An Ayreon live concert is a unique spectacle. A huge production with musicians of the highest caliber combine to create a bombastic show. The irregularity of the shows makes them so special. In September 2023, Arjen Lucassen sold out five performances of '01011001: Live Beneath The Waves' at Poppodium 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. About the show, Arjen Lucassen says: "When I wrote the album 01011001 in 2007, it was never meant to be played live. So I could make it as complicated as I wanted, with countless instrumentalists and no less than 17 singers!" Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen and keyboardist Joost van den Broek have managed to bring together most of the original line-up from the album 01011001 and many special guests, including Simone Simons (Epica), Damian Wilson (Threshold, Arena), Anneke van Giersbergen, Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Tom Englund (Evergrey), Daniel Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation), Marcela Bovio (MaYan), Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), John Jaycee Cuijpers (Praying Mantis). Maggy Luyten (Beautiful Sin), Michael Mills (Toehider) and Wudstik plus many more incredible musicians.