Nintendo recently gave out some basic information about the upcoming Zelda concert tour that was announced at E3. The tour will be hitting North America on October 21 at the Panages Theater in Los Angeles with ticket prices starting at $35. At Comic Con this past weekend, however, I had the chance to speak with Bill Trinen, a product marketing manager at Nintendo, regarding the concerts and got a few more details about the tour.
As it turns out, the shows in October, referred to by Trinen as the “25th Anniversary concerts,” will hit Los Angeles, Tokyo, and an undetermined European city, and should be thought of as an entirely separate entity from the 2012 tour that will be headed up by JMP Productions. Kondo had already been planning the October shows, and it’s likely that the set lists will differ from the global tour that’s set to start in 2012. It hasn’t been decided yet as to whether or not video screens will be featured as a part of the show or how long the tour will last, but Nintendo is at least committed to supporting it through 2012.
In the meantime, head over to the tour’s official website to hear a streaming sample. What do you think of the two seemingly-separate concerts, and will you be making it out to the October concerts or waiting for the full-scale tour to hit your town?
[via Destructoid]
I hope they announce the undetermined European city soon. Otherwise the plane tickets will be quite expensive 🙂
If they don’t come to Europe, I’ll go to the US or to Japan or wherever I have to. I just hope the arrangements and the performances will be fantastic.