PORCUPINE TREE
The “sensational” Porcupine Tree.
PRESS/CARL GLOVER
VENUE OVO ARENA, WEMBLEY
DATE 11/11/2022
At one point, towards the end of Porcupine Tree’s biggest-ever show in the UK, Steven Wilson takes time out to tell the audience that he used to get annoyed by the lack of commercial success garnered by the band, despite writing some incredibly catchy material. “Now I don’t care as it means we can play whatever we want,” he continues, and as if to emphasise his point, some of those tracks, such as Lazarus or Shallow, are ignored tonight in favour of deeper cuts such as Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled and Collapse The Light Into The Earth in a set that bears very little resemblance to the last show the band performed in the UK, at London’s Royal Albert Hall, in October 2010.