Trans-Siberian Orchestra to blast KeyArena on New Year’s Eve
Published 1:30 am Friday, December 30, 2016
There will be no shortage of options to party this New Year’s Eve, with venues both big and small ready to ring in 2017.
The most bombastic of the acts will play KeyArena, as Trans-Siberian Orchestra rolls into Seattle for two shows at 3 and 9 p.m. Dec. 31.
The brainchild of hard rock producer Paul O’Neill, the act deals in amped-up takes on Christmas classics. The group’s bludgeoning, arena-ready approach has turned it into an unlikely holiday staple.
The band currently counts more than 30 people on its roster. The act will make ever attempt possible to blast a hole in the roof of KeyArena during its annual stop, with guitars squealing and drums pounding on songs like “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo.”
Tickets are $41 to $79.50 at ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
The WaMu Theater, meanwhile, will host a long list of DJs and producers for a show starting at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 31, as producing company USC Events brings its appropriately named New Year’s celebration “Resolution 2017” to the stage.
The EDM festival — that’s electronic dance music — will feature headliners Above and Beyond, Adventure Club, Yellow Claw and Tritonal, along with nearly a dozen other supporting acts.
Expect a party-ready crowd decked out in LED-jewelry that’s ready to count down to midnight amid laser lights and bass drops.
Tickets are $97 at ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
A worldly groove will hit the Showbox SoDo. Beats Antique takes the stage at 9 p.m. Dec. 31.
The group, which first formed to create music for bellydancing shows, melds together Middle Eastern sounds, reggae and rock on its diverse albums.
The band is touring now behind “Shadowbox,” a typically eclectic affair. The disc saw release earlier this year and featured a bluesy stomp on “Let It All Go” and saxophone-friendly hip-hop on “Killer Bee.”
Tickets are $40 to $50 at axs.com.
Indie hip-hop will make a stand at the Neptune Theatre, as rappers Sam Lachow and Raz Simone team up once again for a show at 9 p.m. Dec. 31.
Lachow has used the internet to help fund his albums, including the well-received “Huckleberry,” a 2014 record featuring one of his most popular tracks, “Banana Goo Pie.” Lachow worked with Simone on that album’s track “Dreams of Gold.”
Simone’s own hits include tracks like “The Lights” and “Sometimes I Don’t,” the latter of which features, yes, Lachow.
Tickets are $23.50 to $48.50 at at stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.
Finally, the Showbox will welcome Hell’s Belles to its stage, as the Seattle act aims to bring some hard rock to the New Year’s Eve celebration.
The all-women band covers AC/DC classics, bringing feminine swagger to one of rock’s most cocksure acts. The group’s devout covers of AC/DC have earned it praise from none other than Angus Young, AC/DC’s famed guitarist.
Tickets are $25 at axs.com.
