Hi all,

We hope everybody is fine and well! We will play some festivals this summer:

sat. 5th of June – Rockschool open air – Roermond (nl)
sat. 4th of september – Global east rock festival – Kiev (Ukraine)
sat. 18th of september – Elf fantasy fair – Arcen (nl)

More info can be found under section: tour/upcoming shows.

Right now we are relaxing a bit, except for René who is working in Pichilemu, Chile as an electrician (great job, René!). We are still under the spell of this amazing weekend almost two weeks ago. We hope to come back to Chile (and South America) soon!

We do hope we will play some more festivals this summer, and we are looking forward to the confirmed ones! We are also talking a bit about our next steps. We will keep you informed of course!

Some webshop news: The Gathering – The West Pole double vinyl album is sold out,  but we do have some very nice re-issues available (Mandylion & Nighttime Birds) as well as other CD’s and DVD’s! Check our webshop!

Cheers!

Hola everybody,
We just got back from a truly amazing benefit concert in Santiago, Chile! It has been even more special than we could have imagined!

We still have a big smile on our face from last weekend & the hard work and long travel have sure been worth the effort; the atmosphere was magic and all together we raised USD 25.000 for the Red Cross in Chile in co-operation with Chile Ayuda. They will do some really good work.
The lotery (with numberone prize René’s Eastwood guitar!) raised another USD 2.500 especially for the fishermen in Pichilemu. And also the Hogar de Cristo foundation will take care of distributing 90 boxes with food and water. Amazing!

We want to thank all the wonderful people who made this special concert come true: Gema, Wouter, Jose Luis Corral, SENA, Chile Ayuda, Paula Flores, Dutch Embassy in Chile, Catering Miel, Teatro Caupolican, Conapach, gathering.cl, Radio Futuro, Rockaxis, Hernan Rojas, Juan Carlos Araneda, Cruz Roja, all volunteers, friends and family in Holland, and everyone else that has helped. We couldn’t have done it without you!

It has been a wonderful experience & we’re grateful for that!

All the best,
Hans, Frank, Marjolein, René and Silje.

On the 11th of April, Theatre Caupolicán will host Dutch band The Gathering together with the Chilean bands Crisalida and Barouh. This will be a benefit concert for the earthquake/tsunami victims coordinated through the Chilean Red Cross.

Online community Gathering.cl is organizing a lottery activity on the day of the concert. This is set up in co-operation with The Gathering and the Conapach (National Corporation of Fishermen of Chile). The lottery will directly benefit the artisanal fishermen’s cove in Pichilemu (sixth region, 259 kms south of Santiago).

A variety of Gathering goodies can be won and also, René Rutten (guitar player of The Gathering) sponsored by Eastwood, will be donating one of his guitars for this great cause! Lottery tickets in value of $1,000, and over will be in the running for this exclusive item.

The boxes to collect the money will be at the entrance of the venue.

We hope you will join us for this good cause and make it an evening to remember!

The ticket value is $ 7,000, and all non-perishable items are welcome as well!

Greetings!

The Gathering and its Chilean community

Eastwood, The Gathering y su Comunidad Chilena en ayuda de los pescadores de Pichilemu-Chile.

El día 11 de Abril a las 19:00 hrs. en el Teatro Caupolicán se presentará la banda Holandesa The Gathering junto a las bandas chilenas Crisalida y Barouh . Las ganancias de este concierto organizado en tiempo record irán en directo beneficio de las víctimas del terremoto/maremoto que afectó a Chile. Esta ayuda será canalizada a través de la cruz Roja Chilena.

Por otra parte y como una manera de participar activamente,  la comunidad chilena de The Gathering (gathering.cl) ha organizado en conjunto con la banda y la CONAPACH (Confederación Nacional de Pescadores Artesanales de Chile) una actividad el mismo día del concierto y que irá en directo beneficio de los pescadores artesanales de la caleta de Pichilemu ( Sexta región , 259 km al sur de Santiago).

Gracias al auspicio de Eastwood , René Rutten, guitarrista de The Gathering , donará una de las guitarras con las cuales se presentará esa noche! Esta Guitarra junto a una variedad de artículos exclusivos de la banda serán rifados durante el concierto entre todos los que compren su número con un valor mínimo de $ 1.000.-

Las cajas para este fin estarán habilitadas en los accesos del recinto.

Esperamos contar con su apoyo y hacer de este concierto una velada inolvidable.

Un abrazo ,

The Gathering y su comunidad en Chile

Valor entrada al concierto: $7.000.- (alimentos no perecibles serán bienvenidos en los accesos del recinto)

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