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This holiday season, Mannheim Steamroller will celebrate a quarter-century of being America’s favorite Christmas artist with a 58-city, 25th Anniversary Christmas Tour of their spectacular and beloved holiday show.
Grammy Award® winner Chip Davis, creator and mastermind behind the group, will direct and co-produce both the East Coast and West Coast tour ensembles of Mannheim Steamroller. Launching on November 12, 2009, the shows will feature the favorite Christmas sounds of Mannheim Steamroller, along with the group’s leading-edge multimedia effects in an intimate setting.
In 1984, exactly 25 years ago to date, Mannheim Steamroller released Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, an album that changed the entire music industry. Already a multi-platinum recording artist through its Fresh Aire series, founder Chip Davis decided to record an album of Christmas music combining the group’s signature mix of renaissance instruments with rock & roll beats.
The resulting album was a runaway hit and not only propelled Mannheim Steamroller to become the biggest selling Christmas music artist in history, but also one of the top 50 biggest selling musical acts ever (they’ve sold over 35 million albums). The group’s annual Christmas tour has become a holiday tradition right along with decorating the tree, exchanging presents and spending time with friends and family.
Since Christmas 1984, Mannheim Steamroller has traveled more than 25,784,263 miles., hung more than 2.5 million square feet of video screen and booked more than 39,403 hotel nights in eight different time zones, all in support of the #1 Christmas Tour in America.
In addition to this year’s tour, the group will release a retrospective 2-CD set, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas - 25th Anniversary Collection. Spanning the group’s entire Christmas catalog, the set features 25 of the Mannheim Steamroller’s famous holiday classics
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