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3/11/2005
AQUILES PRIESTER’S 2005 WORLDWIDE TOUR
Mapex Drums’ active endorser Aquiles Priester
will be touring with his Angra in February and March of 2005.
Aquiles will be traveling to Europe, playing in countries such
as Greece, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Belgium and the
UK. He will then fly to Asia with tour stops in Taiwan, Australia
for concerts.
Born in Otjo, South Africa, Aquiles moved to Brazil
when he was five. In 1985, during the first “Rock in Rio”
festival he built a drum set out of cans, ice cream bowls and
gas gallon containers. Aquiles reveals, “Since then my
life changed and I would only dream of becoming a great drummer.”
His first drum set included a snare, a tom which he borrowed
from the school band, a bass drum, a high hat, and a cymbal which
hung from the ceiling.
Aquiles started playing professionally in 1986
and was the drummer for bands such as Spartacus, and Hora H and
Lucas Scariotys. In 1992, Aquiles decided to take drumming classes
to improve his technical skills and studied under Mimo Aires,
Thabba and Kiko Freitas. Two years later he was playing with
bands such as Infra Blue and Apocalipse Now. Inspired by the
band Angra, Aquiles formed the band Hanger in November of 1997.
Less than a year later, Hangar was opening for Angra and in 2000
Aquiles was invited to join Angra, his dream band.
In 2002 Aquiles was elected the Best Heavy Metal
Drummer by the leading Brazilian drumming magazines and also
by “Burrn!” magazine of Japan.
Aquiles’ Mapex drum kit configuration includes:
two 22”x18” Bass Drums; 10”x9", 12”x10"
and 13”x11” Rack Toms; and 14”x14" and
16”x16" Floor Toms. He also uses different sized Mapex
and Black Panther snare drums for various types of music and
venues.
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Dates and locations of Aquiles’ 2005 Worldwide
Tour:
Europe
Wednesday - 03/February - Departure from Brasil
Thursday - 04/February - arrival Milano
Saturday - 05/ February - MILAN(I) / Rainbow
Sunday - 06/ February - PRALTEN (CH) Z 7
Monday - 07/ February - LYON (F) / Transbordeur
Tuesday - 08/ February - STRASBOURG (F) / La Laiterie
Thursday - 10/ February - MADRID (S) / Arena
Friday - 11/ February - BARCELONA (S) / Razzmatazz 2
Saturday - 12/ February - VITORIA (S) / Azkena
Sunday - 13/ February - TOULOUSE (F) Havana café
Tuesday - 15/ February - MONTPELLIER (F) / Rockstore (long trip
after the show)
Wednesday - 16/ February - PARIS (F) / Elysée Montmartre
Thursday - 17/ February - RENNES (F) / L'Antipode
Friday - 18/ February - BRUSSELS (B) / Ten Weyngaert
Saturday - 19/ February - TOURS (F) / La Pleiade
Monday - 21/ February - LONDON (UK) / Mean Fiddler (with Dragon
Force)
Thursday - 24/ February - Promo day in Athens (TBC)
Friday - 25/ February - show ATHENS (G) - Rodon Club Show (TBC)
Saturday - 26/ February - show ATHENS (G) / Idrogios Club (TBC)
Sunday - 27/ February - Return to Brazil Asia
JAPAN Trip
Saturday - 12/March - OSAKA (J) / Nanba Hatch
Sunday - 13/March - FUKUOSA (J) / Zepp Fukuoka
Monday - 14/March - HIROSHIMA (J) / Quattro
Tuesday - 15/March - Travel day
Wednesday - 16/March - TOKYO (J) / Shibuya-AX
Thursday - 17/March - TOKYO (J) / Shibuya-AX
Friday - 18/March - NAGOYA (J) / Zepp Nagoya
Asia Trip
Sunday - 20/ March - Show TAIWAN - Taipei (TBC)
Tuesday - 22/March - Show Australia - Sydney (TBC)
Tuesday - 24/March - Show Australia - Melbourne at the Corner
Hotel.
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