Summer means Summer Festivals! Aside from recording in the studio and working on the new DVD (more info coming soon...), Within Temptation is hitting the stage at European summer festivals!Conquering Dour Festival tonightThe beast is back on the road for a show at Dour festival in Belgium tonight! Are you coming to the show tonight? Share your live photos on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using #WTlive and @WTofficial!Upcoming showsWithin Temptation is playing at more European festivals in August! Make sure you mark the following dates in your calander:August 03 | Lokerse Feesten, Lokeren (BE) | TICKETSAugust 08 | CityRock Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden (NL) | TICKETSAugust 09 | Mera Luna, Hildesheim (GER) | TICKETSAugust 14 | Rock Oz'Arí¨nes, Roman Arena (CH) | TICKETSFind a complete overview of all tour dates of the Hydra Tour, the fall shows and the 2015 Theater Tour on the tour page.
ast week, Mike received a brand new Pearl Reference Pure drum kit, especially adjusted to his personal preferences, to take on tour. Mike personally got to put together his new kit and test it at Pearl Music Europe.The Dutch drummer-orentied magazine “Slagwerkkrant†joined Mike to ask him some questions on his new gear for the Hydra tour and shoot some footage of him tyring out his drum kit for the first time. Mike personally explained what his kit consists of and what Pearl costumized especially for him.
Signing SessionThe band will be hosting a signing session at Mera Luna in Germany! Do you have CD covers, photos or other booklets you'd like to have signed? Come meet everyone at the signing session and snap a picture while you're at it! More info will follow soon.
Whole UK is Watching Hydra is not ready storming the UK charts just yet, Whole World is Watching ft. Dave Pirner is picked up by BBC and made it to the playlist! It's great to be getting this much support for the new album.Have you checked out the Whole World is Watching EP yet? It features the version with Dave Pirner as well as Piotr Rogucki, two unreleased demo tracks ('Keep on Breathing' and 'One of These Days') and the official music v ideo for WWiW featuring Dave Pirner. Get it on iTunes!
Single on high rotation on BBC2 radio.Within Temptation’s latest single ‘Whole World Is Watching’ has been added to the A-list of BBC2 radio. A milestone for the Dutch band, it’s the first time their music hit the radio in the United Kingdom and immediately entered the top 30 airplay chart. Within Temptation is also nominated for an AIM Award in the category of Independent Album of The Year with their album ‘Hydra’ which was released in January 2014. The album was released in the United Kingdom by their label Dramatico, the label that is also responsible for the UK breakthrough of Dutch artist, Caro Emerald.Singer Sharon den Adel was pleasantly surprised by the English success: “Over the past years our UK fan base has kept on growing. Their support has brought us from a small stage Scala in 2004 to this years sold out Wembley arena in London. This show was a milestone in our career, and it’s hard to imagine the year could get any better. The BBC radio 2 playlist and now the nomination for AIM Best Album undeniably marks our most incredible year in the UK thus far. We want to thank our fans for this amazing journey.â€The AIM Awards, created to support independent labels and their talent in the UK, will be held on September 2, 2014. In the past, artists like Adele, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Alt-J and Vampire Weekend were awarded by the organization for their creativity and dedication. Alongside Within Temptation, other nominees this year include London Grammar, Arctic Monkeys and FKAtwigs.‘Hydra’ is the sixth album released by the Dutch rock band. The album debuted at No. 1 in the Rock and Metal charts in the United States, and charted at No. 1 on the iTunes charts that include musical talent from no less than 10 European countries.Within Temptation is touring America and Latin America as part of their world tour until the end of 2014. From February 28 until April 24, they will be playing in Dutch theaters.
Czech Dragons be aware, the beast is coming your way!Within Temptation is performing at HavíÅ™ov festival 2014 in September. The three-day festival takes place on 5, 6 and 7 September. Within Temptation is headlining the first night, on friday the 5th.For more information and the complete line up, visit www.mkshavirov.cz.
