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

Planning committee to discuss fears project will blight area with light and noise pollution

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.