Hydra World Tour

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Hydra World Tour
Tour by Within Temptation
Promotional artwork of North American leg of the tour
Location
Associated albumHydra
Start date20 February 2014
End date23 December 2016
Legs10
No. of shows136 in total
108 in Europe
13 in North America
8 in South America
9 in Russia
1 in Asia
Attendance49,587 (reported)
Box officeUS$2 million (reported)
Within Temptation concert chronology

The Hydra World Tour was a concert tour by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation in support of their sixth studio album, Hydra, released by Nuclear Blast on 31 January 2014. To date, it was their eight major tour and their third to see them playing worldwide. The tour passed over four continents and was divided into several legs according to the local of playing, presenting minor setlist variations from concerts of the same leg and a few more variations from leg to leg. A special leg was entitled "Theatres on Fire", in which saw the band playing seated shows at theatres in the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

The tour was commercially successful and the band managed to play in even bigger spaces, an improvement already seen on their previous world tour, as well presenting their first concert at the Wembley Arena and selling out theatre tickets for their theatre seated concerts in the Netherlands. The band also managed to play at several big festivals, like Download Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, and Wacken Open Air. A live album with footage from the Amsterdam concert was released later in 2014, under the name of Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live in Concert.

Background[edit]

The tour was originally planned to start in January 2014, but then it was postponed to a month later, so the band could polish more the songs before releasing the album and also have more time to rehearsals for the following tour.[1] After a period of radio and television appearances for acoustic performances and interviews, the band scheduled to embark officially on the tour. On 20 January, the band announced a try-out show for testing the songs live at the Effenaar, in Eindhoven (NL), to be held on 20 February, having the tickets sold out on the same day.[2] The first official show happened on 26 February, in Helsinki, Finland, and the arena tour is going to pass primarily in Europe, arranging a few summer festivals. Due to great demand, several venues were changed to big ones in the purpose to comport more people.[3][4] Due to the great reception of Hydra in the US, the band decided to tour again in North America, travelling from West to East coast and passing over twelve cities, being two in Canada and having some venues with sold out tickets, while on the last tour the band passed over only five cities.[5] On 2 May, the band announced through their Facebook page that they were going to record the concert at the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, in which happened on the same evening.[6] The great part of the concert would late appear on the DVD Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live in Concert together with some parts of the previous tour Elements 15th anniversary show. As the end of the European leg, the tour had an attendance of over 120.000 people.[7] After the great reception of the previous albums on North America as well the North American leg of the Hydra World Tour, Nuclear Blast decided to release a together re-issue of both Enter and The Dance on 10 November 2014, to give the new listeners access to the band early material.[8]

The band opted to focus on playing Hydra songs in its majority, being "Dog Days" the only one not played yet, and maintain their signature songs from previous releases, as Stand My Ground and Ice Queen, during great part of the presentations. As the album contains four invited vocalists, their part in the respective songs are played on tape as the videos are shown on the big screen, allowing these artists to appear somehow during the concerts,[9] except for "Whole World is Watching" in which was played with guest vocalist Piotr Rogucki on Polish dates and was played only by den Adel in an acoustic version.

Theatre concerts[edit]

Right after the end of the arena concerts, the band announced via their website that on early 2015 they were going to embark on a new theatre tour[10] passing over Dutch cities and later one extra show in Luxembourg. The special leg of the tour came out differently from their previous theatre concerts in which the band used to present primarily acoustic renditions of their songs, with the Hydra seated leg featuring only a few acoustic versions and somewhat different renditions from them.[11] The theatre leg ambientation was made sightly different from the common concerts to also present a visual spectacle in support of the music. The band made use of holographic projections to auxiliate the stage design and effect of some songs, such as a pre-recorded virtual orchestra playing on the stage and virtual holographic duets such as the one from den Adel and Anneke van Giersbergen during the presentation of "Somewhere".[11]

Reception[edit]

We've always felt like the strange duck because at the metal festivals, we are very melodic amongst those bands, so we're strange in that direction – most heavy bands are heavier and more riff orientated. Then at mainstream festivals, we're probably the heaviest band playing and people find it strange for that reason.

—Sharon den Adel about the variety of summer festivals the band manages to play.[12]

The tour received generally positive reviews amongst critics.

In reviewing the bands presentation at the Wembley Arena, London, Ian Gittins from The Guardian classified the performance with 3 stars out of 5. Gittins commented the diversity the band delivered during the concert, praising the transition of "the portentous Our Solemn Hour" in which sampled "a Winston Churchill speech and veers off into cod Latin" to the "melodramatic romanticism of the sultry arthouse original and bellow it from a windswept mountaintop" that the band offered with a cover of Lana Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness" during the final encore. Gittins ended his review classifying the band as a "complete hokum and yet oddly enjoyable".[13]

British website Bring the Noise also considered "Our Solemn Hour" and the final encore containing "Summertime Sadness" as the night main highlights, also praising den Adel's vocal ability and the stage additional effects as the use of pyrotechnics, giving the concert a 10/10 score.[14]

However, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet cited "Summertime Sadness" as the weakest point of the concert at the Sweden Rock Festival.[15]

Robert van Gijssel, reviewing the first Amsterdam concert for Dutch newspaper Volkskrant also gave the presentation a three out of a possible five score. van Gijssel criticized the use of video recordings on the big screen during the songs that were originally duets, commenting that it "felt like you were standing up watching a music video" and classifying it as "showstoppers". On the other hand, van Gijssel praised the "extraordinarily in shape" voice of den Adel and cited "Our Solemn Hour", "Angels" and Dutch early 2000s hit "Ice Queen" as the highlight moments of the concert.[16]

Flemish newspaper De Morgen also criticized the use of video recordings during the Antwerp concert, naming the show as the "Disneyland of virtual duets", but giving a score of 3.5 out of a possible 5 stars and praising den Adel's "angelic voice" as well the constant band interaction with the public.[9] Also Flemish Gazet van Antwerpen praised the performance, commenting not only about the style variation of the band but also the public, in which contained "from blushing teen girls tattooed to thirty year old Metallica-shirt men".[17]

Metal Hammer commented more positively about the use of virtual duets on the screen, saying that it may be a low point on the concert but den Adel manages to overcome it with her performance in songs like "Fire and Ice" and also "get the crowd jumping" during "Stand My Ground" and "Ice Queen".[18]

French newspaper Le Parisien commented positively about their passage through Paris, stating that the group delivered "a very good performance with a few remarks about", praising den Adel's vocal performance particularly during "Angels" and "Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)".[19] On 12 September 2014, the band received the award for Best Live Band at the Metal Hammer Awards.[20]

Opening acts[edit]

Setlist[edit]

Songs performed[edit]

Songs performed throughout the tour
Enter (1997)
  • "Candles"
The Dance (1998)
  • "The Dance"
  • "The Other Half (of Me)"
Mother Earth (2000)
The Silent Force (2004)
The Heart of Everything (2007)
The Unforgiving (2011)
Hydra (2014)
Covers

Setlists[edit]

Try-Out Show Setlist (20 February 2014)
  1. "Let Us Burn" (from Hydra, 2014)
  2. "Paradise (What About Us?)" (from Hydra, 2014)
  3. "Covered By Roses" (from Hydra, 2014)
  4. "Silver Moonlight" (from Hydra, 2014)
  5. "Edge of the World" (from Hydra, 2014)
  6. "Faster" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  7. "In the Middle of the Night" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  8. "Shot in the Dark" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  9. "Dangerous" (from Hydra, 2014)
  10. "Tell me Why" (from Hydra, 2014)
  11. "And We Run" (from Hydra, 2014)
  12. "See Who I Am" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  13. "Stand My Ground" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  14. "Our Solemn Hour" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  15. "Angels" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  16. "Mother Earth" (from Mother Earth, 2001)

Encore

  1. "Memories" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  2. "Summertime Sadness" (Lana Del Rey cover, from The Q-Music Sessions, 2013)
  3. "Ice Queen" (from Mother Earth, 2001)
First European Leg Setlist (26 February to 16 March)
  1. "Let Us Burn" (from Hydra, 2014)
  2. "Paradise (What About Us?)" (from Hydra, 2014)
  3. "Faster" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  4. "Silver Moonlight" (from Hydra, 2014)
  5. "Edge of the World" (from Hydra, 2014)
  6. "Shot in the Dark" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  7. "In the Middle of the Night" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  8. "Dangerous" (from Hydra, 2014)
  9. "And We Run" (from Hydra, 2014)
  10. "Tell me Why" (from Hydra, 2014)
  11. "See Who I Am" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  12. "Stand My Ground" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  13. "Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  14. "The Cross" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  15. "Covered By Roses" (from Hydra, 2014)
  16. "Ice Queen" (from Mother Earth, 2001)

Encore

  1. "Memories" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  2. "What Have You Done" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  3. "Summertime Sadness" (Lana Del Rey cover, from The Q-Music Sessions, 2013)
  4. "Mother Earth" (from Mother Earth, 2001)
  • The setlist often presented some variations
    • "Ice Queen" and "Mother Earth" switched places on selected dates.
    • "Iron" (from The Unforgiving, 2011) was played instead of "Silver Moonlight" from 12 March onwards.
    • "Angels" (from The Silent Force, 2004) was played from 12 March onwards.
    • "Shot in the Dark" was removed from 12 March onwards.
    • "Our Solemn Hour" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007) was played instead of "Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)" on selected dates.
    • "Fire and Ice" (from The Unforgiving, 2011) was played instead of "Memories" on select dates.
    • "Whole World Is Watching" (from Hydra, 2014) was played with vocalist Piotr Rogucki on Polish dates.
Second European Leg Setlist (6 April to 24 May)
  1. "Let Us Burn" (from Hydra, 2014)
  2. "Paradise (What About Us?)" (from Hydra, 2014)
  3. "Faster" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  4. "Iron" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  5. "Edge of the World" (from Hydra, 2014)
  6. "In the Middle of the Night" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  7. "Our Solemn Hour" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  8. "Angels" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  9. "Dangerous" (from Hydra, 2014)
  10. "And We Run" (from Hydra, 2014)
  11. "See Who I Am" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  12. "Stand My Ground" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  13. "The Cross" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  14. "Covered By Roses" (from Hydra, 2014)
  15. "Mother Earth" (from Mother Earth, 2001)

Encore

  1. "What Have You Done" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  2. "Whole World Is Watching" (acoustic) (from Hydra, 2014)
  3. "Summertime Sadness" (Lana Del Rey cover, from The Q-Music Sessions, 2013)
  4. "Ice Queen" (from Mother Earth, 2001)
  • The setlist often presented some variations
    • "Tell me Why" (from Hydra, 2014) was played at selected dates.
    • "Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)" (from The Silent Force, 2004) was played instead of "Our Solemn Hour" on selected dates.
    • "Fire and Ice" (from The Unforgiving, 2011) was played instead of "Whole World Is Watching" on selected dates.
    • "Sinead" (acoustic) (from The Unforgiving, 2011) was played instead of "Whole World Is Watching" (acoustic) at selected dates.
    • "Whole World Is Watching" (acoustic)(from Hydra, 2014) was played as final song on 25 April in Paris on Sharon's spontaneous decision, and removed from 1 May onwards.
Summer Festivals 2014
  1. "Let Us Burn" (from Hydra, 2014)
  2. "Paradise (What About Us?)" (from Hydra, 2014)
  3. "Faster" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  4. "In the Middle of the Night" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  5. "Fire and Ice" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  6. "And We Run" (from Hydra, 2014)
  7. "Dangerous" (from Hydra, 2014)
  8. "Our Solemn Hour" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  9. "Stand My Ground" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  10. "Summertime Sadness" (Lana Del Rey cover, from The Q-Music Sessions, 2013)
  11. "Ice Queen" (from Mother Earth, 2001)

Encore

  1. "Covered By Roses" (from Hydra, 2014)
  2. "What Have You Done" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  3. "Mother Earth" (from Mother Earth, 2001)
  • Length was sometimes increased, due to the time of presentation of each band on a festival.
  • Some songs switched places throughout the concerts.
    • "Edge of the World" (from Hydra, 2014), "Iron" (from The Unforgiving, 2011), "Sinéad" (acoustic) (from The Unforgiving, 2011), The Cross (from The Heart of Everything, 2007), "Angels" (from The Silent Force, 2004), and "Memories" (from The Silent Force, 2004) were occasionally added to the setlist depending on the length.
    • "The Last Dance" (B-side from The Unforgiving, 2011) was played on 9 August 2014.
North American setlist (25 September to 11 October)
  1. "Paradise (What About Us?)" (from Hydra, 2014)
  2. "Faster" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  3. "Let Us Burn" (from Hydra, 2014)
  4. "In the Middle of the Night" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  5. "Fire and Ice" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  6. "Our Solemn Hour" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  7. "Stand My Ground" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  8. "Summertime Sadness" (Lana Del Rey cover, from The Q-Music Sessions, 2013)
  9. "The Cross" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  10. "And We Run" (from Hydra, 2014)
  11. "Iron" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  12. "Dangerous" (from Hydra, 2014)
  13. "Angels" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  14. "Edge of the World" (from Hydra, 2014)
  15. "What Have You Done" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  16. "Mother Earth" (from Mother Earth, 2001)

Encore

  1. "Covered By Roses" (from Hydra, 2014)
  2. "Sinéad" (acoustic) (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  3. "Ice Queen" (from Mother Earth, 2001)
  • The setlist often presented some variations
    • "Never-Ending Story" (from Mother Earth, 2001) was played on 26 September.
    • "Silver Moonlight" (from Hydra, 2014) was played instead of "Iron" on 5 October featuring Henrik Englund from Amaranthe.
    • "Stairway to the Skies" (from The Unforgiving, 2011) and "See Who I Am" (from The Silent Force, 2004) were played at selected dates.
South American setlist (20 to 30 November)
  1. "Paradise (What About Us?)" (from Hydra, 2014)
  2. "Faster" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  3. "Let Us Burn" (from Hydra, 2014)
  4. "In the Middle of the Night" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  5. "Edge of the World" (from Hydra, 2014)
  6. "Our Solemn Hour" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  7. "Stand My Ground" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  8. "Summertime Sadness" (Lana Del Rey cover, from The Q-Music Sessions, 2013)
  9. "And We Run" (from Hydra, 2014)
  10. "The Promise" (from Mother Earth, 2001)
  11. "Dangerous" (from Hydra, 2014)
  12. "Angels" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  13. "Sinéad" (acoustic) (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  14. "Hand of Sorrow" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  15. "What Have You Done" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  16. "Silver Moonlight" (from Hydra, 2014)
  17. "Mother Earth" (from Mother Earth, 2001)

Encore

  1. "Covered By Roses" (from Hydra, 2014)
  2. "Ice Queen" (from Mother Earth, 2001)
  • The setlist often presented some variations
    • "Stairway to the Skies" (from The Unforgiving, 2011) was played after "Ice Queen" at selected dates.
    • "Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)" (from The Silent Force, 2004) was played instead of "Our Solemn Hour" on selected dates.
    • "Iron" (from The Unforgiving, 2011) was played instead of "Hand of Sorrow" on 20 November.
    • "Tell Me Why" (from Hydra, 2014) was played on 30 November.
Theatres on Fire setlist (28 February 2015 to 28 March)
  1. "The Cross" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  2. "Hand of Sorrow" (from The Heart of Everything, 2011)
  3. "Shot in the Dark" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  4. "And We Run"(semi-acoustic)(from Hydra, 2014)
  5. "The Heart of Everything" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  6. "Towards the End" (B-side from The Silent Force, 2004)
  7. "Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  8. "Somewhere" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  9. "Mother Earth" (from Mother Earth, 2001)

Encore

  1. "The Last Dance" (B-side from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  2. "Paradise (What About Us?)" (from Hydra, 2014)
  3. "The Truth Beneath the Rose" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  4. "Forgiven" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  5. "Stand My Ground" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  6. "Iron" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  7. "Covered By Roses" (from Hydra, 2014)
  8. "Ice Queen" (from Mother Earth, 2001)

Encore

  1. "Sinéad" (acoustic) (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  2. "Stairway to the Skies" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
Summer Festivals 2015
  1. "Paradise (What About Us?)" (from Hydra, 2014)
  2. "Faster" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  3. "In the Middle of the Night" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  4. "Fire and Ice" (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  5. "Our Solemn Hour" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  6. "Stand My Ground" (from The Silent Force, 2004)
  7. "Dangerous" (from Hydra, 2014)
  8. "And We Run" (from Hydra, 2014)
  9. "Summertime Sadness" (Lana Del Rey cover, from The Q-Music Sessions, 2013)
  10. "The Heart of Everything" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  11. "What Have You Done" (from The Heart of Everything, 2007)
  12. "Ice Queen" (from Mother Earth, 2001)

Encore

  1. "Sinéad" (acoustic) (from The Unforgiving, 2011)
  2. "Covered By Roses" (from Hydra, 2014)
  3. "Mother Earth" (from Mother Earth, 2001)
  • Length was sometimes increased or decreased, due to the time of presentation of each band on a festival.
  • Some songs switched places throughout the concerts.
    • "Edge of the World" (from Hydra, 2014), "Iron" (from The Unforgiving, 2011), The Cross (from The Heart of Everything, 2007), "Angels" (from The Silent Force, 2004), and "Memories" (from The Silent Force, 2004) were occasionally added to the setlist depending on the length.
    • "Whole World Is Watching" (from Hydra, 2014) was played on 8 August 2015 along with Piotr Rogucki.
Russia setlist (15 October 2015 to 26 October)
Summer Festivals 2016

Tour dates[edit]

Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
Try-Out Show
20 February 2014 Eindhoven Netherlands Effenaar
European Leg[21][22][23]
26 February 2014 Helsinki Finland Cable Factory
28 February 2014 Moscow Russia Arena
1 March 2014 Saint Petersburg A2
4 March 2014 Vilnius Lithuania Teatro Arena
5 March 2014 Minsk Belarus Sporthalle
6 March 2014 Kyiv Ukraine Stereoplaza [A]
8 March 2014 Poznań Poland Sala Ziemi
9 March 2014 Warsaw Torwar Hall
11 March 2014 Prague Czech Republic Mala Sports Hala
12 March 2014 Bratislava Slovakia Incheba Expo Arena
14 March 2014 Budapest Hungary Petőfi Csarnok
15 March 2014 Vienna Austria Gasometer
16 March 2014 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 3,714 / 4,500 $280,664
6 April 2014 Munich Germany Tonhalle 3,507 / 3,507 $163,490
7 April 2014 Hamburg Sporthalle 2,418 / 4,000 $112,815
8 April 2014 Cologne Palladium 3,125 / 4,000 $145,857
9 April 2014 Ludwigsburg Arena Ludwigsburg 2,704 / 3,000 $126,696
11 April 2014 Manchester England O2 Apollo Manchester
12 April 2014 London Wembley Arena
14 April 2014 Newcastle O2 Academy Newcastle
15 April 2014 Glasgow Scotland O2 Academy Glasgow
16 April 2014 Birmingham England O2 Academy Birmingham
18 April 2014 Frankfurt Germany Jahrhunderthalle 3,701 / 4,800 $174,207
19 April 2014 Erfurt Thüringenhalle 3,002 / 4,000 $141,493
20 April 2014 Berlin Columbiahalle 2,899 / 3,500 $136,181
22 April 2014 Toulouse France Le Phare
24 April 2014 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
25 April 2014 Paris Zénith de Paris
27 April 2014 Nantes Le Zénith
28 April 2014 Lille L'aeronef
29 April 2014 Antwerp Belgium Lotto Arena 6,940 / 6,940 $323,782
2 May 2014 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall 5,500 / 5,500
3 May 2014
26 June 2014 Milan Italy Alcatraz
Summer Festivals
6 June 2014 Espoo Finland Kivenlahti Rock Festival Festival
7 June 2014 Sölvesborg Sweden Sweden Rock Festival
12 June 2014 Copenhagen Denmark Copenhell
13 June 2014 Donington Park England Download Festival
14 June 2014 Weismain Germany Legacy Open Air [B]
6 July 2014 Barcelona Spain Barcelona Metal Fest
18 July 2014 Dour Belgium Dour Festival
3 August 2014 Lokeren Lokersen Festival
8 August 2014 Leeuwarden Netherlands City Rock
9 August 2014 Hildesheim Germany M'era Luna Festival
14 August 2014 Avenches Switzerland Rock Oz'Arènes
5 September 2014 Havířov Czech Republic Havířov Festival
North American Leg[24][25][26]
25 September 2014 San Francisco United States The Regency Ballroom
26 September 2014 Los Angeles Club Nokia 1,928 / 2,356 $59,278
28 September 2014 Denver Gothic Theatre
30 September 2014 Minneapolis First Avenue
1 October 2014 Chicago The Vic Theatre 1,400 / 1,400 $39,200
2 October 2014 Clarkston Royal Oak Music Theatre
3 October 2014 Toronto Canada Sound Academy
5 October 2014 Montreal Métropolis 2,179 / 2,200 $57,479
7 October 2014 Baltimore United States Rams Head Live! 1,242 / 1,400 $37,260
9 October 2014 Philadelphia Electric Factory
10 October 2014 New York City Terminal 5
11 October 2014 Worcester Palladium
Fall concerts
19 October 2014 Tokyo Japan Loud Park Festival Festival Festival
30 October 2014 Kyiv Ukraine Stereoplaza [A]
14 November 2014 Weissenhaeuser Strand Germany Metal Hammer Paradise Festival Festival
South America[27]
20 November 2014 Mexico City Mexico Teatro Metropólitan 2,428 / 3,157 $173,849
21 November 2014 San Salvador El Salvador Cifco
23 November 2014 Bogotá Colombia Downtown Majestic
25 November 2014 Santiago Chile Teatro Caupolicán
26 November 2014 Buenos Aires Argentina Teatro Flores
28 November 2014 Recife Brazil Clube Português
29 November 2014 Rio de Janeiro Circo Voador
30 November 2014 São Paulo Audiosp
Theatres on Fire
28 February 2015 Almere Netherlands Schouwburg
2 March 2015 Amsterdam Carré Theatre
5 March 2015 Luxembourg City Luxembourg Rockhal
6 March 2015 Heerlen Netherlands Parkstad Limburg
7 March 2015 Arnhem Musis Sacrum
11 March 2015 Utrecht TivoliVredenburg
12 March 2015 Den Bosch Theater a/d Parade
13 March 2015 Eindhoven Muziekgebouw Frits Philips
14 March 2015
19 March 2015 Enschede Stadschouwburg
20 March 2015 Nijmegen De Vereeniging
26 March 2015 Haarlem Philharmonie
27 March 2015 Groningen Oosterpoort
28 March 2015
8 April 2015 Apeldoorn Orpheus
9 April 2015 The Hague Nederlands Dans Theater
10 April 2015 Zwolle Odeon De Spiegel
14 April 2015 Alphen a/d Rijn Castellum
16 April 2015 Tilburg Schouwburg
18 April 2015 Rotterdam Nieuwe Luxor
21 April 2015 Steenwijk De Meente
24 April 2015 Breda Chassé
Summer Festivals 2
31 March 2015 Kyiv Ukraine Stereo Plaza Festival Festival
4 April 2015 Schijndel Netherlands Paaspop
23 May 2015 Raalte Ribs 'n Blues Festival
29 May 2015 Gelsenkirchen Germany Rock Im Revier
31 May 2015 Munich Rockavaria
5 June 2015 Vienna Austria Rock in Vienna
21 June 2015 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting
26 June 2015 Piešťany Slovakia Topfest Festival
27 June 2015 Kavarna Bulgaria Kavarna Rock Fest
9 July 2015 Vizovice Czech Republic Masters of Rock
11 July 2015 Heerlen Netherlands Park City Live
24 July 2015 Kotka Finland Kotkan Meripäivät
25 July 2015 Pratteln Switzerland Z7 Summernights
30 July 2015 Kostrzyn nad Odrą Poland Przystanek Woodstock
31 July 2015 Wacken Germany Wacken Open Air
1 August 2015 Chemnitz Wasserschloss Klaffenbach[C] 3,000 / 3,000 $111,938
6 August 2015 Villena Spain Leyendas Del Rock Festival Festival
7 August 2015 Vagos Portugal Vagos Open Air
8 August 2015 Walton-on-Trent England Bloodstock Open Air
9 August 2015 Montreal Canada Heavy Montreal
15 August 2015 Ulft Netherlands Huntenpop
29 August 2015 Straszęcin Poland Czad Festival
Russian Leg
15 October 2015 Saint Petersburg Russia A2 Club
16 October 2015 Moscow Crocus City Hall
18 October 2015 Krasnoyarsk MVDC Sibir
19 October 2015 Novosibirsk DK Zheleznodorozhnik
21 October 2015 Yekaterinburg Tele-Club
23 October 2015 Rostov-on-Don KSK Express
24 October 2015 Krasnodar Arena Hall
26 October 2015 Minsk Belarus Minsk Sports Palace
Summer Festivals 3
1 May 2016 Wroclaw Poland Gitarowemu Rekordowi Guinnessa Festival Festival
7 May 2016 Inzell Germany Mäxival
27 May 2016 Pesse Netherlands Muziekweekend Pesse
4 June 2016 Nijmegen Fortarock
18 June 2016 Clisson France Hellfest Open Air
24 June 2016 Rzeszow Poland European Stadium of Culture
8 July 2016 Kvinesdal Norway Norway Rock Festival
10 July 2016 Geiselwind Germany Out & Loud Festival
29 July 2016 Veenhuizen Netherlands Veenhoop Festival
4 August 2016 Snina Slovakia Rock Pod Kamenom
5 August 2016 Székesfehérvár Hungary Fezen Festival
6 August 2016 Ostrava Czech Republic Ostrava v Plamenech
13 August 2016 Kortrijk Belgium Alcatraz Festival
14 August 2016 Hildesheim Germany M'era Luna Festival
20 August 2016 Spaarnwoude Netherlands Dutch Valley Festival
27 August 2016 Schleswig Germany Baltic Sea Festival
3 September 2016[D] Bucharest Romania Arenele BNR
Total[E] 49,587 / 57,260 $2,084,189
  • A^ Rescheduled to 31 March due to political problems in Ukraine.[28]
  • B^ Canceled due to festival management issues.
  • C^ Open air concert with Lacrimas Profundere.[29]
  • D^ Extra club concert.
  • E^ Attendance and revenue based exclusively on the reported concerts.

Extra concerts[edit]

Date City Country Venue Event
24 January 2014 Los Angeles United States The Joint Promotional Acoustic Sessions
27 January 2014 Woodbridge Vintage Vinyl
4 February 2014 London United Kingdom HMV Oxford Street
18 September 2015 Berlin Germany Kesselhaus der Kulturbrauerei Metal Hammer Awards
20 December 2015 Tilburg Netherlands 013 Black Christmas
21 December 2015
22 December 2016
23 December 2016

Personnel[edit]

Within Temptation[edit]

Guest musicians[edit]

Both Piotr Rogucki (left) and Tarja Turunen (right) performed their songs on Hydra at selected dates.
  • Piotr Rogucki – featured vocals on "Whole World Is Watching" on 8 and 9 March 2014, 30 July 2015 and 24 June 2016
  • Robert Westerholtgrowls on "Silver Moonlight" on 2 and 3 May 2014, "The Dance" on 20 and 21 December 2015 and "Candles" on 20 and 21 December 2015 and 14 August 2016
  • Henrik Englund – growls on "Silver Moonlight" on 5 October 2014
  • Jonas Pap – cello on 9 August 2014, 8 August 2015 and "Theatres on Fire" leg
  • Camila Van Der Kooij – violins on "Theatres on Fire" leg and at Black Christmas concerts
  • Ivar de Graaf – featured vocals on "Gothic Christmas" at Black Christmas concerts
  • Caroline Westendorp – growls on "Silver Moonlight" on 4 June 2016
  • Tarja Turunen – vocals on "Paradise (What About Us?)" on 18 June and 14 August 2016

References[edit]

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