Meat Loaf on Yonge St. Monday to launch “Bat” ticket sales

As tickets go on sale for the Toronto performances of Bat Out of Hell The Musical, it has been announced that Meat Loaf will stage a free concert on Yonge Street on Monday, May 15 to promote the Toronto premiere in October. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, May 24. The work is based on the album of the same name released on October, 1977. Yonge will be closed to traffic between Dundas and Shuter streets for the concert which will run from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Mayor Tory will be begin the show with a parade of Harley Davidson motorcycles along Yonge. Cast members Christina Bennington and Andrew Polec will perform four songs from the musical at Monday’s street event and Meat Loaf will talk about the making of the album and the show.