Sons Of Apollo share trailer for new live orchestral album

Sons Of Apollo (Image credit: InsideOut Music)

Last month, Sons Of Apollo announced that they’d release Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony on August 30.

Now, the band featuring Mike Portnoy, Derek Sherinian, Billy Sheehan, Jeff Scott Soto and Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal have released a trailer for the live package, which will launch through InsideOut Music.

Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony was recorded at the Bulgarian city’s Ancient Roman Theatre in 2018 and will launch on limited deluxe 3CD/DVD/Blu-ray Artbook, Special Edition 3CD/DVD Digipak, as a standalone Blu-ray and on digital and streaming platforms.

Drummer Portnoy says: “I’ve released several dozen live albums through the years with about a dozen different bands, but I have to say that this live release from Sons Of Apollo may indeed be the most special one of them all.

“Everything was aligned that evening: an absolutely beautiful Roman amphitheatre and a perfectly gorgeous summer evening, one set of Sons Of Apollo material and one set of specially chosen cover songs – and to top it all off being joined by a symphony orchestra and choir, it was a magical evening for everybody in attendance. Now we can share it with the rest of the world immortalised in this incredible live package.”

Portnoy adds: “This package will serve as a nice souvenir to capture the band’s first year on tour and should tide over all of our fans while we complete work on our sophomore studio release that will coming in January 2020.”

Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony is now available to pre-order. Find further details below.

(Image credit: InsideOut Music)

Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony

CD 1
1. God Of The Sun
2. Signs Of The Time
3. Divine Addiction
4. That Metal Show Theme 
5. Just Let Me Breathe
6. Billy Sheehan Bass Solo
7. Lost In Oblivion
8. Jeff Scott Soto Solo Spot (The Prophet’s Song / Save Me)
9. Alive
10. The Pink Panther Theme
11. Opus Maximus

CD 2
1. Kashmir
2. Gates Of Babylon
3. Labyrinth
4. Dream On
5. Diary Of A Madman
6. Comfortably Numb
7. The Show Must Go On
8. Hell’s Kitchen
9. Derek Sherinian Keyboard Solo
10. Lines In The Sand

CD 3
1. Bumblefoot Guitar Spot
2. And The Cradle Will Rock
3. Coming Home

Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony

Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony
Sons Of Apollo will release this new live package in August. It was recorded at the Bulgarian city’s Ancient Roman Theatre in 2018 and also features a host of covers.

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