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Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Thursday December 01, 2011 At 7:30 PM
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (often abbreviated to TSO)
is an American progressive rock band[1] founded in
1993 by producer, composer, and lyricist Paul O'Neill,
who brought together Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli
(both members of Savatage) and keyboardist and
co-producer Robert Kinkel to form the core of the
creative team. Since then, TSO has gone on to sell
nearly 8 million concert tickets and 8.5 million
albums.[2] The band's musical style incorporates
classical, orchestral, symphonic, and
progressive elements into hard rock and
heavy metal. The band is most famous for their series of Christmas-themed rock operas (Christmas Eve and Other Stories, The Christmas Attic, and The Lost Christmas Eve), for which they do an annual fall/winter tour. Their other releases are rock operas on historical themes (Beethoven's Last Night and Night Castle). Trans-Siberian Orchestra is also known for their extensive charity work and elaborate concerts, which are complete with a full orchestra, a massive light show, lasers, dozens of pyrotechnics, moving trusses, video screens, and other effects that are synchronized to the music. Despite the name, the group has no connection to Siberia or any part of Russia.
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Roger Waters, the co-founder and principal songwriter of the archetypal progressive band Pink Floyd, has announced the return of the historic production of “The Wall” to North America in 2012. His aural and visual masterpiece of alienation and transformation will be performed in-its-entirety featuring a full band and state-of-the-art production. “The Wall” live has played more than 120 shows around the world for more than 1.6 million fans making it one of the most successful tours of 2010 and 2011.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (often abbreviated to TSO) 
