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Beautiful Pay: U2’s Vegas earnings may be the Sweetest Thing

U2’s 17-date Las Vegas residency should earn the band over €100 million, putting the band among the city’s highest-ever earners from concert series

U2: The Dublin band are set for a record payday of €100 million from its residency in the MSG Sphere.

U2 is set for a record payday of potentially more than €100 million from its residency in Las Vegas.

All 297,500 tickets for the concert series sold out last week in pre-sale, with no general sale being held.

The UV Achtung Baby performances will be held across 17 dates during the autumn at the 17,500-capacity MSG Sphere in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.

Previous tours have generated significant seven-figure revenues per concert, but the ...