Almost 30 years after The Simpsons joked about Cypress Hill unintentionally reserving the London Symphony Orchestra whereas excessive, the hip-hop group is making it a actuality. The Los Angeles collective has introduced they are going to be joined by the 71-piece orchestra for a live performance this summer time.
Going down at London’s Royal Albert Corridor on July tenth, the present will characteristic Cypress Hill performing a few of their greatest hits like “Insane within the Mind” and “I Wanna Get Excessive” over orchestral preparations performed by LSO’s Troy Miller. It shouldn’t be a lot of an adjustment for the group, which carried out a handful of live shows with the San Diego Symphony final yr.
A ticket pre-sale will start on March twenty sixth (register right here) upfront of the final on-sale commencing on March twenty seventh by way of the Royal Albert Corridor web site.
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The upcoming live performance is simply the most recent instance of The Simpsons seemingly predicting the long run, together with episodes wherein Donald Trump introduced his presidency run and Woman Gaga carried out on the Tremendous Bowl. Within the 1996 episode “Homerpalooza,” Cypress Hill teamed up with the LSO when the orchestra confirmed up for his or her efficiency at Hullabalooza, a parody of Chicago’s Lollapalooza music competition. Watch a clip of the episode beneath.
In an announcement, Cypress Hill acknowledged as a lot by saying, “We’re thrilled to be performing with the London Symphony Orchestra in such a prestigious venue because the Royal Albert Corridor. It’s a dream come true, a collaboration solely The Simpsons may have predicted.”
The LSO’s managing director Kathryn McDowell added, “After years of social media teasing it, many followers could have began to imagine it could solely be a pipedream — however the LSO is delighted to lastly be becoming a member of Cypress Hill on stage and in particular person, and stay up for creating an unforgettable musical second! Many because of the creators of The Simpsons for the thought and to AEG Creative and PolyArts for making all of it occur.”
In April, Cypress Hill will head out on their “We Legalized It” US tour. Discover offers for tickets right here.
Final yr, Consequence re-released a season of The Opus podcast celebrating the legacy of Cypress Hill to coincide with hip-hop’s fiftieth anniversary, which you’ll try beneath. We additionally sat down with Cypress Hill’s Sen Canine, who picked out the ten hip-hop albums he thinks each music fan ought to personal.
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