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''[[Beethoven's Last Night]]'' was written and recorded in 1998 and 1999 and turned over to Atlantic Records in late 1999 for release in 2000. The story begins when [[Mephistopheles]] appears before Beethoven, whom Paul O'Neill refers to as "the world's first Heavy Metal Rock Star",<ref>{{cite web|last1=Phillips|first1=Fred|title=Something Else! Interview: Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Paul O'Neill|url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2012/02/15/something-else-interview-trans-siberian-orchestras-paul-oneill/|website=Something Else!|access-date=23 January 2016|date=15 February 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129224417/http://somethingelsereviews.com/2012/02/15/something-else-interview-trans-siberian-orchestras-paul-oneill/|archive-date=29 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=tupica>{{cite web|last1=Tupica|first1=Rich|title=Wizards of Winter|url=http://lansingcitypulse.com/article-8124-Wizards-of-winter.html|website=Lansing City Pulse|access-date=19 January 2016|date=13 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129075357/http://lansingcitypulse.com/article-8124-Wizards-of-winter.html|archive-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> to collect the great composer's soul. Of course Beethoven is horrified at the thought of eternal damnation, but the devil has an offer and the bargaining begins. There are numerous plot twists including the fate of his music, and the ending is based on a true but little known fact about Beethoven. Also in 1998, at the request of [[Scott Shannon]] of [[WPLJ]], they performed live for the first time in a charity concert for [[Blythedale Children's Hospital]]. In 1999, at the urging of Bill Louis, a DJ for [[WNCX]] in Cleveland, they did their first tour,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Niesel|first1=Jeff|title=How Trans-Siberian Orchestra Created the Biggest Rock Show in the World|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/the-biggest-christmas-rock-show-in-the-world-is-coming-to-town/Content?oid=3050219&showFullText=true|website=Riverfront Times|access-date=29 December 2021|date=23 December 2015|url-status=live</ref> during which they debuted sections of ''Beethoven's Last Night''. They performed the album in its entirety for the first time during the spring tour of 2010. In October 2011, ''Beethoven's Last Night'' was released in Europe to coincide with their European tour with new cover art by [[Greg Hildebrandt]] and the missing pages of poetry from the original release.