"This is definitely going to attract more UFOs," one Twitter user"I don't know if it's cause I've watched too many fiction movies but I don't fucking trust that thing at all," another userAppropriately, Irish rock legends U2 are slated to christen the orb in September.
"This will be a quantum leap forward in the sense of what a concert can be," U2 guitarist David Howell "the Edge" Evans told. "It gives you the opportunity to bring people back in time, and to worlds that are completely computer-generated, but completely believable. It's a new genre of immersive experience, and a new art form."
Whether the sphere will really prove to be the future of music — or if Sphere Entertainment will ever even break even — remains unclear. As, ballooned beyond original estimates. And elsewhere, it's not a given that a lot of acts will want to perform in an experimental venue of this kind. In short, the sphere's success remains to be seen. If anything, we're counting on some solid holiday lights.