WorldofWarcraft.com has posted
an update about the
Blizzard Live Concert on July 18th! Video Games Live! has been putting on
concerts of game music for years, and you may have had a chance to see them
perform at BlizzCon in the past. The upcoming show in Houston has been expanded
into an all-day celebration called Gamer MusiCON 09 that will feature a seperate
concert for Blizzard games to kick off the afternoon! The festival also includes
an interactive panel and Q&A session with Blizzard Entertainment music composers
and an on-stage costume contest. For more information on Gamer MusiCON 09, or to
purchase tickets, please
visit the event website.
Here's the schedule for MusiCON09 and more information on the event:
Gamer MusiCON 09 with Video Games Live! & Blizzard Live!
The Houston
Symphony, in partnership with Tommy Tallarico, Jack Wall and Blizzard
Entertainment®, has expanded the visionary Video Games LiveTM concert to an
all-day celebration of the cutting-edge video game music industry. The world
premiere of Gamer MusiCON 09 includes two high-energy concerts featuring
Symphony performances of the industry’s greatest video game hits with exclusive
game footage and synchronized lighting. The first features the sights and sounds
of Blizzard games World of Warcraft®, Diablo® and StarCraft® and never before
performed music from World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King. While the
second brings back an all-new Video Games LiveTM with material from games like
Chrono Trigger®, Halo 3: ODST ® and Mega Man. Throughout the day, a Game Crazy
festival will offer playable game demos throughout all three levels of Jones
Hall, plus a Guitar Hero® contest for the chance to appear on stage during Video
Games LiveTM. The festival also includes an interactive panel and Q&A session
with Blizzard Entertainment® game composers, and an on-stage costume contest for
attendees dressed as their favorite video game character.
Gamer
MusiCON 09 timeline:
2:00 Doors to Jones Hall open for
lobby festival
3:00 – 4:30 Blizzard Live! concert
4:30 – 7:30 Lobby festival
7:30 – 10:00 Video Games Live!
concert
10:00 – 11:00 Post concert autographs
& merchandise sales
Event
Highlights:
Game Crazy
festival with playable game demos throughout all three levels of Jones Hall
Interactive panel and Q&A session with Blizzard Entertainment®game composers
On-stage costume contest
Merchandise Sales
Post concert autograph session
Guitar Hero contest in lobby - winner plays on-stage during concert
Stay tuned for more!
