Sons of Apollo Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony

Sons Of Apollo are one of the biggest success stories of the past two years. The combination of vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal, bassist Billy Sheehan, keyboard player Derek Sherinian and drummer Mike Portnoy proved to be irresistible on their debut album 'Psychotic Symphony', released in 2017. Now, they are putting out a special live release. This was recorded at the spectacular Roman Amphitheatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on September 22 last year. The band's performance was divided into two sets, the second of which saw them joined by a full orchestra and choir. There are a number of cover songs performed in both sets. And it was down to Portnoy to choose which tracks were done with the orchestra and choir: “[…]I have to say that all of the covers you'll get to see us do in the second part of the performance were only done that night and no other on the tour, which helps to make this unique.”
Titled 'Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony', this is to be available on audio and video. But there are differences between the audio and visual formats. “The audio show has the entire gig. But we had problems getting clearance on three of the cover tracks for the video versions. Sadly, these will not have 'Comfortably Numb' from Pink Floyd, 'Dream On' (Aerosmith) plus 'And The Cradle Will Rock' (Van Halen). The good thing is that you can hear all of these on the audio version here, so they're not forgotten.
Portnoy is delighted with the final product, believing it to be a triumph that encapsulates just how tremendous this band are.
“This is a very special release. It magnificently captures what happened on the night and the atmosphere that surrounded the occasion.”