DENVER — Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) is ready to ring in the holiday season.
The heavy metal, Christmas music rock band is hitting the road for its annual cross-country holiday tour.
“The Ghosts of Christmas Eve – the Best of TSO & More” will see two sets of TSO bands visit arenas across the United States beginning Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Wisconsin and Iowa. With both matinee and evening performances, the tour will continue through Dec. 30 in Minnesota and Ohio.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra will play two concerts at Denver's Ball Arena on Saturday, Nov. 18, and two at Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs on Sunday, Nov. 19.
Tickets for the 2023 holiday tour are on sale at Trans-Siberian.com.
Fans can expect a memorable performance that references the band's 1999 “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve” television film and album. The story follows a young girl who runs away from home on Christmas Eve; she's alone, visions come to her, and eventually she makes her way back to her family at midnight, just in time for the Christmas holiday. Singers represent different characters, woven into a narrative by the late founder Paul O’Neill.
TSO's guitarist and music director Al Pitrelli says that since the band started 28 years ago, their winter tours have become a tradition for loyal fans and their families.
"I call them repeat offenders," Pitrelli joked. As of July 2022, Pollstar put Trans-Siberian Orchestra's box office gross at $769 million.
"Everybody misses somebody, especially on Christmas. The show provides an arena for people to feel less alone, wrapped up in the world's biggest rock and roll production," Pitrella said.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra has also launched a channel on SiriusXM radio, which will be available through Dec. 26.
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