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Today, with a Tangled animated short with music from the world, Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura announced another official Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres-! A translation of the announcement, provided by goldpanner, reads: Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres- will feature a score of songs throughout the series as well as new tracks from the soon to be released title, Kingdom Hearts III. It will also feature new video sequences projected on a giant screen. Each performance will be played by a top-notch orchestra and choir of more than 100 musicians. It will be touring in 17 cities around the world with 22 performances in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The tour will start in Tokyo, Japan, on April 27, 2019, with three performance. It will then visit locations around the world, only to come back to Japan in Osaka, where it will have its last performance on November 30, 2019. Locations in the United States include Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando, New York City, Atlanta, and Dallas. The tour will also be coming to Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. In Europe, it will be visiting Cologne, Paris, and Milan and London. Singapore and Australia are more eastwards locations the tour will be visiting! Pre-sale of the tickets for each of the showings will start as early as January 30, while the general sale of tickets will take place later on in February. For the Tokyo shows, the tickets can be reserved via a lottery system starting January 29. You can find all the tour dates below; please note that all times are local times. Also note that concert schedule and ticketing information is subject to change without notification. Date Location Venue More Information and Tickets April 27-28, 2019 Tokyo (Japan) Tokyo International Forum Hall A April 27: [Lunch Performance] 11:30 Opening / Starting at 12:30 April 27: [Night Show] 17:30 Opening / Starting at 18:30 April 28: Opening at 11:30 / Starting at 12:30 Can be reserved via lottery from Square Enix e-Store from January 29 at 12:00 to February 11 at 18:00 Can be reserved via lottery from Kyodo Tokyo from February 26 at 12:00 to March 1 at 23:59 May 18, 2019 Singapore (Singapore) Esplanade Concert Hall Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 June 1, 2019 Chicago (United States) Auditorium Theater of Roosevelt University Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 June 8, 2019 Los Angeles (United States) Dolby Theater Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales From February 12, 2019 June 22, 2019 Orlando (United States) Walt Disney Theater Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales From February 12, 2019 June 28 - 29, 2019 New York (United States) United Palace Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 July 13, 2019 Toronto (Canada) Sony Center General sales starting February 12, 2019 August 24, 2019 Cologne (Germany) Kölner Philharmonie Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 September 14, 2019 Atlanta (United States) Fox Theater Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 September 28, 2019 Paris (France) Palais des Congrès Composer Yoko Shimomura will be in attendance. Meet-and-greet with signing and photo session available with VIP tickets. Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 October 5, 2019 Milan (Italy) Teatro Arcimboldi General sales starting February 12, 2019 October 19, 2019 Sydney (Australia) Sydney Town Hall Centennial Hall October 19: [Lunch Performance] Starting at 15:00 October 19: [Night Performance] Starting at 20:00 Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 October 26, 2019 Dallas (United States) Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales From February 12, 2019 November 2, 2019 Sao Paulo (Brazil) Espação das Americas General sales starting February 12, 2019 November 17, 2019 London (UK) Eventim Apollo Composer Yoko Shimomura will be in attendance. Meet-and-greet with signing and photo session available with Cat.1/VIP tickets. Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 November 23, 2019 Mexico City (Mexico) Auditorio Blackberry General sales starting February 12, 2019 November 30, 2019 Osaka (Japan) Grand Cube Osaka Details will be announced at a later date. The Kingdom Hearts Orchestra series has amassed more than 80,000 spectators in the past two years. The first Kingdom Hearts Orchestra experiences took place back in 2017, with Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -First Breath- in Japan, followed by the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour-. The -World Tour- was renewed for an Encore in 2018, adding old and new locations for the tour. The release date for Kingdom Hearts III was revealed during the Los Angeles show in June 2018. View full article

Today marks another day down on Kingdom Hearts III's countdown! Each day until January 25, director Tetsuya Nomura is making an announcement. Today, he said that this announcement was difficult but was eventually decided by the staff: a Kingdom Hearts III launch campaign will be held at Square Enix Cafe Tokyo and Osaka and ARTNIA! He accompanied this announcement with an animated short of Frozen, which you can view below. The background music sounds to be the field music for Arendelle. For screenshots from the short Frozen video, click here. The Kingdom Hearts III cafe release celebration campaigns will be divided into three periods: February 2 - February 24 February 25 - March 19 March 20 - April 12 During this time, the cafes' menus will be replaced with a Kingdom Hearts themes one! They are currently finalizing the menu. Exclusive merchandise will also be available for purchase. Diners will receive a themed luncheon mat as a gift, and if you order a drink, you can also receive a themed coaster; these are both parts of the overall Kingdom Hearts interior theme of the cafes. You can view the samples in the album below: Online reservations for the first phase of the campaign will start on January 26, 2019, at 12 PM JST. Square Enix Cafe Tokyo will accept reservations here; click here for the Osaka branch event page. ARTNIA will take reservations via a lottery system and will be available exclusively to Square Enix Members (free registration) from January 23, 2019. Reservations via the lottery will take place twice for the first phase, and once for the second and third phases each. They will begin at 12 PM on the lottery start days to 11:59 PM JST on the last days. The dates are as listed below: 1st phase (February 2 - February 8): lottery will take place between January 23 - January 27. Winners will be notified on January 31. 1st phase (February 9 - February 24): lottery will take place between January 23 - January 28. Winners will be notified on February 5. 2nd phase: lottery will take place between February 7 - February 12. Winners will be notified on February 20. 3rd phase: lottery will take place between March 1 - March 7. Winners will be notified on March 15. Back in 2017, a Kingdom Hearts 15th Anniversary campaign was held at the Square Enix Cafe Tokyo and Osaka and ARTNIA. Tetsuya Nomura, along with other members of the Kingdom Hearts III production team, were also present. For a blast from the past, take a look at it here! View full article