Las Vegas Sphere

[Csar]

Just came across this WaPo article about this new gigantic venue in Las Vegas that @Fine Time mentioned here. It was inaugurated this Friday by U2.

The rock band's first performance of their Las Vegas residency was also the christening of the $2.3 billion globe-shaped entertainment venue, which has dazzled — and sometimes annoyed — onlookers after construction was completed at the Venetian Resort this summer. Coated inside and out with more than a million programmable LED lights, the Sphere has already wowed the Vegas skyline by morphing into a 33-story Christmas snow globe and a giant eyeball.
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The Sphere is considered the world's largest building with such a shape. To get a sense of its scale: The entire surface of its inside screen measures 3.7 acres — about three football fields of digital real estate. The outside surface is substantially larger.

And while watching the video above, I was immediately thinking what Adam and Marcus could pull with that kind of thing! They could just run wild with it and turn the place into a mind-fucking, brain-dazzling visual white rabbit hole. Ah, the possibilities!!
Now that touring in the US has apparently become such a pain, couldn't THIS present a wonderful opportunity to get them back there!?! Could you imagine what it'd look like if millions of eyes from TPPR would be staring back at you, 360?

How about a residency, Tom, Ed?

[shakermaker]

oh man look what you did to my hopes.

venue is nuts though. another level.

[whirlygirl]

So glad you posted this, I was reading some comments today on Facebook about U2 at the Sphere and the thought of the Chems doing a show there, now that you mention it -  that would be so WILD, wouldn't it?? All that technology for Adam and Marcus to dig into. It makes me wonder if my mind would even survive such an experience, if there was a Chems show there! Those eyes during the Reel... omg!!

[inchemwetrust]

Thanks Csar for starting this topic! I just saw the U2 footage at the Sphere recently like Whirls mentioned.

I just started looking for booking information about this venue but found nothing yet online

I really want to see the Saturate balls explode before my eyes ..(Wait!! That didn't come out right) 

Anyway, I've been sending dm's of links to vids of the Sphere to Adam and Marcus on insta since the Darren Oronofskys 'Postcards from Earth' debut. I'm really hoping they can work something out maybe late 2024 or 2025 for multiple dates.

This show HAS to happen... PERIOD!

[Ben_j]

I was coming here to post about that. I had no idea the Sphere was home to a concert hall with a gigantic screen inside, and just saw the U2 videos, which look insane, and immediately thought about what a Chemical Brothers show could be at this venue !

[Stefan]

When I first saw that there was a concert venue inside, my first thought was also "oh just imagine what a Chems show would look like there"

[sneakerbeater]

Imagine the Chems playing there!

Remember the have previously floated the idea of doing a 360' visual show before at the Roundhouse London around 2008/2010. If I remember it wasn't feasible. Look like Las Vegas has caught up with the chemical brother!

Ready for another trip to Vegas!

[gfa2001]

They are talking about building one of these in east London - if they do go ahead with it then chems could probably manage to sell enough there to make it work.

Not sure it would be remotely economical in the US sadly

[Wolkenkrabber]

Ok, I'm just gonna say it:
U2 SPHERE has the best live show visuals in the world. Better than the Chemical Brothers.

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[nekoland]

I think I'm going to get a visa for the USA... just in case.

[shakermaker]

I wonder how involved u2 and their crew were with the visuals

[ThePumisher]

Ok, I'm just gonna say it:
U2 SPHERE has the best live show visuals in the world. Better than the Chemical Brothers.

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[Wolkenkrabber]

I wonder how involved u2 and their crew were with the visuals

Here's a nice little thread (sort of) on the subject

https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1708512730746134535

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[shakermaker]

Here's a nice little thread (sort of) on the subject https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1708512730746134535

takeaways:

• 3-4 month residency minimum
• $400-$1400 a ticket

no band I like will ever play there lol

four months of work to build the visuals! wow.

[gfa2001]

takeaways:

• 3-4 month residency minimum
• $400-$1400 a ticket

no band I like will ever play there lol

four months of work to build the visuals! wow.

Very few acts can make that work - and none that the production really makes sense for. Lets be honest, this venue is hardly built for U2.

While not exactly to most people's taste on here, it would be cool if they get some dance acts to do it (despite it probably being like Calvin Harris or someone)

The price and length of residencies will surely come down overtime as they struggle to get acts who can fill it properly - and with AI and other technology advancements making the visuals could become cheaper too.

[shakermaker]

yeah I'm imagining Calvin, Tiesto, Swedish Mafias. though Tiesto already has a Vegas gig I think.

[Csar]

Another perspective from the lower seats

[Wolkenkrabber]

I guess Anyma is in the same sort of bracket as Argy and Goon Gum who I mentioned here.. Melodic Techno aka Trance aka Progressive House.
Too commercial and 'slick' for me, but other people seem to like this stuff. And now they get to experience it at... The Sphere!
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If Amyma can do this, why not The Chems?

Just sayin'


Slightly off topic, but on the subject of audio-visual stuff, Eric Prydz has been doing something that may interest Chems fans (and T&E and Adam & Marcus?).
He's doing a DJ set at Hi Ibiza each Monday which has visuals to rival a live show. He calls it CELL. He also has another (live?) show which he calls HOLO.
It seems a bit of a grey area whether this stuff is a DJ set or a live show TBH. I guess when it's all coming off a hard drive, it doesn't make a lot of difference (and you hear about a LOT of DJs using USB sticks to play their pre-mixed DJ sets...).


CELL:
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HOLO
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Anyone get Chems vibes from these visuals?

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BIG EDIT: Mr Prydz has uploaded a full 2 hour+ video of his CELL show from Hi Ibiza.
The visuals are a bit flashier than some triangles descending from the ceiling of Amnesia...

[Bosco]

I guess I'll be the dissenting opinion here.

I don't deny that the concept and innovation of The Sphere being intriguing, but the visuals vastly overshadowing the music doesn't appeal to me. A seated concert kills the kinetic energy that a great GA show can provide; I'm not sure that's something Tom and Ed would want to sacrifice if playing such a large show. Maybe save it for the twilight portion of their career? Or are we already there?

Sphere aside, Vegas should be explored as a future for their live show. As much as I think of it as an abomination, I can't dismiss its plentiful accommodations, workable logistics, and overall affordability as a destination location.