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Entertainment field (SPHR) Debuting on September 29, 2023, with Achtung Baby Live by rock band U2 at the Sphere residency, Sphere Las Vegas has become the most glamorous venue for performances in Vegas.
Sphere performances are delivered using next-generation technologies, including the world’s highest resolution LED display that wraps around the audience and creates a fully immersive visual environment.
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The venue, whose construction cost amounted to about $2.3 billion, includes the world’s most advanced sound system for concerts, Sphere Immersive Sound, which is operated by Holoplot, and which provides sound with unparalleled clarity and accuracy, according to a statement.
U2 opened The Sphere with 40 shows over five months in its residency before closing the engagement on March 2. Popular jam band Phish followed U2 into a quick mini-residency with four shows on April 18, 19, 20 and 21.
After Phish the final jam band was Dead & Company, whose original 24 shows stretched into 30 concerts ending on August 10 at the Sphere.
The Eagles added four more shows to the residency.
Iconic rock and roll band The Eagles have added four more shows to their Eagles Live at Sphere residency with new shows scheduled for the weekends of December 6-7 and December 13-14. The four offerings, added due to overwhelming demand, bring the total accommodation offerings to 16, or double the original accommodation size.
Pre-registration for the four additional shows is currently underway on Eagles.com, with the Artist, Official Platinum and VIP Package pre-shows beginning July 9 at 10 a.m. PT. Live Nation, SiriusXM and NFR pre-sales begin July 11 at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on July 12 at 10 a.m. PT.
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The Eagles and the Sphere revealed the original eight-show lineup on June 13, with four shows starting on weekends September 20 and four more on weekends beginning October 11. Pre-sales began on June 18 for those shows with general sales beginning on June 21.
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The Sphere and The Eagles on June 18 added four more shows on the weekend of November 1, 2, 8 and 9 to the original eight scheduled residency shows. All travel shows for the first 12 shows at the Sphere are sold out, according to the Eagles’ website.
The 16 shows at the Sphere are the only ones the band has planned for the rest of 2024, and the band’s 2025 schedule remains unclear at this time. The band could add more shows to the Sphere residency, as U2 and Dead & Company have done. Or The Eagles could book a gig at a casino, resort or venue outside of the Las Vegas area.
However, the band announced that they were retiring from touring with the final show on their “Long Farewell” tour ending on June 15 in the Netherlands. Fans may still wonder if this was truly The Eagles’ last tour, as many will remember that the band promoted their “Farewell 1 Tour” in 2003, but they continued to tour for another 21 years.
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One of the Eagles’ late founding members, Glenn Frey, who died in 2016, once hinted at a 2005 concert in Sacramento that the band might never stop touring, declaring: “If you pay, we’ll play.” Of course, the band continued to tour after Frey’s death.
The Eagles’ current lineup includes Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmidt, country and bluegrass star Vince Gill, and band founder Glenn Frey’s son Deacon Frey.
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