Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) : The John Robb interview
On his latest solo album in regards to the universe, the universe itself and the interface between prog, publish punk and disco and his upcoming spring 2025 UK tour.
Steven Wilson has introduced particulars of a tour in Could/June 2025. The Overview Tourwill go to the UK and eleven European nations following the discharge of Wilson’s eighth solo album – The Overview – due for launch early in 2025 (monitor titles and launch date TBC).
These can be Steven Wilson’s first full band solo exhibits since 2018 when he adopted the discharge of his 2017 album To The Bone with a 145 date tour that took in 30 nations.
Steven Wilson: “I’m thrilled to have the ability to announce a Steven Wilson tour for 2025, my first for 7 years. The Overview Tour can be an audio-visual expertise primarily based round a forthcoming new launch of the identical title: an area themed album that options simply two very lengthy items. I’ll even be taking part in music from The Concord Codex for the primary time in addition to songs from all of my earlier data. I’m extremely completely happy to be performing once more with my inspirational solo band, and now we have a variety of misplaced time to make up. I look ahead to seeing you at what can be an epic night!”
Steven Wilson will play:
Could 2025
Thu 1st Cirkus, Stockholm (Sweden)
Fri 2nd Konserthaus, Oslo (Norway)
Solar 4th KB-Hallen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Tue sixth Mitsubishi Electrical Corridor, Dusseldorf (Germany)
Wed seventh Cirque Royal, Brussels (Belgium)
Fri ninth Symphony Corridor, Birmingham(UK)
Sat tenth Beacon, Bristol (UK)
Mon twelfth Palladium, London(UK)
Tue thirteenth Palladium, London (UK)
Thu fifteenth O2 Metropolis Corridor, Newcastle (UK)
Fri sixteenth Royal Live performance Corridor, Glasgow (UK)
Solar 18th The Lowry, Manchester (UK)
Thu twenty second AFAS Stay, Amsterdam (Holland)
Sat twenty fourth Salle Pleyel, Paris (France)
Solar twenty fifth Salle Pleyel, Paris (France)
Wed twenty eighth Bourse Du Travail, Lyon (France)
Fri thirtieth Porshe Enviornment, Stuttgart (Germany)
Sat thirty first Zenith, Munich (Germany)
June 2025
Mon 2nd Friedrichspalast, Berlin (Germany)
Tue third Sporthalle, Hamburg (Germany)
Wed 4th Torwar, Warsaw (Poland)
Thu fifth Prezero, Gliwice (Poland)
Sat seventh Teatro Degli Archimboldi, Milan (Italy)
Sat eighth Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome (Italy)
Tue tenth The Corridor, Zurich (Switzerland)
Wed eleventh Cepac Silo, Marseille (France)
Thu twelfth Para-Lel 62, Barcelona (Spain)
Fri thirteenth Riviera, Madrid (Spain)
Ticket presale begins at 9am on Tues June twenty fifth. Basic sale begins at 10am on Fri June twenty eighth. For additional data please go to the Steven Wilson retailer.
Vastly profitable but at all times uncompromising, Steven Wilson has been one of many UK’s most persistently inventive artists for the final thirty years. Musician, producer, spatial audio innovator and occasional band frontman, Wilson has pushed the boundaries between expansive rock music and visionary digital sound. His seventh solo album – The Concord Codex – was launched to common acclaim in 2023 following the massively profitable, sudden reunion tour of arenas all around the world by Porcupine Tree, the band Wilson fronted from the mid ’90s till their hiatus in 2010. Wilson’s final three albums (To The Bone, The Future Bites and The Concord Codex) all reached the Prime 5 of the UK album charts.
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree)
A Plea From Louder Than Battle
Louder Than Battle is run by a small however devoted unbiased staff, and we depend on the small amount of cash we generate to maintain the positioning operating easily. Any cash we do get isn’t lining the pockets of oligarchs or mad-cap billionaires dictating what our journalists are allowed to assume and write, or hungry shareholders. We all know instances are robust, and we wish to proceed bringing you information on probably the most fascinating releases, the most recent gigs and the rest that tickles our fancy. We aren’t pushed by revenue, simply pure enthusiasm for a scene that every one among us is keen about.
To us, music and tradition are eveything, with out them, our very souls shrivel and die. We don’t cost artists for the publicity we give them and to many, what we do is completely very important. Subscribing to one among our paid tiers takes only a minute, and every sign-up makes a big impact, serving to to maintain the flame of unbiased music burning! Please click on the button under to assist.
John Robb – Editor in Chief