Watch Ayreon and Damian Wilson perform And The Druids Turned To Stone

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Exclusive: Watch Damian Wilson and Ayreon perform And The Druids Turned To Stone - from Ayreon Universe: The Best Of Ayreon Live

Ayreon Universe
Ayreon Universe (Image credit: Bert Treep)

Arjen Lucassen’s live Ayreon project Ayreon Universe have launched a video for And The Druids Turned To Stone.

It’s the latest clip to be taken from upcoming package Ayreon Universe: The Best Of Ayreon Live, which will be released on Friday (March 30) via Music Theories and features vocals from Damian Wilson.

Valley Of The Queens and Everybody Dies were both previously released.

Lucassen says: “Here is the last full song preview we’ll give you from the upcoming Ayreon Universe DVD/Blu-ray. This is my own personal favourite.

“Mainly because of Damian’s amazing performance, he totally owns the stage here. Despite this being a relatively quiet atmospheric track, for me this was one of the highlights of the show. Hope you agree. Enjoy!”

Ayreon Universe: The Best Of Ayreon Live was filmed during three shows at Tilburg’s 013 venue in 2017.

It featured 18 singers along with 11 musicians, including Nightwish’s Floor Jansen, VUUR’s Anneke van Giersbergen, MaYaN’s Marcela Bovio, Blind Guardian’s Hansi Kursch, Katatonia’s Jonas Renkse and Kayak’s Edward Reekers.

The performance will be released on 3LP, limited edition coloured vinyl, 2CD, 5-disc Earbook, and 2DVD and Blu-ray with 90 minutes of behind the scenes footage and interviews.

It’s now available for pre-order.

Picture credit: Bert Treep

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Ayreon Universe: The Best of Ayreon Live tracklist

  1. Prologue
  2. Dreamtime
  3. Abbey Of Synn
  4. River Of Time
  5. The Blackboard
  6. The Theory Of Everything
  7. Merlins Will
  8. Waking Dreams
  9. Dawn Of A Million Souls
  10. Valley Of The Queens
  11. Ride The Comet
  12. Star Of Sirrah
  13. Comatose
  14. Day Sixteen Loser
  15. And The Druids Turned To Stone
  16. The Two Gates
  17. Into The Black Hole
  18. Actual Fantasy
  19. Computer Eyes
  20. Magnetism
  21. Age Of Shadows
  22. Intergalactic Space Crusaders
  23. Collision
  24. Everybody Dies
  25. The Castle Hall
  26. Amazing Flight In Space
  27. Day Eleven Love
  28. The Eye Of Ra
Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent 35 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott keeps Louder’s buyer’s guides up to date, writes about the best deals for music fans, keeps on top of the latest tech releases and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more. Over the last 10 years, Scott has written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He's previously written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald newspapers, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.