U2 recognizes Larry Mullen Jr Beautiful Day at Sphere Concert (Unpublished) - March 1, 2024 4K
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- Bono does a shout out to Larry Mullen Jr who is in attendance at March 1, 2024 show at The Sphere in Las Vegas, NV
Note: Due to copyright concerns from UMG, the performance of Beautiful Day is not included with this video.
This video is presented as news and reporting on a public interest story (this is the first time that Larry Mullen Junior has been seen in proximity of the band since the recording of the Atomic City music video in September 2023). As such its use is protected by fair-use. Any claims of copyrighted content should be directed to me privately - I will challenge a copyright claim if the video does not contain music and is not tied to a published release of a U2 concert. - Hudba
Larry Mullen Jr is the heartbeat of U2
Wonderful to see the love between the band members. It's very uplifting. Thank you for sharing. Love and healing to Larry. 💝
Lots of love to Larry Mullen Jr. ❤
Exciting to see his return and that he is fine. From Argentina a big hug 🤗 🫶🇦🇷🇨🇮💜💖💚🦋🏳
Larry😭♥️ Wishing you well and a happy return!
Just think that's the first time Larry has seen U2 live👍
From a different seat hes used to
Why isn't he playing with them.
@@martymartin2894 neck surgery.
@@zeke1667 ok thanks
@@martymartin2894 Actually neck surgery, I believe.
Props to the fill in drummer for filling in so admirably
👍Larry has asked Bram exclusively to temporarily replace him. Bram did a very great job, just the way Larry wanted to see and hear.
Bram is such an amazing drummer and so glad the guys picked him. With that said....
Could you Imagine how hard it must have been for Larry to sit and watch the band he got together way back in the 70s play without him? It's like a guy injured in NHL hockey (or any sport for that matter) who has to sit on the sidelines while his team is playing for the Stanley Cup. My heat goes out to him! He'll be back...and Bram will welcome it with open arms. Both true gentlemen!
We need you Larry bc you’re part of our entire music life. Saw U2Sphere 2/15/24
We were there at same time. I was at February 15th show!!
That snippet of "Gloria" is the perfect icing on the "Beautiful Day" cake; thematically, they fit so well together. End with the "Blackbird" snippet (as U2 as have been doing with "Beautiful Day" for years), and you end with a blessing for spiritual renewal. U2's melding of themes together throughout a concert always is awe-inspiring; only Springsteen arguably does it as well as U2. This concert begins with human beings alienated from God ("I cannot find you") and ends with a blessing for spiritual renewal.
Good call on that thematic call back.
Which song suggests a person can't find God (or conversely, God can't find them)? The show opens with Zoo Station, which is more about materialism than a relationship with God.
@@kenrosenberg2485 the show opener is technically not "Zoo Station," but an untitled song that is partly pre-recorded and partly sung by Bono live as he walks on the stage. It is a revised version of the show opener that they used in the very early days of Zoo TV, back in 1992. Some say that it is either based on, or inspired by, an old Irish folk song. It evokes imagery of humanity in the garden of Eden and separation from God. It's a fitting opening for a tour focusing on Achtung Baby, which for a time was to be titled Adam, and which has as its central theme humanity's tendency to fall away from God.
Regarding "Zoo Station" itself, I, for one, have never seen any themes of materialism in it. Bono himself said back in the '90s that Achtung Baby begins with birth and ends with death. "Zoo Station" contains birth/baby imagery ("I'm ready/Ready for the push/In the cool of the night/In the warmth of the breeze//I'll be crawling around/On my hands and knees"), a subway setting ("just two stops down the line"), and pointers to God as well ("You know I'm under the sign of your love"). The sphere shows arguably play upon this by opening the song visually with a gigantic cross. Now I do see materialism on one level in "Even Better Than the Real Thing" ("We'll slide down the surface of things"), but not "Zoo Station." "Zoo Station" instead is largely concerned with not missing something over the passage of time-my thought back in the '90s was that it conveyed Bono's fear of missing his child's birth, although I don't really hold to that interpretation now. Bono's imagery of crawling is one he frequently uses with relation to God, particularly back in '90s songs; see the added live coda to "One" and the single version of "If God Will Send His Angels" for other examples.
And in terms of Achtung Baby ending with death, "Love Is Blindness" was inspired by a horrific Dublin car bombing. Bono wrote, or at least started on, the song during the Rattle and Hum era.
@@cw9817 Love your contextual breakdowns here - absolutely fascinating!
That was great. I love this people, their music and spirit.
❤Larry❤
Best band on earth so many brilliant memories of listening and watching them
Great U2! Great Larry M. Jr.!❤🥁 I love U2 since 1985! I was at many concerts in Germany last time 2019. 👍 I hope they ll come on tour to Europe & germany. Rock n Roll!🥁🎸🎤
I remember when they started in the Dandelion market in Dublin
Yep ,your spot on, back in the good old days,, now you bring the Diceman to mind..rip
Yes, I remember that too…
Bram was a wonderful replacement
Yes he was.
Absolutely. A brilliant choice on Larry’s part. Lovely guy too.
Biggest band on earth
Let Bono’s voice recover from the Sphere onslaught. It’ll never be the same but I’d love to hear a fresh Bono! There’s more on the table. It’ll just be fine dining not every day dinner. That’s a young man’s kitchen.
I saw this show at Sphere on January 31. Bono was in incredible voice that show even hitting high notes he hasn’t hit in years and doing so with perfect pitch. As far as it being a young man’s game, well hell. All of us were much better in our 20s and 30s than we are in our 60s. It’s just that back. Then, we didn’t have the wisdom, nor the experience to know how to use our talents fully so there’s value in seeing more experienced musicians.
I wonder what Larry’s first experience at a U2 concert was like? If it was anything like mine it’ll stay with him a lifetime.
As long as he doesn't turn into a fan who tries to get up on stage every night to be with his heroes... 😊
Its like touching heaven. Wow
I can see ALI sitting not far from Larry ! She is always so lovely ❤
💯‼️2️⃣1️⃣1️⃣2️⃣🇨🇦. Totally agree.
I don t think Larry leaves the band, because without him there s no U2..He s Back soon!!😊
Didnt he have back surgery, and is recovering from it? Hence why hes not touring with them at the moment?
@danielle5980
Thanks for the input 👍
I had no idea why he wasn't playing 😮
Last night of an EXTENDED gig, his voice may be a bit off. But when you have a tiny phone mike with thousands of people singing along in a venue like the Sphere, it's not going to sound as good as being there. Not many folks can hit the same notes in their 60's as they could in their 30'40's. I was there a couple a weeks ago, & his range isn't as good as it was, but he has better pipes than a majority of his contemporary singers.
Not only that, I think people are mistaking the acoustics being picked-up in videos as an accurate representation of what it sounds like in the venue. That’s not the case. The DB tech is hyper-focused, so an omni mic is never going to accurately reproduce what it sounds like in-venue.
The haters are so tiring.
No hate here, big fan, saw them many times, BUT the sphere is indeed sterile, without soul. Only and simply an opinion.
I actually found it one of the most intimate U2 concerts. It was wonderful!
Beautiful Sweet Magic,
Not enough o's in the word to describe Larry Mullen Jr ☘️
❤❤❤❤❤
💜💜💜
🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚
Poor Larry,even on sick leave he has to sit and watch the show
Such a cool moment. We were a few sections over
Nice acoustical echo.🥀
If Larry’s parents named him Lenny I don’t think there would be a band named U2. I can see it, Bono Adam and edge read a note on the school board about some guy wanting to start a band: “Lenny Mullen jr?!! Who the f is that?”
Well he wouldn't be Jr for a start, his father wasn't called Lenny..
U2 WILL ALWAYS BE BONO, EDGE, ADAM AND LARRY. END OF.
Afuckinmen user. The man on the drums, tries everyday to keep us in, a very own James Dean on the drums Larry Mullen Jr
Damn…. The crowd is dead here….
Bono: We are going to sing with or without you in the sphere
Larry: Ok, sounds good.
Larry some time later: WTF????!!!
Larry che sorride 😃
They should pay Paul Waaktaar-Savoy for this!
Free willy
It may just be me, but Bono sounds like Dick Van Dyke from Mary Poppins.
No wonder the drummer couldn’t be arsed playing with them.
I love the cynical couple to the right of Larry that have no idea what is going on, then take a selfie of themselves and not Larry Mullen Jr....lol.
Haha. Classic Vegas VIP concert goer 😂
They don’t seem cynical to me. Just having fun
Nope. “You” have no idea what’s going on. They were taking a picture of themselves displayed on the massive screen that was highlighting Mullen and they were in frame. It was actually quite clever of them.
An obvious expert in cynicism but not this time. It's a beautiful moment so glad you are no where near the good people at the show this night. 🖕🏽
Larry’s wife on his right
In what section were you??
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@calebu2 we were 303 last Saturday and I thought you looked like you were on the same level as us! Amazing show!!!
Thanks for posting this video!! Loved it!!
That snippet of "Gloria" is the perfect icing on the "Beautiful Day" cake; thematically, they fit so well together. End with the "Blackbird" snippet (as U2 as have been doing with "Beautiful Days" for years), and you end with a blessing for spiritual renewal. U2's melding of themes together throughout a concert always is awe-inspiring; only Springsteen comes close to doing it as well. This concert begins with human beings alienated from God ("I cannot find you") and ends with a blessing for spiritual renewal.
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It must be odd for him to actually watch a U2 show
I bet mixing in that place is a nightmare.
I’ve heard it’s anything but once you get your head around the tight beam tech.
safe and effective
Fantastic looking arena, stage is crap mind you.
It’s too bad that a band like Rush couldn’t have taken this Stage.
These fans have no clue. Rush forever.
big u2 fan here. and i love Rush! They would have done great imo @@youropionmattersnot
Why was Larry Mullen Jr replaced?
A temporary switch. He had back surgery. It’s a condition that’s plagued him for sometime.
@@seamustheterrible3978yeah, drumming can be hard on the back over time. I remember reading an article with Alex Van Halen where he was saying how as part of his workout, he replaced running with swimming since it was “easier on his back”
So yeah… drummer’s back problems are something for any group to plan ahead for. And Larry Mullen Jr will be back at it soon enough
This aint U2 anymore.
Bono get out off the group. The rest is fine.
@@AbcVanbruggen even if Bono quit the band, which I can’t see happening… he DOES have plenty to keep himself busy with his activism cleaeing mines and unexploded ordinance from war torn nations
There is and always will be plenty of work in that field
@@MyVideos-fm7ug
Thats a beautyfull answer.
I can respect that.
Live lucky
So is U2 locked in this sphere now?
4 million a night. a million a piece each night, not bad. last show was march 2.
@@fredsmith6324 the drummer doesn t get a million a night.
@@kuminamoja yeah i know, most certainly not. he's probably salaried at a million for the whole residency, something like that. mr. mullen probably get's close a quarter share even though he's not playing, since he's part of the brand.
As an old, life-long U2 fan, sadly, I must say they're finished, especially Bono whose voice had gone long time ago and their songs now are just la la la,nothing else, time to call it a day, really.
Yes Bono’s vice is not what it use to be but the musicianship was phenomenal.especially edge guitar playing
Wow, he’s more yelling than singing😂
Boner in Las Vegas! He should sing some Sinatra or Elvis. Maybe the goodfellas could show him where the bodies are buried.
Lmfao
Bono's voice ?😢 ....Time to go eze beach to have a rest
Why can’t he just sing like he does in the original song….
Sounds like a couple of cats fighting
The title should say playing, because there s no singing
Big surprise, the trolls are out in a big way! Bands have bad nights and cell phone recordings are low quality. Of course, they’re not the same - who is? Ever listen to the Stones live recordings in the 70s and 80s? Total dogshit! In later years they sounded much better. I’m sure U2 has some good nights in them still.
If you paid a thousand a ticket, you would be pissed....
Exactly- I saw the Stones Live in Orlando, Fl in the early 80s and they sounded alot better than they did in their records or recordings of live performances in the 60s and 70s.
Karaoke 🎤 night ...Bono brutal singing ffs
i dont like the stage, so sterile, loveless...
I agree. I love U2, and have done for many years, seeing them on ZooTV, Elevation at Slane and 360 tours, and as incredible a venue as the Sphere is, the stage feels disconnected from everything - including the audience.
I think a semi-circular stage the length of the staging area arking out into the audience would have worked far better.
I acknowledge none of them are as young and lithe as they once were, but there are times where even Bono feels constricted by the dimensions of the deck.
Other than that, I’m real proud of them for being the band to kick off the Sphere. Definitely the right choice - also, talking of “right choices”, absolute kudos and respect to the lovely Bram for stepping up and killing it every night. 🥁
Not much of a crowd
lol. Sold Out EVERY show.
It seats 20k and they sold out every show...40 of them
@@soonerpoker not what I meant, it was a dull crowd.
@@TheGwhitey9 hats off to that, but what a dull crowd of concert-goers
Those smartphone-filmed bootleg videos can‘t be filmed while dancing and/or singing.
I'm not a big U2 fan , but this is bizarre .
It's Wonka Vision !
Lost the Magic, 🙄
Nope
U2 is nothing with out larry!!!
Bull the dutch krezip drummer is as good even better.
God these shows just seem to fall flat as a live event. Watch footage from their 2001 Elevation Tour from Boston and you’ll see what I mean
They were also over 20 yrs younger.
Have you been there in person? I've been to 3 concerts and they were anything other than flat.
How many of these shows at Sphere have you attended?
Clown
@@TheGwhitey9AGREED!
😢 pls stop!
Larry aint coming back, dudes 😑
This Fake 2 not U2 because they haven't got Larry Mullen Jr on drums and this isn't Beautiful Day it's Fake Day.
And you are fake.
Everything’s *ucking fake
The Music is Fake
Women are Fake
Politicians are Fake
But one thing that is Real
Mick Jagger 💋
Bull, The dutch Krezip drummer is as good or even better.
Bram is maybe an even better drummer, but I know what you mean. It's the feeling you have of so long time you know U2.
Somebody needs a diaper changed...
I love U2 but that was awful
Bono’s voice has been awful for many years now :(
I have loved U2 since 1985....but I can't disagree. Bono's voice has gotten worse has he gets older. Plus the acoustics in this place are not very flattering to their sound. I still love them and hope for some new music eventually but Bono may have to hang it up sooner than later. ☹
terrible quality....
At least he has kept his weight in check not like Elvis at the end of his career.
This is not the U2 I remember, this is a fat Elvis louge act. Bono isn't even trying to sing the songs anymore, he's talking them.
He's turning into David Lee Roth/Vince Neil.
It's the last day from 40. I'm realy surprised that even came out any sound from him.
Larry formed U2 if it wasn’t for him they wouldn’t be standing there
…and Bono humbly acknowledged that fact directly from the stage in this very video.
He didn’t form U2. He just gathered some kids who wanted to play. They formed U2 together.
*Check out Jon and his semantics everyone!*
Bonos voice has completely gone. Sounds terrible not even singing the lines properly 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
Just this video. He sounds perfectly fine. Was there last Friday. No issues with his voice.
@@stuartod1I agree. I’ve seen plenty of Sphere videos. He sounds great
I was there a couple of weeks ago. Bono’s voice is still great. Sounds like it may be the video
Ah, guys, despite of all but the sound is really bad. I dont even know how to get this bad sound of a Shure Mike unless you've studied to do so. The band is save as a rock, but the mixer is sooo bad. Man, whattyu done? With a Shure on stage you can make all things right and natural. Hooh. The band made it great, but the mixer's just screwed it. Things happen as always. Cheers!
Sound of sphere is so sofisticated, phone cant record
@@alessioalfonzetti1113 ok. Can imagine. I expected to hear the PA system been trimmed for it. This is basically done by comparing the air sound with the originally intended sound and put that diff on the EQ - instrument by instrument. I've been doing that manually (with my ears only) in an old church-like building - and I am a singer, not mixer - we had none. We dropped all echo and reverb effects as well. The result wasnt perfect but a real cool feeling. The audience confirmed! This manual proc took 2 hours.... I expect them to have some digital processors for faster results. 🤪🥸🤘
It's a pity Bono is now a Davos puppet.
Yeeeeeees!
Ridiculous like all the dinosaurs of their period who persist in not wanting to be just an old memory. These people don't do it for the money anymore I'm sure it's just all they are. I appreciated U2 from Boy Girl to The Joshua Tree, seen them around Europe in small and energetic shows until they believed in what they were doing then I canceled them, it's been a long time.
You saw them, you didn't seen them
You are tired. They were great at the Sphere.
Ya peeps, I understand. They don't know anything else kinda like i have the bully from Seymore Indiana John mellencamp coming to town at 71 years old and sounds like meth-amucill but like I said, they keep showing up to the shows
He's back he wants the 💰. seriously yhough larry knew when it was time to go and he was right the band sounds awful.
Didnt he have back surgery and recovering from it? Hence why hes not touring with them at the moment?
Is Larry vax injured or does he just think that bono's voice is gone and he doesn't want to insult the magnificent history of live shows they have done.
Vax injured smfh go away. Oh sorry just saw your username, another script generated bot attack lovely. F off
He had neck surgery.
Vax injured 😂😂😂
Still dining out on that shit are you? Wasn’t everyone meant to of dropped dead a year back…… muppet 😂😂
I thought he was out due to back surgery, and was recovering from the surgery, hence why hes not on this tour.
@@danielle5980 exactly correct, not the nonsense the bots spew
That was fake. Larry wasn’t there
QAnon anyone?
@@paulhargreaves1497 I was at that show. Were u?
Bono sounds horrible. Add him to the list of those older guys whose voice has left the building- Axl, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel.
Huh?
I went a couple of weeks ago. Bono’s voice is still great. I think it is the video…
WTH?
David Lee Roth and Vince N top that list.
U2 never had the musical talent that Thin Lizzy had. Phil Lynott , Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, were Irelands best.
I saw Thin Lizzy open for Queen in Calgary Feb of 1977. One of the 5 worst bands I saw live, ever. Queen one of the 5 best.
@@kevinmccloskey2525: Are you sure it wasn’t Queen opening for Thin Lizzy?
TL opened. @@Driver2616
You funny
Sounds like a karaoke bar. How much money do these guys need? 600 million not enough? I would be irate if I paid a grand a ticket for that crap.
Get off my lawn shipwreck
It sounded like Bono is sick of singing this song. Lol Or ready to go home for the night.
Give him a break he's about 64 years old - a grand daddy.
The mouth says about IS full ish !!
gli u2 sono stati una grande band, negli anni 80 e 90. li ricordo con gioia quando ero giovane e con gli amici godevo ai loro concerti...
U2 was the band of my youth. It hurts to see them so lame and decadent now. They should have stopped years ago.
You should have stopped hours ago.
Why should they stop? Cause they may embarrass you?
No, they are not the u2 of your childhood or mine but not everything is about us.
One day U2 will be done for reals and it won’t change a thing.
Let’s see you get up there and attempt to do 5 minutes of something.
Because they are shit
@@irishrebel1360 Just like you!
I reluctantly agree with you. Rush aged pretty well. U2 should be better-rehearsed or just stop.
They sound awful. A shadow of their former self. Age. Time to hang it up ?
And when the venue is the attraction, it ain't rock 'n roll baby.
Bono’s voice just isn’t right.
Spend all that money on a ticket and then they waste your time with a bunch of talking.
You could have stayed home and listen to the albums.
Most popular terrible band of all time.
You done pissing on here multiple times? Don’t watch. Don’t go. Instead you come here and complain.
So glad you weren’t at any shows flumper
@@bonolover360 ya imagine sitting by that person.…or in front of them and hearing the bitching and moaning.
@@atrain84 I went to the 10/8 show by myself in my row was a family of 4 from Brazil so fun, we sang, laughed, danced! The couple on the end fought all night left before Beautiful Day!
@@bonolover360 man that would be a downer!
I was bummed in Oct that we couldn’t stand (section 406). But in section 100 and on the floor…standing and jumping!
This a'int U2 anymore.
Bono get out, youre voice is terrible.
The rest is still fine.