Marc's Public Blog - Vegas

The first time I went to the Sphere, got to see the default letters from earth, and it was ok, but not super exciting, on top of being short. I was worried when they were selling tickets far in the future with no information of what the show would be, how long it would be, and honestly any information whatsoever.

In the end, turns out the actual show was 2H and had a bonus random 1H DJ show at the end, although it wasn't cool that you got no pick on what the DJ would be as that was unannounced until just a few weeks or days before each show happened. That part, was honestly not excellent.
On that topic, the DJ set we got at the end was underwhelming, but the fact that it was house music, probably had something to do with it :)

But let's go back to the show, the sphere itself is of course cool, no matter what, even if it's not the first time:

the doors opened at 22:00 for 23:15 show

Let's get to the mainshow itself: before it started, the waiting music and visuals were quite good:

And then the show started and I have to say it was excellent. There was virtually no trance, but great selection of best of EDM tracks from the last 20 years, which I pretty much all enjoyed. Finding those tracks alone must have been a very tricky job, and they did well:

props to the live orchestra that played for some amount of tracks

plus live performers, but they were super small from the best position to see the screens

bus yes, they were small

the visuals themselves were a great trip in memory lane, very well done

insomniac won over tomorrowland in their visuals even if both were great

Summary of IG videos:

And here is a longer collection of clips from the show:

After the show was done, around 1h40, there was one hour left with 2 DJs, which was nothing in comparison:

even if those were the best visuals any DJ has ever had

More photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/oKJqq34MWan6NRkD9

Final thoughts:

sphere entrance security was thorough but they only seemed to care about metal/weapons, which was cool

sound was not too loud during the show, but earplugs were recommended during the DJ sets

the DJ sets were not a bad addition, but not knowing who was playing when, was sad. I missed Haliene who played the day after I came :-

when used properly the sphere is a super impressive, both insomniac and tomorrowland provided video bits, they were both very good, insomniac provided more and I preferred those

this show did use it properly, both for its 1h45 main show/movie

and the 1h of DJs afterwards who got the best visuals you can get anywhere in the world :)

the drink prices inside was absolute murder, $80 for 2 drinks, including literally changing my tip from $5 to $10 behind my back, was absolutely unacceptable and plain theft. Come on Vegas, if you are trying to rob and scam your customers almost everywhere, how long do you think they'll come back?

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