''The SPACE Tour'' live album contains the songs from the tour of the same name by

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. It was recorded at the tour's last concert at the

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on November 27, 2011. The album features live performances of songs from the group's previous productions, and was released digitally on March 13, 2012 through

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and

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. A physical

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was later released on March 23, 2012.

Background

''The StarKid Precarious Auditory Concert Experience Tour'', more commonly abbreviated to ''The SPACE Tour'', was the debut

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of StarKid Productions. The tour visited fifteen cities in

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, and consisted of performances of songs from the group's previous productions: '' Little White Lie'', ''

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'', '' A Very Potter Sequel'' and ''

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''. The seven regular performers for the tour, were occasionally joined by other current or former members of the group. The most notable of which was

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, who joined the tour for four concerts in

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and

. For the Gramercy Theatre concert, where the album was recorded, there were no guest performers. The album marks the first time songs referencing

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have been sold for monetary gain by the group. Previously, songs referencing the series were released for free on the ''

A Very Potter Musical ''A Very Potter Musical'' (originally titled ''Harry Potter: The Musical'' and often shortened to ''AVPM'') is a musical with music and lyrics by Darren Criss and A. J. Holmes and a book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang and Brian Holden.A Very Potter Sequel'' soundtrack albums. Despite being performed on the tour, "It's Over Now" from ''Little White Lie'' is not included on the album.

Track listing

All songs written by

, except for "Different As Can Be" and "Boy Toy", which are written by A.J. Holmes and Grant Anderson respectively. All songs re-arranged for live performance by Clark Baxtresser. ''NB: Tracks which have no featured performers were performed by the entire group.''

Personnel

;Performers * Jaime Lyn Beatty * Brian Holden * Lauren Lopez * Joey Richter * Dylan Saunders * Meredith Stepien * Joe Walker ;Band * Charlene Kaye –

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* Clark Baxtresser –

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* Mark Swiderski -

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* Carlos Valdes -

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Release history

Chart performance

Other appearances

* All songs on this album are live recordings of previously released tracks.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Space Tour 2012 compilation albums 2012 live albums 2012 soundtrack albums Works based on Harry Potter StarKid Productions albums