I attended the “Whiplash in Concert” here in Toronto and it was a blast.

Submitted by MainRadiance t3_yicf21 in movies

Last night, Toronto had the honour to start off the Whiplash in Concert tour with Justin Hurwitz. Seeing the movie all over again and having a live band perform all the music was exhilarating. The first time I saw this movie was in an empty theatre back in 2014 and it was exciting to watch my all-time favourite movie along with other fans years later.

The performances were mind-blowingly good, especially the drummer! What a talent. The ending was sensational and my jaw dropped when the drum solo came on. Witnessing the drummer kill it during the solo… I had chills! It was truly something.

When the credits rolled, we cheered and applauded everyone and we stood for the rest of the credits as they performed.

I would highly recommend seeing this performance when you get the chance!

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mediarch t1_iuhvwhi wrote

Did they chuck a chair into the crowd to get everybody in the mood?

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potatolulz t1_iuhwcfq wrote

did someone assault the conductor at least?

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joelupi t1_iuighj3 wrote

So this was a limited (very limited) engagement that was in Boston on Friday the 28th and Toronto on the 30th.

The show in Boston was supposed to feature Berklee School of Music 17 piece Rainbow Big Band.

Boston got cancelled on the 24th with no make up date and no information why.

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Glad you had a good time though, I was looking forward to this all summer

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MainRadiance OP t1_iujzm9i wrote

I’m so sorry to hear that! From what Justin Hurwitz said last night, he was thrilled to kick off the tour in Toronto and we were the first to witness Whiplash in Concert. It kinda sounded that they have something in store for the future. So maybe there will be more shows to be announced soon? I hope the Boston show will be rescheduled!

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Huevos___Rancheros t1_iuilxk8 wrote

Did someone say “fuck off Johnny Utah, turn my pages BITCH”

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whatafuckinusername t1_iuij6kn wrote

I had a chance a few years ago to see La La Land in concert featuring the Milwaukee Symphony, one of Justin Hurwitz’s hometown orchestras, and the pianist who performed on the soundtrack, but I didn’t go because I hadn’t yet seen the movie. Probably was a great concert.

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atopix t1_iujwiva wrote

> The performances were mind-blowingly good, especially the drummer!

He was neither rushing nor dragging?

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Huevos___Rancheros t1_iuim9i8 wrote

I would love Justin Hurwitz to do a tour where he plays songs from each of the movies he’s composed. First Man, La La Land and Whiplash all have beautiful scores.

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ffball t1_iuifizm wrote

Anyone have tour date schedule?

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joelupi t1_iuig834 wrote

It was just Boston and Toronto and Boston got cancelled. Plus the Love in Seoul Festival on 11/8 and 11/9.

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Mentoman72 t1_iujyc2h wrote

Man I wish they were doing more. I would fucking kill to see this.

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joelupi t1_iuk8ssu wrote

Hopefully they will do more shows in the future

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hopkraken t1_iuj8257 wrote

I was hoping they would expand the schedule to somewhere in the NY-Philadelphia, hell I’d even trek down to DC area. Almost considered getting a hotel in Boston to go see this but it just didn’t make sense at the time.

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LeastCap t1_iujf0vx wrote

are they doing any in the US

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