n the 14th video of the Unforgiving Tour Vlog starts off in Birmingham! You’ll see Sharon and Ruud stopping by Kerrang Radio.Ruud is feeling like a kid in a candy store, while visiting Wild Wire Music to film a couple of guitars. Watch him rock out, below!Can you tell which songs he’s playing?
e followed Romano Molenaar, the designer of the Unforgiving comic, during a day of signing at the 21st edition of F.A.C.T.S. Comic Convention in Gent, Belgium. The F.A.C.T.S. Comic Convention is the largest comic convention in the Benelux and was held in the Gent Flanders Expo Convention Center.Romano signed issues of the Unforgiving Comic and drew sketches for visitors of the comic convention. After a busy day of sketching and signing, he also got the chance to look for some treasures of his own and we managed to get our hands on something very special for our huge Star Wars fan, Ruud.
We’ve added a new wallpaper of a huge action scene in The Unforgiving Comic to our Official Wallpaper folder on Facebook!You can download the Unforgiving wallpapers in high-res by clicking on the “download†button on the right down corner of your screen after you click on the wallpaper. Keep an eye on our Facebook page, as we’ll keep uploading new wallpapers regularly.This wallpaper comes from the fourth issue of The Unforgiving comic book series.
Within Temptation is nominated for the 2011 Loudwire Artist of the Year award. As if the two other nominations for Rock Album of the Year and Rock Goddess of the Year weren’t flattering enough, we also have a shot at becoming band of the year 2011!“Within Temptation made 2011 a big year with their latest album ‘The Unforgiving’, which was accompanied by a comic book and short series of films. Lead singer Sharon Den Adel is up for Loudwire’s Rock Goddess of the Year. What more could their fans ask for?†– from the Loudwire website.Go to the Loudwire website and vote for us if you think we deserve this title!
After two other video’s of F.A.C.T.S. 2011 and a message from a fan, it’s time for a new issue of the Unforgiving Tour Vlog!In the 15th video of the vlog Ruud, Jeroen and Stefan look up the Forbidden Planet Store in Glasgow and Sharon takes you on stage during the sound check and show in London!
setlist was the following:shot in the darkin the middle of the nightfasterfire and iceice queenthe howlingour solemn hourstand my groundsineadwhat have you donelostironangelshand of sorrowwhere is the edge--intro + see who i ammother earth--stairway to the skies
This Friday Sharon and Robert will be featured in The Voice Of Holland.The Voice of Holland (also known as TVOH) is a Dutch reality singing competition and currently airing on RTL4 in the Netherlands. It’s currently the number 1 show in the Netherlands, where four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.Coach Angela Groothuizen’s team will visit Sharon and Robert in SPANT! where they will coach the candidates on how to perform on stage.For more information on The Voice Of Holland go to: http://www.thevoiceofholland.com or you can follow the show on Twitter by searching for: #tvohShow starts at: 20.30, RTL 4.
Setlist:Shot In The DarkIn The Middle Of The NightFasterFire And IceIce QueenHand Of SorrowOur Solemn HourStand My GroundSiníéadWhat Have You DoneLostIronAngelsWhere Is the EdgeSee Who I AmMother Earth Encore:Stairway to the Skies
MetaltownOn the 15th of June, Within Temptation is rocking the stage at Metaltown in Sweden!The festival is held on the 15th and 16th of June and takes place in Gí¶teburg.Besides Within Temptation also Marilyn Manson and Lamb Of God are performing amongst others.On Monday the 12th of December the festival will release 2000 tickets which will be sold with an exclusive discount accompanied by a free T-shirt with the new Metaltown logo! First come, first served!Masters of RockThe festival lasts from the 12th until the 15th of July and will be held in Vizovice.On the 12th of July 2012, Within Temptation is playing at Masters of Rock in the Czech Republic.Next to Within Temptation, Thin Lizzy, Kamelot and Arch Enemy are bands on the line up for this year’s edition of Masters of Rock.
Hi everyone,The Unforgiving Tour 2011 has ended! Thanks for your passion, you've made it unforgettable!For us it's time to celebrate the holidays and after that we're continuing with the preparations for our South America tour in February 2012. We're visiting Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru and Chile! Check our tour pages for more information on the shows and watch the trailer here.After South America we will doing something very special throughout the Netherlands, a special seated tour where we will be playing amongst others unique acoustic arrangements of The Unforgiving and much more.. As we promise to make it another spectacular show that pushes the limits of theaters, it surely is something not to be missed!Don't think we leave you without any WT news, the upcoming weeks you can enjoy more Tour Vlog videos as we have a lot more footage in stores for you! And we'll continue to post "audience photos" on our Facebook page.Also we're proud to present a complete new design for our website! And last but not least, in December we'll be releasing a new official music video. so subscribe to our YouTube Channel to make sure you're the first to see it!We'll talk to you soon, all the best!Sharon, Ruud, Martijn, Jeroen, Mike, Stefan, RobertWithin Temptation
We played our last show in Moscow last week, which means we finished the Unforgiving European Tour. We’ve played 45 shows, in 41 cities in 17 different countries!We took pictures of the audience at every show, and we’re collecting all of them in our ‘The Unforgiving Tour “on the roadâ€â€˜ photo album on Facebook.We’ve kept you up to date and showed you what we’ve been up to off-stage in our Unforgiving Tour Vlog and we’ll continue to show you exclusive back stage footage with the upcoming videos of the Tour Vlog.Our next tour will bring us to South America! We’ll be visiting Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil in February 2012. You can find more information on the tour on the Tour Pages.
SPEELDATA:02-03-2012 ALMERE – Schouwburg Almere07-03-2012 UTRECHT – Vredenburg, Leidsche Rijn11-03-2012 EINDHOVEN – Muziekgebouw Frits Philips12-03-2012 EINDHOVEN – Muziekgebouw Frits Philips14-03-2012 ZWOLLE – Theater De Spiegel17-03-2012 TILBURG – Theaters Tilburg20-03-2012 BREDA – Chassíé Theater21-03-2012 HEERLEN – Theater Heerlen – extra show22-03-2012 HEERLEN – Theater Heerlen24-03-2012 GRONINGEN – De Oosterpoort25-03-2012 GRONINGEN – De Oosterpoort – extra show26-03-2012 ROOSENDAAL – Schouwburg De Kring29-03-2012 ENSCHEDE – Stadsschouwburg31-03-2012 NIJMEGEN – Concertgebouw De Vereeniging05-04-2012 ROTTERDAM – Nieuwe Luxor Theater14-04-2012 AMSTERDAM – Koninklijk Theater Carríé15-04-2012 AMSTERDAM – Koninklijk Theater Carríé – extra show
As promised, we’re releasing a new music video from The Unforgiving album: Fire And Ice.The video features live footage and video footage shot especially for visuals used in The Unforgiving Tour.Without further ado: the new music video for Fire and Ice!
This Saturday, Sharon will perform during the finale of this year’s edition of 3FM Serious Request. When the 3FM DJs are released on Christmas Eve, Sharon will perform her hit song “In and Out of Love†together with the Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren.Serious Request is a partnership between the Dutch radio station 3FM and the Red Cross. From 2004 on, the two organisations annually try to raise money to support a good cause. Three 3FM DJs voluntarily lock themselves up in a “Glazen Huis†(House of Glass) without food and play songs requested by the audience for money, in the week before Christmas. This year Serious Request is raising money to help mothers in war zones.
