We have all the casting news you need to know for the Outlander prequel series, Outlander: Blood of My Blood!
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U2 wrapped up their residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere last night (March 2) by playing alongside Daniel Lanois and a pre-recorded Neil Finn.Lanois, who co-produced the band’s classic albums ‘The Joshua Tree’ and ‘Achtung Baby’, joined them on stage to play the latter record’s ‘One’.Additionally, U2 played a version of Crowded House’s ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’, a song they have been covering at recent shows. For this farewell performance, however, they were joined by the song’s writer Neil Finn, albeit virtually.Watch the performances of both tracks below.“The other day we got a beautiful e-mail from Neil Finn, who wrote this bewilderingly beautiful song,” Bono said ahead of ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’.
“Attached to the e-mail was a version of the song he said we could play whenever we wanted. It’s a new version that he did, and we’re going to try and record it.”As noted by Variety, the band’s drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who has been sitting out the Sphere shows as he recovers from neck surgery, was in attendance for the final show, watching from a box seat.
Bram van den Berg, from the band Krezip, has been filling in for Mullen for the run of shows.The band have been playing at the Venetian resort in the city since the end of September, in the state-of-the-art, 18,000 seated structure. The Sphere boasts 160,000 speakers and a dome-shaped wraparound LED screen.The ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby’ show ran for a total of 40 shows, and to mark that number, they pulled out their song ‘40’, from the 1983 album ‘War’ for its first live outing since 2016.Per Rolling Stone, Bono introduced the song by saying: “It’s been 40 days and 40 nights in the desert.
What’s a fellow with a messianic complex going to do? Here’s a song we wrote in 40 minutes. I
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Dave Grohl covered Paul McCartney’s ‘Live And Let Die’ during a benefit concert in New York this week – watch the fiery cover below. The performance took place during Grohl’s appearance at the Love Rocks NYC concert at Manhattan’s Beacon Theatre on Thursday (March 7), an annual event in aid of the charity God’s Love We Deliver. Also appearing at the benefit were artists including Tom Morello, The Black Keys, Nile Rodgers and Hozier.
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U2 have shared a clip of them singing ‘Beautiful Day’ for the final time at their Las Vegas residency at the Sphere. Check it out below.The Irish rock band wrapped up their shows at the already-iconic venue in Nevada over the weekend (March 2) – a residency which they started last September and saw them perform their 1991 album ‘Achtung Baby’ in its entirety for the first time.For the final instalment, U2 were joined by Daniel Lanois and played a pre-recorded performance from Neil Finn.
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Dave Grohl singing and dancing along to U2 at the final night of their Sphere residency has been doing the rounds on social media.The Foo Fighters frontman was among those at the Irish rock band’s final date of their MSG Sphere residency in Las Vegas this past weekend (March 2). A video taken by a fan at the show sees Grohl rocking out and singing along to U2’s ‘Beautiful Day’ while holding a glass of wine.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large On a windy evening in Las Vegas, U2 were finally reunited in the same arena for the first time in five years — sort of. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. attended Friday night’s penultimate U2 show at the Sphere in Las Vegas, where he watched from a box seat in the audience.
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Production on Outlander: Blood of My Blood began a few weeks ago, and now, there’s more casting news to share!
Joe Otterson TV Reporter The “Outlander” prequel series at Starz has cast four actors as younger versions of key characters from the original show. “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” has added Rory Alexander (“Inland,” “Pistol”), Sam Retford (“Hoard,” “Ackley Bridge”), Séamus McLean Ross (“Rebus,” “Payback”), and Conor MacNeill (“The Tourist,” “Industry”) to its cast. Alexander will play a young Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser, originally played by Duncan LaCroix.
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