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WINTER TOUR CELEBRATES THE 25TH<\/sup>\u00a0ANNIVERSARY OF THE MULTI-PLATINUM \u2018CHRISTMAS EVE\u00a0AND\u00a0OTHER STORIES\u2019 ALBUM<\/strong><\/p>\n PPL CENTER<\/strong><\/p>\n Two Spectacular Shows! \u2013 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 3:00pm & 7:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Allentown, PA (Sept. 13, 2021) \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Multi-platinum, progressive rock group\u00a0\u00a0Trans-Siberian Orchestra<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>(TSO)\u00a0will be bringing its highly-anticipated Winter Tour back for 2021 to Allentown, PA.\u00a0\u00a0This year\u2019s long-awaited tour celebrates the 25th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the group\u2019s landmark album\u00a0Christmas Eve and Other Stories<\/em><\/strong>, the 3x certified platinum album that launched the group to superstardom and spawned\u00a0the bring-the-whole-family rock holiday tradition that has now played to more than 17 million fans all across the nation.<\/p>\n Larry Magid Entertainment Group along with 95.1 ZZO and Y102 are proud to welcome TSO when they return to Allentown for their 2021 North American tour! PPL Center will host two spectacular shows on Sunday, December 19th<\/sup>\u00a0at 3:00pm and 7:30pm. Tickets for both shows go on sale Friday, September 17th, 10am with a portion of the proceeds benefitting two local charities courtesy of TSO, 95.1 ZZO and Y102.<\/p>\n TSO\u2019s Music Director & lead guitarist\u00a0Al Pitrelli<\/strong>\u00a0said, \u201cAfter an incredibly trying year for everyone we are beyond excited to be able to say that we\u2019re bringing Christmas Eve and Other Stories back to all of you. We were amazed by the turnout for last year’s livestream and how many of you continued to celebrate this tradition we have created together. It\u2019s been 25 years since Paul (O\u2019Neill) first introduced all of us to this timeless tale. Let\u2019s celebrate this milestone event together.\u00a0 God bless and stay safe everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n A product of the vision and imagination of TSO\u2019s late founder\/composer\/lyricist\u00a0<\/em>Paul O\u2019Neill<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, Christmas Eve and Other Stories<\/em>\u00a0follows a story set on Christmas Eve when a young angel is sent to Earth to bring back what is best representative of humanity.\u00a0\u00a0Following favorite TSO themes of \u201cstrangers helping strangers\u201d and \u201cthe kindness of others,\u201d\u00a0\u201cChristmas Eve and Other Stories\u201d\u00a0takes listeners all over the world to help reunite a young girl with her distraught father.<\/p>\n The album and tour feature such fan-favorites as\u00a0\u201cOrnament,\u201d\u00a0“Promises To Keep,” “This Christmas Day,” “O\u2019 Come All Ye Faithful,” “Good King Joy,\u201d\u00a0and the epic \u201cOld City Bar.\u201d\u00a0The rock opera\u00a0also features\u00a0such TSO classics\u00a0as “Christmas Eve\/Sarajevo 12\/24.” “Additionally, the tour will enjoy a second set containing some of TSO\u2019s greatest hits and fan-pleasers including “Christmas Canon,\u201d \u201cWizards In Winter\u201d and many more.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s unforgettable multi-sensory extravaganza is set to begin on November 17th<\/sup>\u00a0and will visit 59 cities for 99 performances across America before concluding on Thursday, December 30th<\/sup>\u00a0in Cleveland and St. Louis (see full itinerary on\u00a0www.trans-siberian.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n Since its touring debut, TSO has played\u00a0more than\u00a02,000 Winter Tour shows for\u00a0approximately\u00a017\u00a0million fans, with tour grosses of more than $725 million, and has sold in excess of 12 million albums and DVDs.\u00a0\u00a0Year-after-year\u00a0TSO hits the upper reaches of the\u00a0<\/em>domestic and worldwide tour charts. Recently in June 2020, TSO was ranked No. 1 on\u00a0Pollstar<\/em>\u00a0magazine\u2019s\u00a0Worldwide Ticket Sales Top 100 Tours Mid Year<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>chart, No. 2 on the\u00a0Top 100 North American Tours Mid Year<\/a>\u00a0chart, and No. 3 on the\u00a0Top 100 Worldwide Tours Mid Year<\/a>\u00a0chart.\u00a0 In December, TSO was ranked No. 2 on\u00a0Pollstar<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0Top 200 North American Tours Year End<\/a>\u00a0chart and No. 3 on the\u00a0Worldwide Ticket Sales Top 100 Tours Year End<\/a>\u00a0chart. In 2009,\u00a0Pollstar<\/em>\u00a0ranked TSO at No. 20 on the \u201cTop Tour(s) of the Decade<\/a>\u201d and\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0placed TSO at No. 25 on its \u201cTop Touring Artists of the Decade<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n TSO remains one of rock\u2019s most charitable bands. Once again, TSO will give at least $1 from every ticket sold to charity.\u00a0To date, approximately\u00a0$16 million has been donated by the\u00a0group.<\/p>\n Reserved Tickets start as low as $49.50!<\/strong><\/p>\n Tickets go on sale Friday, September 17 at 10am at\u00a0pplcenter.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Information provided to TVL by: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WINTER TOUR CELEBRATES THE 25TH\u00a0ANNIVERSARY OF THE MULTI-PLATINUM \u2018CHRISTMAS EVE\u00a0AND\u00a0OTHER STORIES\u2019 ALBUM PPL CENTER Two Spectacular Shows! \u2013 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19th\u00a0\u2013 3:00pm & 7:30pm Allentown, PA (Sept. 13, 2021) … Continue reading TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA RETURNS TO THE ROAD<\/span>
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