Fri 27.11.
20:00
Zeche Carl, Essen
ARENA - Farewell Damian Wilson Tour
Rock band ARENA with vocalist Damian Wilson performs on their farewell tour.
Damian Wilson
About
Damian Wilson (born 11 October 1969, Woking, Surrey) is an English singer-songwriter who has fronted Threshold, Headspace and Arena, and appeared on over 70 album releases across progressive rock, prog metal and folk. Beyond the rock world, he spent two years as Jean Valjean in the Les Misérables UK national tour and has collaborated with Arjen Lucassen on multiple Ayreon and Star One records.
70+
album releases credited on
6
solo studio albums released
3
duo albums with Adam Wakeman
What's new
- 2026-05
Wilson performed a solo set at In Front Records in Hoofddorp, Netherlands in May 2026, drawing from his solo catalogue including tracks like 'Disciple' and 'Written in Anger'.
- 2025-12
Wilson performed in Heerlen, Netherlands as part of 'The Wilson Brothers' tour in December 2025.
- 2024-11
Wilson served as support act for Delain on UK dates in November 2024, including shows in Wolverhampton and Bristol.
- 2024
Wilson appeared on the Ayreon live release '01011001 Live Beneath the Waves', released in 2024.
- 2022
Wilson joined Arena as lead vocalist on their tenth studio album 'The Theory of Molecular Inheritance', released in 2022 after pandemic-related delays.
Tour
UckfieldLondonHoofddorpHeerlen
Tracks
The Theory of Molecular InheritanceArena's 2022 album, Wilson's debut with the band - widely praised by prog press
Disciplesignature solo track, performed with the City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra and broadcast by the BBC
Wounded LandThreshold debut album (1993), Wilson's first major recording
I Am AnonymousHeadspace album (2012) featuring Wilson as frontman
The Weir Keeper's Taleacoustic duo album with Adam Wakeman
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