Steven Wilson announces first full-band North American solo tour for seven years

Steven Wilson
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Steven Wilson has announced a run of North American live shows in September and October in support of his upcoming album The Overview.

The dates, which kick off in San Francisco on September 9, run through to Dallas on October 11, and include three nights in Canada, will be Wilson's first full-band solo dates in the continent for seven years.

As Prog announced last December, Wilson will release his eighth solo album The Overview through Fiction Records on March 14. You can watch a trailer for the film accompanying the new album below.

“The idea I had immediately suggested something more long-form and conceptual and, dare I say, more progressive," he says of the new album, which features just two suites of music and sees Wilson returning to the more progressive sound of his earlier releases.

"However, not all experiences are positive; some see the Earth truly for what it is, insignificant and lost in the vastness of space, and the human race as a troubled species. As a reflection of that, the album presents images and stories of life on Earth, both good and bad.”

With Wilson handling the bulk of the music himself, The Overview also features studio help from regular collaborators Craig Blundell (drums), Adam Holzman (keyboards) and Randy McStine (guitars) alongside a set of lyrics from XTC frontman Andy Partridge. Blundell, Holzman and McStine, along with bassist Nick Beggs, will form Wilson's backing band for the dates.

The Overview will be available in a wide range of formats including digital, CD, LP, Blu-ray, D2C exclusive boxset, D2C exclusive red vinyl LP (with poster), and retail exclusive mint colour LP.

Tickets for the North American dates go on general sale on January 31 at 10am local time. A pre-sale begins on Tuesday January 28 at 10am local time. Dates and ticket links are below.

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Steven Wilson The Overview North American tour dates

Sep 09: San Francisco The Masonic, CA
Sep 10: Los Angeles The Wiltern, CA
Sep 12: Phoenix The Van Buren, AZ
Sep 14: Denver Paramount Theatre, CO
Sep 16: Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre, MN
Sep 17: Chicago, Chicago Auditorium, IL
Sep 19: Detroit The Fillmore, MI
Sep 20: Northfield MGM Northfield Park, OH
Sep 22: Toronto The Danforth, ON
Sep 25: Montreal MTELUS, QC
Sep 27: Quebec City Theatre Capitole, QC
Sep 29: Boston The Shubert, MA
Sep 30: Port Chester The Capitol Theatre, NY
Oct 02: Brooklyn Paramount, NY
Oct 04: Philadelphia The Fillmore, PA
Oct 07: Washington Warner Theatre, DC
Oct 09: Atlanta Tabernacle, GA
Oct 11: Dallas The Majestic Theater, TX

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Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.