| Electric Castle Live and Other Tales | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 27 March 2020 | |||
| Recorded | 13–15 September 2019 | |||
| Genre | Progressive metal, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 2:26:39 | |||
| Label | Mascot Label Group / Music Theories | |||
| Producer | Arjen Anthony Lucassen | |||
| Ayreon live chronology | ||||
| ||||
Electric Castle Live and Other Tales is a live album and DVD/Blu-ray by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive rock/metal rock opera project Ayreon, released on 27 March 2020.[1] It is a live version of the 1998 studio album Into the Electric Castle, performed as an actual rock opera, complete with mise-en-scène; it is a recording of one of four live performances between 13 and 15 September 2019 in Tilburg to celebrate the original album's 20th anniversary in a way similar to The Theater Equation, with songs from other Lucassen projects performed once the songs from the albums were all performed.
Lucassen and fellow singers Anneke van Giersbergen, Damian Wilson, Edward Reekers, Edwin Balogh, Fish, and George Oosthoek returned to reprise their roles from the original album, alongside drummer Ed Warby and flutist Thijs van Leer.[2] New additions include John "Jaycee" Cuijpers of Praying Mantis, Simone Simons of Epica, Marcela Bovio of Mayan, and Mark Jansen of both Epica and Mayan, with actor John de Lancie acting as narrator. The performance of the album was followed by a selection of songs from other Lucassen projects.
- ^ Munro, Scott (29 January 2020). "Ayreon to release Electric Castle Live And Other Tales". Louder. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Ayreon Electric Castle Live in September 2019". Ayreon. Retrieved February 12, 2020.