David Gilmour has instructed he’d be eager for a Pink Floyd avatar present on the Las Vegas Sphere.
David Gilmour would love to take a seat again and watch his avatar play a live performance
The prog rock icon – who’s finest referred to as a member of the Comfortably Numb band – made the feedback throughout a Q+A on the UK premiere of his live performance movie Reside At Circus Maximus, Rome, held at London’s BFI IMAX.
When requested about the opportunity of a Sphere residency, Gilmour stated: “The Sphere? Effectively, , I’m hoping, one in every of nowadays, to go there and sit and watch myself doing it, which is one thing I’ve all the time needed to do. My avatar, ? So I don’t really must rise up and do it.”
It’s not the primary time Gilmour has floated the concept.
Chatting with Uncut in 2024, he stated he’d be open to a digital present like ABBA Voyage — however solely below very particular situations.
He instructed the journal: “If somebody got here up with all the cash and all of the sensible concepts – after which as soon as we’ve agreed to a collection of very, very troublesome and onerous situations – I’d say, ‘Yeah, OK.’”
Gilmour, who performed 21 reveals in assist of his solo album Luck and Unusual final 12 months, beforehand stated he would not rule out a residency on the state-of-the-art Sphere.
He instructed Rolling Stone: “Effectively, to be sincere, I actually know nearly nothing about what it does. However they’ve been on and instructed that I would do one thing there. However sooner or later, who is aware of. I haven’t received that far. It is going to be in there amongst the plans that we’re to consider.”
He would observe within the footsteps of the likes of U2, the Eagles, and the Backstreet Boys if Gilmour have been to e-book a Sphere residency.
The primary-of-its-kind venue is famend for its immersive video and audio capabilities, together with an enormous wraparound LED display screen.