So, I finally get a chance to actually write up my experiences with going to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra on their first ever non-winter tour. My parents and I went out to Syracuse on Sunday to catch the show at the Landmark Theater.

After a quick pit stop at Tully’s for dinner, we headed to the venue and began the search for parking, which we found in this little tiny lot with a guy who was walking car to car as they parked getting their money and handing out parking stubs which we were informed were to be placed “on your dash. Or else…” We were a bit worried if our car would still be in one piece when we returned from the venue, but he was offering reasonable rates so we left the car in his care and headed in.

Our seats ended up being a little more to the left of the theater than I was anticipating when I bought them, but still pretty darn good.

As for the show itself, they performed the entire Beethoven’s Last Night album from start to finish, including newly written passages of narration between almost every song, helping to explain the story as it went. The performances of the vocalists and the band were top notch. When I was at the show it sounded like the same vocalists from the album, but as it turns out, they were all different people, but they did an incredible job. Particularly the guy who played Beethoven and Jeff Scott Soto who did Mephistopheles as evily as one possibly could. They also played 3-4 more songs off of their new album, Nightcastle which was fine with me, as they hit the songs I liked and skipped a lot of the ungood ones that were on that particular album.

The production was very cool. They had 3 arches set up that they could project various things on, along with transparent LED screens inside each arch that they had various videos playing on through the show. The stage was stuffed with as many lights as one could possibly fit on a theater stage, and there were lasers galore. Sadly, no pyro, however this was expected as smaller theaters rarely allow it.

This video wasn’t from the show we went to but it’s the best video/sound I could find so far:

All in all, a very fun evening. My parents enjoyed it, as did I. TSO doesn’t disappoint!

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