The Moody Blues: The Voyage Continues – Highway 45 Tour Kick Off at Hard Rock Live on March 11

Rock icons The Moody Blues will kick-off their 2012 32-city U.S. tour “The Moody Blues: The Voyage Continues – Highway 45” at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on March 11 at 7 p.m. The tour will commemorate the 45th Anniversary of the release of their landmark album Days of Future Passed. As part of the celebration, the band is offering a limited number of “Backstage Tour” ticket packages which include a tour of the stage where fans can meet some of the crew and see the band’s instruments. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 10 at noon.

 

The Moody Blues’ legacy spans four decades of hits with numerous #1, Top 5, Top 10, Top 20, Top 40 albums and singles that have made them one of the top-grossing artists in existence.  The band has sold in excess of 70 million albums, worldwide, and has been awarded 14 platinum and gold discs.  Their vast roster of hits includes  “Nights In White Satin,” “Tuesday Afternoon,” “Ride My See Saw,” “The Story In Your Eyes,” “Isn’t Life Strange,” “Question,” “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band),” “Your Wildest Dreams,” and “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere,” to name a few.

 

Since they first hit the rock scene with the release of their monumental 1967 album Days of Future Passed, The Moody Blues have continued to produce music that bridges the gap between classical and pop-rock genres.  Featuring the altruistic inflections of guitarist/vocalist Justin Hayward, bassist/vocalist John Lodge and drummer Graeme Edge, The Moody Blues’ sound has held its ground with exquisite harmonies over and over again, in a genre of music that is ever-changing.  Since their formation in England, The Moody Blues have created music time and time again that offers rock music a depth that is unprecedented and inspiring.

 

Throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, the group released a string of concept albums including In Search of The Lost Chord, On The Threshold of a Dream, To Our Children’s Children’s Children, A Question of Balance, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour and Seventh Sojourn, which can be enjoyed from beginning to end like turning the pages of a novel telling the story of our lives.

 

Exploring new musical elements, the band released Octave in 1979 that spawned the hits “Driftwood” and “Steppin’ in a Slide Zone.”  In the ‘80s, The Moodies showed their resilience against the changing tides of trends and released the album Long Distance Voyager which went straight to the top and landed at #1 with two hit singles “Gemini Dream” and “The Voice.” The Present (1983) followed with the hits “Blue World” and “Sitting at the Wheel”; succeeded by The Other Side of Life that yielded the hit song “Your Wildest Dreams”– one of their biggest selling singles of their career to date. “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere” from Sur La Mer and 1991’s “Say It With Love” from Keys of the Kingdom kept the momentum strong.

 

In 1992, the band celebrated the 25th anniversary of the release of Days of Future Passed with a PBS concert accompanied by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra taped live at Red Rocks in Denver, Colorado. A second 2000 PBS special entitled The Moody Blues Hall Of Fame: Recorded Live from the Royal Albert Hall marked the first live Moody Blues performance released on DVD.

 

In 2001, the band was featured in the IMAX film Journey into Amazing Caves that showcased two new songs, “We Can Fly” and “Water” in addition to classics “Nights in White Satin” and “Ride My Seesaw.” The film was awarded IMAX’ Soundtrack of the Year award.

 

Additional releases include Strange Times (2000), the holiday-themed December (2003), Moody Bluegrass, Lovely to See You, Live (2005) and Moody Bluegrass Two…Much Love (2011).

 

The band’s unique style of music consistently finds airplay on radio stations globally and continues to illuminate concert arenas around the world.  From being immortalized on The Simpsons to having their music featured in movies, television and in national advertisement campaigns, The Moody Blues are embedded not only in music history, but in pop culture.

 

Tickets cost $49, $59, $69 and $84*; all seats are reserved and available at all Ticketmaster outlets online at www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone: 1-800-745-3000. Doors open one-hour prior to show start time. *Additional fees may apply.

 

Available exclusively through the band’s website, the “Backstage Tour” experience includes a front of the venue concert ticket, early access to the merchandise booth to get first choice of the tour items, and a specially prepared, limited edition merchandise package.  Additional VIP packages are also available that include VIP seating and/or Merchandise packages. VIP experience details and on sale information are available through the Moody Blues’ official fan club, managed by PAID, Inc. at http://www.moodybluestoday.com/index.cfm//content/pid/401891.

 

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