The band (Larry Mullen Jr. included) perform and shoot music video on Fremont Street ahead of their U2 UV: Achtung Baby residency at the MSG Sphere
and company performed the track a couple times during the show, which doubled as a music video shoot for the video’s rumored release later this month.
“Atomic City” takes its title from Las Vegas’ nickname during the days of nuclear bomb testing in the 1950s, when tourism spiked both from gambling and the ability to view the tests in the desert outskirts of the city. Bono described the track as a “rock n’ roll 45 [rpm single] in the tradition of late-Seventies post-punk, Blondie, the Clash.”
During the pop-up concert, Bono noted how the band previously “performed” on Fremont Street: They filmed their along the same road in April 1987 when The Joshua Tree Tour brought them to Las Vegas; acknowledging their history on Fremont Street, U2 also performed their stripped-downNotably, the video shoot featured the band accompanied by drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who will not be partaking in the MSG Sphere residency while he continuesfrom back surgery; for the U2 UV: Achtung Baby shows, Dutch drummer Bram van den Berg will serve as his replacement.
“The four of us recorded the song. Sadly, Larry Mullen Jr. won’t be with us at the Sphere,” Bono told the crowd,
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