Ticket sale set for Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which will bring its “Beethoven’s Last Night” tour to the Covelli Centre 7:30 p.m. April 26.

T-SO will play the album in its entirety on the tour, which will visit 60 cities. It will be the final tour for the album, as the classic rock orchestra will next turn its attention to its next album release.

A portion of the proceeds from the Covelli Centre concert will benefit Akron Children’s Hospital of the Mahoning Valley.

Tickets are $37, $47 and $57 and will be available at livenation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at the Covelli box office. Additional fees may apply to the ticket price.

“Beethoven’s Last Night” is an imaging of the final night of the great composer as he battles for his soul.

Paul O’Neill, creator of T-SO, said “By the age of 21, Beethoven tackled Vienna, the music capital of the world. Mozart recognized him as one of the greatest piano players in the world but his world would soon crash around him. At 25, Beethoven realized he was going deaf. He could have given up on his music and life, and no one would have judged him harshly but instead he went on to write some of the greatest compositions ever created. His music would bring delight, joy and compassion to billions, but he himself would never hear his last works.”

O’Neill’s vision for T-SO and what he calls “rock theater” were brought to television in a recent PBS special called “The Birth of Rock Theater. The show featured live performances from “Beethoven’s Last Night” and music from T-SO’s most recent album, “Night Castle.”