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Aug 9, 2016 - 10:21 AM
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MikeP
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Game Of Thrones is joining the live concert tour roster, with the "GAME OF THRONES LIVE CONCERT EXPERIENCE" . The show has some interesting music, some of it damn good, some of it not as exciting. And frustratingly, a lot of the music I've enjoyed most has not been included on the soundtrack albums. The show has a very nice device of not having just a re-run of the main theme over the end credits, but original episode scoring over the titles, usually it's pretty damn effective. I've seen the Star Wars concert, which was excellent, the Star Trek tour seemed to get really mixed reviews. This one may be one to catch. Tickets are on sale Friday it seems, tour dates below and more detail on the link - http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/08/game-thrones-concert-tour-dates Tour dates - Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017: Kansas City, Missouri, Sprint Center Friday, Feb. 17, 2017: St. Paul, Minnesota, Xcel Energy Center Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017: Chicago, United Center Monday, Feb. 20, 2017: Detroit, Palace of Auburn Hills Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017: Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Arena Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017: Buffalo, New York, First Niagara Center Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017: Uncasville, Connecticut, Mohegan Sun Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017: Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center Wednesday, March 1, 2017: Washington, DC, Verizon Center Friday, March 3, 2017: Montreal, Bell Centre Saturday, March 4, 2017: Toronto, Air Canada Centre Monday, March 6, 2017: Boston, TD Bank Garden Tuesday, March 7, 2017: New York, Madison Square Garden Thursday, March 9, 2017: Charlotte, North Carolina, Time Warner Cable Arena Saturday, March 11, 2017: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, BB&T Center Sunday, March 12, 2017: Tampa, Florida, Amalie Arena Tuesday, March 14, 2017: Atlanta, Philips Arena Thursday, March 16, 2017: San Antonio, Texas, AT&T Center Friday, March 17, 2017: Houston, Toyota Center Sunday, March 19, 2017: Denver, Pepsi Center Tuesday, March 21, 2017: Salt Lake City, Maverik Center Thursday, March 23, 2017: Los Angeles, The Forum Saturday, March 25, 2017: Las Vegas, MGM Grand Garden Arena Sunday, March 26, 2017: Phoenix, TalkingStick Resort Arena Wednesday, March 29, 2017: San Jose, California, SAP Center Friday, March 31, 2017: Seattle, Key Arena Saturday, April 1, 2017: Vancouver, Rogers Arena Sunday, April 2, 2017: Portland, Oregon, Moda Center
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Obviously the ones in the UK are missed off for some reason. Come on guys, if Ennio and Danny can do this...
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Feb 21, 2017 - 7:40 PM
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jkheiser
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I saw last night's show in St. Paul. This is one of those amphitheater affairs with a lot of audio-visual techno-wizardry, pyrotechnics, and lighting effects. There are multiple large screens upon which video and motion graphics are projected. Fireballs emerge from flamethrowers for the dragons, green smoke billows for the wildfire, and autumnal leaves fall from an animatronic weirwood tree. Below the screens is a large soundstage. The orchestra occupies one end of this platform. The remaining three-quarters is used to spotlight key instrumentalists and vocalists. There's also some occasional pageantry for the chorus, who march around in robes like zealots for the High Sparrow. Some of the musical pieces focus on individual characters, places, and their themes, accompanied by an appropriate video montage. Other musical pieces are entire sequences from specific episodes, such as The Red Wedding, The Siege of Meereen, both of the climactic sequences of season six, and many more. For these set pieces, entire scenes are played on the video screens with their musical scoring. However, the bloodiest of the violence has been neutered to keep the show somewhat "family-friendly." Any genitalia or viscera is conspicuously elided. At key moments there are sound effects and dialog for emphasis, such as arrows flying, dragons roaring, or swords colliding. Largely, however, the orchestra dominates. Ramin Djawadi is present and does all the emceeing. He's an amiable, handsome chap. He also plays the hammered dulcimer, the guitar, and most memorably, the keyboards, on which he does organ work atop a hydraulic platform that rises upward, as his music builds to a crescendo when wildfire obliterates the Great Sept of Baelor. It's impressive showmanship. The show started at 8:00 and finished around 10:30. Like the sturm und drang of the show, this concert is big and loud. In fact, I found the sound engineering too loud for my ears. Occasionally there seemed to be a bit of audible distortion. My preference would have been a conventional orchestra hall with a single screen for video accompaniment, but I still found it a reasonably enjoyable time.
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