Not done pro bono: U2 rumoured for residency at new €1.8bn Las Vegas arena

Dublin stadium-rockers will wear in the PA system at the Nevada gambling town's new MSG Sphere venue, the first in a series from the Madison Square Garden organisation

Bono on stage at Slane in 2001. Pic: Chris Bacon

Globe-trotting rock titans U2 will play the first performances at the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada when the $1.8 (€1.77) billion arena opens next year, according to a report in US music paper Billboard.

The dates will be part of "a multi-show residency" by the Dublin outfit at the new facility, spearheaded by Madison Square Garden Entertainment, and described as "offering fans a multi-sensory experience of sound and light inside the largest spherical structure ever created".