Good news for all who love those hair-tossing, electric violin-playing, Christmas-carols-on-steroids-performing musicians from Trans Siberian Orchestra. The symphonic rock band will be back in Grand Forks for the third consecutive year playing the Alerus Center at 4 p.m. Nov. 15.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for $25 to $53.50, plus applicable fees. They'll be available in the Alerus Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.LiveNation.com .
The TSO Web site says this year's tour "will be bigger and better than ever" with new songs and "surprises."
The band plans to release a new double album, "Night Castle," on Oct. 27. Until then, all U.S. Trans-Siberian Orchestra fans can preorder a digital download of "Night Castle" for $7.99 and download five new tracks.
On Oct. 27, buyers will receive an e-mail with a link to allow downloading the complete double album with an illustrated 56-page booklet, according to the TSO Web site.
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TSO is one of rock music's biggest arena attractions. It will launch its 80-city North American tour Nov. 1 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, wrapping up Jan. 3 in Columbus, Ohio.
Two touring groups traveling separately will do shows in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin, and, in Canada, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario.
TSO will be in Minneapolis at the Target Center at 3 and 8 p.m. Nov. 14, then in Grand Forks, then at the MTS Center in Winnipeg at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16.
Info: www.trans-siberian.com/ .
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