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AYREON: 'Whiplash' Acoustic Session, Interview Posted Online

February 8, 2008

AYREON mainman Arjen Lucassen was recently interviewed by "Whiplash", a weekly metal show on Belgian national radio Studio Brussel hosted by AFTER ALL guitarist Dries Van Damme. Lucassen was joined by singer Marjan Welman for an exclusive three-song acoustic set. Listen to the chat and the live session in streaming audio at this location (click on each song link to listen to the performance).

Lucassen and Welman performed the following tracks:

* "E=MC²"
* "Day Six"
* Medley: "Actual Fantasy", "Dreamtime", "Isis and Osiris"

"01011001", the new rock opera from AYREON, sold 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on the the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart (which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200).

"01011001" chart positions:

The Netherlands: #2
Germany: #18
UK: #26 (Rock/Metal)
USA: #32 (Top New Artist Albums)
Sweden: #54
Canada: #86 Hard Music
France: #90

More information, including soundclips, is available at this location.

AYREON's last CD, "Ayreon: The Human Equation", was released in 2004. It contained guest appearances by a number of acclaimed vocalists, including James LaBrie (DREAM THEATER),Mike Baker (SHADOW GALLERY),Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH),Eric Clayton (SAVIOUR MACHINE),Devon Graves (DEADSOUL TRIBE, ex-PSYCHOTIC WALTZ) and Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD).

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