Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime The Final Chapter Live in Concert

Multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY- nominated singer/songwriter Geoff Tate is best known for his 30-plus years as the creative and driving force behind the progressive metal band Queensryche. Since its inception with Tate at the helm, Queensryche has sold over 20 million albums. The band’s first three albums, their self-titled EP (1983), “The Warning” (1984) and “Rage for Order” (1986), all hit gold status selling over 500,000 units each. With the release of their landmark concept album “Operation: Mindcrime” (1988), Queensryche went on to bring their progressive music to sold-out audiences the world over. Following the album’s platinum success, Queensryche released “Empire”, which quickly entered the Top 10 on the Billboard charts, eventually generating sales of more than three million copies. The album featured the hit, “Silent Lucidity,” which would be the band’s first Top Ten single (#9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks). Queensryche has been nominated for a GRAMMY four times. Tate and the current line-up of Operation: Mindcrime, hit the road to celebrate the final chapter of “Operation: Mindcrime”, performing the 1988 landmark concept album from beginning to end in its entirety.