10 photos show what it was like inside the mind-bending Las Vegas Sphere for the opening night of U2's residency

• The Sphere, a new performance venue in Las Vegas, Nevada, opened on Friday.

• The globe-shaped venue that features a floor-to-ceiling LED screen is home to U2's new residency.

• Take a look at some of the incredible visuals from inside the venue below.

The Sphere, a new performance venue in Las Vegas, Nevada, opened on Friday with the launch of U2's new 25-show residency.

The Irish rock band performed for more than two hours to an audience of 18,000 fans.

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The exterior and the interior of the globe-shaped venue feature a floor-to-ceiling wraparound LED screen that showed a host of stunning visuals.

At 336 feet tall and 516 feet wide, the venue has the world's largest and highest-resolution LED screen — and U2 certainly wowed the audience with some mind-blowing visuals.

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Before U2 took to the stage, Pauli The PSM warmed up the crowd with a DJ set from an LED-lined car in the middle of the crowd.

When U2 took to the stage, they began their with the screen displaying a blank cement wall...

... which gradually begins to crack and gives way to a bright, white light shining through in the shape of a cross.

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Elsewhere, the screen filled with animals such as snakes, birds, and butterflies as the band performed their 2000 hit "Beautiful Day."

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U2 sometimes used the screen to show them playing so those at the very back could see them.

The minimal stage featured just the band and their instruments on a revolve. It's not known if this is specific to U2 or will be retained for other acts at the Sphere.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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