Harry Styles Finalizing Deal to Play Vegas Sphere — Report

Posted on: March 7, 2025, 09:11h. 

Last updated on: March 7, 2025, 09:50h.

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  • The New York Post reports that Harry Styles is in final negotiations for the next Las Vegas Sphere residency
  • Sphere owner James Dolan reportedly wants Styles to perform 35 shows
  • Styles’ residency would begin after the Backstreet Boys wrap up this summer

British pop superstar Harry Styles is in final talks for the next Sphere residency that could include 35 shows starting later this year, according to the New York Post.

AI generates a photo of Harry Styles with Orbi, the Sphere’s newly named mascot. (Image: GROK)

“For the Sphere to continue to be on everyone’s radar they need to book some real ‘live’ artists like Styles,” the Gotham tabloid quoted an unnamed source. “Almost everything at the Sphere has been geared for the 60-and-over crowd — The Eagles and The Dead, and even U2.”

Apparently, this source was quoted before the Sphere booked naught-era superstars the Backstreet Boys, its first boy band, for 18 shows from July to August.

Styles, a former singer with One Direction, would be the globular venue’s second boy band attraction.

Just Wild About Harry

Bolstering the claim are the good relationships Sphere owner James Dolan enjoys with both Styles — who played 15 shows at Dolan’s Madison Square Garden in 2022, leading Dolan to raise a banner in that venue’s rafters honoring the singer — and with Irving Azoff, the power-manager whose bands the Eagles, Dead & Co. and U2 are all Sphere veterans.

Styles is managed by Irving’s son, Jeffrey Azoff.

Styles’ touring schedule is clear for the foreseeable, having wrapped his “Love on Tour” jaunt, which grossed a reported $617 million, in 2023. And there are no more Sphere shows booked after the Backstreet Boys.

Negotiations for Sphere residencies have reportedly been difficult for Dolan after the huge sum he paid U2 to be the venue’s guinea pig — a reported 90% of the gate plus $10 million to produce exclusive video.

Since opening with U2 in September 2023, Sphere Entertainment Co. is doing well in terms of revenue generation, with more than $489 million from the Sphere segment in its first nine months and a growing global footprint. However, it’s not yet financially healthy, as persistent operating and net losses — driven by high startup costs and one-time charges — offset these gains.