NieR:Orchestra Concert Goes International!

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I get it, I’m a bit late discussing this topic, but it can’t be helped!

It was recently announced that the NieR:Orchestra re:12018 Concert will be going to three separate locations for four separate concerts!

Here’s the line-up:

Chicago, USA

  • Rosemont Theatre
  • January 24, 2020 – 8:00pm
  • January 25, 2020 – 8:00pm

Los Angeles, USA

London, UK

  • Royal Festival Hall
  • February 2, 2020 – 3:00pm, 8:00pm

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Prince Mahidol Hall
  • February 15, 2020 – 4:00pm
  • February 16, 2020 – 4:00pm
  • Conductor: Arnie Roth
  • Vocalist: Emi Evans
  • Special Guest: Composer Keiichi Okabe
  • Special Guest: Director Yoko Taro

Long-time NieR veteran vocalist and lyricist Emi Evans will finally be able to express her love and musical prowess in her home country of England (and her family!!) on this tour! What an absolute dream come true!

Also worth nothing is that both J’Nique Nicole and Nakagawa Nami will not be in attendance for these concerts. Nakagawa-san hasn’t been involved in any official NieR concert since her initial performance during the NieR:Automata Memory of Dolls concert in 2017, but at least to J’Nique, this news seemed to be a bit of a shock.

As anyone involved in the music business, we all know how difficult it is to schedule big events like this, not to mention multiple international performances, but as a NieR fan, it would have been nice for SQEX to have worked a little harder to get the main performers (Emi -and- J’Nique) involved on this tour. I’m both upset for J’Nique as well as all the international NieR fans that won’t be able to experience her amazing musical talent on stage for themselves, but I realize that there are a lot of moving parts involved in this decision. At the end of the day, it’s very unfortunate.

Regarding tickets, I’m not all that knowledgeable about how to get tickets to these venues– It seems as though some people have been able to reserve tickets already although the “GET TICKETS” link from the official site doesn’t seem to like to anything specific yet. I will continue to update this page with additional information to help people get tickets!

For anyone interested in the original run of the concert in Japan, I went to half of the performances in Yokohama and wrote about it here.

This event is especially important to me because it was the last time to hang out with my buddy Allyn before he was relocated. It’s been about a year and I still miss his company. It was beyond liberating to be able to express my geekiness with a fellow fan. I will always be thankful for getting the chance to meet such a great friend.

This series is special. It has a way of connecting people beyond national and cultural borders. I have met so many amazing people through it and the other related works by Yoko Taro. It’s this authentic, creative passion that keeps me engaged and excited for any and everything new to come.

Here’s to all the amazing people involved with this series, as there are many integral folk that tend to shy away from the spotlight! Without all of these people and circumstances lining up just right, we wouldn’t have such opportunities as this!

Thanks to Square Enix, MOMACA, ILCA, and anyone else involved that I’ve failed to mention here for their continued support for Yoko Taro and NieR in general. Especially, thank you to Saito Yosuke!! Without you, I honestly doubt NieR would have made such a comeback as it did through NieR:Automata in 2017.

To all the international fans who will be able to attend the concert: ENJOY!! It will definitely be a night to remember!!