The new album 'The Barrel House Tapes' will be released December 9th
Cast:
Doogie White (Michael Schenker/Rainbow/Yngwie Malmsteen)
Dennis Stratton (Iron Maiden)
Frank Beck (Gamma Ray/Red Raven)
Joey Bruers (Up The Irons)
Leon den Engelsen (Sevdaliza)
Bart Hennephof (Textures)
Eric Vloeimans
Jeroen Voogd (Silent Chambers)
Daan Janzing (My Favorite Scar)
Jos Severens (Up The Irons)
Martijn Balsters (Silent Chambers)
Polle van Genechten (Nowa)
Dirk Bruinenberg (7 Miles to Pittsburgh/Elegy)
Tom Heijnen (Up The Irons)
Ezster Anna Baumann (Ann My Guard)
Produced by Joey Bruers and Daan Janzing @ In The Room, Kaatsheuvel
The January tour line-up:
Vocals: Doogie White Guitar: Daan Janzing Bass: Joey Bruers
Piano: Polle van Genechten
Drums: Fab Regmann
Back to the theatres! The 4 Dutch shows from Powerslave tour will be theatre shows. We're excited! See dates here!
13 October 2019 at FemME:
Maiden uniteD 'The Silver Lady' show featuring:
- Elina Siirala
- Maggy Luijten
more guests to be announced
Lee Morris (Magnum/Paradise Lost) will join us again on drums in the UK and Italy.
Not only did we announce 3 gigs in Spain , now we also have Portugal on the list!
A whole list of dates announced for 2019. Exciting stuff, check them out HERE
To celebrate our new release we’ve gone one step further in paying tribute to Iron Maiden and their tale of the airship that crashed on its way to India. Together with a local beer brewer we will launch ‘The Silver Ghost’, a 6,8% India Pale Ale, and the ‘MU Quadrupel’, a 10% Belgian Quadrupel. These beers will be available on our Empire of the Clouds Tour, starting at the 013 in Tilburg on September 14th.
Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our controle we have to reschedule our October and November shows for this year. The new tourdates will be announced this Saturday! We can give you a few updates right now: Logo Hamburg will be postponed to March 7th 2019. Tickets remain valid for the show. Unfortunetaly the show at Colossaal Aschaffenburg can't be rescheduled to 2019.
We're thrilled to announce that KAMELOT have invited us to be their special guest at their show in Tilburg at Poppodium 013 on September 14th.
OK, here we go; the first guest musicians who will join Damian, Ruud, Mike, Joey, Huub and Thijs at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam will be Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation) Dennis
Stratton (Iron Maiden) Wudstik (Ayreon)
More to come
We are thrilled to announce the guest musicians who will join us at the theatre show in Bad Homburg (DE) on January 20th: Doogie
White (Rainbow, Michael Schenker, etc) Dennis
Stratton (Iron Maiden) Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear) Frank Beck (Gamma Ray)
The line-up for the UK shows will be:
Damian Wilson - Vocals,
Ruud Jolie - Guitar,
Joey Bruers - Bass
Ben Relton - Drums,
Huub van Loon - Keys
In London and Sudbury we will again be joined by Dennis Stratton.
Back in stock: 2 Minutes 2 Midnight hoodie
and a brand new Trooper shirt
Theater show added. Prior to our show at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam, we will play at the Kurtheater in Bad Homburg, Germany. The show is scheduled for January 20th 2018.
In 2017 we start a new project with new and former guests to record new material in a special setting. This project will be concluded with a special performance at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on January 27th 2018
Former guitar player Dennis Stratton will be joining us on stage in London March 16th.
At the last 2 shows of the
tour we will be joined by Marcela Bovio
(Stream of Passion), Jonas Pap (Cellist
Within Temptation, Epica) and Camilla van der
Kooij (Violinist Within Temptation, For All We
Know). Also, both Leon and Huub
will be there, playing piano and hammond.
New shows added to the 2016
tour schedule: Wolverhampton (UK), Russelsheim (DE) and
Aschaffenburg (DE). Click here for
more information
In order to plan consecutive
shows in the UK, we have been forced to reschedule the
UK shows to March 2016. Tickets already purchased will
remain valid. Cllick here for
the new dates.
More tour guests Joe Lazarus (Voodoo Six) will be back behind
the drums for a number of shows and Leon den Engelsen
(Jaimi Faulkner) will be behind the piano at a number
of shows.
Tour guests Mike Coolen (Within Temptation)
will be back behind the drums for a number of shows of
this upcoming tour. More guests will be announced shortly.
New tour dates
Shows in The Netherlands, Israel, Belgium, Germany, Denmark,
United KIngdom and Switzerland announced. CLICK
HERE
Marcela Bovio and Wudstik
will join us on stage at the album presentation in W2
Den Bosch (NL) on May 22nd.
Remembrance album
trailer Click HERE to watch the
album trailer for our upcoming album Remembrance
Unfortunately Bob Verschoyle
and Perttu Kivilaakso will not be featured on the upcoming
album as a result of conflicting schedules. Luckily Marcela
Bovio from Stream of Passion has stepped in to provide
the violin parts for Still Life '15. Furthermore, Wudstik
will sing Aces High on the album.
New album guest
Barry 'Thunderstick' Purkis (Samson) has been added to
the list of musicians playing on the upcoming album 'Remembrance'.
Extra UK Show
Maiden uniteD will play at The Flying Shuttle in Bury
(UK) on April 30th.
Album artwork revealed
The cover art for our upcoming album has been revealed.
Click here
Album Release show
On May 22nd we will present our new album Remembrance
at W2 Poppodium in Den Bosch. Click
here for info and tickets.
We are streaming 'The Evil
That Men Do (featuring Wudstik)' from the 2-track single
'Strange World' on our Soundcloud page. Click
here
Jan
30th 2015
New album: Remembrance
Maiden uniteD will release its third full length album
on May 22nd. Read all about the new album and pre-order
packages HERE.
Jan
30th 2015
Strange World: OUT NOW
The single Strange World from the upcoming album 'Remembrance'
is out now on iTunes and as 2-track CD single. Order HERE
Jan
21st 2015
Special guests in Zoetermeer
At the show in Zoetermeer (February 7th) we will be joined
by guest vocalists Wudstik (Ayreon, For All We Know) and
Boudewijn Bonebakker (Gingerpig, Gorefest).
Jan
9th 2015
Maiden uniteD has been added
to the line-up of the Music From The Beast festival 2015.
The festival will be held on October 10th in Oberursel,
Germany.
Nov
24th 2014
The Maiden Voyage Cruise
The last gig of the upcoming Finland shows will take place
on a cruise ship. Leaving from Katajanokan terminaali,
Helsinki on February 14th. Go to the tour
section for more info.
Oct
16th 2014
In 2015 a new and exciting
chapter will start for Maiden uniteD. We will be joined
by more musicians who share our love for these songs,
our third album will be released and we will play in more
countries.
The journey will start with shows in Cyprus, the Netherlands,
Germany and Finland. We will be visiting the UK a little
later. Three shows have been planned in May.
Sep
1st 2014
The Line
up for the September shows:
Vocals: Damian Wilson (Threshold)
Guitars (Sep 18-21) : Ruud Jolie (Within
Temptation)
Guitars (Sep 25-28): Tom Sikkers (Daybroke)
Bass: Joey Bruers (Up The Irons)
Drums: Dirk Bruinenberg (Place Vendome)
Piano: Huub van Loon (Dearworld)
June
20th 2014
Some changes in the tour
schedule. Unfortunately the Paris show has been rescheduled
to 2015 and there are some additions to the Dutch dates Read more>>
May
28th 2014
Maiden uniteD will play at
the Rock Am Hafen festival in Hassfurt, Germany on July
19th
May
18th 2014
May Line up
Stef Broks (Textures) is back on drums and Thijs Schrijnemakers
(Orgel Vreten) will play piano at the shows in Germany
and The Netherlands
Apr
15th 2014
Shows in Brussels (BE) and
Dordrecht (NL) added to the September schedule. Read more>>
March
1st 2014
New show: Friday May 30th:
Maiden Day, Eindhoven (NL)
New September shows announced:
Hamburg (D) and Copenhagen (DK). Read
more>>
Nov
25tth 2013
New live dates for 2014:
February 1st: The Pitcher, Düsseldorf, Germany
September 27th: Music from the Beast festival, Oberursel,
Germany (with Blaze Bayley and Paul Di'Anno)
Sep
16th 2013
Thank you to The Silent Wedding,
Winter In Eden and guests Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion),
Maxi Nil (Visions of Atlantis) and Tom Sikkers (Daybroke)
for making these last European club shows memorable.
Sep
9th 2013
Thank you lovely people in
Germany and Belgium. We had a great weekend.
Next up: 2 club shows and a festival in the Netherlands.
Exciting stuff.
July
18th 2013
Ruud is playing with Within
Temptation on July 27th, so unfortunately he won't be
able to play with us at the Rock Of Ages festival.
Don't worry; we will bring Tom Sikkers from Daybroke to
play guitar with us. Tom is also the guy who mixed 'Across
the 7th Sea', so he knows the songs better than anyone
else.
May
23rd 2013
Lovely people at the Bang-You-Head
festival; thanks for the warm welcome.
Next up: Rock of Ages festival, Seebronn, Germany
May
23rd 2013
Festival Line up
announced
Stef Broks (Textures) is back on drums and Thijs Schrijnemakers
(Orgel Vreten) will play piano at the festival shows in
Germany. Read more
>>
April
20th 2013
Fan filmed footage of Maiden
uniteD performing a non-album track (can't really call
it 'new') can be seen on YouTube. We thought it was worth
sharing; click
here.
April
14th 2013
Thank you to everyone who
came to the shows in the Netherlands and the UK. On to
the next ones:
Sep 8th Beerse Belgium
Sep 13th Tilburg Netherlands
and Sep 15th Breda Barst festival in Breda Netherlands
March
25th 2013
New show announced
September 14th, P3 in Purmerend (NL).
Check the tour page to find out
more.
March
7th 2013
New tour guest -
Luke Appleton
Iced Earth bassist Luke Appleton will join Maiden uniteD
on stage for a song (or two) at the upcoming UK shows
in April.
February
28th 2013
Just before the full-band
shows in Holland and Belgium, Ruud, Damian and Joey will
do a free instore show at Sounds Record Store in Tilburg
(NL) on April 11th. Check the tour
page to find out more.
February
5th 2012
New musicians announced for
the upcoming gigs as Marco and Mike leave the line-up.
Drums: Lee Morris (former Paradise Lost) and Stef Broks
(Textures)
Piano: Huub van Loon (Dearworld)
February
5th 2012
New show announced: April
14th Roeselare Belgium.
Check the tour page to find out
more.
January
23rd 2013
Tour dates in 2013.
New shows in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands have
been announced.
Check the tour page to find out
more.
December
24th 2012
A massive Thank You to everyone
who came out to see us; hope to see you all again next
time. Also thanks to our guests Perttu Kivilaakso, Wudstik,
Martijn Balsters, Jos Severens and the support bands.
December
4th 2012
More guests announced.
Perttu Kivilaakso (Apocalyptica) will play cello at the
three shows.
Martijn Balsters (The Dust Connection) will play guest
guitar at the three shows. Martijn was there at the very
beginning of Maiden uniteD back in 2006; co-arranging
songs and playing shows. We don’t know what Maiden
uniteD would have been without him, so it will be great
having him on stage with us.
The support act for the three shows will be our Greek
friends from The Silent Wedding.
In Beek we will also have Thomas Zwijsen and System Pilot
supporting us. Some of you might know System Pilot’s
singer Jos Severens from Joey’s ‘other’
Maiden band Up The Irons. We’re happy to announce
that Jos will also do guest vocals for Maiden uniteD that
night.
In Zoetermeer we’ll have Wudstik as guest vocalist.
Known as solo artist, guest vocalist (Ayreon, etc) and
of course as the voice of Ruud’s project For All
We Know.
November
30th 2012
Maiden uniteD is confirmed
for the 'Bang Your Head festival' in Balingen (D) and
the 'Rock of Ages festival' in Seebronn (D) in July 2013.
Exciting stuff.
Check the tour page.
November
26th 2012
We are quite pleased to announce
that we will close the tour with three special shows in
which we will bring along some special guests. One of
those guests will be Apocalyptica's Perttu
Kivilaakso who is also featured on our latest album.
Check the tour page.
November
16th 2012
Lovely people at the Little
Devil. Thank you for coming, singing and the support you've
shown us tonight. Great way to start the tour.
November
7th 2012
Last minute venue changes
for Istanbul and Ankara.
Check the tour page.
October
24th 2012
Since the Little Devil show
has sold out and tickets for the show in Breda are going
fast, we are happy to announce an extra show
in Tilburg on December 21st. Tickets are available now,
check the tour page.
October
8th 2012
New shows:
December 2nd: MEZZ, Breda (NL)
December 13th: Splinter, Venlo (NL) close
to the German NRW border, 35km from Monchengladbach.
October
5th 2012
New show: Maiden uniteD will
play in Almelo's (NL) newest venue NAXT stage on November
24th.
Also: Check out the online web shop
for all the new stuff we've got.
September
28th 2012
The new album is OUT NOW!
Thank you to everyone involved. See you on the road in
November.
September
11th 2012
We will stream the entire
album on this website on Friday September 14th from 17.00hrs
to 20.00hrs CET.
August
21st 2012
We've added an audio sample
of the songs “Infinite Dreams (featuring Perttu
Kivilaakso)” and “Children Of The Damned”
to our news round-up.
August
17th 2012
We've added an audio sample
of the songs “Only The Good Die Young” and
“Prowler” to our news round-up.
August
13th 2012
First sound sample online
and guest musician Perttu Kivilaakso (Apocalyptica) announced.
July
20th 2012
The concerts in Ankara and
Istanbul have switched dates and the venues have been
announced.
June
29th 2012
The artwork and track listing
for the new album have been revealed.
June
13th 2012
First European tour dates
for November and December announced.
Click here for details.
May
14th 2012
Eindhoven and Zoetermeer,
thank you for two memorable try-out shows.
Now we have an album to finish. See you on the road in
November.
May
11th 2012
The new album has a name:
Across The Seventh Sea.
May
2012
Unfortunately the opening
act for the upcoming shows (Valery Finn) had to cancel.
Rather than finding a new opening act, we are very happy
to announce that the show in Zoetermeer will start with
an acoustic solo-set by our very own Damian Wilson.
March
21st 2012
The drum and bass recording
for the new album went very well. We will be able to give
you a release date and more info soon. Connect on facebook
to read about the progress.
Februari
2012
Due to high demand the sold
out try out show in Zoetermeer (May 13th) has been moved
to the main hall. Tickets will be available again this
week.
January
29th 2012
Thank you to everyone who
came to the shows. Time to record a new album now. We
will see you again in May at the try out shows in Zoetermeer
and Eindhoven. Click here for
details.
January
27th 2012
We had an amazing time in
Greece and Cyprus. Tonight 20.15hrs in Theatre De Lockhorst,
Sliedrecht, the first of two theatre shows.
January
9th 2012
The shows in Greece, Cyprus
and Holland will go ahead as planned. Damian was suffering
from a chest infection earlier this month, but the antibiotics
kicked in and he's feeling much better..
December
19th 2011
A couple of last minute changes
have been made in our tour schedule for Greece. Check
the full tour schedule and info about the EXTRA SHOW in
Serres, Greece HERE.
December
12th 2011
During the UK leg of the
sold out Within Temptation tour, Ruud took time out of
his schedule to come to WildWire Music and play some songs.
Click
here to see the video of 'The Trooper'
December
7th 2011
Unfortunately we will have
to reschedule the shows in Turkey due to band members'
obligations with their other bands. We will find new dates
for the shows as soon as possible.
December
5th 2011
On December 9th 2010 Mind
The Acoustic Pieces was released. To celebrate our
1 year anniversary we have 2 special December deals in
the webshop: 1) Anniversary package: The album signed
by all artists, the single 'The Trooper' and a ticket
to the Sliedrecht theatre show for only €
29,95. 2) We’ve also temporarily lowered
the price for all shirts and shirt/CD packages.
December
2nd 2011
On January 25th Maiden uniteD
will play at the Barrel House in Larnaca, CYPRUS.
Very exciting stuff, check the full tour schedule HERE.
November
20th 2011
There will only be two
theatre shows in January. Tickets for the shows are going
fast. Get your tickets for Sliedrecht (NL) by cllicking
HERE and your tickets for Heerlen
(NL/NRW) by clicking HERE..
October
27th 2011
Rough Trade releases
the album in Germany.
Mind The Acoustic Pieces will be available in stores in
Germany from October 28th.
October
19th 2011
More Greece dates announced.
Shows in Trikala and Agrinio have been announced. Athens,
Thessaloniki were already confirmed. One more city to be
announced. Check the Tour page for
details.
October
11th 2011
Greek dates added.
Athens, Thessaloniki and 3 more to be announced. Check the
Tour page for details.
September
21st 2011
Rough Trade Distribution
The album will be available on iTunes and
in stores worldwide and in Major online stores from Sep
23rd. The album is being distributed through Rough Trade.
September
5th 2011
Turkey dates added
Maiden uniteD will play in Turkey in February. Check the
Tour Dates for more info.
August 10th
2011
To close the 'Mind The Acoustic Pieces' chapter we will play
2 Theatre shows in January. We're still working out some things,
but it's going to be special.
January 27th: Theater De Lockhorst, Sliedrecht (NL)
January 28th: Parkstad Theater, Heerlen (NL/German NRW border)
Of course Damian will join us again and maybe some very special
guests.
August 7th 2011
We had an awesome time at Wacken. Thanks to the thousands that
showed up at our show.
June 22nd 2011
Plans are being made for next year, but it looks like we can't
combine our tour schedules, so the shows at Little Devil and
Wacken in August are your last chance to see Maiden uniteD perform
live with Anneke for quite some time.
June 12th 2011
A big thank you to the massive crowd at the Download festival
yesterday.
May 5th 2011
New show announced: June 11th Download festival, Donington (UK)
May 4th 2011
We're doing a Wacken warm up show at Little Devil in Tilburg
on August 2nd.
April 11th 2011
The tour had a good start with great shows in the UK and in
MEZZ Breda. There's a video from the Diamond gig in Sutton in
the media section.
April 7th 2011
First gig in the UK tonight. Exciting stuff.
March 3rd 2011
New instore gig announced. April 22nd Bullit Eindhoven
March 3rd 2011
The pre-sale for the LimiteD Vinyl Edition has started. Go to
our online store to find out more
March 1st 2011
Anneke van Giersbergen will also be joining us onstage at the
Wacken Open Air show..
Feb 22nd 2011
Just announced: Mike Coolen is
now officially the new drummer for Within Temptation. Congrats
Mike.
Feb 16th 2011
Maiden uniteD is confirmed for the Wacken open Air festival
2011 in Germany..
Feb
12th 2011
Damian, Ruud and Joey will give a special instore performance
at Sounds, Tilburg on April 21st. Details will follow.
Feb 3rd 2011
Anneke van Giersbergen will join Maiden uniteD again on tour
in April. Check the tourdates and get
your tickets now.
Jan 4th 2011
On friday morning between 10am - 2pm Maiden uniteD will be featured
on the Barry James show on Radio
Caroline
Dec 16th 2010
First dates of the second leg of the tour announced. See the
Tour page for details.
. Dec 12th 2010
New pics and vids in the Gallery and the Media section.
. Dec 9th 2010
The Pieces over Europe Tour has started and Mind The Acoustioc
Pieces is released today.
. Dec
5th 2010
The new webshop is online. The CD, single, shirts and all kinds
of package deals.
Nov 27th 2010
T shirt give away and pre-orders.
The pre-order period ended yesterday, but the t shirt designs
just came in. Since we like to give away stuff, we have decided
that 5 people who ordered the pre-sale package will also receive
a Maiden uniteD shirt. The pre-order period will be prolonged
until November 30th.
The pre-sale... package includes:
- The album signed by all artists.
- A free copy of ‘The Trooper’ with an alternate
version of ‘Sun and Steel’
- And your name will be included in the limited vinyl edition
of the album, to be released in 2011.
People who already ordered the package are automatically in
the running for the free shirt.
Nov 19th 2010
The online listening session of Mind The Acoustic Pieces will
not take place on MySpace, but right here.
The introduction of MySpace 3.0 is causing too many problems
worldwide, so we decided not to take the risk. You can listen
to the whole album on this website on November 19th at 21.00hrs
CET (3pm EST) and at 2.00hrs CET (8pm EST).
Nov 18th 2010
The Jaarbeurs-competition is over. The winners of the free tickets
are: Zoltan Kandi, Diny Dop and Rick Leune. Congrats and see
you in Utrecht this saturday.
Nov 6th 2010
New gig added: Leeuwarden Dec 10th. See Tour
Dates for more shows and which artists will be at the different
venues.
Oct 27th 2010
Oh, there's so much to tell:
* The album is mixed, mastered and finished. We've put a 3-minute
trailer online here.
* We've updated our YouTube
channel with some vids from the try-out shows.
* Pre-orders are coming in from all over the world. the last
2 countries were Israel and Argentina. Thank
you all.
Oct 20th 2010
The album pre-order package and tickets for the album presentation
are available now
Oct 19th 2010
Exclusive 'Mind The Acoustic Pieces' pre-listening.
During the Maiden convention at Sjiwa in Baarlo (Netherlands,
close to the German border) on November 13th several Iron Maiden
tribute bands will perform and there will be an exclusive pre-listening
of the album. So if you're in the mood for a MaidenDay, we'll
see you there.
Oct 19th 2010
Some major changes in the tour schedule: Due to circumstances
beyond our control we had to reschedule the 2nd part of the
tour. This means that we will be touring the Netherlands and
Belgium in December and we will perform in the UK, Germany and
other countries a few months later instead of January.
Oct 17th 2010
Special pre-tour performance: Maiden United will perform at
the huge Record Market (Platenbeurs) in Utrecht, Jaarbeurs Hall,
Saturday 20th November 2010. Showtime 13.30 hrs
Oct 10th 2010
Some new pics in the gallery and a couple of new tour dates for
2011.
Sept 25th 2010
The second break-from-the-studio gig in Little Devil was great.
Thank you all for coming.
Sept 22nd 2010
Maiden uniteD will perform on Kink FM Live Radio (Netherlands)
on December 14th.
Show time is 9.30pm and we'll play some songs at 10pm (CET)