The queue outside stretching round the block showed that tonight's gig was either sold out or pretty damn close, and it's not surprising really - tonight's lineup sees Within Temptation paired with the best support they could have chosen - Delain. Delain have been rising in popularity rapidly in the last few years, so when theyThe queue outside stretching round the block showed that tonight's gig was either sold out or pretty damn close, and it's not surprising really – tonight's lineup sees Within Temptation paired with the best support they could have chosen – Delain. Delain have been rising in popularity rapidly in the last few years, so when they took the stage in front of a large crowd, the cheers were loud. The band wasted no time in getting the crowd warmed up, kicking off with "Go Away" from their second album, April Rain before moving on to a track from "We are the others", the excellent "Get the devil out of me". The crowd were loving every minute of it, and the band looked to be having just as good a time on stage. Bassist Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije and Guitarist Timo Somers were headbanging furiously as they played and regularly swapped places wtih each other. Keyboard player (and founder of Delain) Martijn Westerholt towered over the others from his raised platform at the back of the stage. Drummer Sander Zoer was busy laying down a solid driving drum beat, and Charlotte Wessels prowled the stage as she sang, and in [...]
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