Steven Wilson has announced two special shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London on October 28 & 29. He and his band will be joined by Parallax Orchestra and a full choir for an expanded and extended version of his latest album The Overview. Pre-sale (for subscribers to his Substack) starts Wednesday 18th February 2026 at 10:00 AM. General on-sale on Friday 20th February at 10:00 AM:
Steven Wilson has launched the Headphone Dust store, offering high res downloads of his output, including a brand new Impossible Tightrope: Live In Madrid album.
For some time I've been planning to have an online platform where I can focus on making audiophile versions of the things I work on. I love (and am still committed to) the Blu-ray format, but not everyone has the capacity to play these discs, not to mention that these releases need to be limited and tend to go out of print quickly, meaning the audio becomes unavailable.
Steven Wilson and Frans de Waard played a lowkey show at Cafe Oto in London back in May 2024, a meeting of minds for their avant-garde noise projects Bass Communion and Modelbau. During rehearsals the pair they laid down a lot of new music and now 70 minutes of this spontaneous recordings have been tweaked a bit for release on an album, Analysis Reveals Nothing of Substance, which will see the light of day in March on CD via Fourth Dimension Records. It comes with a 24p. booklet. Limited edition of 600 copies.
Steven Wilson has given the thumbs up for a stage adaptation of his Hand. Cannot. Erase album:
Oliver Britten contacted me in 2024 about creating a stage version of my 2015 album Hand. Cannot. Erase., a project which I was happy to give my blessing to, as I believe it has the potential to be something very special, and I have been impressed with the draft versions of the script he has shared with me.
Watch guitarist Randy McStine discuss his set-up with Julien Bitoun for Steven Wilson's The Overview tour. Most of it stock, which might come as a surprise, and he is always looking for opportunities to simplify his pedalboard.
The Polish Primuz Chamber Orchestra worked their magic on Steven Wilson's Staircase. Wojciech Lemański wrote the string arrangement. Conductor Łukasz Błaszczyk led the ensemble at a recording session in September 2024. They used the original tracks from Steven Wilson's The Harmony Codex album. Previously the orchestra teamed up with jazz-fusion rock trio The Aristocrats, for an album in 2022.
Steven Wilson has announced the venus for the four shows in India as part of his tour to promote his new album The Overview. The record will be played in full during the first set.
Watch the new Steven Wilson video for "Perspective, the opening segment from The Overview, which takes up side two of his new album of the same name:
I'm happy to share with you another section of The Overview film, this time for 'Perspective'. The combination of analogue electronics and my wife Rotem’s narration, accompanied by Miles Skarin's brilliant visuals depicting the sheer enormity of our known universe and the idea of cosmic vertigo, is proving to be an incredible high point of the current live show.
Steven Wilson has announced four shows in India as part of his tour to promote his new album The Overview. The record will be played in full during the second set.
Live dates:The European leg of the tour kicks off on May 1 in Stockholm.
Watch Pink Floyd playing One of These Days at the Roman Amphitheatre in Pompeii. The film has been restored and will be in theatres from April 24th onwards. The audio in the goods hands of Steven Wilson. It will be available in a wealth of formats on May 2nd:
Coming in May is a restored version of Pink Floyd’s classic film Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII, with audio remixed in stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos. I’m sure everyone knows that Floyd are my favourite band, so will understand how thrilling it is for me to have been given the honour of creating the new mix. Lana Topham’s astounding restoration of the 1972 version of the film has been years in the making and looks like it could have been filmed yesterday, so I wanted to create an audio mix to match, with as much clarity as I could achieve from the multitrack tapes.
Watch the new Steven Wilson video for Objects: Meanwhile, a segment from Objects Outlive Us, which takes up one side of his new album The Overview. The lyrics of this part were written by Andy Partridge. The album will be played in full during the second set of his upcoming tour, with the full movie made by Miles Skarin as the backdrop.
Anil Prasad interviewed Steven Wilson about his new album The Overview for his Innerviews website. About creating the two long-form compositions:
I wouldn’t say it was easy, but it was easier. The first side of the album is 70-percent derived from a single 19-note sequence and bassline that goes with it. So, you’ll hear the same musical material interpreted like a classical form, along the lines of what Wagner would have called a leitmotif or what Stockhausen would have called a formula. It’s the idea of variations on a theme. So, you’re not having to reinvent the wheel with every piece of music you write. Essentially, you’ve established the harmonies and melodies you’re going to use, and now it’s a question of how many ways can you approach them. That’s what Mike Oldfield was very good at. He’d have two or three melodies that he’d explore in any number of different ways.
So, that was a little bit easier, because I wasn’t starting with a blank page every time I was going to write a piece of music. It was more a question of “Where does this movie or novel go next? I’ve established my characters and the scenario. Now, what’s going to happen to those characters?”
Pink Floyd's legendary performance at the Roman Amphitheatre in Pompeii has been restored. The film will be shown in select theatres from April 24th, with the audio in the goods hands of Steven Wilson. It will be available in a wealth of formats on May 2nd:
Coming in May is a restored version of Pink Floyd’s classic film Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII, with audio remixed in stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos. I’m sure everyone knows that Floyd are my favourite band, so will understand how thrilling it is for me to have been given the honour of creating the new mix. Lana Topham’s astounding restoration of the 1972 version of the film has been years in the making and looks like it could have been filmed yesterday, so I wanted to create an audio mix to match, with as much clarity as I could achieve from the multitrack tapes.
Steven Wilson has announced added extra shows in Toronto (September 23) and Montreal (September 26) to the North American leg of The Overview tour. His new album will be released on March 14th.
Steven Wilson has announced shows in Mexico, Brazil @ Chile as part of his tour to promote The Overview. His new album, with two long-form tracks, will be released on March 14th.
Live dates:Steven Wilson has announced the North American leg of The Overview tour. His new album will be released on March 14th.
This will be the first full-band solo headline run in over 7 years. Pre-sales begin tomorrow (28th January) at 10am local and tickets go on general sale this Friday.
The new Steven Wilson album The Overview is available for pre-order in a wealth of formats: deluxe 3-disc Earbook, red vinyl LP with poster included, Blu-Ray, CD and black vinyl. The album features two side-long progressive rock tracks, each made up of distinctive musical sections.
The Overview will be released on March 14th.
Live dates:
On September 28 English musicians and music geeks extraordinaire Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness did a live version of their podcast The Album Years @ Haarlem Vinyl Festival in the Netherlands. They picked 1994 for this appearance. In part #2 they discuss albums by Portishead, Blur, Soundgarden, and a whole lot more.
Steven Wilson's concert film Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall will be reissued as a 4K version on February 21 via Mercury Studios. The footage of Home Invasion / Regret #9 looks pretty damn good now.
The show was recorded in London on March 29, 2018 part of his last solo tour to date. He will be back on the road with The Overview in May and June next year.
On September 28 English musicians and music geeks extraordinaire Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness did a live version of their podcast The Album Years @ Haarlem Vinyl Festival in the Netherlands. They picked 1994 for this appearance. In part #1 they discuss albums by Jeff Buckley, Nine Inch Nails, The Divine Comedy, and a whole lot more.
