Exclusive | Hans Zimmer told us all about his 2025 tour. Heres what you need to know

For once, we’re excited for a reboot.In 2024, Hans Zimmer played arenas all over North America on his ‘Hans Zimmer Live Tour.’ At all shows, the charismatic five-time Grammy winner was front and center performing his timeless “Lion King,” “Interstellar” and “Dark Knight” film scores along with a world-class orchestra and rockin’ band.This time around, like any good reimagining of a popular franchise, he’s switching things up.Starting in September 2025, ‘The World of Hans Zimmer – A New Dimension’ featuring longtime Zimmer collaborator, composer Matt Dunkley, will hit huge venues all over the U.S.and Canada.That includes a stop at Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Sunday, Sept.

14.“There’s ‘Hans Zimmer Live’ where Hans is onstage with this really big rock band and orchestra,” Dunkley told us in an exclusive interview.“Then, there’s ‘The World of Hans Zimmer,’ the one that I conduct, which is a little more symphonic.

We still have a band, but it’s not quite as big as Hans’ and we have a larger orchestra.So we’re coming at the music from a different angle.”“It’s a different setlist,” Dunkley added.

“The idea is we go through a journey through Hans’ 40 years of film scoring.So we go right from early days with ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ all the way up to ‘Dune Two’ and stopping off in ‘Interstellar’ and ‘Gladiator’ and we’ve got incredible soloists and amazing singers.”“The difference is Dunkley knows what he’s doing,” Zimmer quipped.

“I’m just making it up as I go.So you get a much more refined show.

Matt is one of the world’s foremost figures in film music.There’s no one I trust more to bring this music to life on stage.”Dunkley won’t be making his Zimmer debut here; he actually took this ‘World of Hans Zimmer’ version of the live show on the road all over Europe last fall, visiting 31 cities across the continent.

Better yet, the Grammy-nominated composer conduct...