Rhode Island Convention Center



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA’S 2016 WINTER TOUR

CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF TSO

“The Ghosts of Christmas Eve” Tour Launches November 17

Trans – Siberian Orchestra

Dunkin’ Donuts Center

Sunday, November 20, 2016 3pm & 7:30pm

Tickets are available by calling (800) 745 - 3000, all Ticketmaster outlets and on-line at and in person at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Box Office

TICKETS ON SALE Friday, September 16th @ 10am

Fan Club Pre-Sale Begins September 7

Public Tickets Available Beginning September 16

Providence, RI (August 16, 2016) – Paul O’Neill launched a project in 1996 that over the past

20 years has become a critically-acclaimed, multi-platinum, musical powerhouse: Trans-

Siberian Orchestra. The progressive rock group’s record-setting “rock theater” tours sell out

venues year after year and have cemented TSO’s status as a must-attend, multi-generational,

holiday tradition. Now, TSO’s creator/lyricist/composer O’Neill is proud to announce that in its

Platinum anniversary year, the group is bringing back its treasured tale, “The Ghosts of

Christmas Eve,” to 61 cities across North America beginning on November 17th and concluding,

after 105 shows, with special New Year’s Eve performances in Seattle and Cleveland (see below

for a full itinerary).

The tour pre-sale opens to fan club members on September 7 through September 9, with the

general public on sale set to begin on September 16 (see trans- for details).

TSO is pleased to announce that each concert ticket will include a digital audio copy of The

Ghosts of Christmas Eve. This is the first time these songs have been released in an audio

package, and the album features a bonus track, recorded during The Lost Christmas Eve

sessions, titled “Heal My Soul.”

Debuted last year to rave critical and fan reviews, and based on TSO’s multi-platinum DVD and

long running PBS fundraiser, “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve,” follows the journey of a runaway

who breaks into an abandoned vaudeville theater on December 24th. While seeking shelter

from the cold, the teen is discovered by the theater’s caretaker who uses the ghosts and spirits

from the building’s past to turn her life around. The rock opera features such enduring fan favorites

as "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24," "O’ Come All Ye Faithful," "Good King Joy," "Christmas Canon," "Music Box Blues," "Promises To Keep," and "This Christmas Day." 2016’s tour will see an all new second set containing some of TSO’s greatest hits and fan-pleasers.

“This show was an experiment, to take something that was conceived for TV and try to express

that story live on stage. Integrating segments of the TV show with a live narrator and full rock

band is something TSO has never done. It brought back so many memories to see Ossie Davis

and everyone else who helped make that TV special into the annual tradition that it has

become. The overwhelming response from the fans during the 2015 Winter Tour drove the

band's decision to take it back out on the road this year. As always we have new artists, new

special effects and lots of surprises in store. We are looking forward to seeing everyone on the

road.”

2015 was another landmark year for TSO, with their hit tour and the release of the chart topping

new album, Letters from the Labyrinth (TSO’s third Top 10 album debut in a row, it

spent six weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock Chart). 2015’s tour hit 60 cities across North

America and played to more than 850,000 people. The run grossed more than $41 million in

just 45 days which resulted in it being ranked No. 15 on the “Top 200 North American Tours”

chart and No. 30 on the “Top 100 Worldwide Tours” chart by concert industry trade Pollstar

magazine.

The tour was also featured on CBS Sunday Morning and in a cover story for the Wall Street

Journal. In the summer of 2015, at the Wacken Open Air music festival in Germany, TSO

produced an industry first when the group performed a coordinated set across the festival’s

massive two main stages, to a crowd of over 80,000 fans.

TSO has cemented itself as one of the world’s biggest rock acts, by playing approximately 2,000

shows for nearly 13 million fans, with tour grosses of more than $580 million, and selling in

excess of 10 million albums and DVDs. In 2009, Billboard magazine placed TSO at No. 25 on its

“Top Touring Artists of the Decade.”

As in all previous years, $1-$2 of every ticket sold benefits select local charities. To date, in

excess of $13 million has been distributed to worthy charities all across North America.

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For photos, video, music, bio, and more information on the 2016 Winter Tour, visit: .

com/tso/press/winter/index.html

CONTACT:

Scoop Marketing for Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Erik Stein (estein@), Larry Solters (solters@), Anna Loynes

(aloynes@), Brooke Paller (bpaller@)

818-761-6100Ticket Information

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