While other legendary rock bands have performed at the Las Vegas Sphere, Slash revealed that Guns N’ Roses apparently has no plans to take over the venue.
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During an interview with Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation on Thursday (Oct. 23), Slash admitted he was worrisome that the venue might not be rock & roll friendly.
“I haven’t been [to the Sphere] yet, but just everything that I’ve seen, or most everything that I’ve seen of it, looks amazing,” Slash said. “I’m real trepidatious about playing there, because… It’s a great visual show. I think that in almost every case for a band, it becomes a visual show as opposed to seeing a rock n’ roll show. So there’s that.”
The Eagles are currently in the middle of their ongoing residency at the Sphere, and Slash shared that he had spoken with his fellow rockers about what it’s like to perform there.
Joe Walsh told him, “It’s not really sort of rock ‘n’ roll friendly, the way that it’s set up. So it’s just one of those things where it seems like a really cool thing, and conceptually there’s probably a lot of cool things that you could do, but I don’t think it would be the right environment for a proper rock n’ roll show.”
Slash also commented on Metallica, who are reportedly in talks to perform at the venue. Slash said he could picture them making it work, adding, “I’d be interested to see that too. I could see them doing it… You have to prepare your mind to put on not just a band performance, but 50 percent of what you’re doing is going to be the projection, or whatever you call that — the outer wall, what you’re putting on as content.”
Despite his apprehensions, Slash hinted that “maybe down the road” Guns N’ Roses might consider playing at the Sphere.
Meanwhile, the venue most recently announced that the reunited No Doubt will be the next band to fill up the Las Vegas venue, with the rock group scheduled for 12 shows next May.
