<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder in Orchestra ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/tag/orchestra Wed, 26 Feb 2025 06:15:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "You can only be what the public thinks you are for so long before it becomes boring": The story of how Metallica got themselves an orchestra – and the album that followed ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/metallica-symphony-orchestra gDT9eHjK7dicoLjqENXxsj Wed, 26 Feb 2025 06:15:00 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Effects companies know if they come up with a new effect that’s insanely expensive, there’s one band dumb enough to buy it – us”: How Trans-Siberian Orchestra take Christmas on the road beyond December ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/trans-siberian-orchestra-christmas-band duRqcgnr5KDYtdwX6W4FYR Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:36:27 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman will celebrate his 65th birthday by presenting a version of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon with one of Switzerland's leading orchestras ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/jaz-coleman-dark-side-of-the-moon rG2VN7cnnMMbT65FTcvLjB Thu, 12 Dec 2024 06:15:23 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard drop new track Phantom Island and announce that they'll be heading out on tour with an orchestra ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/king-gizzard-share-new-track-phantom-island-announce-orchestral-tour XGwDBaS99vJnn9oSe8v7FF Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:03:35 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ After teasing a symphony of “cocks and vaginas and death” eight years ago, Devin Townsend is finally performing The Moth live with an orchestra ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/devin-townsend-announces-the-moth-symphony-netherlands-2025 nN7jZGd9gMQiz9kX3zTcB Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:16:43 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Blackheart Orchestra release brand new single Bloodlines ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/the-blackheart-orchestra-release-brand-new-single-bloodlines x4PvHLPc6fWiFS32Lx3bE6 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:38:12 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra have played the first show of their final US tour: setlist, pics, video ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/elo-thousand-palms Q3ekRAtVMNNr7VRFGYzETF Mon, 26 Aug 2024 22:04:19 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dreams really do come true: Every Electric Light Orchestra album ranked, from worst to best ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/electric-light-orchestra-albums-ranked LTZ7cp68drvdhtrdjG3qtb Wed, 07 Aug 2024 05:58:37 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m not a classical composer… but with a 16-piece orchestra you get a big lift that you can’t reproduce on anything else”: When Andy Mackay took Roxy Music tracks on a new journey ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/andy-mackay-roxy-music-3-psalms DTUjbCtRN4R5iB9kUY8Ck6 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:40:22 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We've been trying to invite Peter Frampton!" Cypress Hill discuss bringing one of the Simpsons' most iconic jokes to life by performing with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/cypress-hill-and-london-symphony-orchestra-make-simpsons-joke-reality 3RmoktDCNjxD25LrvfpMXE Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:22:36 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He was a remarkable musician and friend." Jeff Lynne pays tribute to Electric Light Orchestra keyboard player Richard Tandy, who has died aged 76 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/he-was-a-remarkable-musician-and-friend-jeff-lynne-pays-tribute-to-electric-light-orchestra-keyboard-player-richard-tandy-who-has-died-aged-76 yfcV6Wr3omtWsVfSMtmoGn Wed, 01 May 2024 20:37:56 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s a dream come true, a collaboration only The Simpsons could have predicted”: Cypress Hill are making a 1996 Simpsons joke a reality by booking a show with the London Symphony Orchestra ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/simpsons-cypress-hill-london-symphony-orchestra ARDUZK6KjTYatYpSuSUZWY Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:32:11 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Blackheart Orchestra need your help! ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/the-blackheart-orchestra-need-your-help umEwhuBSP4yoKogRBesoiT Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:39:45 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Marrying a rock band to an orchestra was seat-of-the-pants stuff." The story of Barclay James Harvest's Once Again ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/marrying-a-rock-band-to-an-orchestra-was-seat-of-the-pants-stuff-the-story-of-barclay-james-harvests-once-again wShvBy9RDy2aZaAWuXgzqb Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:33:48 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I want to quit while I’m ahead": John Lees is taking Barclay James Harvest to Huddersfield for two final UK shows and he's bringing an orchestra ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/i-want-to-quit-while-im-ahead-john-lees-is-taking-barclay-james-harvest-to-huddersfield-for-two-final-uk-shows-and-hes-bringing-an-orchestra ningiTu8RPzUnRPEWvPSKJ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 04:55:38 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Marrying a rock band to an orchestra was seat-of-the-pants stuff… even if we had to have extra rehearsals because they weren’t playing it right, they charged us”: Barclay James Harvest’s early days ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/barclay-james-harvest-early-days ARBZbYMLZgBTcfTpAWSooc Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:28:50 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch hilarious footage of an orchestra audience's wild mosh-pits at a recent UK music festival ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-people-moshing-to-oxford-symphony-orchestra 8v4s9jnFrqz3KkCzzo5QUB Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:54:22 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Half the buggers would write the album for you if you let them!" - Mostly Autumn and the making of The Ghost Moon Orchestra ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/half-the-buggers-would-write-the-album-for-you-if-you-let-them-mostly-autumn-and-the-making-of-the-ghost-moon-orchestra hD85NWehe4hteW5JoMLDXW Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:25:42 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jack Black give a wonderfully bonkers performance of Super Mario Bros' Peaches with an orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-jack-black-give-a-wonderfully-bonkers-performance-of-super-mario-bros-peaches-with-an-orchestra-at-the-hollywood-bowl WeWPLCrMt5Qn5yjk8ZfV7K Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:39:36 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson perform Deep Purple's Burn with an orchestra ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-iron-maidens-bruce-dickinson-perform-deep-purples-burn-with-an-orchestra cju9tkFjGCBbzEnoLctGmf Mon, 24 Apr 2023 10:32:52 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch this amazing orchestra turn The Prodigy's Voodoo People into a thunderous heavy metal banger ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/prime-orchestra-the-prodigy-voodoo-people xchfuDbqShyXYCmSkApAHk Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:26:15 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra founder Ryuichi Sakamoto dead at 71 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/composer-and-yellow-magic-orchestra-founder-ryuichi-sakamoto-dead-at-71 tRChEZFTDaDtjf92KB8zpP Sun, 02 Apr 2023 14:35:09 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch The Who perform Baba O'Riley at Wembley Stadium with a full Orchestra ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-the-who-perform-baba-oreilly-at-wembley-stadium-with-a-full-orchestra YNc6aJLewLFW65QhxZvkuc Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:01:02 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ New book on 70s proggers Fusion Orchestra to be published ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/new-book-on-70s-proggers-fusion-orchestra-to-be-published eBBGkp25X976zFa5LoJE9n Thu, 09 Feb 2023 11:36:52 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Who announce UK tour with full orchestra and new live album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/the-who-announce-uk-tour-with-full-orchestra-and-new-live-album xkJfkhrSUe8jRFVn7gxP9B Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:00:21 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:32:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch a huge orchestra cover System Of A Down's Chop Suey! ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/system-of-a-down-orchestra-cover-chop-suey-download-2017 3oEuUmkTC65fCTdVahjdT4 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:33:00 +0000