Anesthetize Premier
Anesthetize, a new live film from Porcupine Tree is to be premiered at a special screening in the Prince Charles Cinema at London’s Leicester Square on Thursday May 20th at 7pm. The screening will be introduced by the band and filmmaker. Members of the band will also be available to sign copies of the film following the screening.
A limited number of tickets for this special evening are available to purchase from the cinema (www.princecharlescinema.com / 0870 811 2559) for only £10 (plus 75p booking fee).
Full details at www.kscopemusic.com
The Incident on DVDA
The audiophile 5.1 surround sound edition of the album is now shipping. Check out the page at Burning Shed to nab your copy. Also worth checking out (if you’ve not done so already) is the Kscope podcast which has an interview with SW about Insurgentes, as well as contributions from other Kscope artists.
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We Lost The Skyline available again
Due to continuing demand, the CD of Porcupine Tree’s instore performance in Orlando in October 2007 has been repressed. We Lost the Skyline is now once again available at the PT Store.
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PT Live in Tilburg Blu-Ray/DVD
Porcupine Tree’s new live film is approaching completion and a special edition will be available in April, with a regular version to follow in May. Anesthetize was filmed live over 2 nights in Tilburg, The Netherlands in October 2008, at the end of the Fear of a Blank Planet tour. The 130 minute live film includes a complete performance of the Blank Planet album and 11 other tracks, and was directed and edited by Lasse Hoile on high definition cameras, with the soundtrack mixed into stereo and 5.1 sound.
The special edition will take the form of a cloth bound hard back 120 page book (as per The Incident and Insurgentes deluxe versions) featuring live photography of the band taken over the last 5 years. The book will house both a DVD and a much higher quality Blu-Ray disc version of the film, as well as 2 audio CDs of the soundtrack including one bonus track not featured in the film. The boo
The Incident DVDA edition
The DVDA audiophile 5.1 surround sound version of PT’s acclaimed The Incident will be released in March, and is available to pre-order now from the PT Store. This edition features the 5.1 mix of the album in advanced resolution/MLP lossless 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 digital surround sound, and 24 bit stereo, and also includes the videos for Time Flies and Octane Twisted, a 30 second TV spot, and a photo gallery set to exclusive instrumental mixes of Black Dahlia and Flicker. In the meantime Steven Wilson “Cover Version VI” box starts shipping later this week. This is a one time only pressing in this boxed format, and to date 70% of the copies are sold on pre-orders, but you can still order it from Headphone Dust or Burning Shed.
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Royal Albert Hall concert update
ROABP would like to apologise for any confusion caused by the announcement of tickets for the Porcupine Tree concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
The band’s management were initially informed that the concert would be announced in January and that tickets would go on sale early in 2010 (between mid January- mid February).
For reasons entirely beyond the band’s control, this special concert was publicised much earlier than expected and ticket sales were subsequently scheduled to be sold from the 29th of December onwards.
This meant that ROABP and the band were forced to announce the sale of their allocation of tickets much sooner than intended. In doing so it was discovered that the ‘Arena’ tickets were being sold as ‘Seated’ when the band had asked for them to be ‘Standing’.
It also meant that there was no time to work out VIP packages as originally had been planned. Consequently, the idea of a VIP package was dropped.
While we attempt to clarify the situation, we have removed the remaining tickets from sale, though the Royal Albert Hall and other ticket agencies have continued to sell their share of tickets.
If you joined the Residents of a Blank Planet service over the last few days in anticipation of a VIP package, please contact support@burningshed.com to ask for a refund.
Apologies again for the confusion – we will update you as soon as we have more information.
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Albert Hall VIP packages off the menu
Please note that contrary to an earlier news item the band have decided not to offer a special VIP package for the Royal Albert Hall show. If you joined the Residents of a Blank Planet service over the last few days in anticipation of this, please contact the PT store to ask for a refund. Apologies for the confusion.
Porcupine Tree Voyage 34 Vinyl Reissue
Voyage 34, is an instrumental composition from 1992/93, split into 4 phases and lasting for over an hour. Combining trance rhythms alongside more typical PT textures and guitar solos, Voyage 34 was a big hit in the ambient/chill out club scene of the early 1990s (when it was originally issued as two 12 inch singles).
This vinyl edition comes on 180gsm heavyweight double coloured vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves. It also features the extended version of Phase 4 which is 6 minutes longer than it’s previous CD version.
This limited edition vinyl is now available to pre-order and shall ship from February 15th 2010, click here to order.
Porcupine Tree 2010 – Albert Hall & Mexico
Porcupine Tree will play 2 special shows to close the Incident tour cycle, one in the UK and one in the US. The UK show is now confirmed to take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 14th October 2010. These shows will be evening-with concerts with PT playing an extended set – although we can’t tell you exactly what the evening will hold at this moment, the band are planning some very special things that will make these 2 shows unique experiences for everyone.
Tickets for the Royal Albert Hall show will be on sale from 29th December, but please note that the bands are also putting together a special VIP package for Residents of a Blank Planet members – more news on this soon, as well as confirmation of date and location of the US show.
Porcupine Tree is happy to announce its return to Mexico City, on the 14th April 2010, at the José Cuervo Salón. The date for tickets going on sale for this show has been delayed in order to rework the schedule, with a possible change of venue in Mexico City and the addition of some more shows in Mexico. Updated info will be announced shortly.
New Incident merchandise
There is a whole range of new Incident related merchandise available in both the Porcupine Tree UK and US stores. The US store is a brand new addition following requests from fans.
Check out the clothing, accessories and artwork pages on the European store, or the US store.
All of these items, apart from the the denim jacket and coffee mug which remain mail order only, will also be sold at the shows on the forthcoming tour dates – but please note that while you will save on shipping by buying at a show, most venues these days add a concession fee to each item (sometimes as much as 35%) which means it may actually work out cheaper for you to pay the shipping. This is something that is unfortunately beyond the band’s control and can vary from venue to venue.
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