Pssssht, a little heads up for tonightDragons who are coming to the HMH show tonight, make sure you wear something pretty... We will be recording the show! If you don't like to be filmed, you can avoid the cameras. More info soon...
The list of tour dates keeps growing and growing. After the amazing show at the Lotto Arena, Within Temptation is returning to Belgium this summer to perform at the Metal day of Lokerse Feesten!This year will be the 40th edition of the Belgian festival, which takes place from August 1 until August 10 in Grote Kaai, Lokeren.Within Temptation is playing at the Main Stage on Sunday August 3.Aside from WT, bands such as Mí¶torhead, Dimmu Borgir and the Devin Townsend Project will perform live on the Metal Day.Tickets are on sale now on the Lokerse Feesten ticket website.Find more information and the complete lineup at www.lokersefeesten.be.
Watch this new episode of the Hydra Tour Diary in which you finally see what Sharon was so upset about at the end of last week’s video, Sharon joins a musician on the street, Ruud celebrates his birthday, there are more parties on the bus, and you get to see more back stage footage.
Dragons of Belgium; be aware! Within Temptation is performing at Dour Festival this summer!The festival takes place from July 17 until July 20 and showcases all types of different music. Within Temptation will perform at the 26rd edition of this festival on Friday July 18.
Of course being on the road is intense, but sometimes, on a day of, there's some time for relaxation... However, shooting each other might not be so relaxing at all. Click on the image below and check episode 9 of the Tour Diary to see what this (and the header of this newsletter) is all about.
European festivalsWithin Temptation will hit some European festivals this year too. This week some new festivals, like Dour (B), Rock Oz'Arí¨nes (CH) and Kivenlahti Rock (FIN), were added to the agenda. See the full festival list below.June 6 | Espoo Helsinki (FIN) | Kivenlahti RockJune 7 | Sí¶lvesborg (S) | Sweden RockJune 12 | Copenhagen (DK) | CopenhellJune 13 | Donington Park (UK) | DownloadJuly 06 | Barcelona (ES) | Barcelona Metal FestJuly 18 | Dour (BE) | Dour FestivalAugust 3 | Lokeren (BE) | Lokerse FeestenAugust 8 | Leeuwarden (NL) | CityRock LeeuwardenAugust 9 | Hildesheim (GER) | Mera LunaAugust 14 | Roman Arena (CH) | Rock Oz’Arí¨nes
Yet another summerfestival is confirmed! Within Temptation is visiting Finland this summer to perform at Kivenlahti Rock festival! Kivenlahti Rock takes place from June 6 until June 7 in Old Highway 13, Espoo, Finland. Within Temptation is playing at the Main Stage on friday June 6 at 22:45 hour.Tickets are on sale now on the Kivenlahti Rock ticket website.
LoudparkThis week's newsletter opens with some great news about touring. There's some bad news about the tour diary: the last episode will be released next week, but we compensate. And scroll down for info on the release of the upcoming single "And We Run".JapanAttention to all of our Japanese fans! Loudpark (one of the biggest festivals in Japan) has announced their line-up today! And guess what: Within Temptation is on the bill. It has been 8 years since we rocked Tokyo, so we are extremely excited to know we will be visting Japan after such a long time.loudparkLoudpark will take place on October 18 & 19, 2014. More information on Loudpark is available on the festivals website. The special pre-sales are taking place ‘til 6pm (JPN time) of June 27th. The public on-sale is from 10pm (JPN time) of June 28th. USA & CanadaNorthAmericanPromoVideoAs mentioned in the introduction, the last tourvlog hasn't been finished editting yet. Just to keep you warm, we decided to tease you with a short promotional video of our upcoming, 12 gigs counting, North American tour in the fall of 2014. Click on the poster on the right to see this video on YouTube.Of course all of you dragons are free to post and share the video with your friends. Information on tickets for all North-American shows available on the website of Within Temptation.New video and EP coming upOn Friday the 23rd of May Within Temptation will release a new music video together with a brand new EP. "What? A new EP?". Indeed, a new EP which contains the single "And we run" of course, but also a previously unreleased demo and a fresh dance remix.Are you excited? We are and hope to see you soon on one of our upcoming summergigs in Europe:Within Temptation's 2014 summer agendaJune 6 | Finland | Helsinki | Kivenlahti RockJune 7 | Sweden | Sí¶lvesborg | Sweden RockJune 12 | Denmark | Copenhagen | CopenhellJune 13 | United Kingdom | Donington Park | DownloadJune 26 | Italy | Milan | AlcatrazJuly 6 | Spain | Barcelona | Barcelona Metal FestJuly 18 | Belgium | Dour | Dour FestivalAugust 3 | Belgium | Lokeren | Lokerse FeestenAugust 8 | The Netherlands | Leeuwarden | CityRock LeeuwardenAugust 9 | Germany | Hildesheim | M'era LunaAugust 14 | Switserland | Roman Arena | Rock Oz’Arí¨nes
AND WE RUN EP TRACKLIST:1. 'And We Run' ft. Xzibit (Radio Edit)2. 'And We Run' ft. Xzibit (Original)3. 'And We Run' ft. Xzibit (Dance Remix)4. 'Living On Fire' (demo)
Hydra Tour Diary During the first part of the Hydra tour, Sharon kept you up to date with a weekly tour diary video showing you what the band was up to on the road. The first part of the tour is over and now that the band is getting ready for the festival season, Sharon is looking back on the tour so far, with this week's extra long Hydra Tour Diary episode. Watch as she shows you funny clips you haven't seen before and see her reveal the sentence she recorded with all dragons during the tour.
Dragons of Germany, the beast is coming back!Within Temptation is performing at Metal Hammer Paradise in November. The two-day festival takes place at Weissenhaeuser Strand (near Luebeck, Germany) on November 14 and 15th.Over 25 bands are playing at the festival. Aside from Within Temptation, Powerwolf, Doro, Knorkator, Saltatio Mortis and Amorphis are playing at the festival. For more information and the complete line up, visit www.metal-hammer-paradise.de.THE OFFICIAL DATE OF WITHIN TEMPTATION’S SHOW IS YET TO BE ANNOUNCED.
