Boston – NYC – Washington DC – Minneapolis – Los Angeles
Kaizers Orchestra Complete Successful First US Tour Performing In
Boston – NYC – Washington DC – Minneapolis – Los Angeles
Photo credit: Katie Ingle Photography from The Sinclair show (Boston)
Announced Norway Stadium Tour, Summer 2025
Headlining Oslo’s Tons of Rock and the Release of Their Roblox Game
November 15, 2024
“This Is The Kaizer Family” Single Out Now, Listen HERE
Thursday, October 31 (Brooklyn, NY) – “We dreamed the dream, thank you America!” The Norwegian sextet, Kaizers Orchestra, posted this message of gratitude as they completed their first US tour this month, playing to packed rooms and enthusiastic crowds in Boston, Washington DC, NYC, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles.
“Whether or not you love rock, Kaizers Orchestra promises a once-in-a-lifetime show, complete with pipes flying through the air, an entire bottle of vodka being downed in small increments, pulsing lights, incessant crowd work, and, most importantly, heart.”
– WHRB, review of Boston show
It’s impossible to classify Kaizers Orchestra’s music into a single genre, it combines rock, opera, Balkan music, and a kind of punk cabaret which has garnered millions of listens (their top song Hjerteknuser has over 45 million plays). Kaizers Orchestra is renowned for being one of the best and most unique live acts in Norway and much of Europe – borrowing elements from theater, musicals, film, and opera resulting in a spectacular and unforgettable experience, both on record and on stage. The band announced 5 stadium shows next summer in Norway, including headlining Oslo’s Ton’s of Rock Festival where the band will play to over 35,000 fans.
Starting November 15 fans can also experience a concert in a full fledged game domain, inviting a whole new audience into their absurd and dark musical metaverse when they launch their Kaizers Orchestrated Chaos Roblox Game.
During the US tour, prior to their show in New York City, they performed at WNYC’s The Greene Space and spoke with Soundcheck’s John Schaefer who declared that Kaizers’ “Belgravelspolka” is his favorite music video. Listen to their conversation with John and watch their performance HERE.
While this was their first US tour, the band earned a cult following here, thanks in part to a single US show, a one-and-done 2013 performance at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which was covered as a high-profile debut by The New York Times
who wrote, “in musical terms Kaizers Orchestra is a band of polyglots. Arching melodic hooks are plentiful, as are arrestingly archaic rhythms: many of its songs are built around figures with accented weak beats of the kind that crop up in Kurt Weill’s early cabaret scores and in some Balkan dance forms…Its sound palette brings together competing worlds, too. Against a crunchy wall of guitar timbre…Perhaps the group’s sound and theatricality are infectious enough to render the language barrier irrelevant.”
Kaizers Orchestra formed in 2000 and the band members are: Janove Ottesen, lead vocals, guitars, percussion; Geir Zahl, guitars, vocals, backing vocals, oil barrel; Terje Winterstø Røthing, guitars, backing vocals, oil barrel; Helge Risa, organ, piano, accordion, backing vocals; Rune Solheim, drums, percussion; and Øyvind Storesund, double bass, bass guitar.
Kaizers Orchestra Stadium Tour Dates – 2025
June 27 Tons of Rock Festival, Oslo
August 8 Sverresborg, Trondheim
August 16 Koengen, Bergen
August 29 Sr Bank Arena, Stavanger
September 6 Royal Arena, Kobehavn
For details on the upcoming shows, visit their website.
Photo credit: Katie Ingle Photography from The Sinclair show (Boston)
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