Wakeman says: "This is the start of a new Journey. The original score for the album had been lost for so many years, making any new performances impossible. But after it turned up without warning, we managed to restore it and add previously missing music.

"It's taken another half-decade to develop it into this tour, but I can't wait to take Verne's magnificent story on tour again." Each concert will be split into two parts. The first will see the keyboard icon appear on stage alone to talk about the making of Journey in his inimitable fashion � based on his successful Edinburgh Festival show on the same theme.