Distant Worlds Concert

[Lonely Paper Star]

I mentioned this briefly in another thread, but it's AWESOME!

I went to it twice, because the tour came to my city two years in a row. The first time they came offered a meet-and-greet with Nobuo Uematsu and Arnie Roth. They signed my FFIX Piano Collections book. X3 ... That first year, though, Susan Calloway wasn't with them, so there was no Melodies of Life or Suteki Da Ne in the setlist. The opera singers were there, too, so they did the FFVI opera. My friend sat a few seats away from Uematsu and his interpretor in the audience... when my friend cried (being the big sentimental baby he was <3) during one of the songs (I think an FFXI one), the interpretor gave him a tissue lmao.

The second time I went, they had Susan Calloway, but no Uematsu, so no meet-and-greet for him, clearly. However, Hamauzu was in the audience. I don't know if he did a meet-and-greet because I got my tickets late that time around and that option wasn't offered to me on the website. It was still fun, nonetheless. No opera singers and no aria, though. XD

Both times, they did a Q&A after the whole setlist.

As for the people themselves, bring a camera if you like photographing cosplayers. DEFINITELY bring one if you're doing a meet-and-greet. They allow you to have something signed and a photograph, iirc.

My favorite pieces were the FFI-III Medley (the 2010 version), Liberi Fatali, Suteki Da Ne, Ronfaure, Terra's Theme, and The Place I'll Return To Someday/Melodies of Life. The opera was splendid, as well. That's a difficult question, though. I'm an Uematsu fangirl. D:

And yes, if they toured here again, I would definitely go. Final Fantasy music is something I never get sick of.

That's all I got. I hope you enjoy the concert!