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Kingdom Hearts Orchestra Concert Tour Gets New Run in 12 U.S., Canadian Cities
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Square Enix announced on Thursday that it is hosting an encore of the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- that the company held in Japan in 2016 and in several cities around the world last year.
The first tour had stops in Los Angeles and New York last June, but this new round of performances will be held in 12 cities in the United States and Canada.
Tickets go on sale on Sunday for the following tour stops:
- Los Angeles (USA) – June 9, 2018
- Chicago (USA) – July 13, 2018
- Pittsburgh (USA) – July 16, 2018
- Atlanta (USA) – July 26, 2018
- Dallas (USA) – July 28, 2018
- Philadelphia (USA) – August 2, 2018
- Phoenix (USA) – August 4, 2018
- Las Vegas (USA) – August 5, 2018
- Munich (Germany) – September 15, 2018
And go on sale on March 13 for these stops:
- Sydney (Australia) – July 7, 2018
- Detroit (USA) – July 14, 2018
- Boston (USA) – July 19, 2018
- Toronto (Canada) – July 21, 2018
- Honolulu (USA) – August 12, 2018
- Sao Paolo (Brazil) – September 8-9, 2018
- Milan (Italy) – September 22, 2018
- Seoul (South Korea) – October 6, 2018
- Mexico City (Mexico) – October 20, 2018
Series composer Yoko Shimomura will be in attendance at some of the performances. Performances will also have exclusive merchandise and a special-edition CD for sale.
The official site for the concerts also stated that there will be a "renewed show" in 2019 to celebrate the release of Kingdom Hearts III.
The first world tour celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Kingdom Hearts franchise last year. Other celebrations included a temporary clock and art exhibition inside Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, and a collaboration café in Tokyo and Osaka.
Kingdom Hearts III is slated for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles this year. Epic Games is assisting with the game's development, using Unreal Engine4. Hikaru Utada is returning to perform the game's theme song "Don't Think Twice" (the Japanese version of the song is titled "Chikai" or "Oath").
If you're looking for other Kingdom Hearts goodies to tide you over until Kingdom Hearts III releases, Square Enix revealed three new Bring Arts figures last month of Sora and Riku. The figure of Riku features him in his new Kingdom Hearts III outfit, and the two figures of Sora feature him in his Kingdom Hearts II Halloween Town and Christmas Town outfits. Square Enix will reveal date and pricing information about the figures at a later date.
Figures info via Siliconera
