AYREON LIVE ON STAGE FOR TWO EXCLUSIVE SHOWS

AYREON LIVE ON STAGE FOR TWO EXCLUSIVE SHOWS
Ayreon Universe is happening September 15 & 16 at the 013 venue in Tilburg featuring a special appearance by

Arjen Lucassen

Ayreonauts take notice and mark September 15 and 16 of 2017 in your calendars! These are the days that you can

experience AYREON LIVE for the first time ever! Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen has chosen the best songs from the

Ayreon albums and Star One to create an exclusive live Ayreon show: AYREON UNIVERSE. The show will be performed at

the 013 venue in Tilburg by the very best original Ayreon vocalists and instrumentalists. You can expect Floor Jansen and

Marco Hietala from Nightwish, Russell Allen (Symphony X), Damian Wilson (Treshold), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian),

Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gentle Storm), and many other original

Ayreon singers on stage, as well as an appearance by Arjen Lucassen himself. Regular ticket sales start on Thursday,

November 24th at 10.00 am CET via www.ayreon.com/universe. All subscribers to the Arjen Lucassen newsletter will

get the chance to buy tickets 24 hours before the regular ticket sales start!

2017 will be an exciting year for Arjen Lucassen with a new Ayreon album to be released and his first Ayreon live shows ever

with Ayreon Universe. In contrast to The Theater Equation, Ayreon Universe is fully organized and arranged by Arjen Lucassen

personally, assisted by Joost van den Broek. “After the huge success of the four sold-out Ayreon theater shows in 2015, Joost and

I decided to boldly go even bigger,” says Arjen. “This is  a full-on ‘best of Ayreon’ rock show in a big venue with as many original

Ayreon singers and musicians as possible. We’re calling it Ayreon Universe, and as you might guess, it’s a huge undertaking. We’ve

had an entire team working on it for over a year already. Ayreon fans have high expectations, and we want to be sure to give them

a once-in-a-lifetime experience that they’ll never forget.”

There will be no less than 16 original Ayreon singers: Floor Jansen (Nightwish), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Damian Wilson 

(Threshold), Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Marco Hietala (Nightwish), Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Mike

Mills (Toehider), Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gentle Storm), Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion), Irene Jansen, Robert Soeterboek 

(Star One), Edward Reekers (Kayak), Jan van Feggelen, Magali Luyten (Nightmare) and Lisette Marije (Scarlet Stories). The hand-picked

band of 8 of Arjen’s favorite Ayreon instrumentalists includes Ed Warby (drums), Johan van Stratum (bass), Marcel Coenen (lead guitar),

Ferry Duijsens (guitar), Joost van den Broek (keyboards), Ben Mathot (violin), Jeroen Goossens (flutes, woodwinds) and Maaike

Peterse (cello).

“Ayreon Universe is bound to become one of the most unique live events ever in the symphonic and progressive rock/metal genre,” says

musical director Joost van den Broek. “We’re combining a big selection of top vocalists and instrumentalists who have never been on one

stage together before. The music of Ayreon sets the bar really high, pushing everyone involved to their limits. In the upcoming months of

preparation towards the shows we will do everything possible to create a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience and performance, living up to all

the fans’ expectations.”

The Ayreon Universe live shows will feature songs from all Ayreon albums (incl. from the upcoming release on Mascot Label Group), as

well as a selection of fan favorites from Star One. 

Ayreonauts, brace yourselves for the ultimate Ayreon concert experience featuring the very best of the Ayreon Universe!

AYREON UNIVERSE
Featuring Floor Jansen, Russell Allen, Damian Wilson, Hansi Kürsch, Tommy Karevik, Marco Hietala, Jonas Renkse, Anneke van Giersbergen and many

more familiar faces from Ayreon plus a very special guest appearance by Arjen Lucassen*

Dates:                                                           Friday 15 September and Saturday 16 September, 2017
Location:                  Poppodium 013 – Tilburg, The Netherlands
Doors:                                                           7:00 pm CET
Start show:             8:00 pm CET

VIP tickets:              € 85,- (ex. additional fees)
                                   The VIP tickets include an early entrance and a goodie bag with exclusive Ayreon Universe merchandise.
Regular tickets:     € 55,- (ex. additional fees)

The regular ticket sales for both shows will start on Thursday, November 24 at 10:00 AM CET via the websites of Arjen Lucassen, the 013 venue

{click here for 15 september, and click here for September 16} and Ticketmaster {click here for September 15, and click here for September 16}.

Subscribers to the Arjen Lucassen mailing list will get an email with a separate link and code to order their tickets on Wednesday, November 23,

which is 24 hours in advance of the general ticket sales. This exclusive presale will start at 10:00 AM CET and will end at 23.59 PM CET.

For more information about Ayreon Universe and Arjen Lucassen, please visit Arjen’s website, Facebook and/or Twitter. 

The latest updates on the upcoming Ayreon album (Spring 2017) and order information on special vinyl boxes and Arjen’s
catalog on CD and MP3 can be found on www.mascotlabelgroup.com/ayreon.

*Please note that all artist performances are subject to change. Visit www.ayreon.com/universe for the current line-up of Ayreon Universe.

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