Las Vegas Review-Journal | September 22, 2023
Updated September 25, 2023
By John Katsilometes
The music universe seems to be visiting Vegas this weekend. But a performer not in town is creating buzz around the amps.
Harry Styles is in the center of reports from informed individuals he will be the next Sphere headliner announced. This is not formally confirmed, but word is Styles would launch his series in March.
Styles and Phish have been name-dropped consistently among those familiar with The Sphere’s booking plans. Trey Anastasio’s band was held up as a top contender for New Year’s Eve. Not anymore. Phish has announced four NYE dates at Madison Square Garden to close the calendar.
Combining yet-to-be-formalized plans, look for Phish at The Sphere in April, after Styles.
Styles has also been held up as a performer for the Super Bowl halftime show at Allegiant Stadium in February. Such an appearance would serve as a wonderful way to announce a show in Vegas. But those who know Styles’ plans say he is not planning on performing at the Super Bowl.
But Styles is an apt fit for The Sphere. It’s far easier to list the reasons why he’d play the glorious globe than not. In 2022, Styles sold out a 15-show residency at Madison Square Garden. He’s a hitmaker, with “Harry’s House” winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
The first single from that album, “As It Was.” was the No. 1 song internationally by Billboard calculations.
Also, Styles’ sequined bodysuits and boas delight all variety of fan.
And Styles is managed by Irving Azoff’s Full Stop Management entertainment agency. Azoff, who runs the company with his son Jeffrey, is entertainment industry royalty. Azoff the elder is reportedly involved in booking The Sphere as a consultant with venue partner Madison Square Garden Entertainment.
Another of Azoff’s clients: U2. At The Sphere, everything comes full circle.
Ya me cansé de pensar en gris, debo ponerle color a mis pensamientos, aunque cueste tanto; al final soy libre de pensar lo que quiera ¿Por qué no comenzar a crear pensamientos con color? Aunque al principio ni yo me los crea.
I feel like 99% of the players overall, Canadian, American, Swedes, they're more focus of hockey, their own lives, I don't think many guys go into the politics. There's something interesting for me, I like it, I'm reading a lot about that, I'm watching a lot of experts. Just I was more educated to speak out, I looked up the stats, I'm preparing myself for the interviews for the questions. Same thing for the Russian guys. We had a group chat, it went two different directions; some guys were against, some guys were for. There's a lot of young kids thinking the way I think, they just don't have a voice to speak out like this, but hopefully now they can feel the support from me.
amazing of both the calgary flames and sports reporters for providing him the space to share his Rus/Ukr stance and for the flames for posting it without editing
I know Rus have a bot system and it takes them 2-3 days to send some negative reviews so I'm expecting them to come to my page too.
lmaooo zady😂
I think it's important for me to speak personally I think I can hopefully change something in this world. ... I think it's important to be vocal.
I only have parents there and they're on the other side of the view.
Got my laptop unstuck ! So in theory it now works. But in practice? The loser’s throwing me error messages and has not downloaded the essentials. So I’m drinking wine & fighting with my laptop. Friday evening.
things done today:
half-way fixed the laptop, but still have some fuckery to deal with
went to a thrift store and found Bowie and Kiss t-shirts and a coffee cup from a random medical conference; a great thrift store haul
2 long-ish walks (20k steps babeyy, I’ve been walking)
This studyblr will be a travelblr for a little while🐾
Exploring Lucknow city, in between breaks from my internship. It's so unfair that people here can just go out for a walk in the evening and have their eyes feast on such beautiful architecture so casually?! Like what?!