You can hear John singing the acoustic version of Sail Away to Avalon here.

This Saturday 3 June, at 10:00 AM CEST, ticket sales start for two newly added, exclusive, and very limited Ayreon Universe events. Read on for all the details!

OFFICIAL TRY-OUT SHOW on FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1

The official try-out for the Ayreon Universe show will be on the Jupiler stage at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

• Limited to 650 tickets
• Be the first to experience the whole set of the Ayreon Universe live shows!
• Featuring the the full Ayreon Universe live band with 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).
• Featuring the following original Ayreon Universe vocalists: Irene Jansen, Marcela Bovio, Robert Soeterboek, Jay van Feggelen and Lisette van den Berg
• Featuring guest vocalists: Stan Verbraak, John Jaycee Cuijpers, Jan Willem Ketelaars and Paul Glandorf
• Limited to 2 tickets per purchase

Tryout Show ticket price: 20 Euros each (including service costs).

Try Out Tickets

Try-out Show Tickets

ULTIMATE AYREON UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE on FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15

The Ultimate Experience is a chance for 100 fans to get an exclusive inside peek into the Ayreon Universe at the official dress rehearsal. Ultimate Experience tickets include:

• Limited to 100 tickets
• Exclusive access to the official dress rehearsal at 013 the afternoon of Friday, September 15
• A hardcopy collector’s ticket
• A collectible tour canvas, autographed by Arjen (limited print)
• An Exclusive Ultimate Ayreon Universe Experience shirt
• First chance to buy merchandise
• Meet & Greet with Arjen (other members of the cast TBC)
• Photo moment with Arjen
• One personal item autographed by Arjen
• Limited to 2 tickets per purchase

Ultimate Experience Tickets price: 250 Euros each (excluding service costs).

Ultimate Experience Tickets

Ultimate Experience Tickets

Please note that the Ultimate Experience tickets give you access to the dress rehearsal only. To make it abundantly clear, the Ultimate Experience ticket does NOT grant entrance to any of the full evening shows. Entrance to any of the three full evening shows requires a separate and valid ticket.

NB! In case you read too fast and missed it: The Ultimate Experience is limited to 100 tickets.

We expect tickets for both of these events to sell out very quickly, so if you want to come and join us in September, make sure that you are ready to buy your tickets this Saturday 3 June at 10:00 AM CEST!

Take care and see you at 013!

Arjen and the Ayreon Universe team

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 (Threshold), 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 an 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 (19:00) CET
Start show: 8:30 pm ( 20:30) 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)

Find out more about tickets here.