harper
12-11-2005, 05:42 AM
I went to the TSO Concert Friday night.
WOW!!!
That was an awesome concert. TSO took the stage at around 8:10 and finished around 10:45. They played through Christmas Eve and Other Stories plus a few other songs from their other albums during the first half of the show. Midway through the show, they stopped for about 10 minutes to introduce everybody and talk to the audience a bit. The second half included a number of their other Christmas songs plus stuff from Beethoven's Last Night, the new album they are working on and a few other songs.
The light show was spectacular. There were a few times when it was blinding, but other than that was very entertaining with lasers, lots of flashing lights, different colored flamethrowers, and fireworks. There was an extended drum solo that was amazing plus during one song, a couple of the guitarists ran out to a ministage in the middle of the stadium and were lifted up about 25 feet above the crowd for a couple of minutes before running back to the main stage. The group had a lot of energy and put on a great show. I kind of wish I could see them on Christmas Eve because that would be something.
The only slight negative was that the girl who sat in front of me behaved like she was at a typical rock concert for the first 40 minutes of the show - flailing her arms around right in front of my face at times and making it a bit difficult to see. She was the only one near me doing that and it was a bit distracting. Coincidently enough, after I happened to make a comment to the guy sitting next to me about how I wished I had a nice big roll of duct tape, she stopped flailing around and just enjoyed the show. There were still plenty of times to stand up and scream or cheer.
All in all, well worth checking out if you like TSO at all. A very loud and fun show.
If you haven't heard of the group before, they started as an offshoot of the heavy metal band Savatage back in the mid90s. They mostly play Christmas music and use a full orchestra along with a full rock band and they are fantastic. I have all 3 of their Christmas cds plus their non-holiday cd, Beethoven's Last Night.
WOW!!!
That was an awesome concert. TSO took the stage at around 8:10 and finished around 10:45. They played through Christmas Eve and Other Stories plus a few other songs from their other albums during the first half of the show. Midway through the show, they stopped for about 10 minutes to introduce everybody and talk to the audience a bit. The second half included a number of their other Christmas songs plus stuff from Beethoven's Last Night, the new album they are working on and a few other songs.
The light show was spectacular. There were a few times when it was blinding, but other than that was very entertaining with lasers, lots of flashing lights, different colored flamethrowers, and fireworks. There was an extended drum solo that was amazing plus during one song, a couple of the guitarists ran out to a ministage in the middle of the stadium and were lifted up about 25 feet above the crowd for a couple of minutes before running back to the main stage. The group had a lot of energy and put on a great show. I kind of wish I could see them on Christmas Eve because that would be something.
The only slight negative was that the girl who sat in front of me behaved like she was at a typical rock concert for the first 40 minutes of the show - flailing her arms around right in front of my face at times and making it a bit difficult to see. She was the only one near me doing that and it was a bit distracting. Coincidently enough, after I happened to make a comment to the guy sitting next to me about how I wished I had a nice big roll of duct tape, she stopped flailing around and just enjoyed the show. There were still plenty of times to stand up and scream or cheer.
All in all, well worth checking out if you like TSO at all. A very loud and fun show.
If you haven't heard of the group before, they started as an offshoot of the heavy metal band Savatage back in the mid90s. They mostly play Christmas music and use a full orchestra along with a full rock band and they are fantastic. I have all 3 of their Christmas cds plus their non-holiday cd, Beethoven's Last Night.