Achtung! Interactive U2 Experience Coming To The Venetian

Could you pick a better band to open the multi-billion dollar Sphere venue than U2? We think not. This will be a show like Las Vegas has never seen before, and The Venetian Resort Las Vegas is playing the perfect neighbor with the ultimate experience for fans!

Zoo Station: A U2:UV Experience plans on being the epicenter for U2 fans pre- and post-show. The project is a collaboration between the band, their creative director Gavin Friday and Vibee, according to the press release. The over 12,000 square foot venue will feature two stories of stories, exclusive merch and imagery.

The second floor of the venue will feature a cozy theater that will feature film screenings throughout the day. Everything from original documentaries to unreleased concert footage and more! It is cozy so expect tickets to go as fast as the main affair next door at the Sphere. If you shell out some coin, people that spring for the Vibee VIP package will get free tickets for each screening through the day.

Zoo Station opens at The Venetian on September 28th and is expected to stay open through November 4th. It will re-open December 1st through December 16th. The schedule coincides with the band's shows at the Sphere. Visit the website for more details.

Listen carefully if you are not Bono-inclined. This is a U2 history lesson.

"Zoo Station" is the first track on the album Achtung Baby. U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere is the name of their shows next door. So, there's the direct connection.

The song was considered transformative for the sound of the band, according to SongTell. The song seizes the moment and takes the band in a different direction from their past tracks to a new era. Their shows at Sphere are certainly marking a new era for the band that hasn't stopped rocking as far back as 1976. Nearly 50 years later, and they are still transforming.

Rolling Stone created some major buzz today (September 15) with the release of an updated version of their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.

The first version of the list was released in 2004, a time when "...the iPod was relatively new, and Billie Eilish was three years old." With that in mind, Rolling Stone reached out to a wide variety of music figures, from artists to industry professionals to journalists, "to give the list a total reboot."

Rolling Stone notes, "Nearly 4,000 songs received votes. Where the 2004 version of the list was dominated by early rock and soul, the new edition contains more hip-hop, modern country, indie rock, Latin pop, reggae, and R&B. More than half the songs here — 254 in all — weren’t present on the old list, including a third of the Top 100. The result is a more expansive, inclusive vision of pop, music that keeps rewriting its history with every beat."

Of course, with that in mind, that means there are many songs from the 2004 version that are no longer on the 2021 version. Which tracks didn't make the cut this time around? Scroll below to view just 30 songs that are no longer on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list and where they ranked on the list in 2004.

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