Illenium has long had a monumental relationship with Las Vegas.
In July 2021, he became the first artist to headline the city’s Allegiant Stadium with his three-set performance Trilogy. On Thursday (March 5), the producer honored that bond again, launching the first of nine “Odyssey” shows at Sphere — a production that felt part Blade Runner, part Final Fantasy, and fully engineered for the world’s most technologically advanced venue.
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In a move no artist of any genre has attempted in Sphere’s nearly three years of operation, Illenium created an entire album specifically for the residency with this work, also called Odyssey, released by Republic Records on Feb. 6. Hearing these songs performed live for the first time — while they were synchronized with cinematic visuals across the venue’s massive wraparound screen — turned opening night into a groundbreaking moment in live entertainment.
“We were like, ‘We want to make a movie,'” the producer born Nick Miller recently told Billboard of the residency. “Every show I’ve seen there has done an amazing job pushing boundaries, but I do feel like there’s room to push the combination of an immersive show and a movie storyline that’s impactful, emotional and has this captivating immersion to it.”
Across a tightly orchestrated 90-minute set running from 10:45 p.m. to exactly 12:15 a.m., the producer guided nearly 20,000 fans through a 40-track journey divided into eight chapters. The story centered on the metamorphosis of Illenium’s phoenix mascot — the symbol that forms the “N” (for his given name, Nick) in his logo — representing his rise from the ashes and the emotional arc that has defined his career.
These are five of the highlights moments of a monumental show, with the show’s massive setlist also shared below.
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