Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-THE GATHERING, DEVIN TOWNSEND, AYREON) has been nominated for an Edison Award, Holland's most prestigious music prize. Her fellow contenders are Sabrina Starke and Trijntje Oosterhuis.

Anneke says: "I'm proud and happy to be nominated. Everything Is Changing was released one year ago and many wonderful things have happened since then. The tour is still going strong and with the new record starting next week, I couldn't be happier. I congratulate my two fellow nominees, I'm in excellent company!"

An independent voting academy decides on the nominees and winners. The Edison Pop 2013 event will be held on February 11th in Amsterdam. The Edison music award is an annual Dutch music prize, awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is one of the oldest music awards in the world, having been presented since 1960.

In the clip below (beginning at the 5:50 mark), Anneke looks back on her days touring with LACUNA COIL when she was with The Gathering and comments on her next solo album. The clip also features some comments from Lacuna Coil vocalist Cristina Scabbia:

Anneke has scheduled to exclusive US shows, in Chicago. NOVEMBERS DOOM are also on the bill for the dates, which include:

March

23 - Reggies Rock Club (full band show) - Chicago, IL
24 - Ultra Lounge (acoustic solo set) - Chicago, IL

She has also updated her scehdule with two more shows in Finland (Tampere and Turku) featuring special guest Danny Cavanagh of ANATHEMA (**). Her schedule is available below:

January

15 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Extase
28 - Helsinki, Finland - Semifinal **
29 - Helsinki, Finland - Semifinal **
30 - Jyvaskyla, Finland - Lutakko **
31 - Tampere, Finland - Klubi **

February

1 - Turku, Finland - Klubi **

On September 19th, Van Giersbergen performed at The Borderline in London, England on her continuing Everything Is Changing tour. Fan filmed video featuring Anneke covering the EURHYTHMICS classic 'Here Comes The Rain Again' and joining the audience during 'Hope Pray Dance Play' is available below: