One of the most highly-anticipated shows of the year has finally come to pass: Arjen Lucassen‘s Ayreon Universe! With three shows promised in the fall of 2017, and recalling how earth-shatteringly fantastic The Theater Equation was in September 2015, fans from all over the world sold out the shows in mere moments. As Arjen Lucassen is notoriously uncomfortable with performing, we knew that this was an opportunity not to be missed, so Musicalypse boarded some planes and trains to Tilburg, Netherlands, in high anticipation for the last show of the weekend on September 17th. Check out the full gallery here!
Want to read the complete live report? Go check it out here.
Setlist
1. Prologue
2. Dreamtime
3. Abbey of Synn
4. River of Time
5. Prologue: The Blackboard
6. The Theory of Everything pt. 1
7. The Theory of Everything pt. 2
8. Merlin’s Will
9. Waking Dreams
10. Dawn of a Million Souls
11. Valley of the Queens
12. Ride the Comet
13. Star of Sirrah
14. Comatose
15. Day Sixteen: Loser
16. And the Druids Turn to Stone
17. The Two Gates
18. Into the Black Hole
19. Actual Fantasy
20. Computer Eyes
21. Magnetism
22. Age of Shadows
23. Intergalactic Space Crusaders (Star One cover)
24. Collision
25. Everybody Dies
26. The Castle Hall
Arjen’s speech
27. Amazing Flight
28. Day Eleven: Love
29. The Eye of Ra (Star One cover) (encore)
Photos & text by Bear Wiseman
Musicalypse, 2017
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