit “It’s a Beautiful Day,” according to TMZ.
As the chorus began, the power couple danced and sang enthusiastically.
Nearby, 32-year-old Ed Sheeran clearly enjoyed the show, which was dedicated to the rock band’s 1991 album Achtung Baby.
The Forrest Gump star even took time during a break from the music to wave to a nearby fan.
U2 have signed on to open the $2.3 billion state-of-the-art concert venue with a three-month residency that opened in September and has been extended until March.
Tom, Rita and Ed are the latest Hollywood stars to take part in this unusual performance.
Paul McCartney, Adam Scott, Snoop Dogg, Ava DuVernay, Matt Damon, Bryan Cranston, Chelsea Clinton, Mario Lopez, Dakota Fanning, Darren Aronofsky, Diplo and Dr. Dre have attended the Sphere show in the past few weeks.
When McCartney watched Bono perform, he praised the former Beatle and played excerpts from Love Me Do, Blackbird and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
He also compared Sir Paul to Mozart and Brahms: “Just know that we love you. . . and we stole a lot of your songs,” he said.
Other stars who have attended The Circle include Elizabeth Banks, Flava Flav, Gayle King, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Bateman, Jeff Bezos, Jimmy Iovine, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Hamm, Josh Duhamel, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, LeBron James, Luke Wilson, Oprah, Orlando Bloom and Oscar De La Hoya.
U2 perform a two-hour set based on the Achtung Baby album, which includes a dazzling array of digital effects that will leave the audience reeling.
The circular screen is the highest resolution screen in the world: 19,000 by 13,500 pixels, located under a 366-foot-tall dome.
It’s also the world’s most sophisticated 16K screen.
“The exoskeleton features approximately 581,000 square feet of LED display: There are 1.2 million pucks, each containing 48 individual LEDs that can display 256 million different colors, turning the exterior into a monumental billboard,” reports Architectural Digest.
The digital show that accompanied U2’s performance took viewers on a journey that at times made them feel as if they were surrounded by the nearby Mojave Desert or hovering over the Las Vegas Strip.