New Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience tour coming in 2018—Get the dates

Last year, Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi took the music of the show on the road throughout the United States and Canada, enlisting the help of fantastic musicians and soloists to bring his work to life. It was a splendid show, packed with moving moments like this…

…and awesome ones like this:

Now, Djawadi has announced via Facebook that the tour will be coming back in 2018, helping to bridge the gap between seasons 7 and 8. Check out his video announcement below. (He also plays Arya’s theme, “Needle,” on the hammered dulcimer for your enjoyment.)

In the back half of the video, the world is rendered as a Game of Thrones-style map, and we see where Djawadi and his musicians will be playing. All the dates are below.

The tour kicks off in May, in Europe.

• May 8 — Madrid, WiZink Center
• May 10 — Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi
• May 12 — Paris, AccorHotel Arena
• May 14 — Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena
• May 15 — Lodz, Atlas Arena
• May 16 — Prague, O2 Arena Prague
• May 18 — Budapest, Budapest Arena
• May 19 — Vienna, Wiener Stadthalle
• May 21 — Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome
• May 22 — Antwerp, Antwerps Sportpaleis
• May 24 — Dublin, 3Arena
• May 25 — Belfast, The SSE Arena
• May 27 — London, Wembley Arena
• May 29 — Harburg, Barclaycard Arena
• May 31 — Stockholm, Ericsson Globe
• June 1 — Copenhagen, Royal Arena
• June 4 — Munich, Olympiahalle
• June 5 — Zurich, HallenStadion
• June 7 — Frankfurt, Festhalle Frankfurt
• June 8 — Cologne, Lanxess Arena

Then it takes a couple months off before starting the North American leg:

• September 5 — Vancouver, Pepsi Live at Rodgers Arena
• September 6 — Seattle, KeyArena
• September 8 — San Jose, SAP Center
• September 9 — Los Angeles, The Forum
• September 11 — San Diego, Viejas Arena
• September 12 — Phoenix, Gile River Arena
• September 14 — Denver, Pepsi Center
• September 16 — Dallas, American Airlines Center
• September 17 — Houston, Toyota Center
• September 18 — Austin, Frank Erwin Center
• September 21 — Tampa, Amalie Arena
• September 22 — Ft. Lauderdale, BB&T Center
• September 25 — Washington DC, Capital One Arena
• September 26 — Newark, Prudential Center
• September 28 — Uncasville, Mohegan Sun Arena
• September 28 — Boston, DCU Center
• September 30 — University Park, Bryce Jordan Center
• October 2 — Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center
• October 3 — New York City, Madison Square Garden
• October 5 — St. Louis, Scottrade Center
• October 6 — Chicago, AllState Arena
• October 9 — Detroit, Little Caesars Arena
• October 10 — Columbus, Schottenstein Center
• October 12 — Montreal, Bell Centre
• October 14 — Toronto, Air Canada Centre

For comparison’s sake, the original Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience Tour only visited 24 locations in North America. Now there are 25 in North American, plus an additional 20 in Europe. This thing’s going trans-Atlantic!

It’s interesting that the Concert Experience is running through October of 2018. Last time he went on tour, Djawadi hadn’t yet written the music for season 7. Likewise, he probably won’t write the music for season 8 until after the tour is done, which means there’ll still be work to do by October. (The word right now is that filming will run through August.) It’s looking more and more likely that the theory of season 8 airing in 2019 is correct.

Finally, Djawadi notes that fans can buy tickets for the Live Concert Experience on Ticketmaster starting on September 29, this Friday. However, if they use the promo code “Winter,” they can get in on “the pre-sale action.”

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