Steven Wilson - The Birthday Party (Ghost Story)

Steven Wilson - The Birthday Party (Ghost Story) with tags steven wilson, the raven that refused to sing, the birthday party, ghost story, kscope, deluxe edition, hajo mueller

'The Birthday Party' ghost story, taken from the deluxe book edition of 'The Raven That Refused to Sing (and other stories)', accompanied by the instrumental version of 'The Watchmaker'.

The album was written between January-July and recorded in Los Angeles in September with Steven's current band line up of Guthrie Govan - lead guitar, Nick Beggs - bass guitar, Marco Minnemann - drums, Adam Holzman - keyboards, Theo Travis - saxophone / flute, and engineered by legendary producer/engineer Alan Parsons. The 6 tracks on the album are all based on stories of the supernatural, and the deluxe 4 disc edition comes in the form of a 128 page hardback book containing lyrics and ghost stories illustrated by Hajo Mueller. In addition to the deluxe edition there will be regular CD, CD/DVDV media book, Blu-Ray and 2LP vinyl editions, with the DVDV and Blu-ray editions featuring a 5.1 mix of the album and other bonus material.

Please note the deluxe book editions are now SOLD OUT.

Track listing for the album:

1. Luminol (12.10)

2. Drive Home (7.37)

3. The Holy Drinker (10.13)

4. The Pin Drop (5.03)

5. The Watchmaker (11.43)

6. The Raven that Refused to Sing (7.57)

Steven and his band hit the road touring in support of the new record from March 1, kicking off in the UK and moving into Europe. The tour will continue throughout the rest of 2013, visiting many other countries for which the dates are yet to be revealed. Shows are currently announced in the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

01/03/13 -- Manchester Academy 2

02/03/13 -- Glasgow ABC

04/03/13 -- London Royal Festival Hall

08/03/13 -- Paris Le Trianon

10/03/13 -- Cologne Live Music Hall

11/03/13 -- Amsterdam Rabizaal

12/03/13 -- Antwerp Arenbergshouwburg

14/03/13 -- Hamburg CCH (Saal 2)

16/03/13 -- Stockholm Filadelfiakyrkan

18/03/13 -- Oslo Sentrum Scene

19/03/13 -- Copenhagen VEGA (main hall)

21/03/13 -- Berlin Huxley's

22/03/13 -- Essen Colosseum

23/03/13 -- Frankfurt Hugenotthalle

25/03/13 -- Stuttgart Theatrehaus

26/03/13 -- Munich Alte Kongresshalle

27/03/13 -- Zurich Volkhaus

28/03/13 -- Milan Teatro Della Luna

16/04/13 -- Tampa, Florida - The State Theater

17/04/13 -- Atlanta, Georgia - The Variety Playhouse

19/04/13 -- Glenside, Philadelphia - Keswick Theatre

20/04/13 -- Washington, Washington D.C. - Howard Theatre

21/04/13 -- Buffalo, New York - Town Ballroom

23/04/13 -- Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre

25/04/13 -- Montreal, Quebec - Club-Soda

26/04/13 -- New York City, New York - Best Buy Theater

27/04/13 -- Boston, Massachusetts - Berklee Performance Center

28/04/13 -- New York, Albany, Upstate Concert Hall *with OPETH and KATATONIA

30/04/13 -- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia - Mr Small's

02/05/13 -- Cleveland, Ohio - House of Blues Cleveland

03/05/13 -- Chicago, Illinois - Park West

04/05/13 -- Minneapolis, Minnesota - The Fine Line

06/05/13 -- Boulder, Colorado - Boulder Theater

09/05/13 -- San Francisco, California - The Fillmore

10/05/13 -- Los Angeles, California - Club Nokia

14/05/13 -- Mexico City - Teatro Metropolitan

To buy tickets, visit: www.stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/tour-dates/