{"id":38328,"date":"2022-08-14T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38328"},"modified":"2022-08-04T21:03:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T01:03:12","slug":"the-damned-announce-new-live-album-stunning-video-spectacular-a-night-of-a-thousand-vampires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38328","title":{"rendered":"The Damned\u00a0announce new live album\/stunning video spectacular \u2019A NIGHT OF A THOUSAND VAMPIRES\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Damned&nbsp;are set to release a dramatic new live album\/stunning video spectacular; \u2018A NIGHT OF A THOUSAND VAMPIRES\u2019 is due out&nbsp;October 28<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;via earMUSIC distributed in North America via BFD\/The Orchard.&nbsp;The audio and visual offering spotlights hits and fan favourites taken from&nbsp;The Damned\u2019s remarkable forty-five-year career, including some surprise covers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Filmed at London\u2019s prestigious Palladium Theatre on October 28<sup>th<\/sup>, 2019 (just before the pandemic), \u2018A NIGHT OF A THOUSAND VAMPIRES\u2019 features&nbsp;The Damned&nbsp;and ghoulish characters from classic UK TV show The Hammer House Of Horrors as well the cast of the UK\u2019s The Circus Of Horrors in full macabre make-up and costumes.&nbsp;Together with an orchestra to fill out the band\u2019s signature theatrical sound, the striking live concert event is sure to please&nbsp;The Damned&nbsp;fans worldwide and lovers of all things gothic just in time for Halloween.&nbsp;With the band and audience in full vampire attire, frontman David Vanian transforms from Dracula into Nosferatu, <em>Neat Neat Neat<\/em> morphs into Bauhaus classic <em>Bela Lugosi\u2019s Dead<\/em>, and fire-eaters and trapeze artists dazzle to a set that includes classics such as <em>Wait For the Blackout<\/em> and rare performances of covers like <em>People Are Strange<\/em> and <em>Eloise<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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