EPICA - Live Footage Featuring Stand-In Vocalist AMANDA SOMERVILLE Available
April 6, 2008, 16 years ago
As previously reported, vocalist Amanda Somerville has stepped in to replace EPICA vocalist Simone Simons on the band's current tour with SYMPHONY X due to Simons' ongoing health issues. Live footage of Somerville performing 'Sensorium' in New York City is available below.
Simons recently issued the following update on her health:
"Hello to all of you,One of the four tests was positive and we all decided that we shouldn’t take any risks regarding my health and that Amanda (Somerville) should replace me. It is already a big improvement that only one of the test results is still positive, this means that the MRSA is almost out of my system!
Amanda Somerville, a great friend and member of the Epica team will replace me for the American tour with Symphony X.
We chose Amanda because she is already familiar to the Epica fans. You can hear her on all our albums, singing backing vocals, on 'Seif al Din' and the' Obsessive Devotion' you can hear her speak, she is singing in the Epica choir and she was my vocal coach for all the albums.
We are happy that she is willing to fill in for me since she is already part of the band in a way. Amanda has a great voice and a wonderful presence. I am sure you will love her long blond hair. She will do a good job and I wish her and Epica good luck for this tour. I will rest a bit more in the mean time and will come back soon with full force!
Love ya all, Simone."
Epica's North American tour schedule is as follows:
April
6 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero8 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial de Quebec
9 - Montreal, QC - Medley
10 - London, ON - Embassy
11 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House
12 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
13 - Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
16 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
17 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
18 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
19 - West Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues
20 - San Diego, CA - House Of Blues
22 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre
23 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
25 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
26 - Houston, TX - Meridian
27 - Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
29 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
30 - St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theatre
May
1 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade2 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
3 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
