THE ULTIMATE PROG METAL THEATRICAL
CONCERT EXTRAVAGANZA!!
“This is the most extensive stage show we have ever put together. Working with the actors and creating the different scenes helped us to really tell the story. Between ritualistic execution, working prostitutes, motorcycle crashes and everything in between, we are able to really draw the audience in to the story.”
- Geoff Tate
Queensrÿche, the internationally renowned prog metal band from Seattle, will perform the entirety of their Operation: mindcrime I and II albums for the very first time in the UK via a 10-date June 2008 UK tour. This epic theatrical prog metal extravaganza will take in 3 hours, and will include an intermission, and in addition to the core members of the band, will feature actors re-enacting the storyline behind both of these compelling albums.
“This is the first time we’ve performed the entirety of Operation: mindcrime I and II in the UK, so I think fans are going to be in for a real treat,” says Queensrÿche’s frontman and singer Geoff Tate.
In 2006 the band performed the entirety of both albums on a tour of North America to sell out audiences. The marathon show included a full over-the-top, theatrical production complete with surround sound, video imagery and actors portraying the concept albums’ characters onstage, as they were originally intended.
In the grand tradition of all captivating theatrical rock extravaganzas (The Who’s Tommy, and Pink Floyd’s The Wall), Queensrÿche’s Operation: mindcrime I and II, is not just a typical rock’n’roll concert. Combined with the core members of the band, the production is a totally explosive and highly absorbing theatrical rock experience with actors re-enacting the storylines from both albums.
Queensrÿche originally released Operation: mindcrimein 1988. Praised by critics and certified platinum, the album was an acclaimed success remaining on Billboard’s Top 200 for more than a year. In 2006 the band released a long-awaited sequel to their magnum opus to critical and commercial success. The album debuted at #14 on the Top 200, their highest debut in over a decade.
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Operation: mindcrime follows an intriguing and complex plot that revolves around Dr. X, a political puppet master who brainwashes the story’s main character, Nikki, to assassinate corrupt public figures. The story also includes Nikki’s lover, Sister Mary. A former teenage prostitute who becomes a nun, Sister Mary is murdered mysteriously, leaving the cliffhanger “Who Killed Sister Mary?”
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Set twenty years after the original, Operation: mindcrime II explores Nikki’s fate after being released from prison and reveals the identity of Mary’s killer. The album centers on revenge and what it does to people, their emotions and the choices they make.
“This concert is the realisation of an idea that began nearly two decades ago,” says Tate. “The story and music of Operation: mindcrime is very dear to the band. We are thrilled with this performance and proud to bring it to the UK for the very first time. I think the theatrical intensity of the 3-hour long concert will blow audiences away.”
 |  The original CD inlay for the album Operation: mindcrime II |
In June 2007, Rhino released a live DVD of Queensrÿche’s epic performance in front of the quintet’s hometown crowd at the Moore Theatre in Seattle. Released as a double DVD and double CD, ‘Mindcrime at the Moore’ includes singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate along with guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield performing all 32 mindcrime tracks plus a two-song encore featuring the hits “Jet City Woman” and “Walk In The Shadows.”
| QUEENSRΫCHE JUNE 2008 UK TOUR Ticket Hotline: 0870 400 0688 - www.livenation.co.uk |
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| June 13 | Glasgow Academy Glasgow Carling Academy 121 Eglinton Street, Glasgow, G5 9NT Tickets: £22.50 *VIP package: £60 Doors: 7pm Box Office: 0870 771 2000 Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk Venue Website: www.glasgow-academy.co.uk | |
| June 14 | Newcastle City Hall Newcastle City Hall Northumberland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8SF Tickets: £22.50 *VIP package: £60 Doors: 7pm Box Office: 0191 261 2606 Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk Venue Website: www.newcastle.gov.uk | |
| June 15 | Leeds University Leeds Met Students Union Caverley Street, Leeds, LS1 3HE Tickets: £22.50 *VIP package: £60 Doors: 7pm Box Office: 0113 244 4600 Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk Venue Website: www.leedsmetevents.co.uk | |
| June 17 | Manchester Academy Manchester Academy Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR Tickets: £22.50 *VIP package: £60 Doors: 7pm Box Office: 0870 264 3333 Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk Venue Website: www.manchesteracademy.net | |
| June 18 | Wolverhampton Civic Hall Wolverhampton Civic Hall North Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1RQ Tickets: £22.50 *VIP package: £60 Doors: 7pm Box Office: 0870 320 7000 Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk Venue Website: www.wolvescivic.co.uk | |
| June 20 | Norwich UEA Norwich UEA 139-141 King Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1QH Tickets: £22.50 *VIP package: £60 Doors: 7pm Box Office: 01603 508 050 Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk Venue Website: www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk | |
| June 21 | Cambridge Corn Exchange Cambridge Corn Exchange Wheeler Street, Cambridge CB2 3QB Tickets: £22.50 *VIP package: £60 Doors: 7pm Box Office: 01223 357 851 Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk Venue Website: www.cornex.co.uk | |
| June 22 | London Indigo The O2 Arena Millennium Way, Greenwich, London SE10 0BB Tickets: £23.50 *VIP package: £60 Doors: 7pm Box Office: 01223 357 851 Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk Venue Website: www.theo2.co.uk | |
| June 24 | Bristol Colston Hall Bristol Colston Hall Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5AR Tickets: £22.50 *VIP package: £60 Doors: 7pm Box Office: 0117 922 3686 Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk Venue Website: www.colstonhall.org | |
| June 25 | Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall West Marlands Road, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LP Tickets: £22.50 *VIP package: £60 Doors: 7pm Box Office: 023 8063 2601 Online Booking: www.livenation.co.uk Online Booking: www.ticketline.co.uk Venue Website: www.southampton-guildhall.com thanks Peter Nole PR |
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