Film + TV
Game of Thrones is taking its music on tour
by Richard Howard
August 9, 2016
Music from the streets of Westeros is coming live to a city near you.
If you’re the magical combination of a music nerd and a….well, nerd nerd, then it’s time call up HBO and yell “Shut up and take my money,” Phillip J. Fry style.
The network has just announced the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience tour, wherein show composer Ramin Djawadi will bring a full orchestra and choir to 28 cities across North America. While he looks forward to exposing fans of the show who may not be familiar with the genre to classical music, Djawadi promises this will be anything but a regular night at the orchestra.
“I wanted something that takes you beyond just watching an orchestra play with things happening onstage that will enhance the musical experience,” he explained. A press release (sort of) outlined how they plan to achieve that goal.
[The concert] will use innovative music tour production and video technology that will recreate the various realms found throughout Westeros and Essos as well as showcase footage from the show in addition to all new imagery created exclusively for the tour.
Not exactly sure what that means, but let’s be honest — it’s going to be awesome. And don’t worry – because they’re not blithering idiots, HBO and Live Nation have confirmed stops in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver’s major stadiums in addition to the U.S. dates. Check out the full itinerary below.
02-15 Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
02-17 St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
02-19 Chicago, IL – United Center
02-20 Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
02-22 Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
02-23 Buffalo, NY – First Niagara Center
02-25 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun
02-26 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
03-01 Washington, DC – Verizon Center
03-03 Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre
03-04 Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
03-06 Boston, MA – TD Bank Garden
03-07 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
03-09 Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Arena
03-11 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – BB&T Center
03-12 Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
03-14 Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
03-16 San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
03-17 Houston, TX – Toyota Center
03-19 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
03-21 Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center
03-23 Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
03-25 Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
03-26 Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Arena
03-29 San Jose, CA – SAP Center
03-31 Seattle, WA – Key Arena
04-01 Vancouver, British Columbia – Rogers Arena
04-02 Portland, OR – Moda Center
