Ramin Djawdi takes us behind the scenes of the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience

The Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience is coming to a city near you, and composer Ramin Djawadi revealed a glimpse of the creative process that went in to bringing the show’s epic stage to life. Keep an eye out for the guy randomly wearing a tuxedo.

Rocking a tuxedo in the studio? We can dig it. Anyways, after the success of last year’s Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience, another tour seemed inevitable. Like a proper rock star, Djawadi couldn’t just cart out the same the same old show to the same cities though. Thus, this year’s tour includes Europe as well as Canada and the United States. But what new tricks might Djawadi have up his sleeve?

Details on the new concert are scarce ahead of its May 8th debut in Madrid, although you can expect Djawadi’s epic score set to a full orchestra, pyrotechnics, and video from the show. From Djawadi’s latest video though, we can see the concert has merged last year’s stage that sat amid the center of the arena (like so), with a more traditional stage at one end. A portion of the stage does sit out in the middle of the arena however, and we’re guessing that’s where Djawadi will perform his solos, similar to last year.

And if that wasn’t enough to get you excited, Djawadi cryptically called this year’s tour “a two-hour trailer” for season 8. Now you’ve got our attention.

Find the complete schedule below,  and purchase tickets here.

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

North America

• 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

Next: Season 8 filming: The Red Keep shows up on the King’s Landing set in Belfast

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