U2 shocks Vegas fans with pop-up concert on Fremont Street ahead of MSG Sphere residency

 https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/09/18/u2-atomic-city-performance-fremont-street-vegas/70896046007/

https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/u2-premieres-new-single-in-surprise-downtown-las-vegas-show-2905889/

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/u2-atomic-city-video-shoot-single-las-vegas-larry-mullen-1235725938/

Before there was the MATRIX in 1999, there was Achtung_Baby and the Zoo_TV_Tour in the early 1990s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2:UV_Achtung_Baby_Live_at_Sphere Its as close as you can get to the holodeck, the 13th Floor and the MATRIX in 2023.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2023/09/13/darren-aronofsky-gives-first-look-inside-vegas-sphere/70847497007/

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=U2

U2 - ZOO Station, LV

 Unfortunately, there is no holodeck MATRIX yet, so people will just have to settle for a VR, AR, Metaverse sensory data ZOO inside of a SPHERE. 

https://www.thespherevegas.com/shows/u2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcx9F_FW2U Lemon

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=U2

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=U2

Lower bowl of Vancouver stadium sells out months ahead of Grey Cup

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/12/bc-place-lower-bowl-grey-cup-tickets-sold-out

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/grey-cup-tickets-selling-bc-place-lower-sells-out

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Place

Owner	Province of British Columbia
Operator	BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo)
Executive suites	50[1]
Capacity	54,500 27,695 (lower bowl) 22,120 (MLS)[2]
Record attendance	65,061 (September 2, 2023, Ed Sheeran, +–=÷× Tour)[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Place#History

Of course the biggest stadium in BC would still have to have less capacity than Edmonton's, Perth's & Seattle's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Stadium

Owner	City of Edmonton
Capacity	42,500 (1978–1979) 43,346 (1980–1981) 59,912 (1982) 60,081 (1983–2007) 59,537 (2008–2012) 56,302 (2012–present) 31,000 (lower bowl)
Record attendance	66,835 (U2 360° Tour)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Stadium#History

The stadium's total capacity is 61,266, including standing room, making it the third-largest stadium in Australia (after the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Stadium Australia).^[7] The stadium can be extended up to 65,000 seats for rectangular sports. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Stadium

Owner	Government of Western Australia VenuesWest
Operator	VenuesLive[4][5]
Capacity	61,266[1] 65,000 (Rectangular)[2] 70,000 (Concert)[3]
Record attendance	73,092, Ed Sheeran concert 12 March 2023

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Stadium#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_Field

Owner	Washington State Public Stadium Authority
Operator	First & Goal Inc.
Executive suites	111
Capacity	68,740 (NFL) Expandable to 72,000 (for special events) 37,722 (MLS / XFL) Expandable to 68,740 (for special events) 10,000 (NWSL)
Record attendance	Concert: 77,286 (Ed Sheeran, August 26, 2023) Soccer: 69,274 (Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC, November 10, 2019)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_Field#Funding

U2 ZOO Station

 https://www.u2zoostation.com

While lush Vancouver can't seem to get enough hotel rooms built, LV just keeps on building more entertainment facilities in the desert.

The Multiverse Perspective on the Cyberpunk MATRIX

Themultiverseperspective.wordpress.com has been dormant for several years.

No new links about urban legends or cyberspace technology for quite a while at TMP.

No_Maps_for_These_Territories and half of U2 could have been part of a supertech series exploring the urban MATRIX around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories#Content , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIDVvhy9Z0I , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib6siNUJbx0

Neuromancer: The Origin of Cyberpunk | A Horrifying Dystopia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGW_7HTXuQo

Cyberpunk Documentary PART 1 | Neuromancer, Blade Runner, RoboCop, Akira, Shadowrun... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sttm8Q9rOdQ

William Gibson: The New Cyber/Reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVEUWfDHqsU

Blade Runner, Altered Carbon, and the Relevancy of Cyberpunk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK6IjJkjkiI

CyberPunk Cities: Fiction or Reality? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p93lMyCCYig

The Peripheral - Season 1 | RECAP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6DAZ3Nax7E

The_Peripheral_(TV_series) could have gone on for a few years, but... 

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-peripheral-canceled-amazon-season-2

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk