{"id":764312,"date":"2026-09-08T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/764312\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:44:09","slug":"the-legend-of-zelda-is-getting-a-40th-anniversary-orchestral-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/764312\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Legend Of Zelda’ is getting a 40th anniversary orchestral tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nintendo has confirmed that The Legend Of Zelda<\/a> is getting a global orchestral concert tour series to celebrate 40 years of the iconic adventure game series.<\/p>\n

Earlier today (September 8), Nintendo hosted a 30-minute Direct to tell fans what the company had planned to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Legend Of Zelda.<\/p>\n

The Direct started with a live orchestral performance of Koji Kondo\u2019s iconic score set against footage from the past 40 years of Zelda games, showcasing the evolution of Link, Zelda and Ganon and the story of wisdom, power and courage that unfolds.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe music in the first game was made using just three audio channels. In more recent games, you can enjoy more bombastic music as well as more subtle, orchestral movements,\u201d he explained before saying Nintendo wanted \u201cmore people to enjoy the music live.\u201d Koji Kondo then confirmed that an orchestral tour would kick off next year.<\/p>\n

The Legend Of Zelda 40th anniversary concert tour will begin with a series of Japanese dates in January 2027 before visiting North America, Europe and Australia. Local orchestras will perform at each show and \u201cadditional cities and countries will be announced in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

All the confirmed The Legend Of Zelda 40th anniversary concert tour dates:<\/p>\n

JANUARY 2027:
23 \u2013 Tokyo Garden Theater, Tokyo<\/p>\n

FEBRUARY
6 \u2013 Civic Hall, Fukuoka
22 \u2013 Symphony Center, Chicago
23 \u2013 Symphony Center, Chicago<\/p>\n

MARCH
3 \u2013 Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater Hitaru, Hokkaido<\/p>\n

APRIL
3 \u2013 ROHM Theatre, Kyoto
3 \u2013 Royal Albert Hall, London
4 \u2013 ROHM Theatre, Kyoto
4 \u2013 Royal Albert Hall, London
27 \u2013 K-Arena Yokohama, Kanagawa<\/p>\n

MAY
13 \u2013 Hamer Hall, Melbourne
14 \u2013 Hamer Hall, Melbourne
15 \u2013 Hamer Hall, Melbourne
16 \u2013 Hamer Hall, Melbourne<\/p>\n

JUNE
18 \u2013 Konserthuset, Stockholm
19 \u2013 Konserthuset, Stockholm<\/p>\n

JULY
9 \u2013 Opera House, Sydney
10 \u2013 Opera House, Sydney (matinee)
10 \u2013 Opera House, Sydney
16 \u2013 Benaroya Hall, Seattle
17 \u2013 Benaroya Hall, Seattle
18 \u2013 Benaroya Hall, Seattle
23 \u2013 Jones Hall For The Performing Arts, Houston
24 \u2013 Jones Hall For The Performing Arts, Houston
30 \u2013 Filene Center At Wolf Trap, Vienna<\/p>\n

SEPTEMBER
17 \u2013 Usher Hall, Edinburgh
18 \u2013 Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow<\/p>\n

OCTOBER
TBA \u2013 Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco<\/p>\n

Ticket details will be confirmed in the near future.<\/p>\n

Next year will also see the release of The Legend Of Zelda movie, which stars Bo Bragason as Princess Zelda\u00a0 and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link<\/a>. According to Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto, the film tells an \u201coriginal story\u201d inspired by the past 40 years of games and lives up to the series\u2019 legacy.<\/p>\n

In other news, London\u2019s Southbank Centre has announced details of a\u00a0\u2018Korean Games In Concert\u2019 orchestral gig<\/a>, featuring the music of\u00a0Lies Of P<\/a>,\u00a0Black Desert<\/a>\u00a0and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo has confirmed that The Legend Of Zelda is getting a global orchestral concert tour series to celebrate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55,170980],"class_list":["post-764312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-video-game-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}