The Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Symphony was announced in the Sonic Central presentation on May 27, 2021. The concert starred the
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra performing orchestral arrangements and the
Tomoya Ohtani Band and
Crush 40 performing
pop rock arrangements, The fan-made
Chao Camera
mod for
Sonic Adventure 2 was used for gameplay footage. The Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Symphony was also featured in the 2021
Summer Game Fest. The concert took two years to plan and switched to being shown as a free
live stream due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. An album of its music was released on September 18, 2021 on the
iTunes Store and
Apple Music and on other major digital music services four days later. The concert at the 2022
Brasil Game Show was announced in the Sonic Central presentation on June 7, 2022 with more tour dates to come. On May 19, 2023, two dates in
London, England and
Los Angeles, California, United States for the Sonic Symphony World Tour were announced. The Sonic Symphony World Tour is produced by
Sega and soundtrec, and presented by MGP Live. Pre-sale for subscribers to the official
newsletter started on May 25, 2023 and public sale started a day later. with pre-sale starting on June 28, 2023 and public sale on June 30, 2023. During the
Fearless: Year of Shadow marketing campaign in 2024, music related to the character Shadow the Hedgehog was included in Sonic Symphony World Tour's setlist. ==Reception==