Entertainment Music U2 Will 'Smash the Fourth Wall' with First Live Performance in 4 Years at New Las Vegas Residency at Sphere The band's residency at the all-new venue at The Venetian will kick off Sept. 29 By Ilana Kaplan Ilana Kaplan Ilana Kaplan is a Senior Digital Writer/Editor at PEOPLE. They have been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Their work has previously appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and more. People Editorial Guidelines Published on September 28, 2023 02:30PM EDT Close The Edge and Bono. Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Images/Getty Images It's a beautiful week for U2! On Sept. 29, the Irish rock band is set to kick off their Las Vegas residency on at The Venetian's new venue Sphere, where they'll make history as the first band to perform there. U2's opening show will mark four years since their last live performance. In an interview with CBS News, bandleader Bono, 63, opened up about returning to the spectacle-like nature of their performances. "That's what we started out wanting from the very beginning of the band is just to smash the fourth wall, get to our audience," Bono told the outlet. Bono and The Edge. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty U2 to Perform at New Vegas 'Sphere' for First Live Concerts in 4 Years After Super Bowl Ad Launch According to the publication, U2 worked with visual artists Marco Brambilla and Es Devlin "to create a truly immersive experience" for their residency. The residency — U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere — will feature 25 concerts and is set to run through Dec. 16. A press release says the residency "celebrates the band’s acclaimed album Achtung Baby, as well as its accompanying industry-defining ZOO TV Tour which broke the mold in 1991 and firmly establish the band’s reputation as artists who have consistently pushed the boundaries of live performance, with ground-breaking stage shows that embrace the latest in technology and innovation." Sphere holds 17,500 seats and features a scalable capacity up to 20,000 guests along with a new 16K screen that "wraps up, around, and behind the audience," per a release. In addition to kicking off their residency, U2 is set to share a new track on Sept. 29 with "Atomic City." The song, which a press release says captures "the magnetic spirit of '70s post punk with a nod to Blondie, whose pioneering work with Giorgio Moroder inspired and influenced the band," was produced by Jacknife Lee and Steve Lillywhite. “It’s a love song to our audience …’where you are is where I’ll be," says frontman Bono in a statement. According to CBS News, "Atomic City" seems to point to an "upcoming rock and roll album" from the legendary band. "Edge started to fall back in love with himself. No, with the sound of the guitar … and the potential of the guitar. And we fell in love with that sound, too," Bono told the publication. U2's Las Vegas residency was announced during Super Bowl 2023 with a commercial titled "U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere," telling fans they would be launching a brand-new venue in Las Vegas at The Venetian resort this fall. In February, it was revealed that drummer Larry Mullen Jr. would not be joining the band for the string of shows, as he needed to take time to undergo and recuperate from surgery. In his place, drummer Bram van den Berg will join Bono, guitarist The Edge and bassist Adam Clayton on stage. U2. Carlo Allegri/Getty U2's Bono and The Edge Look Back at Their Careers and Friendship in New Documentary Trailer: Watch Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "Bottom line, 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 said at the time. The band added that their new residency "is more than just a venue, it's a gallery, and U2's music is going to be all over the walls." "We all thought about it and decided we'd be mad not to accept the invitation," The Edge, 62, added of U2's shows at the venue.