AMSTERDAM, HEERLEN & UTRECHT SOLD OUTWith only 4 weeks to go to the theatertour the tickets are running out. Amsterdam, Heerlen, Arnhem, Utrecht and more shows are sold out at this moment. Make sure to secure your tickets, we'll promise to make it worth while!
HI FINLANDFinland! We're coming back to you this Summer, on July 24th we will be performing at Kotkan Meripí¤iví¤t in Kotka!
KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE THIS WEEK! WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE WHOLEWORLDBAND COMPETITION WINNERS!
There were so many talented Within Temptation fans that took part in this competition, making it so hard for us to pick the winners… Only two last prizes to give away to our runners up. Congratulations to Carolina from Spain on harpsichord and Freek from the Netherlands on electric guitar. You’ve each won a signed limited edition Hydra box set as well as a Within Temptation t-shirt. Check out their video for "And We Run" alongside Sharon and the band.
We are really excited to finally announce the winners of the WholeWorldBand Within Temptation competition. Drumroll please... Congratulations to Patricia from Spain who added a stunning violin part to the song and Sebastien and Marielle from France who's piano & violin contributions added the perfect finishing touches to the song.We'd like to thank everyone who took part. We had a really tough job trying to pick a winner, so well done everyone! This cool fan version of 'And We Run' is now available to stream on Spotify here: http://bit.ly/1DvTRkNNot only that, the winners have also won themselves tickets to a WT show of their choice, a personal video message from the band, WT hoodies, a signed Hydra Special Edition Box Set, as well as a Focusrite iTrack studio recording system!
Festival alert!! We will be playing live at Topfest 26-27 June this summer, the biggest music open-air festival in Slovakia. Hope to see you there!
The WholeWorldBand Competition Runners up are….There were so many talented Within Temptation fans that took part in this competition, making it so hard for us to pick the winners… Only two prizes to give away to our runners up.Congratulations to Carolina from Spain on harpsichord and Freek from the Netherlands on electric guitar. You’ve each won a signed limited edition Hydra box set as well as a Within Temptation t-shirt. Check out their video for “And We Run†alongside Sharon and the band.
Tonight was the second night of Within Temptation’s Hydra Theatre tour which started a few nights earlier in Almere. As with previous theatre tours, the only dates are in the Netherlands – partly due to the fact the tours require a proper theatre rather than standard music venue. Why? Well that’s all down to the setup they have. At the back of the stage is a video screen, but behind the band, and well forward of the screen is another screen – this time see-through. As the show begins, the reason for this becomes clear. Smoke forms before morphing into an orchestra sat on a balcony above and behind the band. These aren’t static images though – it’s video that is timed to perfection – as the drummers with the orchestra strike their drums it coincides with the real drum strokes of Within Temptation’s drummer. There are two live musicians on the balcony too – a violinist and a cellist, and at times it’s hard to tell the real musicians from the video ones – this show really does blend fantasy and reality together. The show is split into two fifty minute sets plus an interval.Unlike previous theatre tours which were largely acoustic, this is a full on electric performance – albeit with a few acoustic songs. The band are really fired up and they all give it everything they’ve got – the two guitarists in particular race around the stage, headbang furiously and generally rock as hard as possible.Sharon too gives it everything as she moves around the stage, spins or jumps, but at other times she’s more still – all depending on what works for the mood of the song. She changes costumes several times during the show but there’s so much going on that it never slows the performance. Sharon also “interacts†with the projections – stands behind the clear screen as she duets with a singer on the screen (Anneke van Giersbergen) and even touches hands with her (some extremely accurate positioning there), and in another part of the show, throws her arms down which causes spouts of water to fly up around her on the screen. It’s stunningly well done.Ignoring the visuals, this was a superb show – Within Temptation were in great form and the use of a violin and cello sounded great. The setlist was packed with their hits with only a few songs from Hydra. I’d expected the setlist to be far more heavily weighted towards the Hydra material since this is the Hydra theatre tour, but I certainly wasn’t disappointed by what they chose to play.The visuals though took it to another level and at times had a really effective 3D look. Visually it’s got to be in my top five gigs of all time if not the top two. They do a fantastic job of blurring the line between what’s real and what’s virtual.Setlist:The CrossHand of SorrowShot in the DarkAnd We RunThe Heart of EverythingTowards the EndJillian (I’d Give My Heart)SomewhereMother EarthThe Last DanceParadise (What About Us?)The Truth Beneath the RoseForgivenStand My GroundIronCovered By RosesIce QueenEncore:SiníéadStairway to the Skies
