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U2, Phish and Dead & Company showcase stunning visuals at the Las Vegas Sphere
![The Sphere is now the most noticeable structure on the Las Vegas Strip.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884760007-sphere-091523-393-enhanced-nr.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The Sphere is now the most noticeable structure on the Las Vegas Strip.
Sphere Entertainment![The atrium of the Sphere can be customized to suit whichever artist is in residency.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884313007-sphere-092723-0784.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The atrium of the Sphere can be customized to suit whichever artist is in residency.
Rich Fury![U2 blazed a trail as the first act to play the Sphere in Las Vegas when it opened in September 2023.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884752007-u-2-110123-3315.jpg?width=640&height=427&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
U2 blazed a trail as the first act to play the Sphere in Las Vegas when it opened in September 2023.
Ross Stewart![Bono (left) and the Edge, share an intimate moment during a Sphere show in February 2024.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884301007-1-y-1-a-3518-copy.jpg?width=472&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Bono (left) and the Edge, share an intimate moment during a Sphere show in February 2024.
Ross StewartU2 takes a bow on the penultimate night of their 40-show run at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
Rich Fury![U2 faces the crowd of more than 18,000 at the Las Vegas Sphere.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884305007-1-y-1-a-4843-copy.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
U2 faces the crowd of more than 18,000 at the Las Vegas Sphere.
Ross Stewart![U2 engaged with a room full of digits during "The Fly" at their Las Vegas Sphere residency that started in September 2023 and played 40 dates into 2024.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884310007-copyright-stufish-u-2-29-sept-234964.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
U2 engaged with a room full of digits during "The Fly" at their Las Vegas Sphere residency that started in September 2023 and played 40 dates into 2024.
Stufish Entertainment Architects![Bono lets out a roar at U2's Nov. 1, 2023 concert at the Sphere in Las Vegas.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884314007-u-27.jpg?width=529&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Bono lets out a roar at U2's Nov. 1, 2023 concert at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
Rich Fury![Bono (left) and Adam Clayton share a moment during the Nov. 4 show at the Sphere in Las Vegas.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884730007-u-2-110423-16772.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Bono (left) and Adam Clayton share a moment during the Nov. 4 show at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
Rich Fury![Phish got friendly with fish during their Las Vegas shows at the Sphere in April 2024.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884302007-1261-240419-phish-sphere-las-vegas-photo-rene-huemer.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Phish got friendly with fish during their Las Vegas shows at the Sphere in April 2024.
Rene Huemer![At the April 18 opening of their 2024 residency at the Sphere, Phish had a few glimpses of the band.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884304007-phish-sphere-2024-0418-211041-alivecoverage.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
At the April 18 opening of their 2024 residency at the Sphere, Phish had a few glimpses of the band.
Rene Huemer![Phish came equipped with different visuals for each of the four nights they played the Sphere in Las Vegas in April.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884307007-phish-sphere-2024-0418-2323121054-alivecoverage.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Phish came equipped with different visuals for each of the four nights they played the Sphere in Las Vegas in April.
Sphere Entertainment![Phish got artsy on the third of the four nights they played at the Las Vegas Sphere in April.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884309007-phish-sphere-2024-0420-211950-alivecoverage.jpg?width=528&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Phish got artsy on the third of the four nights they played at the Las Vegas Sphere in April.
Sphere Entertainment![Phish utilized all of the technology the Las Vegas Sphere has to offer during its April run of shows.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884308007-phish-sphere-2024-0421-233609-alivecoverage.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Phish utilized all of the technology the Las Vegas Sphere has to offer during its April run of shows.
Sphere Entertainment![A Dead & Company mascot made a vivid appearance during the band's opening weekend of concerts at the Sphere in May 2024.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884306007-deadcosphere-2024-0517-alive-coverage.jpg?width=528&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Dead & Company mascot made a vivid appearance during the band's opening weekend of concerts at the Sphere in May 2024.
Courtesy Dead & Company![Dead & Company paid homage to their Haight-Ashbury roots with a spectacular display during the May 16, 2024 opening of their Sphere residency in Las Vegas.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884312007-dead-company-rich-fury-1-sphere-entertainment.jpg?width=529&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Dead & Company paid homage to their Haight-Ashbury roots with a spectacular display during the May 16, 2024 opening of their Sphere residency in Las Vegas.
Rich Fury![Images of Dead & Company mingled with dazzling graphics during the band's May 17, 2024, show at the Las Vegas Sphere.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884938007-deadcosphere-2024-0516-1949000974-alivecoverage-enhanced-nr.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Images of Dead & Company mingled with dazzling graphics during the band's May 17, 2024, show at the Las Vegas Sphere.
Sphere Entertainment![Hundreds of backstage passes from the history of the Grateful Dead papered the walls of the Sphere during the Dead & Company opening show May 16, 2024.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884939007-deadcosphere-2024-0516-2044252262-alivecoverage.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Hundreds of backstage passes from the history of the Grateful Dead papered the walls of the Sphere during the Dead & Company opening show May 16, 2024.
Sphere Entertainment![Trippy graphics were a natural fit for Dead & Company during opening weekend of their Las Vegas Sphere residency in May.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884940007-deadcosphere-2024-0518-2155479723-alivecoverage.jpg?width=528&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Trippy graphics were a natural fit for Dead & Company during opening weekend of their Las Vegas Sphere residency in May.
Sphere Entertainment![A live image of the full moon outside the Sphere in Las Vegas was incorporated into the Dead & Company show May 25, 2024.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884941007-dead-forever-sphere-may-24-chloe-weir-10.jpg?width=528&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A live image of the full moon outside the Sphere in Las Vegas was incorporated into the Dead & Company show May 25, 2024.
Chloe Weir![Dead & Company paid tribute to legendary basketball player, sportscaster and known Deadhead Bill Walton at its May 30 Sphere concert.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/31/USAT/73923377007-jay-blakesberg-may-30-202426961-1.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Dead & Company paid tribute to legendary basketball player, sportscaster and known Deadhead Bill Walton at its May 30 Sphere concert.
Jay Blakesberg![Dead & Company say goodbye to basketball legend and noted Deadhead Bill Walton at their May 30 Sphere show in Las Vegas.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/31/USAT/73923378007-jay-blakesberg-may-30-202427119.jpg?width=586&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Dead & Company say goodbye to basketball legend and noted Deadhead Bill Walton at their May 30 Sphere show in Las Vegas.
Jay Blakesberg![When live music isn't taking over the Sphere, the immersive Darron Aronofsky's "Postcard From Earth" film can be viewed.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/28/USAT/73884311007-sphere-092823-2343-3.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
When live music isn't taking over the Sphere, the immersive Darron Aronofsky's "Postcard From Earth" film can be viewed.
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