27.09.2009 Stettin, Poland

After Leipzig, we were excited to be driving to our first gig in Poland. After a somewhat mysterious rendezvous with the promoter at a gas station, we were soon welcomed to Stettin and Polish hospitality. We'll never forget the bison grass vodka, the giant jar of gherkins and the tinned paprika fish. Not only was our host, Darek, really accommodating, but the crowd was so appreciative, even working up an "Ikon" chant at one point and crowding around for photos and autographs at the end of the show. It was a fantastic night and left us pleased that we'd made the journey to Poland. It was also our last show with Dandelion Wine, who we were sorry to see leave to head home to Berlin.

Setlist:

Memoirs of a Butterfly

Reality is Lost

I Never Wanted You

Torn Apart

Condemnation

Subversion

Suicide

Echoes of Silence

Ghost in My Head

Afterlife

Amongst the Runes

Rome

Fall Apart

God Has Fallen from the Sky

Black Roses

Ceremony

Psychic Vampire

A Line on a Dark Day

Leipzig, Club Lagerhof 26.09.09

Leipzig was our best gig so far, which is lucky considering that this show was also being filmed for our live DVD. We had great support on the night from Die Kalte (whose music we thought was excellent) and Dandelion Wine. And far too quickly we had to leave Leipzig, after only a Swedish kebab and a hotel breakfast to head off to our first ever gig in Poland.

Setlist:
A Line on a Dark Day
Memoirs of a Butterfly
I Never Wanted You
Condemnation
Subversion
Echoes of Silence
Path of the Unknown
Fall Apart
11 o'clock Tick Tock
Ghost in My Head
Garden of the Lost
Amongst the Runes
Rome
As Night Falls
In Trust I Return
Ceremony
Afterlife
All Depths of Despair
Sister Ray/A Forest/Interzone
Black Roses
Psychic Vampire

Chemnitz, Bunker, 25.09.09

Chemnitz was our second show in a Bunker this tour. This Bunker was built to store food in after WWII in the event of nuclear fallout, so it made for an unusual (cold!) venue to play in. Our next stop after Chemnitz is Leipzig, where we're very excited to be playing at Club Lagerhof.

Memoirs of a Butterfly
Reality is Lost
I Never Wanted You
Condemnation
Subversion
Dreaming
Driftwood
11 O’clock Tick Tock
Afterlife
Amongst the Runes
Fall Apart
Rome
Torn Apart
Echoes of Silence
Black Roses
Psychic Vampire

Berlin K17 24.09.09

We arrived in Berlin excited to play our fifth ever show at K17. It was also a happy occasion because fellow Australian band Dandelion Wine joined us as a support band. It was great to play the first of four shows on the tour with them. The guys from Goja Moon Rockah, our other support on the night, were lots of fun and we hope they'll have lots of success in future.

SETLIST
A Line on a Dark Day
Memoirs of a Butterfly
I Never Wanted You
Torn Apart
Condemnation
Subversion
Echoes of Silence
Blue Murder
Driftwood
Afterlife
All Depths of Despair
Fall Apart
Love, Hate and Sorrow
Rome
Without Shadows
Stalag 13
Black Roses
Psychic Vampire
Shadowplay
Reality is Lost

Logo Hamburg setlist 23.09.09

We are posting from the band room at Club Logo in Hamburg.

Thank you to everyone who came along, danced, took photos and videos.

SETLIST

A Line on a Dark Day

Memoirs of a Butterfly

Reality is Lost

I Never Wanted You

Torn Apart

Condemnation

Subversion

Dreaming

Driftwood

Ghost in My Head

Amongst the Runes

Rome

Fall Apart

Without Shadows

11 o'clock Tick Tock

Afterlife

All Depths of Despair

Shadowplay

In Trust I Return
Black Roses

Echoes of Silence

Sister Ray/A Forest

Echoes of Silence video from FZW Dortmund

Here's a video from a small camera (not the best quality) of "Echoes of Silence" from the Dortmund show. If anyone has any video they want to share with us from any of the shows, please leave a comment.

We'll be having our Berlin and Leipzig shows filmed professionally for use in a future DVD project. So come along to the upcoming shows Berliners and Leipzigers!

Dortmund at FZW 22.09.09

We arrived in Dortmund one night early and enjoyed the rest at our hotel after the first lot of shows. The venue for our show, FZW, was brand new, having only been used for a couple of bands before us.


It was one of the most enjoyable on the tour so far, with great sound, lots of old fans coming to see us and a great response from the crowd. The band has sore wrists from signing so many CDs after the show!


Today we leave our luxury 5-star hotel to head to our next stop, Hamburg.



Setlist: Dortmund 22.09.09


A Line on a Dark Day
Memoirs of a Butterfly
I Never Wanted You
Condemnation
Subversion
Echoes of Silence
Path of the Unknown
Driftwood
Garden of the Lost
Amongst the Runes
Rome
All Depths of Despair
Fall Apart
Love, Hate and Sorrow
Blue Murder
Afterlife
Ceremony
Black Roses
God Has Fallen from the Sky
Psychic Vampire
Reality is Lost
Torn Apart

Video of "Blue Murder" from Z7 Switzerland

Aachen, Musikbunker setlist

On Monday we played our first show ever in Aachen, Germany. The venue was quite literally a bunker, which meant there was not a lot of air down there. We played to a smaller, but very enthusiastic crowd, who were eager for us to play all night, as you'll see from the long setlist.

Setlist, Musikbunker Aachen 20.9.09

A Line on a Dark Day
Memoirs of a Butterfly
I Never Wanted You
Torn Apart
Krista
Condemnation
Subversion
Suicide
Blue Murder
Amongst the Runes
Rome
All Depths of Despair
Fall Apart
Echoes of Silence
Reality is Lost
Ghost in My Head
Garden of the Lost
Love, Hate and Sorrow
Crucified
Black Roses
Psychic Vampire
Sister Ray/A Forest

Sint-Niklaas Belgium with This Vale of Tears

After Pratteln, we travelled in our van that night to yet another Etap hotel, somewhere in France (for those who don’t know Etap hotels have somewhat of a plastic cupboard in the corner which contains the toilet and shower). With all the driving it is sometimes hard to know what country you are in, let alone which town. From our hotel, we crossed France and Luxemburg, driving all day, to arrive in Belgium and straight to the venue, Kompas, for soundcheck feeling quite exhausted.



The venue for the show was, of course, a lot smaller than Z7, but we were treated like kings by our hosts (in the photo above with IKON) from the moment we arrived and were glad to be back playing to an audience of our fans.



Support band This Vale of Tears warmed the crowd up while we took a moment to rest. They did a very good job of this as the room was really hot by the time we took to the stage! In the heat, we played a long set, returning for three encores and playing so me unplanned songs like ‘Psychic Vampire’ and our tour medley of ‘’ and ‘A Forest’.

A well-needed sleep in Belgium saw us head back to Germany this morning, where we are now about to soundcheck for our show in Aachen.

SETLIST

Sint-Niklaas 19.09.09

Memoirs of a Butterfly
Reality is Lost
I Never Wanted You
Torn Apart
Condemnation
Subversion
Echoes of Silence
Driftwood
11 O’clock Tick Tock
Ghost in My Head
Afterlife
All Depths of Despair
Rome
Stalag 13
Psychic Vampire
Sister Ray/A Forest
Fall Apart
Love, Hate and Sorrow

Pratteln, Switzerland with Faun

We had a great time playing at Z7, the largest permanent music venue in Switzerland- it can hold up to 1000 people! The lighting and sound were both amazing. Because we were playing with folk band Faun, we changed our set quite a lot to play some of our more folk-influenced and acoustic-based songs to suit the audience. Thank you to the Swiss IKON fans and those who travelled to see us from other countries nearby. We were pleased to see that some Faun fans who did not know us well enjoyed the show and bought CDs too.

Faun were extremely friendly people and we were very happy to have the opportunity to share the same stage as them.

The setlist is as follows:

As Night Falls

Crucified

God Has Fallen from the Sky

Elohim

Memoirs of a Butterfly

A Line on a Dark Day

Fall Apart

I Never Wanted You

Condemnation

Subversion

Blue Murder

Driftwood

Amongst the Runes

Torn Apart

Stalag 13

Frankfurt setlist

And a translation if you can't read Dino's writing:

A Line on a Dark Day
Memoirs of a Butterfly
Reality is Lost
I Never Wanted You
Torn Apart
Condemnation
Subversion
Dreaming
Driftwood
11 o'clock Tick Tock
Afterlife
All Depths of Despair
Encore one:
Rome
Love, Hate and Sorrow
Encore two:
Shadowplay
Echoes of Silence

Frankfurt show

The tour has begun! Thank you to everyone in Frankfurt who came out to a metal (!) venue to see us play. Even though we were exhausted after the long flights from Australia, the crowd gave us a great response and we were very friendly.

For the man who wanted the setlist on the blog today, we will post it soon (as soon as we find it in our bags!).

Tour merchandise

IKON will have lots of merchandise available on the tour, including, most importantly, a limited-edition double-CD version of the new album. The second CD includes acoustic versions from the album sessions. There'll also be limited edition double CDs of the albums On the Edge of Forever (bonus disc includes a previously unreleased live show) and This Quiet Earth (includes the complete Crimes of Passion recordings), as well as the singles collection The Burden of History, and recent EPs League of Nations and Amongst the Runes. Plus we'll have the last remaining copies of the second volume of Boulevard of Broken Dreams volume 2 "Live in Marseille".

We'll have the In the Shadow of the Angel t-shirt, as well as a brand-new Love, Hate and Sorrow tour t-shirt, featuring all the tour-dates on the back .