Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticSince becoming the toast of the Coachella Festival in April performing his first rock concerts in decades, Danny Elfman has been a little cagey about some of the questions fans had on their minds about future live plans — namely: Might he take that show on the road, or at least repeat it in some fashion?
And would there be any “Nightmare Before Christmas” shows in L.A. again this year?Answers to both those questions came — in conjoined fashion — when Elfman announced Monday that he will be doing two shows at the Hollywood Bowl this fall … on Halloween weekend, when “Nightmare” gigs would traditionally go down, if they were going to.
That can probably be counted as a win for everyone, as the Oct. 28-29 timing of the concerts serves as a promise that the singer-songwriter-film-composer will be working some material from the 1993 stop-motion classic into his set list.
If Jack Skellington showed up at Elfman’s Coachella gigs (as pictured above), it’s fairly certain he’s a lock for the Bowl. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
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