TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA violinist Anna Phoebe has checked in with the following update

"TSO tour 2007/8 is officially over!!

I am sitting at the hotel airport in Chicago surrounded by luggage, bottles of champagne, violins, BAGS of clothes and enough sharpie pens to last a lifetime....wondering how they are going to let me on the flight with all this STUFF.

The last week has been the most incredible week ever. Had the BEST time with my parents - they LOVED the show! It's changed a lot in the last four years when they saw it last!!!! Peoria, Moline, Madison were all fantastic shows to end on - but Green Bay yesterday topped it all off! The last show was quite emotional - even when you've played the same songs and tunes every day for three months, there's something different when you know it's the LAST time!! Lot's of 'I'm going to miss you...' were mouthed across the deck!

Afterwards we said our goodbyes in the parking lot, then everyone made their own way. Most of the band are back home by now! I arrive in Berlin tomorrow afternoon.

What a crazy, brilliant, satisfying, adrenalin-pumping tour! Playing with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is one of the most unbelievable experiences ever. I feel so lucky to be able to be part of a band that TOTALLY rocks, with singers that can hit the jackpot notes night after night after night, and be supported by the most incredible crew in the world who can get the show up and running not only every night after the longest drives, but for all the afternoon shows too. And then I get to stand on stage looking out onto over 10,000 people in sold out arenas 17,000 miles across the USA playing my violin. Now THAT is AWESOME.

Can't wait for TSO 2008!

Not - emotional stuff aside, I have some luggage to sort out.

Thank you to all the TSO fans who have come to see the shows since November 3rd, and a big thank you to all those who have bought my Gypsy CD, kept up with my blogs, signed the guestbook and written me lovely emails. YOU ALL ROCK! "

Love,

Anna xx

To check out audio samples of Phoebe's work go to this location.