‘Downton Abbey’ season 6 … the music tour?

We have heard some bizarre stories over the past several years when it comes to “Downton Abbey,” but this somehow may be one of the strangest even still … at least until you start to read some of the details. Then, it starts to make the little sense.

When we first heard about the idea of there being some sort of tour regarding music from the show, the first mental image that we had, for better or worse, was the idea of the Dowager Countess standing up and making various barbs in a sing-song voice. Yes, we are in fact somewhat strange like that. However, it turns out that what could really be happening here at some point after the show’s completion is some sort of tour that would feature compositions from the show, and a chance to feature the cast in some sort of way.

This story comes from the series’ composer John Lunn, who said the following in a recent chat with Billboard:

“There’s talk of Julian Fellowes and I and some of the cast doing a live tour the way Dr. Who did; 70 percent of it will be music from the show … There might be some Elgar, there might be some jazz of the periods. Some of the actors will likely recite. We’ll have a screen. We may have the music live to several scenes. Julian may be the host. I’d say [there’s a] 75 per cent chance it will happen.”

While we’re not sure if this would be something that would tour for years, we do think it would sell particularly well if they were to hold events in such places as London, New York, and other cities that tend to frequent orchestras. Time will tell here.

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