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Steven Wilson Releases New Song “The Birthday Party”: Creates Visual Ghost Story
Prog-master Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield) has unveiled a new song entitled “The Birthday Party”. The video is incredibly interesting as it also includes a short ghost story by the same name that was written by Wilson. The music serves to fit the mood of the tale of a little girl named Victoria who plays a game of hide-and-seek on her birthday only to have it end in a rather unexpected way. It’s a tale that is very reminiscent of something out of Schwartz/Gammell’s The Scary Stories Treasury. You can watch/read/listen below.
“The Birthday Party” comes from the deluxe book edition of Wilson’s upcoming solo album The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories), which comes out Feb. 25th and was produced by the legendary Alan Parsons. The deluxe book edition is now sold out but other copies are available for pre-order here.
Wilson’s current recording/touring lineup consists of Guthrie Govan – lead guitar, Nick Beggs – bass guitar, Marco Minnemann – drums, Adam Holzman – keyboards, Theo Travis – saxophone / flute.
The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) track list:
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)
Tour dates:
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
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The Lost Boys: A New Musical officially kicked off on Broadway last month, and Deadline now reports that the show’s Broadway run has been extended into next year.
The show was originally set to run through November, but Deadline reports that The Lost Boys: A New Musical “has released a block of tickets through Sunday, March 7, 2027.”
The news comes in the wake of The Lost Boys: A New Musical becoming the most Tony-nominated musical of the season with twelve nominations including Best Musical.
Additionally, “The Lost Boys will launch a North American National Tour in Spring 2028, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. Additional cities and tour dates will be announced later.”
The Lost Boys: A New Musical is of course an adaptation of the 1987 horror classic from director Joel Schumacher, with the cast including Ali Louis Bourzgui as lead vampire David (originally played by Kiefer Sutherland), Maria Wirries as Star (originally played by Jami Gertz), and LJ Benet as the soon-to-be-turned Michael (originally played by Jason Patric).
The horror musical’s cast also includes Shoshana Bean as Lucy Emerson, Benjamin Pajak as Sam Emerson, Paul Alexander Nolan as Max, Jennifer Duka as Alan Frog, Miguel Gil as Edgar Frog, Brian Flores as Marko, Sean Grandillo as Dwayne, and Dean Maupin as Paul.
The Lost Boys: A New Musical is Directed by Michael Arden, featuring Music and Lyrics by The Rescues, Book by David Hornsby & Chris Hoch, Story by James Jeremias & Janice Fischer, and Produced by James Carpinello, Marcus Chait & Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.
When a mother and her two teenage sons move to Santa Carla in desperate need of a fresh start, they soon uncover the darker side of this sunny coastal community. While Lucy tries to piece her family’s life back together, Michael keeps pulling away in search of belonging.
As he finds connection with a local rock band and its charismatic leader, his younger brother Sam comes face-to-face with a terrifying reality: When night falls, Michael’s new friends are even more dangerous than they first appeared.
Joel Schumacher directed the original The Lost Boys vampire movie in 1987, wherein two brothers move to a new town and discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
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