AYREON To Perform 01011001 Album In It's Entirety At Three Tilburg Shows
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Dutch progger Arjen Lucassen has announced that he will be bringing Ayreon back to the live stage.
He will be performing the band's 2008 album 01011001 to Tilburg's 013 venue for three dates in September, 15, 16 and 17. You can watch a video trailer here.
"After 4 sold out Ayreon - Electric Castle Live & Other Tales shows at the 013 venue in The Netherlands in 2019 (attended by 12,000 Ayreon fans from 64 countries) and three sold out Ayreon Universe shows in 2017, Ayreon is poised to add yet another exciting chapter to its live history with 01011001 Live Beneath The Waves," Lucassen said in a statement. "This upcoming production is based on the highly acclaimed Ayreon concept album 01011001, originally released in 2008. The album will be performed in its entirety, plus a few extra songs. It will be a huge live production, with an amazing stage design, stunning visuals, special FX and… a unique live surround audio experience."
Released in 2008, 01011001 was the seventh Ayreon album and featured guest vocalists Floor Jansen, Anneke van Giersbergen, Magnum's Bob Catley, Evergrey's Tom Englud, Katatonia's Jonas Renkse, Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Jorn Lande and former Gotthard vocalist Steve Lee in his final guest appearance before his death in 2010.
Although Lucassen's recent live extravaganza have featured an array of guest vocalists, there's no confirmation as yet as to who might be featuring for 01011001 Live Beneath The Waves.
Tickets for the shows go on sale on October 27 at 3pm EST and will be available here.
Ayreon's Universal Migrator Part I & II will be re-released in various formats on November 18. Pre-order here, and watch a visualizer for "And The Druids Turn To Stone" here.
Says mastermind Arjen Lucassen: "'And the Druids Turn To Stone' is my personal favourite track from the Ayreon Universe live shows. Mainly because of the amazing vocal performance of my talented friend Damian Wilson. I still remember that back when I sent him the demo for this song, he wasn’t totally convinced. Maybe in part because of the dangerously-close-to-Spinal-Tap lyrics about Stonehenge. Haha! But man, he surely elevated this song to great heights, showing off all aspects of his versatile and distinctive voice. In the re-mixed version I tried to make the track sound more transparent and bring every little subtlety to the surface. Hope I succeeded!"
Universal Migrator Pt 1: The Dream Sequencer and Universal Migrator Pt 2: Flight of the Migrator were released initially simultaneously in 2000, following the majestically sprawling hit album Into the Electric Castle two years previously. The Dream Sequencer continues the plot from The Final Experiment (1995), starting in the year 2084 when the final world war wiped out all life on Earth. Flight of the Migrator continues the story of the last living human being, the colonist on Mars and his decision to use the Dream Sequencer machine to travel back to before the universe was formed.
The two albums feature an extravaganza of stunning musicians and vocalists such as Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Floor Jansen (Nightwish), Edward Reekers (Kayak), Damian Wilson (Headspace/Threshold), Neal Morse (Spock's Beard/Transatlantic/Flying Colors), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Andi Deris (Helloween), Michael Romeo (Symphony X) and many more.
Arjen Lucassen continues his crusade of remixing and remastering his finest work to absolute perfection and Universal Migrator, Pt. I & 2 (2022 Remixed & Remastered) is a stunning addition to his spectacular canon. Thanks to advancements in technologyA, fans can now get the chance to hear the albums through the ears of Lucassen as he intended them.
The hardcover artbook has 56 pages, which include lyrics, liner notes, the newly designed comic by Élan López, and additional pages with Élan's "Process".
