Devin Townsend Announces Live Streaming Quarantine Concert Series

Alternative metal musician Devin Townsend is back with another quarantine project. Townsend released the “Devin Townsend Podcast” earlier this month. The podcast served as a way for fans to learn his creative process and hear him speak on previous projects.

Now, Townsend announced that he is streaming a three-part Quarantine Concert series. This series is held through Stageit, which is an online platform that allows artists to live stream shows and interact with their audience. Stageit does not record shows, so it gives the viewer the feel of a real concert experience.

Each concert has a runtime of 50 minutes and Townsend plans to donate all proceeds from the shows to charity. Fans can tip and donate throughout the show and the top 5 donators will receive signed merchandise in addition to products from an array of companies. Fans can buy tickets regardless of donation and attendees will receive the audio version of the concert emailed to them as well.

The first Quarantine Concert will be Saturday, April 18th at 12:00 pm PST (Vancouver time) and is already sold out. Additionally, all proceeds from this first concert will go to the Vancouver General Hospital. The next two Quarantine Concerts are April 25th and May 2nd, both at 12:00 pm PST (Vancouver time.)

The last two Quarantine Concerts have limited tickets. The proceeds from the April 25^th concert will go to UK NHS and the proceeds from the May 2^nd concert will go to NSUH New York. Townsend has been posting updates to his Twitter with ticket releases.

Townsend has had a lot of momentum in the last year. His 2019 release Empath was extremely well-received and was the Album of the Year for our Top 50 Albums of 2019. Towsend even planned on multiple North American Empath Tours this year. However, with the rise of the Coronavirus, Townsend’s tour was canceled.

Even though his tour was canceled, this has not stopped Townsend from creating. This concert series is one of the many projects Townsend has taken on. Back in March, Townsend released a new track titled “Quarantine”  which had softer sound compared to Townsend’s heavier work.  Townsend went on to release Quarantine Parts 2 and 3 which featured collaborations with Anneke Van Giersebergen and Ché Aimee Dorval.

Photo credits: Raymond Flotat