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Bob Weir Says Dead & Company at Sphere Is ‘Like Opera,’ and He Hopes Band Will Return With Even More Mind-Blowing Tech: ‘We’re Only Scratching the Surface Here’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Bob Weir discusses the band's Sphere run for the first time, saying it's 'like opera.' Will they return? 'I would certainly make room for that.'
As is typical for the Grateful Dead spinoff group, the music does all the talking, for three and a half hours — with additional non-verbal help from the world’s most advanced concert video design on the dome’s wrap-around screen. Although their playing makes it sound like the musicians are enjoying the experience every bit as much as the full houses every weekend, the band members haven’t stepped up to discuss what it’s been like to perform at the revolutionary venue… until now. It doesn’t hurt, of course, that true fans want to see as many shows as possible, with extremely different setlists each night — and a few different visuals rotating in and out, too — unlike U2’s initial residency, which stuck close to a standard script.
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