Trans Siberian Orchestra

pojo · Post by **pojo** » December 14, 2007 9:35 am

PHnSC wrote:Never seen them, but am thinking about going to one of the shows here in Columbia!

GO!!!!

markruble · Post by **markruble** » December 28, 2007 2:44 am

Just got home after watching them tonight in Columbus, Ohio. They played for about 2 1/2 hours and what a fantastic show. Would I recommend seeing them? YES! Would I go see them again? YES! They played at Nationwide Arena where Columbus Bluejackets of the NHL play and before the show Trans Siberian Orchestra (TSO) announced that $1.00 from every ticket sold goes to local charity in every city they play. Our concert yielded the local charity $21,000. The local charity was Buckeye Farm. They played two shows in Columbus so the local charity received a big donation.

Christmas music to a rock beat is not something you see everyday and was the main reason we went. The light and laser show in beat with the music was an added bonus. The only negative comment I have about the show was several times during the show the bright stage lights shined in our eyes. Going from dark lighting to having bright lights shining in your eyes did take away from enjoying it all, however I must say this only happened about 6 times in the entire 2 1/2 hours.

Hope this helps.
Mark

FunkHouse9 · Post by **FunkHouse9** » December 28, 2007 9:10 am

I went to see them a couple of weeks ago and it was really cool. The first 1.5 hours were great. Then I thought it got a little cheesy and obnoxious for 45 minutes or so when they got away from the Christmas music a little bit and (who I assume to be) the main guy started talking like he was a rock star. Then the last couple songs were great again. I'm glad I stuck around because the finale was pretty awesome. I enjoyed myself a lot but I'd have been a lot happier if they had cut out the nonsense in the last hour.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » May 8, 2008 2:38 pm

Alex Skolnik from TSO (and formerly of Testament and Savatage) was in my restaurant 2 nights ago!!! He was in town with his new band, the Alex Skolnik Trio...they do jazz renditions of classic heavy metal songs...

owbishop · Post by **owbishop** » May 8, 2008 3:01 pm

Does anyone know if the commercial on TNT for the NBA playoffs uses a song TSO plays every year, off the yet to be released album they have been working on for about 3 years

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » May 8, 2008 3:03 pm

owbishop wrote:Does anyone know if the commercial on TNT for the NBA playoffs uses a song TSO plays every year, off the yet to be released album they have been working on for about 3 years

your question is confusing...

...but Night Castle is still in production stages, nothing has been completed or released.

owbishop · Post by **owbishop** » May 8, 2008 3:05 pm

They sing a song that they said will be on that album every year in Cleveland that sounds like the backgound music for the commercial

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » May 8, 2008 3:22 pm

owbishop wrote:They sing a song that they said will be on that album every year in Cleveland that sounds like the backgound music for the commercial

OK....yeah, they have songs together...but I very much doubt that it is the same song.

owbishop · Post by **owbishop** » May 8, 2008 3:41 pm

I found the name of the song TSO sings "O Fortuna"

UpstateNYPH · Post by **UpstateNYPH** » September 4, 2008 2:57 pm

Fan club presale tickets when on sale this morning. Snagged 2 in 3rd row center for the East Rutherford, NJ show.

Anyone else buy tickets today?

The Lost Manatee · Post by **The Lost Manatee** » September 4, 2008 6:25 pm

My daughter dragged me to their last show in SLC and I have to admit that I was really surprised how good of show they put on. Yes, it was loud (that's what earplugs are for) and a little long given that this was my first exposure to their music. Depending on when they come again and how much the tickets are, I would definitely go again.

Marnin Grita Guy · Post by **Marnin Grita Guy** » November 9, 2008 3:57 pm

Stu and I are going to tonights show in Columbia.

Word is they are doing two Savatage songs in their set list.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » November 27, 2008 10:09 pm

New album coming very soon....

Night Castle!!!

First song is now available for free download at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Enchanted-A ... 755&sr=8-2

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » November 28, 2008 11:43 am

Saw them for the 2nd time last Sunday night. Once again they rocked the house. But as always, they might not be for everyone. We saw a few people, mainly older folks, leave after the half.

Marnin Grita Guy · Post by **Marnin Grita Guy** » November 28, 2008 2:28 pm

CaptainP wrote:New album coming very soon....

Night Castle!!!

First song is now available for free download at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Enchanted-A ... 755&sr=8-2

SWEET!!!!

Now thats powerful stuff there.

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » November 29, 2008 3:13 pm

Marnin Grita Guy wrote:
CaptainP wrote:New album coming very soon....

Night Castle!!!

First song is now available for free download at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Enchanted-A ... 755&sr=8-2

SWEET!!!!

Now thats powerful stuff there.

It's batter be. It's only taking them 3 or 4 years the make it

Blondn6ft · Post by **Blondn6ft** » November 29, 2008 7:40 pm

OMG !!!
I have listened to the music for years ...
I finally went to see them this year becaus my friend Jeff Scott Soto (JSS)
was performing with them on the West Coast tour.

Don't miss it is you still have a chance to go see them ...

here are some videos and pictures ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkxPFqGa-as

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ClSRPwBPu8

http://www.robinsbirdseyeview.com/galle ... 5450_bGxYY

Marnin Grita Guy · Post by **Marnin Grita Guy** » November 29, 2008 9:02 pm

Blondn6ft wrote:OMG !!!
I have listened to the music for years ...
I finally went to see them this year becaus my friend Jeff Scott Soto (JSS)
was performing with them on the West Coast tour.

Don't miss it is you still have a chance to go see them ...

here are some videos and pictures ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkxPFqGa-as

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ClSRPwBPu8

http://www.robinsbirdseyeview.com/galle ... 5450_bGxYY

Robin great to see you again. I would say Robin Thompson but that has

changed.

Wonderful band and performance. We had most of the original people for

our show. I was very happy.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » November 30, 2008 1:52 am

Sidew13 wrote:
Marnin Grita Guy wrote:
CaptainP wrote:New album coming very soon....

Night Castle!!!

First song is now available for free download at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Enchanted-A ... 755&sr=8-2

SWEET!!!!

Now thats powerful stuff there.
It's batter be. It's only taking them 3 or 4 years the make it

That's the problem with an "Orchestra" rather than a band. No "permanent" members. Have to deal with a lot of different people's schedules.

Bob Roberts · Post by **Bob Roberts** » November 30, 2008 5:11 pm

The TSO is coming to Knoxville on the 22nd, so I think I may go see them. If I'm not working the concert I can get in free.