Rock Sucks: Backstage at ‘The Vampire Lestat’ and Its Music-Infused New Season
The premiere of AMC's adaptation of Anne Rice's 'Vampire Chronicles,' titled 'The Vampire Lestat,' took place at New York's Beacon Theatre. The event featured a performance by star Sam Reid, who portrayed Lestat and performed songs from the upcoming season. Fans enthusiastically celebrated the show's meta-narrative, which intertwines the character's fictional band with the television series.
- ▪3,000 fans attended the premiere event at the Beacon Theatre.
- ▪Sam Reid performed songs from the upcoming seven-episode season of 'The Vampire Lestat.'
- ▪The event was described as a meta experience, blending the character's TV show and band.
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In a darkened room, 3,000 fans are chanting one name, and one name alone, in unison: “Lestat! Lestat! Lestat!” Smoke fills the stage of New York’s Beacon Theatre and the musicians enter, led by composer Daniel Hart, and begin playing the opening chords of the breakout hit for the self-named band The Vampire Lestat, “Long Face.” That’s when the chaotic vampire (or is he?) himself enters, strutting like a pussycat while pulling faces at the crowd, who, if possible, start cheering even louder than before. Carefully, purposefully, Lestat turns toward the audience, curling his fingers around the microphone, the scars he got from killing a pack of wolves in his youth (or did he?) visible on his mostly bare chest.
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