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Monday night, October 12 at 8:00 PM — Sphere goes late on a weeknight and The Wizard of Oz owns the entire evening.The 1939 film was rebuilt frame by frame for this room using Google AI, bringing every shot to 16K across a display the size of a football field. The re-recorded full orchestral score, […]

Tuesday, October 13 at 5:00 PM — Sphere's early-evening show on a weekday, and The Wizard of Oz slots into it with all the momentum of a show that's sold nearly three million tickets.Creative director Zack Winokur and a team of Oscar-winning collaborators turned a beloved 1939 film into a 4D multi-sensory event: 16K visuals […]

Wednesday night, October 14 at 8:00 PM — Sphere at its most immersive, with The Wizard of Oz running in the late-evening slot.The production has been inside this room since August 2025, and the 8:00 PM shows consistently deliver the fullest version of the experience — dark outside, 16K screen as the only visual anchor, […]

Thursday afternoon, October 15 at 2:00 PM — a midday Sphere show that plants you in one of Las Vegas's most talked-about experiences right in the middle of the week.The Wizard of Oz at Sphere is a 4D film produced specifically for this building's 160,000-square-foot 16K LED display, with Google AI doing the visual heavy […]

Thursday October 15 at the Sphere, Metallica's Life Burns Faster residency enters its third pair of shows — this night and October 17 together form a complete two-night experience with no songs repeated across the two sets.The Sphere's wraparound LED environment and spatial audio create a concert experience that no other venue on the planet […]

Three weekends in, the Life Burns Faster residency hits October 15 at Sphere on a Thursday night, 8:30 PM — another unique setlist drawn from a catalog wide enough to sustain this format through 24 shows.Metallica are the rare band that can open with a deep cut, land a mid-show ballad, and close with a […]

Friday, October 16 at 2:00 PM — Sphere opens a fall weekend afternoon with The Wizard of Oz, the run that's become the cornerstone of Las Vegas's live-experience scene.Every frame of the 1939 film was AI-upscaled for Sphere's 16K display by Google, using Veo 2 and Imagen 3 to generate imagery beyond the original frame […]

Saturday morning, October 17 at 11:00 AM — the early show at Sphere gives The Wizard of Oz a quiet crowd and the full weight of the room.This production has been drawing visitors to Las Vegas since August 2025, and the 11:00 AM slot has a specific appeal: you're inside before the Strip fully powers […]

The Life Burns Faster residency closes weekend three on Saturday, October 17 at Sphere — 8:30 PM, the setlist entirely its own, nothing shared with the Thursday night that opened the same pair.Metallica built their reputation by never coasting live. Every show is its own argument for why heavy metal at full volume in the […]

Sunday evening, October 18 at 5:00 PM — a relaxed late-afternoon show at Sphere that makes a strong case for extending the weekend by one more hour.The Wizard of Oz at Sphere pairs a 16K AI-enhanced film with live sensory effects that make the auditorium physically responsive to the story — haptics in the seats, […]

Monday night, October 19 at 8:00 PM — Sphere keeps the week open late with a show that has grossed over 370 million dollars and still earns every dollar of it.The Wizard of Oz at Sphere is a 4D film experience — not a theatrical production, not a concert — built entirely around what this […]

Tuesday night, October 20 at 8:00 PM — an evening show at Sphere that runs the week well past midnight in spirit.The creative team behind this production includes the editor of Oppenheimer and the VFX specialist who won an Oscar for Hugo — serious filmmaking talent applied to a story that needs no introduction. The […]

Wednesday, October 21 at 5:00 PM — a midweek early-evening show at Sphere, with The Wizard of Oz doing what it's done every week since August 2025 without missing a beat.This is the production that launched Sphere's entire film program: rebuilt from the 1939 MGM original using Google AI for a 160,000-square-foot 16K display, with […]

Thursday afternoon, October 22 at 2:00 PM — Sphere's weekday matinee, and The Wizard of Oz is in its element.The show has been running since August 2025 and never needs a substitute for the real pull: a 160,000-square-foot screen at 16K resolution, AI-enhanced footage that expands the original frame, a re-recorded orchestral score, and live […]

Thursday October 22 at the Sphere, Metallica's Life Burns Faster residency begins its fourth two-night pair — this show and October 24 share no songs with each other or with any of the previous six nights.The ambition of the full residency — 24 shows, no repeated songs, a Sphere production built specifically for this venue's […]

Night one of weekend four in the Life Burns Faster residency comes Thursday, October 22 at Sphere — the setlist tonight is exclusive to this date, part of the No Repeat Weekend format that runs through all 24 shows.Metallica remain one of the heaviest live bands standing, with a sound that has never softened even […]