London’s MSG Sphere concert venue comes one step closer to reality

A publicity photo for the MSG Sphere planned for Stratford, London. Photograph: The Madison Square Garden Company

It is a giant, globe-shaped music venue that has been described as a “monstrosity”, a “glowing orb” and an “eyesore”.

But now the MSG Sphere, a new concert hall planned for Stratford in east London – which would be as wide as the London Eye and as tall as Big Ben – could soon move a step closer to reality.