The Game Revealed: Go behind the scenes of the Tarly family barbecue

The Game Revealed: Go behind the scenes of the Tarly family barbecue by David Harris (Razor)

Last year, Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi took the music of the show on the road throughout the United States and Canada, enlisting the help of fantastic musicians and soloists to bring his work to life. It was a splendid show, packed with moving moments like this…

…and awesome ones like this:

I saw watched some of the most powerful Game of Thrones scenes on giant screens with a live orchestra and freaking pyro. What a night! pic.twitter.com/70uyvXBPid — Luke (@luke_theduke21) February 21, 2017

Now, Djawadi has announced via Facebook that the tour will be coming back in 2018, helping to bridge the gap between seasons 7 and 8. Check out his video announcement below. (He also plays Arya’s theme, “Needle,” on the hammered dulcimer for your enjoyment.)

In the back half of the video, the world is rendered as a Game of Thrones-style map, and we see where Djawadi and his musicians will be playing. All the dates are below.

The tour kicks off in May, in Europe.

May 8 — Madrid, WiZink Center

May 10 — Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi

May 12 — Paris, AccorHotel Arena

May 14 — Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena

May 15 — Lodz, Atlas Arena

May 16 — Prague, O2 Arena Prague

May 18 — Budapest, Budapest Arena

May 19 — Vienna, Wiener Stadthalle

May 21 — Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome

May 22 — Antwerp, Antwerps Sportpaleis

May 24 — Dublin, 3Arena

May 25 — Belfast, The SSE Arena

May 27 — London, Wembley Arena

May 29 — Harburg, Barclaycard Arena

May 31 — Stockholm, Ericsson Globe

June 1 — Copenhagen, Royal Arena

June 4 — Munich, Olympiahalle

June 5 — Zurich, HallenStadion

June 7 — Frankfurt, Festhalle Frankfurt

June 8 — Cologne, Lanxess Arena

Then it takes a couple months off before starting the North American leg:

September 5 — Vancouver, Pepsi Live at Rodgers Arena

September 6 — Seattle, KeyArena

September 8 — San Jose, SAP Center

September 9 — Los Angeles, The Forum

September 11 — San Diego, Viejas Arena

September 12 — Phoenix, Gile River Arena

September 14 — Denver, Pepsi Center

September 16 — Dallas, American Airlines Center

September 17 — Houston, Toyota Center

September 18 — Austin, Frank Erwin Center

September 21 — Tampa, Amalie Arena

September 22 — Ft. Lauderdale, BB&T Center

September 25 — Washington DC, Capital One Arena

September 26 — Newark, Prudential Center

September 28 — Uncasville, Mohegan Sun Arena

September 28 — Boston, DCU Center

September 30 — University Park, Bryce Jordan Center

October 2 — Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center

October 3 — New York City, Madison Square Garden

October 5 — St. Louis, Scottrade Center

October 6 — Chicago, AllState Arena

October 9 — Detroit, Little Caesars Arena

October 10 — Columbus, Schottenstein Center

October 12 — Montreal, Bell Centre

October 14 — Toronto, Air Canada Centre

For comparison’s sake, the original Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience Tour only visited 24 locations in North America. Now there are 25 in North American, plus an additional 20 in Europe. This thing’s going trans-Atlantic!

It’s interesting that the Concert Experience is running through October of 2018. Last time he went on tour, Djawadi hadn’t yet written the music for season 7. Likewise, he probably won’t write the music for season 8 until after the tour is done, which means there’ll still be work to do by October. (The word right now is that filming will run through August.) It’s looking more and more likely that the theory of season 8 airing in 2019 is correct.

Finally, Djawadi notes that fans can buy tickets for the Live Concert Experience on Ticketmaster starting on September 29, this Friday. However, if they use the promo code “Winter,” they can get in on “the pre-sale action.”

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