This is April 2, which implies April Fool’s is over and we will put the entire thing behind us till 2027. Except, nicely, this was simply now dropped at my consideration, and I have to insist you bear witness to it. Because that is The Emperor Protects: A Warhammer 40,000 Musical.
“Experience Warhammer like you’ve never heard it before,” the YouTube web page states, and boy, it isn’t kidding. Seeing totally decked-out area marines and battle sisters belt out timeless hits like Suffer Not the Alien To Live, My Collection, and There Is Only the Emperor—”the ballad of the Dark Millennium”—is a stirring sight by any measure.
“Witness the spectacle of galactic cataclysm as it’s never been seen before!” the announcer exclaims, and yeah, I believe that is a good assertion. I’ve definitely by no means seen something like this.
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My first thought, sadly, was to wonder if this was put along with generative AI, however fortuitously that does not look like the case: A pair folks within the feedback say they acknowledge the gamers, together with the battle sister and the necron—Trazyn the Infinite, apparently—from cons. So that is good to listen to.
The thought that instantly adopted was, briefly, harder to reply: Is this actual? The reply, it appears, isn’t any—but in addition, nicely, perhaps?
The link for ticket information results in a video on the making of the musical, and pretty much as good because the trailer is, that is the place the magic actually occurs as a result of it is performed utterly straight as a behind-the-scenes have a look at an actual musical manufacturing, together with rehearsal footage and commentary from the producers, Adam and Eddie. (You’ll most likely want a VPN to see the video—after I tried to entry it from Canada, I landed on a clean warhammertv.com web page, and will proceed no additional.)
“I think there’s some parts of Warhammer 40,000 that can only be expressed through music,” Eddie says at one level within the video.
“A lot of people thought that maybe an upbeat, very excited, poppy song wasn’t appropriate for an alien of infinite evil. But we made it anyway.”
The confusion—and look, I do not actually imagine that is taking place, however I maintain my coronary heart open to all potentialities—comes on the finish of the video, which says The Emperor Protects: A Warhammer 40,000 Musical opens on April 1, 2027. So despite the fact that this certainly is not taking place, it appears clear that one thing goes to occur subsequent April Fool’s: Games Workshop’s dedication to the bit is approach too deep at this level to only let all of it slide, proper?
The different purpose I depart open the chance that this is likely to be changed into an actual factor is that, solely predictably, the Warhammer group needs it. Comments on the YouTube video are full of folks doing their utmost to manifest this factor into actuality. If there was someplace they may purchase tickets, they’d already be standing in line.
And you know—why not? They’ve already got three banging songs, incredible costumes, the foundation of a cast that’s clearly up to the task, and official grimdark lore and musicality consultants. So, why not?
As Eddie puts it: “Just because there is only war, doesn’t mean there can’t also be music.” I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I am really looking forward to April Fool’s 2027.
Just in case you missed it yesterday, here’s our roundup of the best April Fool’s gags of 2026. None of them are as good as this, I’m afraid, but some are pretty good.