By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Saturday, April 18, 2015 @ 8:14 AM
European Tour Dates Underway
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THE GENTLE STORM, featuring the talents of Arjen Lucassen (AYREON, STAR ONE, GUILT MACHINE) & Anneke van Giersbergen (THE GATHERING, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT), released their debut album The Diary at the end of March to much critical acclaim, and following a fantastic launch show in Amsterdam, Anneke is now on the road with a specially selected band to present the songs live.
To celebrate the upcoming dates that begin April 22nd, they are now pleased to launch a live video for the track "The Storm", which was filmed at the bands Hedon Zwolle show on the April 3rd. Captured by the band themselves on GoPro cameras, and featuring sound taken directly from the mixing desk, you can view the video right HERE.
Arjen this to say about the video:
"Wow... what a live band THE GENTLE STORM has become! Since I'm not playing in the band I can safely brag about them without sounding arrogant :-) Really impressive, so tight and such great stage presence... I'm proud of each and every one of them. I could only dream of our songs being represented live like this. Well done!"
The tour dates and live band line-up are as follows:
4.22 - Divan Du Monde, Paris FR
4.23 - The Garage, London UK
4.24 - The Musician, Leicester UK
4.25 - The Roadhouse, Manchester UK
4.26 - Prog-résiste Convention, Soignies BE
6.19 - Dokk'em Open Air, Dokkum NL
6.20 - Steengoed Festival, Willemsoord NL
6.21 - Plaatpop, Bergen op Zoom NL
7.09 - Masters of Rock, Vizovice CZ
7.10 - Rockharz Open Air, Ballenstedt DE
7.12 - Bospop, Weert NL
7.17 - Night of the Prog Festival, Loreley DE
7.30 - 8.01 - Wacken Open Air, Wacken DE
10.17 - FemME Festival, Eindhoven NL
THE GENTLE STORM live:
Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-THE GATHERING) - vocals Merel Bechtold (PUREST OF PAIN, MAYAN) - guitars Ferry Duijsens (Anneke van Giersbergen, ex-DREADLOCK PUSSY) - guitars Ed Warby (HAIL OF BULLETS, AYREON, ex-GOREFEST) - drums Johan van Stratum (STREAM OF PASSION) - bass Joost van den Broek (producer, ex-AFTER FOREVER) - keyboards Marcela Bovio (STREAM OF PASSION) - background vocals