About the tour
When Porcupine Tree went on hiatus in 2010, Donald Trump was a game show host, Spotify was still at the invite stage and, for the most part, the world turned on a fairly predicableaxis. As the band bowed out following their most successful album and biggest headline show to that point, the suburban horror stories and dystopian nightmares that lyricist and frontman Steven Wilson documented so vividly in their songs seemed safely outof reach. They were dark fantasies that could never happen here (right?). The band remained a brilliant anomaly.
Fast forward to 2022 and the daily news resembles a set of Wilson lyrics brought starkly to life: a never-ending whiplash spin cycle of demagogues, decay and disease, paranoia and post truth. An apposite time then for Porcupine Tree (Wilson, Richard Barbieri and Gavin Harrison) to return to active service following the unexpected announcement of their return at the end of 2021, with thecritically acclaimednew album CLOSURE/CONTINUATIONand sold out tour of America, UK and Europe.
One of the most forward-thinking, genre-defying rock bands of any era, the Grammy Nominated Porcupine Tree was founded in 1987 by renowned musician/producer Steven Wilson as an outlet for the experimental recordings he was making outside of his acclaimed post-rock duo, No-Man. With the addition of keyboard player Richard Barbieri and drummer Gavin Harrison, Porcupine Tree soon evolved into a proper band, releasing ten studio albums between 1992 and 2009. Each new release saw Porcupine Tree exploring new musical ideas, their expansive music shifting from pastoral psychedelic rock and ambient electronic soundscapes to experimental pop and propulsive metal. Later releases like 2007’s GRAMMY® Award-nominated Fear of a Blank Planet and 2009’s The Incident–saw Porcupine Tree effortlessly melding distinctive genres to create a groundbreaking musical universe all their own. Recorded quietly and sporadically over the last decade CLOSURE/CONTINUATION, the bands 11h studio album marks the most collaborative album of Porcupine Tree’s highly lauded career. From its restless, often troubled lyrics to its gorgeous cyclonic sound, the album stands tall as a stunning and timely return of rock’s most consistently innovative and influential bands Hiatus over.
Closure achieved. Porcupine Tree continued.
Porcupine Tree are Steven Wilson (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards), Richard Barbieri (keyboards, sound design) and Gavin Harrison (drums).
