Blue Planet III's music is heading to UK arenas in 2027, with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra performing the score alongside specially selected underwater footage. BBC Studios has confirmed three May dates for the companion concert, hosted by the documentary's executive producer Elizabeth White. London is still to be announced.
Source: kitmasterbloke / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Archival Hans Zimmer Live concert photo from 2023, cropped and resized; the thumbnail adds the eLyrics watermark. This is not the forthcoming Blue Planet III performance.
A live score, rather than six episodes on a screen
The BBC's announcement describes an edited audiovisual show: curated scenes on a 200-square-metre LED screen, an orchestra playing around them, and White sharing the filmmaking background. It does not advertise a marathon screening of the entire television series.
Hans Zimmer wrote the score with Thom Lukas and Laurentia Editha for Bleeding Fingers Music. The announced performers are the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Zimmer's composer credit should not be read as confirmation that he will appear on stage.
A different route from an artist's orchestral show
An orchestra can change a concert in several ways. In RAYE's announced Royal Albert Hall show, the singer's album is being reimagined. Here, the score accompanies documentary sequences, with a filmmaker guiding the audience through the images. The film and music are the program's paired subjects.
The confirmed stops
The tour opens at Manchester's AO Arena on May 21, then visits Birmingham's bp pulse LIVE on May 22 and Glasgow's OVO Hydro on May 23. All three dates are in 2027. FKP Scorpio Entertainment UK is presenting the production under license from BBC Studios.
The London announcement will follow separately. A waitlist is not a confirmed venue or a ticket: check the eventual venue listing before arranging travel. Keep the booking confirmation and any entry conditions with the ticket, as our guide to preserving concert tickets and memorabilia suggests. The BBC has not named a complete concert set list in this announcement.
