First IYR-Shows, New Tour Dates and More...

Dear ones,

Hi from the Netherlands: a cold and rainy place at the moment. The best remedy to chase away my winter blues is to, yet again, release an album in the fall! Makes even the darkest days very exciting... haha. Finally I have some time to tell you about past weeks events! And... I have some exciting news to share with you as well.

Right after our remarkable Lebanon trip where we did a one-off show at the Beirut Rock Festival, we started our string of four Dutch shows.

We were so happy to start gigging again. All shows went really well and we mainly had to move the song Just Fine a bit around to create a nice flowing set. We've created a special media section with pics and vids of these four shows.

Joost Nuijten shot some great behind the scenes images of the Amsterdam gig.

Annelies did very well on keyboards and backing vocals and we were super glad she came along with us. She's a real sweetheart, so it was great hanging out with her before and after the shows.

We were very happy with the amount of people that came to see us. It was good to recognize a lot of familiar faces (even from far and away places), dear friends & family, but I also saw a lot of newcomers, which is kinda exciting as well. I just loved being on stage again and I'm thrilled to be able to announce new dates!

Holiday Season Shows with Danny Cavanagh (Anathema):

December 26 - Ankara, Turkey (312 Arena)
December 27 - Istanbul, Turkey (Studio Live)
December 28 - Budapest, Hungary (FMH - Fovarosi Muvelodesi Haz)
December 29 - Sofia, Bulgaria (Slavjanska Beseda)

Greece January 2010:

January 23 - Athens, Gagarin 205 (with Pain of Salvation and Lake of Tears)
January 24 - Thessaloniki, Principal Club (with Pain of Salvation and Lake of Tears)

Dutch Shows early 2010:

January 30 - Romein, Leeuwarden Tickets
February 4 – Atak, Enschede Tickets
February 5 - Lakei, Helmond Tickets
February 6 – Kasteel, Alpen aan de Rijn Tickets
February 11 – P3, Purmerend Tickets
February 12 – Hedon, Zwolle Tickets
February 13 – Gigant, Apeldoorn Tickets
February 19 - Victorie, Alkmaar Tickets
February 26 – Perron 55, Venlo Tickets

This weekend I'll be on Dutch National Radio 3FM two more times!
Friday November 27 between 10 pm and 1 am @ Der Rudy.
Sunday November 29 between 11 pm and 1 am @ XNoizz.
You can find a stream here, just click on 'luister live' at the top of the page.

That's it for now. We are also working on more shows abroad so stay tuned and take care!

Anneke X

pic: Joost Nuijten