Dead & Company is adding dates this summer to its hit Las Vegas residency celebrating the Grateful Dead’s enduring legacy in rock history.
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Buzz around the music scene is, Zac Brown Band is prepping for a residency at the Sphere. The person providing the buzz is Zac Brown.
Neal Schon of Journey says the Sphere was made for jam bands, but his band would crush it, too.
Dead and Company follows U2, closing in March, and Phish at the Sphere.
The Las Vegas venue has been home to U2 and also will host Phish.
“Atomic City,” U2’s ode-to-Vegas punk anthem, will be in the set list at The Sphere.
The Sphere plugged “U2 UV: Achtung Baby” with various shades of purple, blue and green.
Darren Aronofsky wants to instill the beauty of nature inside the $2.3 billion Sphere.
The MSG Sphere at The Venetian has an overhang issue for “U2 UV: Achtung Baby.”
“U2: UV Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere” was revealed in superlative fashion, with a quick but dazzling commercial in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVII.
U2 is inching to a bonafide announcement about this series at The MSG Sphere we’ve been tracking for the past few months.
We expect the MSG Sphere to showcase a custom production-projection show, to run daily throughout the year, to be The Sphere’s anchor.