THE GENTLE STORM Cover AYREON, THE GATHERING, PINK FLOYD And DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT Live In Amsterdam; Single Cam Footage Of Entire Show Online
April 27, 2015, 9 years ago
Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine) and Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project) released their debut album, The Diary, from their new band The Gentle Storm, on March 24th, and following a fantastic launch show in Amsterdam, Anneke is now on the road with a specially selected band to present the songs live.
On March 26th, The Gentle Storm performed at Melkweg in Amsterdam, Holland. Their show featured a guest appearance by Lucassen, who performed during the acoustic portion of the band's set. Single cam fan-filmed video of the entire gig is available below.
The setlist on the night was as follows:
"Endless Sea""Heart of Amsterdam"
"Brightest Light"
"The Storm"
"Eyes of Michiel"
"Eléanor" (The Gathering cover)
"New Horizons"
"Wish You Were Here" (Pink Floyd cover - Anneke Van Giersbergen solo)
"The Moment" (with Arjen Anthony Lucassen)
"Comatose" (Ayreon cover - with Arjen Anthony Lucassen)
"Valley of the Queens" (Ayreon cover - with Arjen Anthony Lucassen)
"Day Seven: Hope" (Ayreon cover with Arjen Anthony Lucassen)
"Cape of Storms"
"The Greatest Love"
"Waking Dreams" (Ayreon cover)
"Witnesses" (Agua de Annique cover)
"Strange Machines" (The Gathering cover)
"Isis and Osiris" (Ayreon cover)
Encore:
"Fallout" (Devin Townsend Project cover)
"Shores of India"
To celebrate the tour, which began April 22nd, The Gentle Storm released a live video for the track “The Storm” which was filmed at the band's 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 below.
Arjen had 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:
June
20 - Steengoed Festival - Willemsoord, Netherlands
21 - Plaatpop - Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
July
10 - Rockharz Open Air - Ballenstedt, Germany
12 - Bospop - Weert, Netherlands
17 - Night of the Prog Festival - Loreley, Germany
30-Aug 1 - Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany
October
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
