20th Anniversary Farewell Tour

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20th Anniversary Farewell Tour
Tour by Rhapsody
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Rhapsody's 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour live in San Jose Costa Rica, Jan 20, 2018.
LocationEurope, South America, Asia, North America
Start dateApril 26, 2017
End dateMarch 20, 2018
Legs7
No. of shows33 in Europe
29 in Latin America
9 in Asia
2 in North America
1 cancellations
73 total
Rhapsody concert chronology
  • Demons, Dragons & Warriors World Tour (2005)
  • 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour (2017–2018)

The 20th Anniversary Farewell Tour was a concert tour by former members of Rhapsody. It was announced on November 21, 2016 by ex-Rhapsody members Luca Turilli (founder and composer), Fabio Lione (lead singer), Patrice Guers, Dominique Leurquin and Alex Holzwarth. [1] It celebrated the 20th anniversary of Legendary Tales and had a number of their classic hits played at their shows, along with Symphony of Enchanted Lands in its entirety.

Contents

Fabio has stated that the original band would no longer exist as the other members want to do different music. [2] After the tour ended, Fabio and Luca announced that they had formed a new band together with the other members on the farewell tour called Turilli / Lione Rhapsody on December 5, 2018. [3]

Keyboardist Alex Staropoli did not play on this tour.

Setlist

Songs performed throughout the tour
Legendary Tales
  • Land of Immortals
Symphony of Enchanted Lands
  • Epicus Furor
  • Emerald Sword
  • Wisdom of the Kings
  • Eternal Glory
  • Beyond the Gates of Infinity
  • Wings of Destiny
  • The Dark Tower of Abyss
  • Riding the Winds of Eternity
  • Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Dawn of Victory
  • Dawn of Victory
  • The Village of Dwarves
  • Holy Thunderforce
Rain of a Thousand Flames
  • Rain of a Thousand Flames
  • The Wizard's Last Rhymes
Power of the Dragonflame
  • In Tenebris
  • Knightrider of Doom
  • Power of the Dragonflame
  • When Demons Awake
  • Lamento Eroico
Others
  • Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò) (Andrea Bocelli cover)
  • Drum Solo
  • Vocal Solo
  • Bass Solo
Sample Setlist

The following setlist was performed at the first show of the tour at Le Brise Glace in Annecy, but has since had alterations to it: [4]

  1. "Epicus Furor" (intro)
  2. "Emerald Sword"
  3. "Wisdom of the Kings"
  4. "Eternal Glory"
  5. "Beyond the Gates of Infinity"
  6. "Knightrider of Doom"
  7. "Wings of Destiny"
  8. "The Dark Tower of Abyss"
  9. "Riding the Winds of Eternity"
  10. "Symphony of Enchanted Lands"
  11. "Drum Solo"
  12. "Land of Immortals"
  13. "The Wizard's Last Rhymes"
  14. "Bass Solo"
  15. "Dawn of Victory"

Encore:

  1. "Rain of a Thousand Flames"
  2. "Lamento Eroico"
  3. "Holy Thunderforce"
  4. "In Tenebris" (extract)
  5. "Gargoyles, Angels of Darkness" (outro)

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Warm Up [5]
April 26, 2017 Annecy FranceLe Brise Glace
Latin America [6] [7]
April 29, 2017 Monterrey MexicoCafé Iguana
April 30, 2017 Mexico City Circo Volador
May 1, 2017 Guadalajara C3 Stage
May 3, 2017 Bogota ColombiaRoyal Center
May 5, 2017 Santiago ChileTeatro Caupolican
May 6, 2017 Rio de Janeiro BrazilVivo Rio
May 7, 2017 Sao Paulo Tom Brasil
May 10, 2017 Porto Alegre Opinião Bar
May 11, 2017 Florianópolis John Bull
May 12, 2017 Curitiba Opera de Arame
May 13, 2017 Belo Horizonte Music Hall
May 14, 2017 Buenos Aires ArgentinaEl Teatro Flores
Europe / Festivals [8] [9]
June 7, 2017 Milan ItalyAlcatraz
June 10, 2017 Sölvesborg Sweden Sweden Rock Festival
June 17, 2017 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting
June 24, 2017NummijärviFinlandNummirock
July 21, 2017 Vinci ItalyFesta dell'Unicorno
August 11, 2017 Vagos PortugalVagos Metal Fest
August 12, 2017 Villena SpainLeyendas del Rock
November 2, 2017 Moscow RussiaRED Club
Asia [10]
November 6, 2017 Tokyo JapanTsutaya O-East
November 7, 2017
November 8, 2017 Nagoya Club Quattro
November 9, 2017 Osaka Umeda Club Quattro
November 11, 2017 Seoul South KoreaMUV Hall
November 12, 2017 Taipei TaiwanThe Wall Live House
November 14, 2017 Shanghai ChinaBandai Namco
November 15, 2017 Xi'an 1935 Live House
November 17, 2017 Beijing Mao Live House
Latin America [11]
January 7, 2018Sao PauloBrazilTom Brasil
January 8, 2018 Asunción ParaguayTeatro Guarani
January 10, 2018 Salta ArgentinaTeatro del Huerto
January 11, 2018Buenos AiresGroove
January 13, 2018 La Paz BoliviaTeatro Al Aire Libre
January 14, 2018 Lima PeruTeatro de la Uni
January 16, 2018SantiagoChileTeatro Caupolican
January 18, 2018 San Salvador El SalvadorCIFCO
January 19, 2018TegucigalpaHondurasCanchas Don Gol
January 20, 2018 San Jose Costa RicaPepper Club
January 21, 2018BogotaColombiaMetal Millennium
January 23, 2018MedellinTeatro Universidad de Medellin
January 24, 2018CaliTeatro Jorge Isaacs
January 26, 2018ChihuahuaMexicoExpo Chihuahua
January 27, 2018MonterreyCafé Iguana
January 28, 2018MéridaMambo Café
January 30, 2018Mexico CityCirco Volador
North America [12]
February 1, 2018 Grand Turk Turks and Caicos Islands 70000 Tons of Metal
February 4, 2018
Europe [13]
February 17, 2018 Bologna ItalyZona Roveri
February 18, 2018 Treviso New Age
February 19, 2018 Rome Orion
February 20, 2018MilanAlcatraz
February 21, 2018 Freiburg GermanyCrash
February 23, 2018 Eindhoven NetherlandsEffenaar
February 24, 2018 Antwerp BelgiumTrix
February 26, 2018 London EnglandIslington Academy
February 28, 2018 Leeuwarden NetherlandsNeushoorn
March 1, 2018 Bochum GermanyZeche
March 2, 2018 Hamburg Grünspan
March 4, 2018 Stockholm SwedenFryshuset
March 6, 2018 Warsaw PolandProxima
March 8, 2018 Budapest HungaryBarba Negra Club
March 9, 2018 Zlín Czech RepublicMasters of Rock Café
March 10, 2018 Zvolen SlovakiaRates Sports Hall
March 11, 2018Regensburg-ObertraublingGermanyEventhall Airport
March 13, 2018 Munich Backstage
March 14, 2018 Mannheim MS Connexion Complex
March 15, 2018 Pratteln SwitzerlandZ7
March 16, 2018 Paris FranceTrabendo
March 17, 2018 Toulouse Metronum
March 18, 2018 Barcelona SpainRazzmatazz 2
March 20, 2018 Madrid La Riviera

Cancelled dates

Original DateCityCountryVenue
July 30, 2017 Tel Aviv IsraelBascula Club [14]

Personnel

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