A 90-minute rock and metal concert by candlelight with a rotating collective of classical musicians and vocalists.
The Rock Orchestra play Vaillant Live on Sunday 14 February 2027, from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. It's a 90-minute set that brings together classical musicians and vocalists to cover rock and metal anthems, and they've built the whole thing around the union of classical music and metal.
The setlist pulls from a wide spread of artists: Metallica, The Cranberries, Linkin Park, AC/DC, Evanescence, The Rolling Stones, System of a Down, Guns N' Roses, Korn, Led Zeppelin, Papa Roach, Aerosmith, Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana and Hozier. It's a mix of heavy hitters and a few softer names, so you'll hear the heavier stuff alongside the more melodic. The show isn't affiliated with the artists and composers whose music they perform.
As for the setup, it's a candlelight concert, with floating lanterns and giant headbanging puppets. The Rock Orchestra itself is a rotating collective of classical musicians and vocalists, rather than a fixed band, so the line-up changes from show to show. They've played to over a million people worldwide, and their debut album reached number one on the Rock and Metal charts.
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It runs for 90 minutes, from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, at Vaillant Live, 2 Colyear Street, Derby DE 1LA.
