the 8th studio album from Arjen Anthony Lucassen's project Ayreon, released on 28 October, 2013 on 2CDs - The Theory of Everything features a stellar cast of guests, with members past and present of Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Kamelot, Genesis, Yes, ELP, Asia, Toehider, Grand Magus, and Ancient Bards (see below) - It is a double album - It begins a completely new story line for the Ayreon universe - It comprises four 20-plus minute “epics” divided into 42 separate tracks - It’s a true Rock Opera with a dramatic, real-world story - It is available in 4 editions, including an exclusive 5-disc limited edition, as well as 2LP vinyl - The DVD for the special and limited editions features two and a half hours of behind the scenes content - Signed copies are available in Arjen’s webshop Arjen ran a series of “guess the musician” contests via Facebook. You can see all of the videos on his Youtube channel. GUEST MUSICIANS Vocalists (in order of appearance) JB (Grand Magus) as The Teacher Sara Squadrani (Ancient Bards) as The Girl Michael Mills (Toehider) as The Father Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil) as The Mother Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder) as The Prodigy Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot) as The Rival John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson) as The Psychiatrist Instrumentalists Ed Warby (Hail of Bullets, Gorefest) – drums Rick Wakeman (Yes) – keyboards Keith Emerson (Emerson Lake and Palmer) – keyboards Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) – keyboards Steve Hackett (Genesis) – lead guitar