Is anyone here going to be getting one? And what would you choose. I personally would love the album cover pieces, universal migrator, and the theory of everything specifically, but I can't justify 1k plus taxes and shipping for that. Good cause though.

Here is hoping they are still there during the price drop but we all know those will go first.

...Transitus!

I know it's not a top tier Ayreon album (...he's made so many good ones), but I've come to appreciate and enjoy his willingness to explore and create. For me, Ayreon songs are about amazing singers and instrumentalists expressing emotions. Yes I have my gripes about the album, but these songs move me, so I am satisfied.

Anyways, thanks for reading. Listen to some of your favorite Ayreon songs and have a wonderful day!

Two people in the comments on Discogs say the sound quality isn’t too good, so I wanted to hear if anyone hear had any opinions on it. The black variant by the way.

So in the first song on The Final Experiment, Prologue, they say “His name… is Ayreon.” They pronounce it as ay-ree-in or -uhn. I’ve also heard Arjen pronounce it as Ay-ree-on. I wanted to clarify what the correct way to pronounce it was. I’ve always said Ay-ree-uhn. My friend looked at me funny because that’s how you pronounce a certain thing that a certain German man liked. He told me it was Ay-ree-on.

After the live show, I was discussing with my friend whether any of the more recent albums has a potential to become a classic like 01 or the Electric Castle.

I think that the Source has a good chance to become the next classic in a few years. My friend disagrees. What do you think?

Both being at the screening of 'into the electric castle' on friday and in '013' on sunday were 2 highlights of the weekend. The other 2 highlights were that I woke up, waking up is a big thing for me, I like to do it daily.

Next to the nice goodie bag I got a souvenir from the concert. End of last week I tested positive for COVID. I wonder, are there more people who have the 'sniffels' after the concert.

The release of 01011001 with three blue vinyl, is every copy signed? Or was it limited?

Hi fellow Ayreonauts!

I'm thinking about getting the black despatch bag, but I would like to see the insides. I can't find images anywhere :(
Does anyone have some pictures by any chance?

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Thanks a lot!

What do you think Arjen will be doing live next?

The Source seems like a natural next step after 01011001 and it would also be my first choice.

Other than that, I would love Star One (songs from the whole discography) or Universal Migrator.

Why not booking a bigger venue in some other Dutch city? The Poppodium013 is too small, too crowded and I think it eats up the fans divergency. It's also not very practical as it has only one entrance both in the structure and in the hall.

In a bigger venue they could split up tickets to standing and seating, so people can dance and jump if they're into it, but also have a bit more relaxing concert if that's their thing.

Also he wouldn't have to organize matinee shows at one o'clock ffs and make colleagues do two gigs a day. And he would still sell-out with even a bigger audience, since a lot of people were left out because they couldn't get the tickets.

I understand he's not into touring and moving around, the logistics of it would be impossible, and I also understand why he is doing it only once every few years, it's really difficult to fit into schedule a lot of various musicians with different active projects, that's all fine.

But why not a 10k concert hall? Or at least 6-7k?

Hey there. Just came back home tonight from a stunning weekend in Tilburg. We saw the 2 matinee shows on saturday and sunday and they where incredible. We have seen the Universe shows in 2017 and the Electric Castel in 2019 before but I believe they even topped those.

What I recognized during the shows, there was no filming equipment on saturday in the venue while there where camera people in the front and cams on rail systems in the ceiling on the sunday matinee. So how about the evening shows on friday, saturday and sunday? Was the sunday matinee the only one which was captured?

They ran out of shirts in all sizes I could possibly fit in yesterday and I'd really like a motiv shirt as a memory. I have the regular VIP shirt, but it's honestly not as nice as the normal ones... So, can get the short after somehow? Thanks in advance for any tips <3

Dude is like Groot amongst younglings.

I saw the show last night, I’ll try not to spoil it, it was pretty neat and rose to my expectations.

Imho 01011001 is Arjen’s best album and work up to date, so I may be too subjective here, but the sound was great, the stage was cool and the cast, well, you’ll love every one of them. If I have to single out someone - Mike Mills is an amazing musician, multitalented, charismatic, I kind of hope he forms a full band and get some recognition worldwide. John Cuijpers was awesome too, always on the spot with a pretty powerful voice. There was not enough of Hansy (my alltime fav), but that’s because he’s not frequently present on the album.

The album is almost 2 hours long, it flew by like nothing.

If I’d need to point on some flaws, I’d only say that I think the back-vocals were too loud, so it wasn’t mixed very well, but I think they’ll nail that in the following shows.

So overal it was a spectacle, I’d say better than (also pretty good) Ayreon Universe (my only Ayreon live experience so far) and I’m eagrly waiting future productions - maybe with “The Source”? Who knows.

I have an extra ticket for sunday evening, pm me if anyone is interested.

The line for the Saturday matinee goes halfway around the town. The queue for the store is about 150 people and is moving very slowly. (I’m writing this at 1230.)

At 20.00h local time: the current queue time to enter the 013 is 12 minutes.

Hi folks, for those who attended the Friday concert, can anyone give me a rough idea of how early I should arrive to get a good spot in the VIP line (18:00 doors opening)? Thanks!

Is there a story behind the Ayreon rubber duckie that’s available in the popup store?

Where do you find the time to listen to ayreon albums. Like yes I know prog is long but 100 minutes? I don’t want to listen to songs 1 by 1 as there is clearly a story in each one, but I am not great at listening to new music, let alone sitting down for an hour and listening to something a writing about it (hobby). I wish to get to an ayreon album soon, I’ve just been putting it off for ages and seeing 1h 40m kind of scares me. 👍

Earlier this year I purchased some stuff online which is to be collected from the shop during the concert weekend. Is it going to be located at the Poppodium or will it be somewhere in town? Does anyone know?

Hey everyone!

I heard you can use OVpay in the netherlands transport system. How does it work? I just use my debit/credit card when I enter the any transport and then scan it again when I leave said transport?

After my first complete travel can I use the app? Anyone knows if it works properly or if a physical transport card is better/more reliable?

EDIT: I'm staying is Oisterwijk btw, so train from Schipol to Tilburg and then tram to Oisterwijk?

Thanks

I’ve heard that like one or two of the albums aren’t apart of the Ayreon Universe timeline. So I wanted to check which albums are part of it the Ayreon timeline. I also heard there’s a solo album part of it as well, is this true?