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13 October 2026 – The Used Announce Cinema Premiere of Their Spectacular Sydney Opera House Performance
By Editorial Team - October 13, 2026
Summary
The Used announce a theatrical premiere of their April orchestral concert with the Metropolitan Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House on October 28 in Los Angeles.
Key Facts
- The Used announce cinema premiere of their Sydney Opera House orchestral concert on October 28.
- Screening at Landmark Nuart Theater in Los Angeles accompanied by an in-person Q&A session.
- Concert features orchestral reimagining of classic songs recorded with the Metropolitan Orchestra.
- Entities: The Used, Sydney Opera House, Metropolitan Orchestra, Landmark Nuart Theater, Bert McCracken
- Tags: the-used, sydney-opera-house, the-metropolitan-orchestra, post-hardcore, alternative-rock, concert-film, los-angeles
American alternative-rock and post-hardcore band The Used have announced a special cinema premiere celebrating their orchestral performance at the Sydney Opera House earlier this year. The concert, recorded in April with the Metropolitan Orchestra, will receive its world premiere screening at Los Angeles venue Landmark Nuart Theater on October 28. The event will also include a question-and-answer session, providing audiences with an opportunity to learn more about the production and the unusual process of adapting the band's catalogue for orchestral performance.
The Sydney concert represented a significant departure from The Used's conventional live presentation. Rather than relying entirely on distorted guitars and aggressive percussion, the musicians incorporated orchestral arrangements into songs associated with their influential early albums. The performance included familiar material such as "The Taste of Ink", "Blue and Yellow", "Buried Myself Alive", "Take It Away", "Let It Bleed" and "On My Own". The combination demonstrates how effectively emotionally direct alternative-rock compositions can translate into different instrumental environments.
The Used have maintained a substantial following since emerging from the American post-hardcore scene during the early 2000s. Their willingness to experiment with orchestral presentation reflects a broader trend among established rock artists seeking new ways to reinterpret their catalogues. Importantly, the October 28 event is a confirmed cinema screening rather than an announcement of a general streaming release.
Fans outside Los Angeles will therefore need to wait for further distribution information. For now, the band have provided another reminder that songs originally designed for crowded rock venues can sound surprisingly convincing when accompanied by an entire orchestra, as tracked in our indie rock archives.