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Maestro Arnie Roth, the music director for the "Final Fantasy: Distant Worlds" concert series, has announced dates and locations for performances of the show for roughly the first half of 2009. However, you're still out of luck if you're not in or near one of only four American destinations on this tour.

In April, those who are just thawing out in Minneapolis and Grand Rapids, Michigan each get a show; about four weeks later, there's a single performance in Baltimore. After that, the show swings across the Pacific to Singapore for a pair of shows, and then it's back to the American West Coast in July for two shows in Seattle and another pair in San Francisco. Of course, more dates may be added as time wears on, but I wouldn't count on seeing too many; only two shows were played in the States in the whole of 2008.

The setlist for these concerts appears to be pretty static, though of course it is subject to change in terms of both sequence and overall setlist. Some highlights, however, include full orchestral arrangements of the Final Fantasy Main Theme, Final Fantasy IV's "Theme of Love," portions of Final Fantasy VI's Opera score, and Final Fantasy X's "To Zanarkand."

To find out more about the schedule, setlist, or to buy tickets if you're in the area of one of the shows (prices appear to range from about $30.00 to $100.00 a seat, depending on which city you look), visit the official Distant Worlds site.

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I was actually just looking at this earlier today. Since I live only a couple hours from Minneapolis, a $30 ticket looks pretty good right now. Since I've always been a big fan of final fantasy music, I'll definately try to get over there.

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Seems like kind of a step backward. I remember seeing the Dear Friends concert in Dallas, Texas, 2004. It was all over the place. Even after Uematsu retired, they kept doing it. I find it kind of odd that they would put up such a good set list this time and put it in only a handful (actually less) of places. The first tour was just the (for lack of a better word) stereotypical theme songs from the series. The idea of the Opera Score from VI seem to make it a little bit more in the direction of those who grew up at the same time as the series itself. Such a shame this news.

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