Rex Orange County is going the theatre route.This fall, the bedroom pop star will stage mini, multi-night residencies at auditoriums, concert halls and, yes, theatres, all over North America as part of his ‘Finally: A Theatre Tour by Rex Orange County’ in support of his forthcoming album “The Alexander Technique,” due out Sept.
6.That includes a trio of gigs at New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Friday, Oct. 11, Saturday, Oct. 12 and Sunday, Oct. 13.“For this tour, I’m going to play a select number of cities in carefully chosen theatre venues, but will be playing multiple nights within them,” the 26-year-old shared in a press release. “Historically with each album that I’ve released, I’ve always played bigger and bigger shows.
But I wanted to do something different for this particular project because sonically the new songs lend themselves to being heard in a more intimate and traditional setting.
These particular venues have allowed me to create a show with a theatrical stage set to further narrate the themes of the album alongside the music.
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