Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer, Hollywood’s most in demand and innovative film music composer whose 100 film scores have made over $24 billion at the box office, has today announced his very first tour.

Zimmer’s 20-piece studio band, with whom he records his award-winning soundtracks, will be appearing alongside Lebo M, best known for his stunning vocals on Zimmer’s Academy Award®-winning score for Disney’s The Lion King, as well as an orchestra and choir. With over 70 musicians on stage, ‘Hans Zimmer Live On Tour’ will be a must-see audio and visual live spectacular.

The German-born musician has composed the iconic soundtracks to blockbusters such as Inception, Interstellar, The Dark Knight Trilogy (all with filmmaker Christopher Nolan), Gladiator, 12 Years a Slave, The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spiderman, The Thin Red Line, The Da Vinci Code, Mission Impossible, Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, Thelma And Louise, Crimson Tide, Rain Man and many more.

According to director Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave) 'Hans Zimmer is quite simply the contemporary composer to work with when it comes to translating a visual narrative into sound'.

The 2016 tour comes off the back of two very special ‘Hans Zimmer Revealed’ shows in London in 2014. The sold out shows were rapturously received by critics and the public alike. Amazingly, in a Hollywood career that has spanned decades, these were Zimmer’s first full-length, live shows, and were made even more special by the appearance of two of Zimmer’s collaborators: guitarist Johnny Marr and Pharrell Williams.

Like the Hammersmith shows, ‘Hans Zimmer Live On Tour’, will be a striking visual experience designed and lit by world-renowned lighting designer Marc Brickman. Brickman has worked with everyone from Pink Floyd to Nine Inch Nails to Barbra Streisand, and heads the lighting direction of the Empire State Building in New York City.

It was during the London shows that Zimmer and his friend and collaborator, Harvey Goldsmith, were encouraged to put on the Europe-wide concert series.

On the announcement of the tour, Zimmer commented, 'Performing a tour like this is something that I have always wanted to do, and I am thrilled that the time has finally come,' said Zimmer. 'I am very excited to get some of my very talented friends together and give our audiences an experience unlike any concert they have ever been to before.'

*Second London date added due to huge demand*