Ayreon, the long-running progressive rock outfit from the Netherlands led by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, are about to drop a live album, “30th Anniversary – An Amazing Flight Through Time”.
The recording that will grace the new live album from this highly respected act comes from a show in Tilburg, the Netherlands (at the 013 venue), in September 2025.
All 15,000 tickets were snapped up in a matter of seconds, and the show reportedly brought together fans of the band who had traveled to the gig from a whopping 71 countries!
The live album “30th Anniversary – An Amazing Flight Through Time” will be released on May 22, 2026 via Music Theories Recordings/Artone.
Below you can check out the first taste of the upcoming live document. It’s the concert video for Loser, a track originally from the Ayreon album “The Human Equation” (2004).
Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen has surrounded himself with an impressive lineup of beloved vocalists who have shaped the band’s career: Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Anneke van Giersbergen, Dino Jelusick (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Whitesnake), Maggy Luyten, Heather Findlay, Marcela Bovio, Irene Jansen, Wudstik, Damian Wilson (Arena), Robert Soeterboek, Mike Mills (Toehider), and of course Lucassen himself also takes on lead vocals.
The album features a lineup of top-notch musicians: Joost van den Broek (keyboards), Ed Warby (drums), Johan van Stratum (bass guitar), Timo Somers (guitar), Ferry Duijsens (electric and acoustic guitar), Ben Mathot (violin), Jeroen Goossens (flute) and Jurriaan Westerveld (cello).
The live album “30th Anniversary – An Amazing Flight Through Time” is already available to pre-order.
The tracklist for “30th Anniversary – An Amazing Flight Through Time” looks like this:
1. Dream Sequencer 1
2. My House On Mars
3. Sail Away To Avalon
4. Green And Cream
5. Days Of The Knights
6. Childhood
7. Dragon On The Sea
8. Sign
9. Sea Of Machines
10. The Year Of ’41
11. The First Man On Earth
12. The Lighthouse/The Argument 2/The Parting
13. Carried By The Wind
14. Dream Sequencer 2
15. The Theory Of Everything
16. Actual Fantasy
17. Into The Black Hole
18. Dreamtime
19. Dawn Of A Million Souls
20. Valley Of The Queens
21. Loser
22. Band Introduction Mike
23. The Castle Hall
24. Amazing Flight In Space
25. Everybody Dies
26. Speech Arjen And Joost
27. Set Your Controls
28. Dream Sequencer 3
29. Isolation
