New York (June 9th, 2025) – MGP Live today announced 2025 concert tour dates for the GRAMMY® award-winning video game music Jazz orchestra The 8-Bit Big Band, including Seattle, Dallas, Boston, Los Angeles and New York in the United States as well as the orchestra’s debut performance in London, United Kingdom. Presented worldwide by MGP Live, the program includes music from classic franchises such as Mario, Zelda, Persona 5, Portal, Final Fantasy, Sonic the Hedgehog, and many other fan favorites. Presales will go live on Wednesday, June 11 and for general public sale on Friday, June 13. Sign up for presales now: https://www.mgplive.com/the-8-bit-big-band.
The 8-Bit Big Band was formed in 2017 to explore and expand the ever growing contemporary body of music performing legendary music and themes from the most beloved video games across the decades, receiving rave reviews and selling out concerts across the United States. Band leader Charlie Rosen is a 2-time GRAMMY® and 2-time Tony award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer, arranger, music director and producer whose music has been heard worldwide across many stages and screens around the world. The 8-Bit Big Band’s highly anticipated 5th full length album ‘Orchestrator Emulator’ will be released on July 18, 2025.
Charlie Rosen, Musical Director of The 8-Bit Big Band: "I’m excited to be able to bring reimagined orchestral video game music magic to extended new territories across the globe this year! I hope fans of video games, Jazz, orchestras, or just great musicianship will come join us as we celebrate the ever-growing body of work that we are lovingly calling ‘The Great Video Game Songbook’ with some wild new takes on some of our favorite themes from our beloved pastime of over 40 years!"
Massimo Gallotta, CEO of MGP Live: "I'm so proud to support Charlie Rosen and The 8-Bit Big Band in their efforts to share their unique blend of jazz and video game music with the world. We teamed up four years ago with a collective interest in quality music and new media, and with this upcoming tour, we’re taking the project to the next level."
2025 US and UK tour dates:
Aug 30, 2025 – Seattle, Moore Theatre
Oct 3, 2025 – London, 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire
Nov 13, 2025 – Dallas, House of Blues
Dec 12, 2025 – Boston, Berklee Performance Center
Dec 19, 2025 – Los Angeles, The Wiltern
Dec 27, 2025 – New York, Sony Hall
To purchase tickets, access presales, and stay informed on all future tour dates, visit: https://www.mgplive.com/the-8-bit-big-band
For more information about The 8-Bit Big Band, visit their official web site. Follow them on X, Instagram and TikTok, like them on Facebook and subscribe to their YouTube channel.
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About The 8-Bit Big Band
The 8-Bit Big Band is a Grammy® Award-winning contemporary symphonic Jazz orchestra created to celebrate and reimagine video game music’s most beloved hits, rearranged in exciting and creative new ways in order push the envelope of how we experience the music from these legendary soundtracks as a standalone body of musical work!
Formed in 2017 with the release of their debut album “Press Start” followed by their sophomore album “Choose Your Character” in 2018, their Grammy® Award-winning 3rd album “Backwards Compatible” in 2022, and their 4th album “Game Changer” in 2023 – their 5th album “Emulator Orchestrator” is scheduled to release in July 2025. Since the inception of the band, 8BBB has garnered an online following aggregating millions of views on YouTube, and hundreds of thousands of subscribers, followers, and listeners across the globe, selling out concert venues across the US. The members of the 8-Bit Big Band come from all around the world, but most reside primarily in New York City and are some of the most highly sought after musicians and performers.
The 8-Bit Big Band draws their music from some of the most beloved video game titles of all time, dedicating themselves to bringing large ensemble arranging into the presence of the internet and gaming era while giving the music from these games the same professional treatment in arranging, performance, and production that has gone hand in hand with the large symphonic studio jazz orchestras of the past. The band’s vocabulary ranges from the classic big band writing styles of the past, through the timeline of music’s evolution, landing it in this contemporary, eclectic, no-holds-barred musical listening experience rooted in influences across genre and time.
About MGP Live
MGP Live is an international entertainment company based in NYC specialized in producing concerts and a variety of other special events. For over 40 years Massimo Gallotta, Founder and President of MGP Live, has been a leading promoter in the international music scene. With an eclectic roster of clients, MGP Live has also championed the niche world of the multimedia symphonic experience, producing / promoting symphony tours worldwide such as: Sega’s Sonic Symphony, Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses, Square Enix’s Distant World Music from Final Fantasy, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Symphony, and Warner Bros/DC Comics’ Batman 1989 35th Anniversary Concert.