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Arjen Lucassen didn’t make it easy for himself with Ayreon, Star One and other projects
By Rich Wilson published
Stubbornly starting out with rock operas in the grunge era, he’s managed to secure guest spots from James LaBrie, Fish, Mikael Akerfeldt and others – but he still regrets the ones who got away

Ayreon announces 30th anniversary live dates for September 2025
By Jerry Ewing published
Ayreon will perform five shows in Tilburg in the Netherlands in September

Brittney Slayes shines in new Ayreon live video for Fate Of Man
By Jerry Ewing published
Dutch prog rockers Ayreon will release 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves in May

Damian Wilson, Simone Simons and Anneke van Giersbergen all star in new Ayreon live video for The Day That The World Breaks Down
By Jerry Ewing published
Dutch prog rockers Ayreon will release the star-studded 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves in May

“He really immersed himself in the story and spent weeks rewriting the narration… I had no idea what he was talking about, but it was so much better than what I wrote”: When Arjen Lucassen worked with his hero Rutger Hauer
By Holly Wright published
Blade Runner star worried the Ayreon mastermind with the amount of swearing in his rewrites for concept album Lost In The New Real

Ayreon announce new star-studded 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves release
By Jerry Ewing published
Dutch prog rockers Ayreon will release 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves in May

“All of my albums are pretty exhausting," laughs Arjen Lucassen as he tells the story of Ayreon's Transitus
By Dave Ling published
Gothic horror, prog metal and Doctor Who all come together on Ayreon's Transitus album, a love story with a difference

Ayreon, Damanek, Colin Bass and more in Prog's Weekly News Round Up
By Jerry Ewing published
Catch up with the latest prog rock news in our new Weekly News Round Up
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