War of the Worlds

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paddyz1 · #1 Post by **paddyz1** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:35 pm

The Mrs and I were at the NEC last night watching the stage show of War of the Worlds.
It is based on Jeff Wanyes version (the best) and he was conducting the orchestra.

Basically it is the whole album from start to finish with an orchestra, an electric band and original music from the album. The screen above and behind was showing the plot as it unfolded. It was nice to see a film being played as the show went on (I always wanted to see something like that) They had a good working model of a Tripod which must have been as tall as a house.

Richard Burton was a computer generated image and all the key voices were sung live by various people and a good job they did of it too. The only original was Justin Hayward who has not lost his voice.

I would recommend seeing it if you havn't already.

My only gripe is the £8 parking at the NEC and the privilage of walking a mile or so to the concert hall (on top of the tickets)

Pierre · #2 Post by **Pierre** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:21 pm

Offered to buy my parents tickets, but they didnt show much interest so I got the dvd anyway and they kicked themselves

Not my type of thing as i have no attension span anymore but kept me interested

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ln5ss4spIso Plenty of other clips aswell.

Tweaker · #3 Post by **Tweaker** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:18 pm

We're off to see it at Sheffield Arena on Friday and I'm really looking forward to it. I've been a long time fan of the original.