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[+] Company's upcoming Dead Forever residency on March 19, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The music and entertainment venue has the largest LED screen in the world. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Getty Images Another massive residency is in full swing at The Sphere in Las Vegas.



Dead & Company, a spinoff of the seminal San Francisco rock band the Grateful Dead, are playing 30 Dead Forever shows at the 18,600 seat Sphere, concluding on August 10, 2024. They will be followed by the Eagles , doing 16 shows at Sphere beginning September 20. It had been widely reported that “Dead & Company will end after their final tour” in summer 2023.

However, MSG, the operators of the Sphere, no doubt extended an offer the band couldn’t refuse for “a residency,” rather than technically breaking their word by calling it a tour. So 500,000 Dead fans are making the pilgrimage to Las Vegas. I went to the June 6 show.

We sat in the 300 level seats, with tickets I bought during the pre-sale for about $250 per ticket. This was my second show at The Sphere. We saw U2 there in October , as part of their 40-show residency.

(Bono seemed much more up for verbal interaction with the audience than Dead & Company.) The Sphere is proving to be a major attraction for Las Vegas, and an attractive alternative for bands with significant followings. Th.

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