David Gilmour is open to a Pink Floyd avatar show at the Las Vegas Sphere: “I’m hoping to go there and watch myself… So I don’t actually have to get up and do it”
David Gilmour is hoping to watch a Pink Floyd avatar show at the Las Vegas Sphere one day, and apparently, it’s something he’s always wanted to do.
With the Sphere already having hosted acts such as Dead & Company, the Eagles, and U2, Floyd could make for a great band to take to the stage next, allowing for its core lineup to reunite for the first time since 2005 in digital form.
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During a Q&A at the UK premiere of his Live At The Circus Maximus concert film at London’s BFI IMAX, Gilmour was asked about the Sphere: “I’m hoping one of these days to go there and sit and watch myself doing it, which is something I’ve always wanted to do. My avatar, you know? So I don’t actually have to get up and do it,” he replies (via MusicRadar).
Gilmour also shared interest in the Sphere in an interview with Rolling Stone earlier this September, in which he said, “In the future, who knows. I haven’t got that far. It will be in there amongst the plans that we are to think about.”
The Las Vegas sphere cost over $2 billion to construct, and hosts the world’s largest LED screen. Take a look at one of U2’s performances from inside the venue below:
If Pink Floyd were to be immortalised as avatars, they’d be joining the likes of Kiss – who announced a virtual, eternal era for the band following their final ever show at Madison Square Garden – and ABBA, whose Voyage concerts popularised the format.
Earlier this year, Paul Stanley spoke of the band’s retirement and their next, virtual steps: “Do I miss being on stage in front of 50,000 people, 100,000 people? Hell, yeah… Everybody who’s attained that kind of success, sure, you miss it, but there’s a difference between missing and yearning,” he told S.E Cupp on her podcast.
“We sold Kiss, which is something that’s unheard of, that doesn’t even exist in the lexicon of music. We sold Kiss [several] months ago – I mean, everything: the logo, the makeup, the music. And there’ll be an incredible, immersive musical experience that’ll debut in ‘27 that George Lucas [filmmaker] is involved in… That lives forever, but I can’t.”
Find out more about the Las Vegas Sphere, or view the full list of cinema screenings for the Live At The Circus Maximus concert film via David Gilmour’s official website.
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