Nick Crowley
Connector Contributor

As Kristian Nairn walks out on stage, “Hodor” chants fill both main floors of Prime Nightclub. The audience, dressed in their favorite “Game of Thrones” attire, cheer when he opens his DJ set with the show’s theme.

The “Game of Thrones” star recently started the American portion of his Rave of Thrones tour, which

landed in Boston on Oct. 12.  “It’s been probably the best experience of my life,” Nairn said about the tour. “Literally, I’ve had some of the best nights of my career.”

Nairn’s Rave of Thrones tour started in Australia, and continued in Europe. In combining his love for dance music as a DJ and his “Game of Thrones” fame as the actor that plays “Hodor,” Nairn said it came to a surprise that so many people were fans of both.

The show at Prime Nightclub in Boston was no different. The audience packed the club, and Nairn played a well-mixed set of deep house synced up to visuals combing elements of the show as well as typical dance music show visuals.

For someone who’s having such a successful tour, Nairn has had very humble beginnings. “I was working at a club as a performer at the time, and a DJ phoned in sick,” said Nairn. “I filled in for him, and since then, I haven’t stopped, and that was 20 years ago.”

Nairn’s music career has always been the biggest part of his life, still making time for it even with his acting career. “[I went] to music college, and [crossed] that over with acting, music performance [and] being a DJ,” said Nairn. “It’s all sort of tied together.”

Listen to the full interview at http://wuml.org/readPost.php?post=20.