{"id":218497,"date":"2024-03-29T20:37:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/inside-word-weeknd-residency-rumored-at-the-sphere-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:19:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:19:41","slug":"inside-word-weeknd-residency-rumored-at-the-sphere-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/inside-word-weeknd-residency-rumored-at-the-sphere-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Word: Weeknd Residency Rumored at The Sphere"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n By Scott Roeben<\/a>, on March 25 2024 <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The Sphere has been under-scheduled since it opened in September 2023, but we\u2019re hearing The Weeknd, nee Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, will announce a new residency at the eye-catching venue soon.<\/p>\n

U2 recently ended its residency at The Sphere, and the New York Post says The Eagles will follow in their footsteps.\u00a0We\u2019ve also been told Beyonce is set for a Sphere residency, but it hasn\u2019t been announced yet, either.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve heard about The Weeknd\u2019s Las Vegas residency from multiple reliable sources.<\/p>\n

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Weeknd should schedule his shows on weekdays. Oh, how we\u2019ll laugh and laugh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

U2 had a successful and buzzworthy run at Sphere at Venetian, but the venue only got 10% of ticket sales, so it\u2019s hard to say if they\u2019re making any headway toward paying off the $2.3 billion it took to build the high-tech theater.<\/p>\n

The Sphere\u2019s movie, Darren Aronofsky\u2019s \u201cPostcard from Earth,\u201d has proven surprisingly popular, with one longtime Vegas show producer saying, \u201cThere\u2019s nobody coming to Vegas right now who isn\u2019t seeing that movie in The Sphere.\u201d Tickets are in the $100 range for the 50-minute film, basically an IMAX nature film. Which we should probably see so we aren\u2019t ridiculing something before we know what we\u2019re actually talking about. There\u2019s a first time for everything.<\/p>\n

Anyhoo, Weeknd at The Sphere!<\/p>\n

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Also finalizing a deal for a Sphere residency: The Weeknd (sic).<\/p>\n

\u2014 Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Doing a residency at The Sphere is tricky stuff.<\/p>\n

Some pretty big names have passed on signing with venue, despite the favorable financial arrangement. It takes a very big (and very confident) performer to risk getting swallowed up by the 160,000-square-foot LED screen inside The Sphere.<\/p>\n

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