Final Fantasy Concert Series Coming to the States

On February 19th in Chicago, Illinois, a concert series titled "Dear Friends" will kick off a U.S. tour. The music? Music from the Final Fantasy series performed by orchestra. From the press release: "The first FINAL FANTASY concert in the U.S. brought fans from far and wide together in Los Angeles to share in an unforgettable musical experience," said Ichiro Otobe, president and COO of Square Enix, Inc. "We are pleased to announce that, due to the overwhelmingly positive response, a North American tour will soon bring the emotionally moving and powerful scores to fans across the country." This is personally very exciting for me. See you there!

Comments

I'd love to go but..

[leathered]

I'd keep expecting to be jumped by monsters at random intervals during the performance.

Re:humm

[reverseengineer]

Obviously, their two next concert tours will be held only in Japan, and will be called Final Fantasy Concert II and III. They will then hold another tour in the US, but pretend the Japanese tours never happened and refer to it as "Final Fantasy Concert II." The music will also be less technically demanding for the US dates than for the shows in Japan, which will be called Final Fantasy Concert IV.

Confusing, yes, but not nearly as confusing as it will be when the fourth concert series to play in the US is titled Final Fantasy Concert VII, or when Final Fantasy Concert X is so popular that a second tour is held and is named X-2, which is distinct from Final Fantasy Concert XI, which will be held over the internet. Not to mention Final Fantasy Concert Tactics.