One of the nice things about moving to New York City in 2023 is that I live in a place where cool things happen. So I’ve been going to more video game concerts, which were much more difficult to get to when I lived in the boonies. If you’ve never been to one, these shows fucking rule. I’ve even gone to shows for games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth that I did not like, and Shovel Knight, which I hadn’t played in over a decade, and still had an incredible time. Now that PlayStation is holding its own concert, featuring music from The Last of Us, God of War, Horizon, and Ghost of Tsushima, I will finally get to go to a show featuring the scores of games I’m actually passionate about, and also Ghost of Tsushima. However, if we’re gonna call this “PlayStation: The Concert,” I have a big question for whoever’s putting the show together: Where is the retro PlayStation representation?
PlayStation: The Concert is bringing the music of modern PlayStation to a city near you. The show seems to be making multiple stops in several states, so if you can’t make it to one show, look and see if they’ve got another nearby you can swing. Alongside the aforementioned games which are headlining the concerts, they’ll also feature some selections from Astro Bot, Journey, Uncharted, Helldivers II, and Bloodborne. All good picks if you were wanting to host a tribute to modern PlayStation, but I gotta say, I’m bummed we’ve got nothing that debuted on the original PlayStation or even the PS2. Yeah, God of War started on the second console, but the only games featured in the trailer for the show are from the Norse-themed reboot on the PS4.
Where’s my Parappa the Rapper medley? What about the sultry tones of a Sly Cooper song? You just put out a Ratchet & Clank game on the PS5. Why are we forgetting the games that helped pave the way for the big prestige blockbusters? The show’s three months away, so there’s probably not a ton of time to shift the setlist around to spotlight older games. But it does feel a little ahistorical, and odd considering the company’s Game of the Year winner, Astro Bot, was obsessed with that history
Anyway, I’ll still show up because I’d love to hear The Last of Us’ music performed live. If you, too, would like to see the show, presales begin June 18 and 19. The full list of tour dates is as follows:
2025
Oct. 9, Williamsport, PA, Community Arts Center
Oct. 11, New York, NY, The Theater at Madison Square Garden
Oct. 12, Reading, PA, Santander Performing Arts Center
Oct. 14, Charlotte, NC, Ovens Auditorium
Oct. 15, Richmond, VA, Altria Theatre
Oct. 16, Baltimore, MD, The Lyric
Oct. 17-18, Washington, DC, The National Theatre
Oct. 19, Hartford, CT, The Bushnell
Oct. 21, Grand Rapids, MI, DeVos Performance Hall
Oct. 23, Huntsville, AL, Mark C. Smith Concert Hall
Oct. 24, Atlanta, GA, Fox Theatre
Oct. 28, St. Louis, MO, The Fabulous Fox
Oct. 29, Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Civic Center
Oct. 30, Kansas City, MO, Muriel Kauffman Theatre
Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Chicago, IL, Cadillac Palace Theatre
Nov. 2, Columbus, OH, Palace Theatre
Nov. 4, Huntington, WV, Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center
Nov. 5, Cleveland, OH, KeyBank State Theatre
Nov. 6, Louisville, KY, The Kentucky Center
Nov. 7, Detroit, MI, Fisher Theatre
Nov. 11, Red Bank, NJ, Count Basie Center For the Arts
Nov. 13-14, Boston, MA, Boch Center Wang Theatre
Nov. 16, Philadelphia, PA, The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark
2026
Jan. 23, Springfield, MO, Juanita K. Hammons Hall for Performing Art
Jan. 24, Dallas, TX, Majestic Theatre
Jan. 27, Little Rock, AR, Robinson Center
Jan. 28, Sugar Land, TX, Smart Financial Centre
Jan. 29, Austin, TX, Bass Concert Hall
Jan. 30, El Paso, TX, Abraham Chavez Theatre
Jan. 31, Phoenix, AZ, Arizona Financial Theatre
Feb. 1, Las Vegas, NV, The Smith Center
Feb. 3, Salt Lake City, UT, Eccles Theater
Feb. 4, Boise, ID, Morrison Center
Feb. 7, Seattle, WA, The Paramount Theatre
Feb. 9, Portland, OR, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Feb. 10, Sacramento, CA, Memorial Auditorium
Feb. 11, Los Angeles, CA, Peacock Theater
Feb. 12, Costa Mesa, CA, Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Feb. 13, Riverside, CA, For Theater
Feb. 15, San Francisco, CA, Golden Gate Theatre
Feb. 18, Spokane, WA, First Interstate Center for the Arts
Feb. 20-21, San Jose, CA, San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
Feb. 22, San Diego, CA, San Diego Civic Theatre
Feb. 24, Denver, CO, Buell Theatre
Feb. 25, Omaha, NE, Orpheum Theater
Feb. 26, Minneapolis, MN, Orpheum Theatre
Feb. 27, Ft. Wayne, IN, Embassy Theatre
Feb. 28, Indianapolis, IN, Murat Theatre
March 1, Milwaukee, WI, Riverside Theater
March 4, San Antonio, TX, Majestic Theatre
March 5, Ft. Worth, TX, Will Rogers Auditorium
March 6, New Orleans, LA, Mahalia Jackson Theater
March 7, Jacksonville, FL, Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts
March 8, Clearwater, FL, Ruth Eckerd Hall
March 11, Raleigh, NC, Memorial Auditorium
March 12, Columbia County, GA, Columbia County Performing Arts Center
March 13, Wilmington, NC, CFCC’s Wilson Center
March 14, Orlando, FL, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts | Walt Disney Theater
March 15, West Palm Beach, FL, Dreyfoos Hall
March 17, New Philadelphia, OH, Performing Arts Center – Kent State University at Tuscarawas
March 18, Midland, MI, Midland Center for the Arts
March 19, Dayton, OH, Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center
March 21, Newark, NJ, New Jersey Performing Arts Center
March 22, Hershey, PA, Hershey Theatre
March 24, Toronto, ON, Massey Hall
March 28, Waterbury, CT, Palace Theater
March 29, Brooklyn, NY, Kings Theatre
April 7, St. Johns, NL, Mary Brown’s Centre
April 9, Halifax, NS, Scotiabank Centre
April 11, Moncton, NB, Avenir Centre
April 13, Montreal, QC, Place des Arts
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