Anyma at the Sphere: The Residency That Changed Dance Music Shows

Before Anyma, the Sphere belonged to U2, Phish, the Eagles, and Dead & Company. Then a melodic techno producer sold out twelve nights and rewrote what a DJ show could be.

The run

The End of Genesys opened December 27, 2024, making Anyma the first electronic act to headline the Las Vegas Sphere. The original eight nights sold out, so four more were added, closing the run in early March 2025 at twelve shows total. The rotating openers were a story on their own: Tiësto, Charlotte de Witte, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Amelie Lens, who became the first female artist officially billed at the venue. Ellie Goulding even showed up in person to debut their collab Hypnotized.

Why it mattered

The Sphere's wraparound screen rewards artists with a real visual world, and Anyma had spent years building one. His human-meets-machine aesthetic, directed by Alessio De Vecchi with Alexander Wessely executive producing, felt made for the room in a way even the legacy rock residencies didn't quite match. Anyma barely appeared on screen himself. The show was the story, and it set a bar that festivals with even the biggest LED walls now get measured against.

What it started

The door Anyma opened didn't stay open long before someone else walked through it. Illenium became the second electronic act to take a Sphere residency, launching Odyssey in March 2026 with an album written specifically for the venue. That's the real legacy: dance music now has a venue where the show is composed, not just performed.

Where Anyma is now

He hasn't slowed down. After a headline debut at Coachella, Anyma launched ÆDEN, a weekly residency at [UNVRS] in Ibiza running Tuesdays from June 9 through September 15, 2026, part of a limited global tour of the new show. If you missed the Sphere, that's currently the closest thing to it.