New venue BratislavaTicket sales for the tour are sky rocketing! The show in Bratislava (SK) will be moved to a larger venue, due to the high demand for tickets.The show taking place on March 12 will take place atIncheba EXPO Arena in Bratislava
Within Temptation will perform at CityRock Festival in Leeuwarden, this summer.This year will be the 1th edition of the CityRock festival. Within Temptation acts as headliner and will perform a 1.5 hour show!CityRock festival takes place at friday the 8th of August, one day before the metal festival Into The Grave. There are combined tickets for both festivals for sale.For more information and the complete line-up of the festival, check the Festival website.
Hydra debuts at #6 on the offiicial UK album chart!
Sharon will do an acoustic performance with Ruud and Martijn on the Dutch television show ‘Show Vandaag’, tonight.Tune in to SBS6 between 17.25 – 18.30 (GMT+1) to see Sharon and the guys perform live.
Hydra has been taking over the charts ever since its release!Within Temptation’s new album ‘Hydra’ immediately took off in the international iTunes charts. Hydra reached the top spot of the iTunes Rock chart in the US and UK. The album entered the iTunes album chart at #1 in ten territories: the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Norway and Italy amongst other countries. To top it all off: Within Temptation is now the first act from the Netherlands to reach a Top 10 iTunes position in the United States!Hydra continues to be a success on the official album charts: #1 The Netherlands, #4 in Germany, #6 in the UK, #9 in France, and #16 in the US next to Top 5 positions in Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, Japan and Czech Republic.Sharon: “We are truly excited about the overwhelming reactions to Hydra. We just got back from an intense promo tour in the US, Poland and the Czech Republic and Hydra is on fire! We will do everything we can to make the flames go even higher.â€
New venue LyonTicket sales in France are still going crazy! Next to the show in Toulouse, the show in Lyon on April 24 will also be upgraded to a larger venue. Change the location in your agenda:the show will take place at La Halle Tony Garnier!Get your tickets for the show in Lyon on April 24 here. Previously purchased tickets for Lyon will still be valid.
Join Sharon in a Spotify Soundrop live chat today!The live chat starts at 11.30AM (PST) | 02.30PM (EST) | 08.30PM (CET)Sharon will be talking to you about the tracks on the new album, while listening to the entire album together.Joining in is easy: Enter the chat room via this link and click on the play button. Allow your computer to open your Spotify app and the chat room will open in Spotify.Once you are in the chat room, you can join everyone in listening to Hydra. In order to join the chat conversation with Sharon and all of the other listeners, you have to sign in via Facebook or Twitter.Sharon will give you some more information on the indivudual tracks off the album in the live chat from 20.30 (GMT+1) on! Sign in in time, to make sure you don’t miss anything!
The third Hydra single ‘Whole World is Watching’ was recorded in two versions: an international version with Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum) and a second version created especially for friends in Poland, with Piotr Rogucki (COMA).Due to incredibly high demand, we are releasing a special Whole World is Watching EP package with both versions of the single featuring Dave and Piotr. The package also includes two exclusive demo versions of tracks that are not on the final album. In addition to these songs, the EP package also includes the music video for Whole World is Watching with Dave Pirner.Sharon on the b-side tracks:Keep on Breating“I’ve been working on this song with Martijn and we didn’t have enough time to finish it. This track is still a demo version, but it’s definitely worth listening to!â€One of These Days“This is a special song, but it just doesn’t fit the album. It has a completely different sound than the other tracks on the album, but strangely enough this will probably be my new favourite b-side track.â€The Whole World is Watching EP will be available on Friday February 21 via iTunes in Europe only.Tracklist:1. WWIW Dave Pirner2. WWIW Piotr Rogucki3. Keep on Breathing (demo)4. One of These Days (demo)5. WWIW video Dave Pirner
Aside from the world tour this year, Within Temptation is appearing at more and more festivals this summer.In August, Within Temptation is coming back to Mera Luna in Germany! The band visited the German festival twice before. The show at Mera Luna was one of the first festival shows of The Unforgiving tour in 2011. Within Temptation also headlined at the festival back in 2006.This year, the band returns with a brand new festival show! Mera Lune takes place on August 9 and 10.
