promotional campaign ended

To promote the album, the band undertook four tours of Europe and North America, including one with acclaimed Swedish metal band Opeth . On tour, the new line-up of the band was further augmented by additional touring vocalist/guitarist John Wesley . During these tours, the visual element of the band’s performance was taken to new heights with the involvement of filmmaker and photographer Lasse Hoile , who had created the cover art for In Absentia and now went on to create a dark and surreal visual to Porcupine Tree’s music. The long promotional campaign for In Absentia ended on 30 November 2003, as the band played a homecoming show to a sold-out London Astoria .