Vince Gill Admits Eagles’ Sphere Visuals Are ‘Pretty Distracting’

Vince
Gill
has
detailed
the
unique
challenge
of
performing
with
the

Eagles
at
the

Sphere.

Gill,
who
joined
the
band’s
lineup
in
2017
following
the
death
of

Glenn
Frey,
recently
appeared
on

Shred
With
Shifty,
the
podcast
hosted
by

Foo
Fighters
guitarist
Chris
Shiflett.
During
their
conversation,
Shiflett
asked
Gill
how
he
handles
the
Sphere’s
all-encompassing
visuals.

“I
try
to
ignore
it,”
the
country
rocker
responded.
“I
try
not
to
watch
any
of
the
content,
because
it’s
pretty
distracting.
And
it
makes
me
get
a
little
bit
wobbly.
Things
are
moving
and
tilting,
and
it’s
pretty
neat.”

“I
jokingly
tell
people
it’s
the
most
people
I’ve
ever
been
ignored
by
at
a
gig,”
Gill
continued.
“But
you
know,
they’re
there
to
see
the
bells
and
whistles,
and
that’s
the
point
of
it
all.”

Vince
Gill
Says
the
Sphere’s
Visuals
Have
Occasionally
Affected
His
Performance

Describing
the
Las
Vegas
venue
as
“unbelievable,”
Gill
further
confessed
that
the
Sphere’s
engrossing
visuals
have
occasionally
affected
his
performance.

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“I’ll
find
myself,
if
I
start
watching
it,
forgetting
to
come
back
in
and
sing,
and
this
and
that,
and
get
distracted,”
he
admitted,
adding
that
he’s
not
the
only
one
in
the
band
whose
attention
gets
grabbed
by
the
display.
“Joe
[Walsh]
always
says
every
night,
he
says,
‘I
look
back
and
I
never
knew
how
big
my
nose
was.’”

Since
launching
their
residency
in
September
2024,
the
Eagles
have
performed
32
shows
at
the
Sphere.
Gill
will
head
out
for
a
solo
tour
this
summer
before
rejoining
Walsh,

Don
Henley,

Timothy
B.
Schmit
and
Deacon
Frey
for
the
Eagles’

final
run
of
Sphere
dates
this
fall.