Castlevania gets a 40th anniversary concert tour
Konami announces an orchestral tour celebrating four decades of the series, opening in Japan before the UK and a finale in North America.
Konami has announced an orchestral concert tour marking 40 years of Castlevania. Titled Castlevania 40th Anniversary: An Orchestral Concert, the run is billed as a celebration of four decades of vampire hunting, monster slaying and the series long musical legacy. Three dates have been confirmed so far, opening in Japan before moving to the United Kingdom and finishing in North America. The announcement follows a similar 40th anniversary tour planned for The Legend of Zelda, whose European tickets are about to go on sale, suggesting publishers are leaning hard into anniversary concerts as a way to celebrate long-running franchises.
Castlevania's music has long been treated as one of the series defining strengths, from early chiptune melodies through the gothic orchestral arrangements that followed. A live tour gives that back catalogue a stage well beyond the games themselves. The three-stop structure is modest compared with some anniversary runs, but additional dates could be added depending on demand. Konami has been revisiting the franchise in other ways too, keeping the name active years after the mainline games slowed down. Venue details and ticket information for the run have not been fully laid out yet.
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Castlevania
Castlevania is the 1986 Konami platformer that sent Simon Belmont through Dracula's castle, one whip, one staircase and one very deliberate jump at a time.