Best VR concerts in 2025

Overview

As artists across the globe announce summer tour dates and major music festivals publish their setlists, 2025 is shaping up to be an excellent year for live music, and 
VR concerts are no exception. These shows, also known as virtual concerts, are live music experiences utilizing VR technology or accessible entirely at a virtual concert hall. VR-enhanced live experiences deepen immersion by providing viewers with an additional layer of 3D concert artistry, while remote VR events allow concert-goers worldwide to skip long ticket queues and be able to plug in to see their favorite musicians from anywhere on the planet.

Here is a list of the best VR concerts of 2025, including both past events 
and upcoming ones that we’re excited to see this year.

The best virtual concerts of 2025:

• Metallica – Apple Immersive Concerts
• HYPERFOCUS: TXT
• Shawn Mendes at the Red Rocks Amphitheater
• Tiësto at the Red Rocks Amphitheater
• Princeton University Concerts – “Future Presence”

Metallica – Apple Immersive Concerts

Metallica, an Apple Immersive concert experience, features the juggernauts of rock-and-roll in the last leg of their 2024 tour, an earth-shattering Mexico City performance featuring all-time classics such as “One”, “Whiplash” and “Enter Sandman” in ultra-high-resolution 180 degree video and spatial audio. This virtual concert premiered March 14, 2025 and is available to view for free on Apple Vision Pro devices. Those who do not own an Apple Vision Pro are able to check out this unforgettable 3D concert as part of the device’s demo experience at Apple Store locations worldwide.

HYPERFOCUS: Tomorrow X Together

K-pop icons TOMORROW X TOGETHER, alternatively known as TXT, are making their first foray into VR concert experiences with “HYPERFOCUS: TOMORROW X TOGETHER”. This event is an inventive reimagining of a physical live show, providing fans with VR headsets to combine the deeply communal experience of live shows with transcendently immersive visuals. Filmed in stereoscopic 8K and combined with a high-quality theater soundtrack, this interactive concert aims to bring every TXT fan a deeply personal front-row experience. The concert, facilitated by AmazeVR, premiered in a 2024 five-city tour of  the United States and continues into 2025 with tour dates across Europe, Singapore and China – additional locations and dates will soon be announced.

Shawn Mendes at the Red Rocks Amphitheater

Shawn Mendes’ headline-making performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre made a January 2025 appearance at the Meta Horizon Music Valley virtual concert hall, letting viewers across the globe partake in an immersive VR concert experience. The performance, spanning the entirety of the singer-songwriter’s newest album, Shawn, contains unique, intimate revelations about Mendes’ sexuality and personal life. Viewers were additionally treated to the pop star’s greatest hits, such as “In My Blood”, “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back” and “Stitches”. The event was a collaboration between Meta, Dorsey Pictures, 7 Cinematics and Lightsail VR, 
and streamed exclusively on Meta Quest platforms.

Tiёsto at the Red Rocks Amphitheater

In another VR hit for the Emmy-nominated venue, Red Rocks Amphitheater hosted EDM legend Tiёsto and released the virtual experience, “Tiësto: Red Rocks Live in VR”, on Meta Quest Platforms in January 2025. Viewers who plugged in to the VR concert were dazzled by an audiovisual display of lasers, pyrotechnics, projected explosions and, surprisingly, eagles. The performance featured the DJ’s iconic beat drops in hits such as “10:35” and “THE BUSINESS”, among others. A second collaboration between Meta, Dorsey Pictures, 7 Cinematics and Lightsail VR – perhaps more legendary Red Rocks VR performances await later in the year.

Princeton University Concerts – “Future Presence”

Back by popular demand, Princeton University Concerts returned their sold-out Mahler Chamber Orchestra interactive concert experience over four days in January 2025. A fusion of the classical and the cutting-edge, this immersive and multi-dimensional recording of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Mendelssohn placed viewers right in the orchestra pit and allowed them to move freely, their location directly influencing the nuances in the musical mix. Filmed in 360 degrees, this interactive recording provided an elevated musical experience for classical music connoisseurs and newcomers to the genre alike, earning it a place in our list of the best virtual concerts of 2025.

Digital Residency VR concerts

Artists looking to organize the best VR concerts should look no further than digitalresidency.com, the premier organizer of live virtual reality events. Virtual music concerts by Digital Residency immerse viewers in imaginative audiovisual experiences, made to highlight the unique creative identity of each performer. Enhance your live performances with the help of Digital Residency’s top-class virtual reality experience design team – contact us to find out more!

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