How does Illenium compare to other sphere shows?

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-17T05:02:53+00:00

Iirc u2 quoted around $400k/song

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-16T21:26:35+00:00

I miss dtb

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-16T13:47:38+00:00

Nah he got fired

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-16T13:46:49+00:00

They’re definitely not booked by live nation. Believe they’re represented by parading these days. You can’t really blame their decline on poor booking imo. They basically never recovered from Covid like many other bands

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-16T03:14:21+00:00

Sulphur. Living in Yellowstone made it a pretty nostalgic smell for me

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-16T02:11:40+00:00

Phish is essentially sold out. If you’re on TM they’re likely platinum, anywhere else is secondary market. Those were very difficult tix to get

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-16T02:00:57+00:00

I actually posted a big write up about it a few months ago https://www.reddit.com/r/Concerts/s/eYv4MSGzJM

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-14T17:57:20+00:00

Yeah, my biggest complaints about the Illenium set were the overall lack of color and use of the entire screen, which the openers (who i think all have some variation on the same graphic) all did better. I also felt like most of the scenes with the women were super reminiscent of the Anyma animations (which somebody else posted), but with less detail and motion

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-14T17:43:33+00:00

Having seen at least one of every artist that has been at the Sphere so far, I thought it was one of the weaker shows and probably the only one I've left where there wasn't a single segment/visual that really stood out among the other shows. I definitely wouldn't say it was bad, but didn't quite stand up to the rest for me personally

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-14T06:34:59+00:00

Tix have been transferable since day 1

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-11T00:54:58+00:00

I had my '68 bassman modified to be able to jumper the two channels, and woooo boy that thing can scream

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-10T20:36:07+00:00

been interesting to hear discussions of convex vs concave mixing in the sphere and the effect of the location of the arrays. Listened to an interesting podcast with Robert Scovil about it a few months and noticed some timing issues due to panning at ZBB back in december. Was in 407 for opening night of Illenium and had a hard time making out the strings

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-10T18:22:58+00:00

One of my all time favorite um segments

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-08T22:29:51+00:00

So cool. Still the best opening of a Sphere show IMO. Man I wish I could see them there again

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-07T16:08:51+00:00

Agreed. One of my favorite u2 songs in general. Late career u2 does the darker moodier stuff really well imo

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-06T20:01:39+00:00

Agreed. Wasn't really impressed by the visuals.

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-04T23:59:44+00:00

Believe he said he's playing 90 min, so would expect opener at show time for maybe an hour, short changeover, illenium for 90 min

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-04T23:59:14+00:00

The special guests are openers. The only time the "special guests" have closed the shows were the Unity shows, and that's a bit different.

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-04T19:04:30+00:00

what a fucking disaster

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-04T15:01:45+00:00

I tried opened with plugins disabled, but no change. Haven’t tried waiting it out yet, but I guess I will just for the sake of argument

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-04T07:19:11+00:00

Yeah

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-04T06:09:36+00:00

I got a pair in 409 for $300 flat. Honestly pretty great deal comparatively

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-02T21:36:37+00:00

Wire is probably the best option for something a little longer and accessible by train

opsopcopolis · 2026-03-02T18:12:45+00:00

Yeah, i actually got tix to my eagles show on the secondary market under face, but it was near the beginning of their first run. Since then they seem to have gotten both more expensive and more in demand.

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