The Heart of Everything World Tour was a concert tour by the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation in support of their fourth album, The Heart of Everything.
Background
The Heart of Everything Tour was the first world tour for the band, in which they visited South American countries, as Brazil, Argentina and Chile for the first time. The band also performed at several large European festivals, such as Pinkpop, Pukkelpop and Download which helped the band to reach the status of a mainstream band throughout Europe, as The Heart of Everything appeared in several European charts.
The band started their very first U.S. tour a few months after the European release. The band opted to present itself on metal festivals as also on mainstream festivals, due to the diversity they presents throughout their discography. of The Heart of Everything, supporting Lacuna Coil, and appearing alongside In This Moment, Stolen Babies, The Gathering, and Kylesa. The tour, dubbed The Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour 2007. Lead vocalist Sharon den Adel classified it more of an "introductional" tour, as The Heart of Everything was not released in the United States yet. And, with the release of The Heart of Everything on 24 July 2007, the band decided to kick off their first headlining US tour in Fall 2007. The band played 13 shows, starting on 5 September 2007, in Boston and ended on 23 September 2007, in Tempe, Arizona.
At the end of 2007, the band professionally recorded a sold-out show for 8,000 visitors at the Beursgebouw, in The Netherlands, for a possible future DVD. On 7 February 2008, the band performed a special show accompanied by The Metropole Orchestra, the Pa'dam Choir, and special guests including George Oosthoek (ex-Orphanage), Anneke van Giersbergen of Agua de Annique and Mina Caputo of Life of Agony filmed by 14 HD cameras at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, with an attendance of 10.000 people. This recording was later released as the main show of the Black Symphony DVD, and some parts of the show in Eindhoven came as an extra on the second disc of some editions of the album. Both shows featured special stage effects like explosions, pyro and fireworks.
Tour dates Date City Country Venue Europe14 March 2007AmsterdamNetherlandsMelkweg24 March 2007LisbonPortugalParadise Garage25 March 2007MadridSpainLa Riviera26 March 2007BarcelonaSala Apolo28 March 2007LyonFranceTransbordeur29 March 2007MilanItalyAlcatraz30 March 2007RomeAlpheus7 April 2007BrusselsBelgiumAncienne Belgique8 April 2007SchijndelNetherlandsPaaspop Festival10 April 2007BristolEnglandCarling Academy11 April 2007ManchesterManchester Academy 212 April 2007GlasgowScotlandGarage13 April 2007WolverhamptonEnglandWulfrun Hall14 April 2007LondonAstoria19 April 2007CopenhagenDenmarkVega Hall20 April 2007OsloNorwaySentrum Scene21 April 2007StockholmSwedenArenan23 April 2007HelsinkiFinlandHouse of Culture24 April 2007TampereKlubi Pakkahuone26 April 2007GothenburgSwedenTrädgårn28 April 2007LilleFranceArtefact Festival29 April 2007Strasbourg The Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour 2007 (Supporting Lacuna Coil) Leg 17 May 2007LouisvilleUnited StatesHeadliner's Music Hall8 May 2007KnoxvilleBlue Cat's9 May 2007ColumbiaHeadliners13 May 2007MontrealCanadaClub Soda15 May 2007Quebec CityTheatre Imperial Europe17 May 2007HellendoornNetherlandsDauwpop Festival20 May 2007HamburgGermanyDocks21 May 2007ParisFranceBataclan26 May 2007LandgraafNetherlandsPinkpop The Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour 2007 (Supporting Lacuna Coil) Leg 229 May 2007SeattleUnited StatesEl Corazon30 May 2007SpokaneThe Boulevard31 May 2007PortlandAladdin Theater1 June 2007San FranciscoSlim's4 June 2007San Luis ObispoDowntown Brewing Company5 June 2007SparksNew Oasis6 June 2007Salt Lake CityAvalon Theatre Summer Festivals10 June 2007Castle DoningtonEnglandDownload Festival16 June 2007SibiuRomaniaArtMania Festival17 June 2007NickelsdorfAustriaNova Rock Festival21 June 2007BilbaoSpainBilbao BKK Live22 June 2007DesselBelgiumGraspop Metal Meeting23 June 2007Broek Op LangedijkNetherlandsIndian Summer Festival24 June 2007ClissonFranceHellfest Asia3 July 2007OsakaJapanBig Cat4 July 2007TokyoShibuya Ax Summer Festivals7 July 2007BurgumNetherlandsWaldrock Festival12 July 2007ArvikaSwedenArvikafestivalen14 July 2007VaasaFinlandRockperry Festival21 July 2007KreuthGermanyEarthshaker Fest28 July 2007LichtenvoordeNetherlandsZwarte Cross8 August 2007BudapestHungarySziget Festival10 August 2007SkanderborgDenmarkSkanderborg Festival16 August 2007GampelSwitzerlandOpen Air Gampel17 August 2007HasseltBelgiumPukkelpop Festival1 September 2007IstanbulTurkeyRock 'n Coke Festival North America5 September 2007BostonUnited StatesParadise Lounge7 September 2007New York CityIrving Plaza8 September 2007TowsonRecher Theatre9 September 2007PhiladelphiaTheater of the Living Arts11 September 2007TorontoCanadaMod Club Theatre12 September 2007ClevelandUnited StatesHouse of Blues14 September 2007DetroitSt. Andrew's Hall15 September 2007ChicagoHouse of Blues16 September 2007Saint PaulStation 418 September 2007DenverQuixotes21 September 2007San FranciscoSlim's22 September 2007Los AngelesAvalon23 September 2007TempeMarquee Theatre Europe1 October 2007MunichGermanyTonhalle2 October 2007ZürichSwitzerlandXtra3 October 2007ViennaAustriaGasometer5 October 2007LeipzigGermanyHaus Auensee6 October 2007BerlinColumbiahalle8 October 2007ParisFranceZénith de Paris9 October 2007StuttgartGermanyCongresscentrum B10 October 2007CologneE-Werk27 October 2007AmsterdamNetherlandsHeineken Music Hall15 November 2007UtrechtTivoli De Helling21 November 2007Tilburg01322 November 200724 November 2007EindhovenBeursgebouw27 November 2007LondonEnglandO2 Academy Brixton28 November 2007BirminghamO2 Academy Birmingham29 November 2007ManchesterManchester Academy30 November 2007GlasgowScotlandBarrowlands10 January 2008BolognaItalyEstragon11 January 2008MilanLive Club12 January 2008KarlsruheGermanyEuropahalle13 January 2008GrazAustriaOrpheum14 January 2008ZagrebCroatiaTvornica Kulture16 January 2008WarsawPolandStodola17 January 2008PragueCzech RepublicRoxy18 January 2008BudapestHungaryPetofi Csarnok19 January 2008LjubljanaSloveniaVPK7 February 2008RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy17 February 2008MoscowRussiaShadow Club8 March 2008GranadaSpainAtarfe Vega Rock Festival23 March 2008SchijndelNetherlandsPaaspop Festival Latin America3 April 2008Mexico CityMexicoCirco Volador4 April 2008MonterreyCafe Iguana5 April 2008GuadalajaraTeatro Cavaret8 April 2008ManizalesColombiaTeatro Fundadores9 April 2008BogotáTeatro Jorge Eliécer Gaitán11 April 2008SantiagoChileTeatro Caupolicán12 April 2008Buenos AiresArgentinaTeatro Flores13 April 2008São Bernardo do CampoBrazilEspaço Lux Summer Festivals5 May 2008ZwolleNetherlandsBevrijdingspop Festival23 May 2008UreterpOerrock30 May 2008BathmenBekefeesten31 May 2008MadridSpainElectric Weekend7 June 2008HuttwilSwitzerlandRock Sound Festival13 June 2008Hazerswoude-DorpNetherlandsEgelantier Live14 June 2008LeusdenPuddingpop Festival15 June 2008Castle DoningtonEnglandDownload Festival20 June 2008ErmeloNetherlandsMultipop Festival27 June 2008DischingenGermanyRock am Härtsfeldsee5 July 2008TwickenhamEnglandTwickenham Stadium9 July 2008AthensGreeceRockwave Festival11 July 2008OeirasPortugalOptimus Alive!13 July 2008VizoviceCzech RepublicMasters of Rock Festival19 July 2008Osterode am HarzGermanyRock Harz Open Air26 July 2008OuluFinlandQ Stock Festival15 July 2008HasseltBelgiumPukkelpop Festival2 August 2008MariestadSwedenKlubb Kaliber Fyller Fem6 August 2008UtrechtNetherlandsTivoli14 August 2008ArrasFranceRock En France15 August 2008HasseltBelgiumPukkelpop Festival16 August 2008AssenNetherlandsTT Circuit Assen17 August 2008JonschwilSwitzerlandDegenaupark30 August 2008The HagueNetherlandsBeatstad Festival1 September 2008KhersonUkrainekRock u Maybutje, Park Slavy3 September 2008KyivCKM NAU13 September 2008TielNetherlandsAppelpop Festival
Personnel Within Temptation Sharon den Adel – vocals Robert Westerholt – rhythm guitar Ruud Jolie – lead guitar Martijn Spierenburg – keyboards Jeroen van Veen – bass guitar Stephen van Haestregt – drums
Guest musicians Anneke van Giersbergen – featured vocals on "Somewhere" on 24 November 2007 and 7 February 2008 George Oosthoek – featured vocals on "The Other Half (Of Me)" on 24 November 2007 and 7 February 2008 Mina Caputo – featured vocals on "What Have You Done" on 7 February 2008
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