I see that some of you don't like posts about tickets for sale, but I am really struggling to get rid of my tickets...

I have reduced the price for my 4 tickets again (for the third time!) a couple of days ago, and the prices are now very close to half price... Very good seats!

See my tickets for sale thread in the MLUKFC Shopping Mall.

I have been in contact with Ticketmaster and it is possible to pick up the tickets at the venue box office.

I would very much appreciate all of your tips on other places and ways to sell my tickets... :D ;)

Haven't seen this posted here... WPOMBHTM was on Elaine Paige's show on Radio 2 today! Starts at 30:50 below...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wd3bm#play

Or here :D

https://soundcloud.com/david-akerman...hurts-the-most

yeah that's better lol 😂

It's a little surreal to finally hear a studio recording of Body after all these years. That was incredible.

Its really is great to hear, but the only thing I'm wondering is....

Wheres Meat's version...? ;):lol:

THAT song, Rob Cavello's production with Meat 2010 vocals would have been epic.

In hindsight for me it's a shame Teddy Bear didn't feature several Steinman tracks we didn't get before since I think it features some of Meat's best album production and vocals. Body, Graveyard Shift, Dance in my pants along with Date with Destiny & PFL would have made for an incredible alternative Teddy Bear tracklist for starters I think. Really didn't like the Teddy Bear songs much and with Steinman songs such as Body on it, the "IV" cover joke would have made more sense too. ;)

i'm not feeling this song yet, musically or lyrically.

It's really lacking the emotion you get from it when they sing it on stage, I'm slightly concerned that what is an excellent show live won't come through in the studio production.

Do love the song though, been going round in my head since I first saw the show, can't help but mirror Andrews thoughts that a Rob Cavello production with Meat circa 2010 would've been mind blowing.

Me neither. It's missing Meat. I really do think Meat still has the voice. He just needs his body to repair if possible.

100%

Really disappointed with that recording. As some have said it is a stand out performance in the show, but that doesn't come through on the track.

We sometimes take Meat for granted, but he would have killed that song (killed in a good way!)

This is a live soundboard recording of the show, it isn't the album version. Just wait...

I know it's just a promo mix and not the album version but how do you know that's from the soundboard, it's got vocal booth/studio written all over it.

The Steinman Wiki lists the songs but not who sings what.

I have seen the show but I don't remember all of it.

Is there a list online that has all the tracks and who sings what.

When is the album out?

Also Making Love Out Of Nothing at All - Strat & Raven

Which, for context, comes before "Bat" in the spoiler-ific list above.

Long time lurker, occasional poster.

First of all, bloody love the cast version of What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most - it’s never going to have the power it does on stage, but it’s by far the best arrangement we’ve had so far. Those horns! Those triplets!

Secondly, anyone else going to this?

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/194781

Bat musical cast doing a charity late-night cabaret show...I’m all kinds of down the front.

I've had Body on repeat ever since it was first linked in this thread. That moment when the guitars come in with the big power chords in the third chorus is so damn good, not to the mention the harmonies, the horns, the whole thing. Definitely worth the decade-long wait. The cast album can't get here soon enough.

My one minor quibble is that it feels like it's missing some BVs. Those echoed "For Crying Out Loud" lines are super distracting in the choruses (and that one random one at the end) and would sound much more natural if they were covered by BVs. Give the song room to breath!

Back in London 2018
 

Hope they put It Just Won't Quit back in!

Congratulations to Andrew Polec who very deservedly won best debut at The Stage Debut Awards!

The soundtrack is now available for preorders at https://www.wowhd.co.uk/bat-out-of-h.../5056167100775

Amazon UK also have it listed now but no price yet. Can only register to be alerted when it is available at this point.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bat-Hell-Mu...ell+musical+cd

Amazon appear to have a cover picture now. Could be a mock up, but if it is, it's quite a good one!

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The CD is incredible.

Ordered via Amazon - very very very very very over excited!!!

Mine ships tomorrow. Can't wait. I wish a digital download was offered. Still not bad for $24.95 and a few days wait.

set list? amazon on preorder...not avalaible...where do u bought it? amazon says 1cd not 2

Is the album available to download anywhere? It's not on iTunes, it's not on Spotify, and none of the Amazon listings offer anything but a hard copy (and even then they're either out of stock, don't ship to me, or have the wrong details). How do I listen to this, today, in Australia?

No digital versions exist legally, currently.

You can't. Same here in the US which is frustrating. I was all interested in having it for weekend listening. It appears Amazon US never got any physical copies. So we wait.

Still waiting my copy. If anyone discovers somewhere that allows you to buy and download it / stream please share. I’m checking Spotify and Apple Music all the time!

Disc 1
1. Love and Death and an American Guitar
2. All Revved Up with No Place to Go / Wasted Youth
3. Who Needs the Young
4. It Just Won't Quit
5. Out of the Frying Pan And Into The Fire
6. Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)
7. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
8. Paradise by the Dashboard Light
9. Making Love Out of Nothing at All
10. Bat Out Of Hell

Disc 2
11. In The Land Of The Pig The Butcher Is King
12. Heaven Can Wait
13. Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
14. For Crying Out Loud
15. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
16. Not Allowed To Love
17. What Part of My Body Hurts the Most
18. Dead Ringer for Love
19. Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
20. It's All Coming Back to Me Now
21. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

Produced by: Jim Steinman, Steven Rinkoff and Michael Reed

Truly an outstanding job has been done with the soundtrack. All the cast are in excellent voice and the production is superb. One challenge they face is that the original versions of almost all the songs are extraordinary masterpieces and therefore extremely difficult to improve upon. However every track is a very worthy version.

Some tracks actually blew me away. Heaven Can Wait has a stunning dramatic uplift for the final verse whiçh really changes it. I still prefer Meat's version for the emotion but this is an amazing alternative version.

I really love Body. Makes me want to sing along every time.

But by far the stand out track for me is Rock And Roll Dreams. Wow. This is my new favourite version of the song and, for me, transforms it from a nice rock song with a positive message to a stunningly powerful, dramatic, and emotional triumph.

Quibbles? Well some of the songs by necessity are shortened in the show to avoid it running for 3 days so for the first time in history some Steinman songs don't go on for long enough! Not Allowed To Love is nicely done but in my opinion still a bit disposable. And I"m still not a big fan of Land Of The Pigs. I'm not sure why exactly. It works well dramatically in the show but I find it harder to relate to than most of Jim's songs. Possible because its one of the few that are not about love or sex but essentially politics.

But these are all very minor quibbles on an outstanding album. Congratulations to all involved and may the show never stop rocking!

Some sources mentioned 3 new songs in the Show. I am wondering what the 3rd previously unreleased Song could be.


Could it be Who needs the young?

Partial nudity in show
 

Hi

Could someone explain the partial nudity in the musical. Trying to decide if I can take my family

Thanks

The lead male was topless from time to time in the Manchester performance I went to but that was it - nothing I'd personally define as partial nudity.

There is the potential for you to see some of the lead guy's ass if you're sitting in the wrong place - it's nothing too graphic - the themes are for teenagers up IMO. In paradise both singers strip to underwear etc...

Serious?
If there would be nudity it would prevent you from taking someone?

Rest assured there is absolutely nothing worth discussing that kind of censorship in this musical.

Wish I'd seen the lead guys ass

It was meant to be Speaking in Tongues but it was cut?

In at least one version of the show (circa 2008/09), "We're Still the Children We Once Were" was also one of the new songs that was destined to appear. (Still feel it'd fit the scene where "Objects" takes place very nicely, especially as "Objects" already appears - in large part - in another Jim musical [to much better effect, IMO], but I don't call the shots...)

Is there a North America tour in 2019?

Source:
https://www.twincities.com/2018/02/2...t-of-hell-elf/

:O

I am buzzing for musical next Saturday, was just wondering is the show the same during the day as it is at night? I am going to show during the day

It is the same, other than there might be different cast members. Andrew tends to only do 6 shows a week (rather than all 8 )

Saw it on 29th August and going again on 28th September .... amazing show, loving all the songs.

Yesterday was my second visit to the musical taking in the matinee performance with mrs chairboys.
Everything was just about perfect from catching the fast train connections both ways to a pie and mash pub lunch.
The theatre was stylish and this time I had the main Strat actor.
The show was brought forward half an hour. I was unaware of the reason why until the moment I walked back through my front door and the cast were being introduced on stage at the hyde park proms bash. Not bad, two bat of hells in just over an hour!
I did notice a couple entering the circle approx 30 mins into the show. They obviously hadn't been made aware of the earlier times. Probably not best pleased.
Anyway, the gig was great although judging by mrs chairboys' somewhat bemused reaction it can't please everyone. I think she was bamboozled by the deep plot.
All in all we had a wonderful day up town together.

DEEP plot??! :shock:

Glad you both enjoyed it. Tell your friends ;)

I had the same reaction, but I don't think mine came from the same place. :-P

You may be surprised ;-)

Does anyone have any information on the German version? I am a little disappointed that, of all musicals, they have to translate this one because the lyrics are mostly verbatim the original lyrics from the records. Also, I am not completely convinced by the casting choice so far.

https://www.stage-entertainment.de/m...berhausen.html

The translators are both professional writers for song lyrics and drama, but it has to be proven that those lyrics can be translated accurately.

https://www.nrz.de/kultur/roland-sch...215115407.html

We'll see and hear.

Anyway, I have to say i am THRILLED that Jim finally has a musical production that really strives internationally.