Trans-Siberian Orchestra Hitting The Road With 'Beethoven'
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Hitting The Road With 'Beethoven'Don't panic.
Just because Trans-Siberian Orchestra is touring doesn't mean the holidays are back. However, I'm a 36-regular and I could really use some tube socks.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, a concert-staple around the merry months of November and December, are preparing to embark on their first ever non-holiday, spring trek. The 31-market tour begins March 25 with a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert in Cincinnati. The outing is scheduled to conclude May 2 in Grand Prairie.
For this musical voyage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra will eschew the large arenas that usually host their holiday shows and instead they will visit more intimate setting like theatres, music halls, and performing arts centers.
Highlights of their sojourn include an April 1 performance in Boston, an April 9 concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and a May 1 show in Houston, Texas.
TSO plays just once in the Great White North. On April 13 Trans-Siberian Orchestra performs in Toronto at Massey Hall.
What brings Trans-Siberian Orchestra out of their spring hibernation? The outfit is performing their 2000 album "Beethoven's Last Night" in its entirety and with storytelling devices.
“Beethoven was the world’s first heavy metal musician,” said TSO front man Paul O’Neill. “The main theme in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony could easily have been written by Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.”
In addition to the "dramatized" Beethoven story, TSO will also play selections from their 2009 release "Night Castle," which went gold in less than eight weeks.
Insiders believe this tour will eventually lead to a European leg. The band has never toured that continent. As it stands now, Euros will have to come to the States, to places like Chicago or Washington, to see their favorite heavy metal symphony.
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is the creative offspring of producer, composer, and lyricist Paul O'Neil. He started the group, along with collaborators Robert Kinkel, Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli, back in 1996.
TSO comprises a hard-rock band, a complete orchestra, and a bevy of vocalists. They cover a wide range of genres in a distinct style that blends classical music with heavy metal.