Announcing Worldwide concert tour

Massive multi-media event features stunning visuals,
a live orchestra, choir and narration, plus an exclusive exhibit of
Star Wars costumes, props and production artwork

DATE – Star WarsTM: In Concert, a unique multi-media event featuring music from all six of John Williams’ epic Star Wars scores, is on a worldwide concert tour.

Narrated live by Anthony Daniels (the actor who portrayed C-3PO in all six films), the production features the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, and a choir, accompanied by specially edited footage from the films displayed on a three-story-tall, high-definition LED super-screen – one of the largest ever put on tour. The live music and film elements are synchronized in order to create a full multi-media, one-of-kind Star Wars experience.

“We’ve taken the key themes from the music and cut together all the images that fit with each theme, so you can really get a sense of how the music played into the images,” said George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars Saga. “The whole soundtrack is a testament to John Williams’ creativity and his extraordinary ability to enhance the emotional aspects of the films.”

“Creating the music for the Star Wars films has been an exciting and wonderful experience for me, and I therefore have derived particular pleasure in assembling a compendium of themes from all of the films to be presented in Star Wars in Concert,” said Williams. “The editors at Lucasfilm have created original film montages to accompany each of the musical selections, and in the process, I believe that a singular and unique Star Wars experience has been born.”

“This event has been crafted to present Star Wars from many points of view; for the first time, the full dramatic sweep of Williams’ iconic scores can be heard performed live in one evening,” said Another Planet Touring Producer Spencer Churchill.” “The show is a new way of experiencing the epic scope of the saga.”

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Accompanying the concert is an exclusive exhibit of Star Wars costumes, props, artifacts, production artwork and specially created behind-the-scenes videos from the Lucasfilm Archives. Many of these pieces are leaving Skywalker Ranch for the first time. The exhibit features many classic fan favorite artifacts, as well as several new and never-before-seen items, including:

• Full costumes for Jedi Masters Kit Fisto and Plo Koon will be on display.

• For the first time ever, pages from John Williams' original hand-written sheet music for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace will be exhibited for the public.

• Also on display will be various never-before-seen props from the films, including blasters and helmets from Coruscant, Tatooine and other iconic Star Wars locations.

For more information, please visit http://www.StarWarsInConcert.com.

Star Wars: In Concert is produced by Another Planet Touring in association with Lucasfilm Ltd. Performances will be conducted by Dirk Brossé and the production is directed and designed by Steve Cohen. Star Wars in Concert had its world premiere at the 02 Arena in London on April 10 and 11, 2009.

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The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra has been in constant demand for live performances and recordings of classical, light classical and popular music since its formation in 1987, working with internationally-renowned artists in a variety of settings from the traditional – concert halls, stadiums and cathedrals – to the unorthodox. The orchestra has performed concerts with José Carreras, Diana Krall, Liza Minnelli, Randy Newman, Andrea Bocelli, and Russell Watson, appeared at Tina Turner’s Sixtieth Birthday Concert, performed Aida at Earls Court with the late Luciano Pavarotti and made tours of the UK with Bugs Bunny on Broadway, The Music of ELO and Symphonic Queen. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed the world premiere performances of STAR WARSTM: In Concert at the O2 Arena in London in April 2009.

Besides performing at Windsor Castle for HM The Queen, The RPCO has toured the US with Andrea Bocelli, and as part of an extensive gala Royal Christmas tour (2002) with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Charlotte Church. A repeat Royal Christmas tour of North America in December 2005, featuring Andrea Bocelli and Denyce Graves, performed to sell-out audiences. This season, they have performed the popular Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, joined comedian Barry Humphries (and his famous alter ego Dame Edna Everage) for a riotous UK tour of ‘Last Night of the Proms!’ and is currently performing STAR WARSTM: In Concert which began its North American tour in October 2009.

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UK dates:

STAR WARS: In Concert

Tuesday 9th March Liverpool Echo Arena 0844 8000 400
Wednesday 10th March Sheffield Arena 0114 256 5656
Friday 12th March Glasgow SECC 0844 499 9990
Saturday 13th March Glasgow SECC 0844 499 9990
Monday 15th March Manchester MEN Arena 0844 847 8000
Friday 2nd April Birmingham LG Arena 0844 338 8000
*Saturday 3rd April London The O2 Arena 0844 856 0202*
*Sunday 4th April London The O2 Arena 0844 856 0202*
Tuesday 6th April Newcastle Metro Radio Arena 0844 493 6666

European Dates:

Sunday 7th March Dublin O2
Wednesday 17th March Paris Bercy
Thursday 18th March Paris Bercy
Saturday 20th March Madrid Palacio de Deportes
Sunday 21st March Madrid Palacio de Deportes
Tuesday 23rd March Lisbon Pavillhao Atlantico
Friday 26th March Milan Mediolanum Forum
Saturday 27th March Milan Mediolanum Forum
Tuesday 31st March Antwerp Sportspaleis
Thursday 8th April Hamburg Colorline Arena
TBC Copenhagen


*Two shows each day – Matinee and Evening*

Tickets will be available: online at http://www.gigsandtours.com, by telephone on 0871 2200 260 and through the usual outlets from Ticketmaster networks. The price of tickets will be £65, £50,
£40, £30 regional and £95, £50, £40, £30 London (booking fees not included).