Kotaku: Concert

You Found New Music! Nintendo Add More Tunes and Tour Dates to Legend of Zelda Concert Series

Evan Narcisse — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:30:00 EST

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It's 2012, which means that it's not even The Legend of Zelda's 25th Anniversary any more. But that's not stopping Nintendo from extending the tour that celebrates the music of their long-lived adventure RPG franchise. More »

Check Out an Orchestral Bioshock Concert in LA on May 9th

Mike Epstein — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:00:00 EDT

If you're going to be in LA on May 9th, you might want to swing by UC Northridge and check out the Media Composition and Studio Ensemble. They'll be playing the music of Bioshock composer Gary Schyman. [Get Tickets] More »

Fallen Company Of Heroes Developer Celebrated With Song

Mike Fahey — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:30:00 EST

Brian Wood, the Company of Heroes designer who perished in a car crash in September, was a game developer, devoted husband, and an accomplished choral singer. This weekend his former choir-mates will remember Brian through the music he loved. More »

Sonic Colors Gets A Chilly Reception In New York City

Mike Fahey — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:20:00 EDT

Sega celebrates the impending release of Sonic Colors in New York City tomorrow evening with an ice skating party in Bryant Park. Need a reason to care? How about free hedgehog hats? More »

BlizzCon 2010 Closes Tenaciously

Mike Fahey — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Blizzard couldn't possibly top the live Ozzy Osbourne concert that closed out BlizzCon 2009, but a concert by Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D comes pretty damn close. More »

Activision's Night Of Far Too Many Stars

Mike Fahey — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:30:00 EDT

A night of live music from artists like Usher, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Maynard James Keenan, Eminem, and more turns slightly awkward as Activision's lavish E3 2010 production confuses as much as it astounds. More »

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra To Play Game Tunes

Leigh Alexander — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:40:00 EDT

Hey, Marylanders - looks like you'll be able to get your fix of sweet, orchestral video game music at your local Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, where they're holding a concert entitled "Play! A Video Game Symphony." More »

Video Games Live Announce 40 in 08

Brian Crecente — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:00:07 EST

Video Games Live rolled out their 2008 touring schedule and it looks like they've managed to pump up their stops to more than 40 this year, including visits to the Leipzig Games Convention and Broadway. More »

Wilco Concert Tee

Kim Phu — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:40:00 EDT

Mind you, this is not Wii/Wilco fan art. This is a real concert shirt bought at Wilco concert. The six boys are featured as Miis on the shirt and have renamed their band Wiilco. A great shirt for gamers, but as time passes, probably not something that would probably cost a gazillion dollars on eBay like those new/old vintage Rolling Stones tees. Hell, you're probably lucky if the print even stays on the shirt after a couple of washes. Kim Phu More »

VGLive Kicks Off National Tour (Again)

Brian Crecente — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:20:55 EST

Now that Video Games Live has had a chance to perculate a little interest around the country and world, with their video game-themed concerts, the group is taking a second run at a national tour. More »

Clips: The Minibosses Vs. MC Frontalot on GH2

Brian Crecente — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:00:12 EDT

Last night during the Penny Arcade concert, Jerry called guitarists from The Minibosses and MC Frontalot to the stage to face off on a little Guitar Hero 2 in front of the screaming fans. More »

PAX: The Mini Bosses

Brian Crecente — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 04:34:05 EDT

The Minibosses are warming up on the stage. More »

PAX: MC Frontalot

Brian Crecente — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 02:16:23 EDT

MC Frontalot and his nerdcore posse are rocking the PAX. A guy with big ass square glasses reaming my eardrums... and I like it. More »

Omegathon Round 4: The Guitar Hero II Round

Brian Crecente — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:07:56 EDT

MC Frontalot and Mini Bosses are taking the stage later on tonight. But before that can start they're going to be doing a little bit of Omegathon competition. This one to be held on Guitar Hero... II I'm told. Liveblogging to follow on the jump. More »

Duran Duran in Second Life, Live

Brian Crecente — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:00:13 EDT

Duran Duran plans to rent out an island in Second Life where they can perform live concerts, according to the BBC. More »

Nintendo Fusion Tour to Feature a Wii "Sneak Peek"

Brian Crecente — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:00:37 EDT

Nintendo announced the details for their annual Fusion Tour today. While the bands are always interesting, the real news this year is that the concert series will include a "sneak peek" of the Wii. More »

Bleep Bloop: E3 Party

brownlee — Mon, 08 May 2006 09:20:47 EDT

In town for E3? Not not sure what to do with your evenings? Why not hang out with your fellow pallid gaming misfits in the dark, where you can fluorescently glow like strange deep-sea fish? Listen to the sounds, thrill at the sights of the hobby that brought thousands of souls from far-flung corners of the earth to converge in California's rankest armpit metropolis! More »

Battle of the Game Concerts

Brian Crecente — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:00:42 EST

Chris Kohler writes about the looming battle of video game concerts for Wired today. The article looks at Play versus Video Games Live. Both events are planning international tours, with VGL's executive producer Tommy Tallarico remaining cautiously optimistic after a cancellation last year. More »

Final Fantasy Composer Writes Play Music

Brian Crecente — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:00:12 EST

Nobuo Uematsu, who composed the music for the Final Fantasy games and some of the music for Chrono Trigger, signed on to compose the official opening fanfare for PLAY! A Video Game Symphony. More »

Video Game Live to Play GDC

Brian Crecente — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:00:55 EST

The closing night concert for the Game Developers Conference is going to be Video Games Live. The concert will be on March 24 at 8 p.m. in the San Jose Civic Auditorium and will feature the Symphony Silicon Valley and its full chorus performing scores from Mario, Zelda, Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Warcraft, Myst, Castlevania, Medal of Honor, Sonic, Kingdom Hearts, Tron, Final Fantasy, More »

Play! Hitting Australia and New Zealand

Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:00:43 EST

Play! A Video Game Symphony, which kicks off in North America next year, is going international. The event, created be the people who organized Dear Friends, will even be bringing it's game music goodness to Australia and New Zealand. More »

VG Concert to Include World of Warcraft Music

Brian Crecente — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:00:55 EST

Music4Games is reporting on an upcoming video game symphony concert that will be kick-starting a world wide tour in North America next year. PLAY! is being put together by the creative team that produced the Dear Friends Music from Final Fantasy Symphony Tour, so you can expect this one won't cancel after selling tickets to venues around the country. More »

Video Games Live Canceled, Ticket Holders Screwed

Brian Crecente — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:00:20 EDT

The much anticipated and well-reviewed traveling video game concert, Video Games Live has been canned. More »

Video Games Live Postponed Due to Popularity

Brian Crecente — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:36:30 EDT

It looks like the Video Games Live concert tour was so popular that it has been canceled... temporarily. More »

Dear Friends Atlanta Review

smizek2 — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:33:41 EDT

If there were ever an event to disprove the myth that gamers are creatures of the darkened office, den and bedroom, the live performances of "Dear Friends: Music From Final Fantasty" would be it. RedAssedBaboon writer Bunnyspatial recently attended and reviewed this illustrious and nerdy event. More »

German Game Music Concert Tix on Sale

Brian Crecente — Mon, 02 May 2005 03:47:57 EDT

If you're planning on being in Germany in August, or happen to already live there, then make sure you check out the 2005 Games Convention Symphony Concert. This year's concert will be at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig on Aug. 17. The concert will include music from The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft and Brothers in Arms. More »

Tomb Raider, Halo, Tron in Concert

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:28:41 EDT

The full program for Video Games Live, a live concert featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing video game music, has been posted on the Hollywood Bowl Webstite. The games getting the full orchestral treatement include Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Warcraft, Tron, Myst, Medal of Honor, Tomb Raider, Advent Rising, Sonic the Hedgehod, Headhunter and Beyond Good & Evil. The muic will be accompanied by a laser light show, video clips, live chracters and a retro gaming segment. More »

First 2005 Final Fantasy Concert date set

Brian Crecente — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:00:34 EST

The Final Fantasy symphony concert series kicks off in February in Rosemont, Illinois. The concert, which features music and images from the game, will be at the Rosemont Theater and performed by the Chicagoland Pops Orhestra and conducted by Grammy award winner Arnie Roth. No word on the other dates or locations yet. The press release does mention that VIP ticket holders will get a chance to meet series composer Nobuo Uematsu. More »