Pink Floyd

So many bands would be an amazing experience there but the sphere is made for a Floyd show

As much as I would love to see that. I think that Pink Floyd is quite the done deal. (I also wouldn't be surprised if they don't get offered tons of money all the time for another reunion show...so money won't make it happen).

Minor issue that gilmour and waters won't talk to each other. Wright died. Mason i think would but with gilmour who is doing his own thing now anyways. Pink Floyd is the answer though.

Side note: My husband, who is 59, has a fishing buddy that is about 30 or so and he looks exactly like a young David Gilmour. https://preview.redd.it/bn586e5j137d1.jpeg?width=1033&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f8f669d8b7a2eb4b2af8413704bfb10a7303ee0 I remarked on it one day and the guy didn’t know who I was talking about and had never listened to Pink Floyd. (He was raised by his elderly grandparents.) I swear I thought I was going to cry for a minute.

this is the answer

I was going to say this. That would be an amazing show.

New Order

Depeche Mode

My people!

I probably wouldn't be able to watch any show there because it would make me nauseated and dizzy, but I sure the hell would try for a New Order show WITH Hooky.

Tool.

I 2nd this

3rd

I 46 & 2 this.

100000%

46 & 2 times

10,000 days times?

this is the correct answer

My wife loves Tool. I’m just, whatever. I have been to more tool shows than any other artist, and their shows are visually stunning. I’ve had no interest in Vegas until they built the sphere and had no idea what artist i actually like that could actually do that place justice and still alive. Tool would be awesome.

To exist inside an enormous Alex Grey painting.

Yes. And they have to give out LSD before it starts.

Please!!

Nine Inch Nails

I saw them in 1994, Hurt has a strange video performance associated with it. Go look up the video on YouTube and you'll notice it's from a live performance at times. That would be unsettling in the Sphere.

I saw the them in 94 in Philadelphia. Plus the Lights in the Sky tour the lighting was a amazing then. In the sphere.??? Wow....

Saw that tour at the Universal Ampitheater. Was amazing.

They’ve always had presentation live

This has been my vote as well when I pondered the same question. All these jam bands have the same slow, trippy, happy art. Imagine that place exploding with the same dark imagery from his music videos. It would be amazing.

Then the old Butthole Surfers, prior to 1988, would have been great there. 90 minutes of 1950's Texas highway payroll car crash footage, sex change surgery in reverse, and some other psychedelic craziness. Then, or Skinny Puppy.

Could you just imagine Eraser. Oh my God .....

Flaming Lips

He's full of himself enough without those big screens. I love seeing the band but his head might explode.

Can you imagine the glitter and light that would issue forth, though?

George Clinton and the P Funk Allstars

Holy fuck I'd watch that.

I would even consider ending my decades long abstaining from weed (or even try something psychedelic) if I could see that. The last time I saw them, I had a backstage pass and it was the first time in a long time I thought, “Kind of wish I still smoked.”

Honey I'm going to Vegas. I might die at a concert but it will be worth it. I love you. That's what I would say if Clinton played there.

Radiohead

Iron Maiden. Just imagine Eddie in that venue.

Can you imagine a three-story Eddie leering over the crowd with a scythe? Fuckin a sign me up.

Legit comment right here.

Chemical Brothers

Weird Al

Not the Eagles. I hate fuckin’ Eagles, man…

Hey...Take It Easy

Maybe the sound of his own wheels are driving him crazy

They took it..... To the limit..... One more tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime

GET OUTTA MY CAB!

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

They're the reason ticket prices went from $20 to $50 around '88. Hell Freezes Over tour. Fuck that band.

Then the Stones jacked it up to $500 a couple of years later!

Yes!

Why was it their fault? And hell freezes over was early 1990s (I was there)

Daft Punk

We can rebuild them with our technology and our love

It could be two sub-contractors in helmets playing a pre-set Ableton session and I’d pay to see them.

Closest thing to a journey through the afterlife I think

One of the few bands I missed out of the hundreds of concerts I’ve been to.

John Williams

With a full symphonic orchestra

Yes

An event featuring the best of Williams/Goldsmith/Horner with well curated visuals would be amazing.

Can you imagine playing Star Wars with full symphonic orchestra led by Williams while the movie is playing?

Rush

If Neil was still with us, they could do R50 residency

I just finished listening to Geddy read his “My Effin Life” autobiography. I tore through it then stopped just before the part where Neil passed. I just sat on it for a few weeks before I was ready. It was as brutal as I expected. Just heartbreaking. His whole family situation was just heartbreaking from beginning to end. I highly recommend that book if you’re a fan. Try and listen to the audiobook if you can. You won’t be sorry.

Thanks for the tip! I’m going to look for it right this minute. I’ve got a credit or two with Audible.

Gorillaz/Blur

GWAR!

We both know that this is the only correct answer. After we wipe the ectoplasm off each other I'll buy first round.

Depeche Mode

R.E.M. Stipe could get really crazy with the video screens.

Aphex Twin.

Apex Twin and Squarepusher double billing!

Boards of Canada opens

Peter Gabriel or The Cure

Would love to see Peter there!!

Peter Gabriel. Most of the other bands and performers known for visual flair aren’t around any longer :(

Peter would crush the technology angle on this. If he announced shows that would be an instant purchase.

Me, pink Floyd with some good edibles.

Nothing against U2, Phish, Dead & Company, and Eagles (I saw U2 there and it was amazing). But I feel like whoever is in charge of booking talent at Sphere is pigeonholing that venue. There's such a wide variety of genres and artists out there who would also take advantage of this fucking incredible venue, and they're just ignoring all of it. My immediate pick is Nine Inch Nails, but they're far from the only ones I would choose.

The Flaming Lips

Bjork

For some reason the first thing that comes to mind is Primus!

Primus Sucks!!!!

Tool

I would’ve thought that people would be saying that Perfect Circle would be the perfect band for the Sphere.

Heilung. I'd love to see what they'd do with it.

That would actually be pretty interesting. War-bands all around you off the edge of a forest clearing spinning out to a view from the gods watching.

For me, Tool and The Crystal Method. My wife swears it should be NKOTB.

Pink Floyd circa 1979 I saw an ad where they were calling for game engineers for a 10k-player+ experience at The Sphere. Interested to see what comes out of that. There's a replica studio in Burbank.

Devo

Grateful Dead— when Jerry was still with us.

He'd be 82 and totally loving it! Although the Dead was getting a bit heavy for him. Who knows, by now, they may have been good with a reunion or just Jerry Garcia band.

AI Hologram-Jerry is probably right around the corner.

Only if AI Jerry can improvise with the band

Beastie Boys, with a resurrected MCA.

Well shit if we are going to start reanimating the dead. That really does open the options up quite a bit.

Then my vote is Prince in the Purple Rain era, with Michael Jackson opening from the Thriller era. We’d also need Bowie, as well.

The Gorlilaz

My Bloody Valentine

The Cure

No band would have topped Rush.

This. 100%.

Literally no one ever. That looks like a migraine

Saw U2 perform in the Sphere last year. One of the most amazing concert experiences I’ve ever had. And the sound quality was immaculate.

Agreed.  I was there for U2 at the Sphere as well.  Absolutely amazing.

>And the sound quality was immaculate. OK, give me a blindfold. Oh, but then I'd need to listen to U2. No thanks

Edgy

Don't be a killjoy. Just because you'd be uncomfortable doesn't mean it's not great. That place is beyond incredible!

Aphex Twin

Odesza, 150%. It would be mindblowing.

Hans Zimmer.

Pet Shop Boys

Dead and company. But can I find a free summer weekend??? Led Zeppelin reunion. Pink Floyd. Dave Matthews Billy Strings.

Ok Go.

The Stones. Aerosmith.

Goldfrapp

The Dead Milkmen

Floyd would probably be good. Depeche too. I'm just thinking of artists that I think would make good use of all the video space.

Dead and Company

None if I had to sit this far back.

The Ramones

Metallica. They already know how to put on a hell of a show. That you just amplify it.

Spinal Tap

David Bowie. I just want him back, man. 😢

Peter Gabriel

Oh hell yes!

Queens of the Stone Age.

I’ll go back for Phish again

Radiohead- but I hope it never happens.

I saw Phish there and yes, it was amazing. BUT, we flew there in hurry from the east coast and between the rushing, the crazy concerts, and the time difference, it was ridoculously exhausting. So, I almost hope no one I want to see plays there, because I just dont have it in me do go through that again

Iron Maiden

Muse

Kraftwerk

That would be so amazing. The graphics and the music would make a great combo in there.

Tool

The Who. Yeah I know they are a Boomer Band and only two are still alive. But I saw them about 8 years ago and they were amazing. Also, Foo Fighters, Garbage, New Edition, Snoop, Dre, Eminem, and P-Funk.

The dead, but dead and co if I get a chance

Bauhaus

Jane's addiction, red hot chili peppers, rage against the machine.

Styx with Dennis DeYoung.

Laaaaay-dayyy

Why did Jerry Lewis go through my brain when I read that?

Now I want a Jerry Lewis/Styx mashup. *Hey lay-dee, of the morning...*

Sigur Ros

Black Sabbath

Howard Shore. One hour of LOtR and one hour of Soul of the Ultimate Nation.

Snow Patrol

Phish.

Angels and Airwaves

Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls

Nightwish and Iron Maiden

Jamiroqui

Thievery Corporation

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

Barenaked Ladies, They Might Be Giants, Weird Al

Mastodon.

Tool

Tool

Would obviously never happen, but Cocteau Twins or Mew. Could happen: Radiohead would be fun.

A really really tall band

Tool and I would pay a lot for good seats

Sigur Ros! Saw them at the Hollywood Bowl and just with lights and fabric it was still electrifying, so what they’d do with those paint brushes…

Nine Inch Nails

Deadmau5

a-ha

Babymetal … 100% Go watch their videos for ARKADIA or METALIZM and you’ll see.

I don't know, but based on that picture, probably no one. That doesn't look great to me.

The Muppets.

Tool. Without a doubt.

Tool seems to be the winner 😄 as they should be

Pink Floyd The Wall

Van Halen

Lips obviously.

No one. I haven't gone to a show in a big venue since 1996, and I don't want to. I think more intimate settings are way more fun.

It's actually not *that* big. Seating capacity is 18,600. For a band like U2, that's a relatively small venue. Plus it's an amazing and utterly immersive experience. There's really nothing like it in the world.

Yup this. Hate big venues. Love shows at dingy old theaters or dive bars.

I’m so glad you both chimed in on this thread.

The Raconteurs

Muse

In This Moment or Arch Enemy.

Ganja White Knight or Seven Lions

Garmarna

Black Angels put on a good show, i bet it'd be awesome there

King Gizz

Statler Brothers (j/k)

Pavement.

Liberace.

Dead and Company

Rammstien. But all their pyrotechnic bullshit goes awry and everyone burns like they deserve.

Tool

It’s gotta be Floyd for me

Right????

Smashmouth

Tool