Audio By Carbonatix
Trans-Siberian Orchestra serves up insane symphonic Christmas cocktails that are equal parts string sections, blistering guitar solos, pyrotechnics, laser lights and billowy, unbuttoned tuxedo shirts. If you’ve never been fond of TSO’s particular brand of cock rock caroling, a cursory viewing of their concert performance might provoke you to ask yourself, “How is what I’m seeing and hearing actually happening in real life and not as part of some twisted hallucinatory nightmare?” And then when you cannot bear to hear another squealing note, some moderately hot blond chick in a choker necklace or, even more confusing, a children’s choir will start to sing Pachelbel’s “Canon in D”. And you’ll be all like, “I didn’t even know ‘Canon in D’ had any lyrics. Furthermore, why are the violinists playing when it is clearly a synthesizer making those violin sounds?” And if that’s not bizarre enough for you, consider that the performance is taking place three whole days after Christmas. Trans-Siberian Orchestra unleashes their orchestral metal thunder at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday at American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave. Tickets run from $38.50 to $49.50. Call 214-665-4797 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Fri., Dec. 28, 3 & 8 p.m., 2007
