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Delain @ Westerpop
Epica @ Summer D.
Krypteria @ Summer D.
Delain @ Nirwana's
Upcoming Within Temptation Concerts:
06.08.2008: Within Temptation @ Summer Darkness (Utrecht, NL)
14.08.2008: Within Temptation @ Rock en France (Arras, FR)
13.09.2008: Within Temptation @ Appelpop (Tiel, NL)
14.08.2008: Within Temptation @ Rock en France (Arras, FR)
13.09.2008: Within Temptation @ Appelpop (Tiel, NL)
This concert was clearly better than the previous one in Bathmen two years ago. Tonight, Within Temptation played just before they trip to Spain. So they seemed perfectly rested. Therefore, they conveyed to the show a good energy. The fireworks were nice, and the Dutch audience was totally into it. Once again, the concert was visually perfect!
This show was the last try-out before the Eindhoven gig. We had the big honor to hear an acoustic version of Forgiven on stage. A lot of French people were present that night, and we were armed with confetti, serpentines and balloons (watch the Ice Queen video!). Therefore, the atmosphere was much more energetic than the usual Dutch one.
Just before Within Temptation’s concert in Paris, we spent half an hour talking with the guitarist Ruud Jolie. He answered our questions about the US Tour, the upcoming special concerts in Eindhoven and Rotterdam (with the Metropole Orchestra), the new single, the multiple nominations for Belgian, Dutch and European awards, and also the special relation that the band has with their fans.
After taking a nap during the second support act, the crowd was all rested and ready to get crazy again, seizing each opportunity they got to scream for Jane Doe. As promised during the show in the Bataclan, the band played 3 special songs: Aquarius, It’s The Fear and of course Jane Doe. They also added Final Destination to this special setlist. So Dank je wel from all the french fans!
After a long and difficult wait, particularly during Cradle Of Filth, WT finally arrived on stage. First thing that comes to mind: amazing lights. Best lights ever actually! It was a pleasure from the beginning to the end. The band was at its best, totally into the concert. The crowd enjoyed it a lot too, there was a good atmosphere, too much drunk crowd surfers maybe… but still very good! As for the videos: open your eyes and close your ears.
Fanclub day 2, the return... a little bit better, but still extremely boring. The organisation sucked big time. A lot of waiting, for what? A tombola? A quizz? A signing session where you only had the time to say 'thanks' (if you were lucky)? Come on!!! Fortunately, the rare times when we saw them, the band was nice and funny, and the acoustic session saved the afternoon: a huge thanks for Restless! Keep the band, fire the organizers!
The first word that comes to mind to describe this concert is hot! Damn hot!!! ‘Hot’ because as Robert rightly pointed it out, this venue felt more like a sauna than like a concert hall. Also ‘hot’ because the band and the audience was extremely involved in the show. It conveyed a special energy that made the biggest part of us able to jump and sing until the last song. Hum... who said Sharon was hot??!!! Identify yourself!!! :)
After the amazing concert in Lille the day before, everyone - both on stage and in the audience - was expecting something huge. And well... it wasn’t huge at all. The crowd was literally sleeping. Except some groups of people, spread here and there in the audience, no one was screaming, nor jumping. The band must have been as surprised as us, to find their selves facing this old people’s club. Come on people!!!
It’s harsh to be back to reality. Organization sucked. ‘Security’ only meant forbidding cameras. Making sure the public wasn’t too violent wasn’t any of their concern. And French crowd was hysterical and disrespectful. They spent the all time squeezing people to reach the first row. Fortunately, the band was awesome, happy to be there and to speak French! It’s great to see that popularity doesn’t change them ! And well done with WHYD on stage!
After the listening of The Heart Of Everything, Sharon and Robert came in to talk about some burning issues concerning the new album. Far away from the usual fan hysteria, they seemed relaxed and happy about their new ‘baby’, and answered every question without any pretention, only simplicity. Concerning the choice of the first single: they’re huge fans of Keith Caputo, and therefore are proud to present What Have You Done !
A first row in front of the stage catwalk entirely French, for an entirely enjoyable concert! The (not so) Silent France was there to welcome back Sharon’s headbangs on the recently all new The Howling. The band was happy to play at the Appelpop Festival for the 4th time in a row, and the jumping audience thanked them more than enough! Was it the last Within Temptation’s jumping event (??!!) since the new album feels much more like headbanging?
A warm gothic audience, a headliner position, a lot of fireworks, a german-speaking Sharon, the exclusive new stage set, The Howling only for the 2nd time (damn Belgian who had it the day before!), what else...? Oh yes! Sharon nearly suffocated on stage... Stop panicking! Of course it’s hyperbolic! She just chocked for a few minutes because of the smoke... And so did the 1st rows in the audience. Robert, any comments? “Fireworks are cool!”
Who would have guessed that this ordinary concert, in this equally ordinary city, would have been the best ever? Quite an unexpected surprise! An awesome one actually!!! The lights were perfect. Sharon wandered majestically on the catwalk. The band was there 200%. And to make this evening even more special, when everybody was preparing to jump like hell on Ice Queen, the first notes of Jane Doe rang out, pleasantly surprising our incredulous ears!!!
After an endless and extremely hot wait, the band made it on stage about an hour late. Although they probably weren’t so fresh after a day on the roads, they definitely refreshed us with their enthusiasm and energy. And to conclude this great day, they generously offered their fans an unplanned meeting of two hours, the perfect occasion to tell Sharon that if you want to say “Thanks” in Italian, you have to say “Grazie!”, and not “Grazi!”, even if it’s cute!
Well! It was the first WT fanclub meeting, so let’s not be too harsh! The look-a-like contest was maybe a reasonable idea, but it was kind of boring... Fortunately, the sense of humour of the band once again made the trick ! Special mention to the wardrobe presentation of Sharon! Making the dummy fall was the perfect way to set the tone of the evening! Making a pass at it was certainly an other way to go! Too bad we had to leave before the Delain concert!
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It’s a sad thing to say, but Within Temptation shouldn’t play with After Forever as a support act, especially if they’re coming back from Portugal, and if they are tired. After Forever made such an amazing impression, that it was difficult to really appreciate WT show. Everything sounded less powerful. Even Sharon’s special way of moving didn’t get to us, maybe because she did it out of habit, without really feeling it. But hey! It’s still Within Temptation! It’s worth it!
Too bad this concert was our first one, for we didn’t make the most of it. Of course the show was amazing, beyond everything we had wished for. We wouldn’t have changed places for the world! But, it didn’t stop there! The set-list was PERFECT. Enter, Jane Doe, so many songs we long for today!!! And we were so excited being there that we didn’t make sure to remember each detail of it... We surely remember Sharon and Robert singing together though!
3:00 PM: here we were, waiting on the sides of the Meet & Greet stage, convinced that it was Edguy’s turn to sign. Weird, it was supposed to start at 2:30 PM... Here’s something even weirder: Tobias is shaved off. Oh my god! It isn’t Tobias, it’s Robert!!! What the f***! And we didn’t even wait in the line!!! Fortunately, Sharon is adorable, and she also says hi to people on the sides! (Well, people on the sides that call for her!)
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Agenda
After Forever - De Vorstin
Delain - V-Kick
Raismes Festival
After Forever - Trabendo
After Forever - Clermont-Fd
After Forever - CCO Lyon
After Forever - Milano
Within Temptation - Munchen
Within Temptation - X-tra
Within Temptation - Zenith paris
Metal Female Voices
Within Temptation - Beursgebouw
Delain - V-Kick
Raismes Festival
After Forever - Trabendo
After Forever - Clermont-Fd
After Forever - CCO Lyon
After Forever - Milano
Within Temptation - Munchen
Within Temptation - X-tra
Within Temptation - Zenith paris
Metal Female Voices
Within Temptation - Beursgebouw