08/02/2019 18:17
Helloween
Helloween to release 'United Alive' live
In the meantime everyone is clued in: From October 4th, 2019 we can all revisit the Pumpkins United World Tour every night without even leaving the couch. What is served, is no less than the greatest hits from 30 years and a breakneck trip through the entire Helloween repertoire – a 14 month metal quake, featured on the cover of almost every metal magazine including the world's biggest metal magazine, Japan's "Burrn!", which dedicated an unbelievable four cover stories to this tour. In other words: Clear the ring for the next round of Pumpkins United madness!
With the releases of 'United Alive' & 'United Alive in Madrid' video & audio releases on Nuclear Blast, the band presents stunning audio and visuals of the epic tour. Every single solo, every spontaneous gesture, and every emotional encore of the Pumpkins United World Tour is evoked and made immortal. Band interviews and plenty of background material included. The artworks for the various formats were once again created by photographer and art designer Martin Hausler, who of course stuffed lots of previously unreleased live images into the 36-page booklet and high end packaging.
The DVD/Blu-ray 'United Alive' captures the phenomenal sets with recordings from Wacken in front of 75,000 metal heads, 14,000 fans in the Madrid arena, and topped off by the legendary gig at the Espaço das Américas in front of 8,000 fans in São Paulo. In total, there's over three hours of live material in stereo and premium 5.1 surround sound plus a movie compilation with the essentials of the concert's LED content, all cartoon clips of Seth and Doc, further surprises, and the very personal 30-minute band interview about the past, present, and future.
'United Alive in Madrid' – Live-CD/Vinyl
As pure as it gets - the 'United Alive in Madrid' live CD/vinyl has nearly three hours of unbridled Pumpkins live pressure up its sleeve – including bonus tracks of the shows in Prague, São Paulo, Wacken, and Santiago de Chile.
'United Alive' & 'United Alive in Madrid' will be available in the following formats, and can be pre-ordered here: http://nblast.de/HelloweenUnitedAlive
2DISC BLU-RAY DIGIBOOK
Disc 1: Live concert, Disc 2: Bonus material – intro movie, interview, LED compilation, Seth & Doc animations & more
3DISC DVD DIGIBOOK
Disc 1 & 2: Live concert, Disc 3: Bonus material – intro movie, interview, LED compilation, Seth & Doc animations & more
3-DISC LIMITED DIGIBOOK LIVE AUDIO CD / 5-DISC VINYL BOX:
Live concert Madrid plus bonus tracks: 'March of Time', 'Kids of the Century', 'Why?' and 'Pumpkins United'
8DISC EARBOOK BLU-RAY & DVD & CD
Complete contents of Blu-ray, DVD, and CD in premium packaging
'UNITED ALIVE' – DVD/BLU-RAY
Disc 1
01. Halloween 13:29*
02. Dr. Stein 5:47*
03. I'm Alive 3:23**
04. If I Could Fly 4:13*
05. Are You Metal? 4:19***
06. Rise and Fall 4:22**
07. Waiting for the Thunder 4:04*
08. Perfect Gentleman 4:26*
09. Kai's Medley 14:36*** (Starlight / Ride the Sky / Judas / Heavy Metal Is the Law)
10. Forever and One 4:32**
11. A Tale That Wasn't Right 6:09***
12. I Can 4:48*
13. Pumpkins United 6:28***
14. Drumkins United 4:50***
15. Livin' Ain't no Crime / A Little Time 6:38*
16. Why? 4:32**
17. Sole Survivor 5:15**
18. Power 4:16*
19. How Many Tears 10:58***
20. Invitation / Eagle Fly Free 7:55*
21. Keeper Of The Seven Keys 20:13*
22. Mos-Kai-To 2:38*
23. Future World 4:46*
24. I Want Out 9:08***
25. Outro & Credits 4:59
Total running time: 2 hours 47 minutes
(*) Recorded live in Madrid, December 9th, 2017
(**) Recorded live in São Paulo, October 29th, 2017
(***) Recorded live at Wacken Open Air, August 4th, 2018
Disc 2
01. Halloween 13:35 - Live in São Paulo, October 29th, 2017
02. Dr. Stein 5:29 - Live in São Paulo, October 29th, 2017
03. Kids of the Century 4:08 - Live in Prague, November 25th, 2017
04. March of Time 5:27 - Live in Santiago de Chile, October 31st, 2018
05. Pumpkin's Whisper - 35:27
06. Bursting Hamburg - 01:59
07. The Essential LED Compilation - 17:09
08. Seth & Doc, The United Thing - 12:04
09. The Keeper's Journey - 1:19
'UNITED ALIVE IN MADRID' – LIVE-CD/Vinyl
CD 1
01. Halloween 13:37
02. Dr. Stein 5:36
03. I'm Alive 3:48
04. If I Could Fly 4:01
05. Are You Metal? 4:28
06. Rise and Fall 4:22
07. Waiting for the Thunder 4:02
08. Perfect Gentleman 4:50
09. Kai's Medley 13:52 (Starlight / Ride the Sky / Judas / Heavy Metal Is the Law)
10. Forever and One 5:22
11. A Tale That Wasn't Right 5:43
CD 2
01. I Can 4:57
02. Livin' Ain't no Crime / A Little Time 6:39
03. Sole Survivor 4:58
04. Power 4:11
05. How Many Tears 10:56
06. Invitation / Eagle Fly Free 7:13
07. Keeper of the Seven Keys 17:03
08. Future World 5:36
09. I Want out 8:47
Live in Madrid, December 9th, 2017
CD 3
01. March of Time 5:28 - Live in Santiago de Chile, October 31st, 2018
02. Kids of the Century 4:00 - Live in Prague, November 25th, 2017
03. Why 4:40 - Live in São Paulo, October 29th, 2017
04. Pumpkins United 6:32 - Live at Wacken Open Air, August 4th, 2018
Total Running Time: 2 hours 41 minutes
(source: Nuclear Blast Records)
(Older news about the topic:)
The Pumpkins United World Tour with 69 shows in front of more than one million people in 32 countries on three continents ended in December 2018 with a highly emotional finale in Hamburg, where it all began in 1984.
– Unforgettable metal nights that we'd love to experience again and again.
"This amazing journey was one of those 'magic moments' words can't describe – it simply was what we all love most: meet great people, go back in time with our memories, and celebrate the ultimate Helloween party together," commented vocalist Andi Deris.
From October 4, 2019, it finally will be possible: With the release of 'United Alive' and 'United Alive in Madrid' you can transport yourselves to the tour anytime, and dive into every detail with hellish tracking shots, breathless close-ups, and an intimate interview. Once again, the artwork was created by Martin Hausler and offers plenty of unreleased live images.
"It wasn't easy to condense this unbelievable tour adequately and capture how it felt for us – that's why we had the idea to film the biggest festival gig, the most massive arena show, and the hottest club date," said singer Michael Kiske.
The DVD/Blu-ray nails the tour with recordings from Wacken, Germany in front of 75,000 metal heads and 14,000 fans in the Madrid arena, Spain – and as a bonus, the show in the Espaço das Américas, gathering 8,000 in São Paulo, Brazil. Altogether, it offers over three hours of live material in stereo and premium 5.1 surround sound, plus backstage material, tons of surprises, and a very personal band interview about the past, present and future. The live-CD / vinyl presents a whopping 2 hours 20 of pure audio material from the concert in Madrid plus four bonus tracks from the shows in Prague, São Paulo, Wacken, and Santiago de Chile. – There honestly was no way we could've fit more on the discs.
(source: Helloween)