Demons & Wizards - Fiddler on the Green - Live at Wacken Open Air 2019 

he needs to grow a beard

@@carlosluismendez7392 With that voice, he doesn't "need" to do anything, lol.

That's what cool with todays band, and groups. You can look like whatever you want. Watch "Within Temptation". A beautiful woman lead singer. Without even one piercing, or tattoo.

bad religion‘s singer today :-)

💯🙂

That sky, that lighting during wicked witch... just EPIC.

Óia aí mah, o Gustavo kkkk

I agree. I was there, and there are still goosebumps all over my arms whenever I watch this video. Unforgettable. A magic moment if there ever was one.

This was a show I willl forever be saddened by missing. 😔

Fuck you to all who were there. I die with envy. Fuck yeah!!!!!!!

nah dog he hides it from the world to hold off the heat death of the universe

yea that shiz was epic just like the album version it seems he aint blown out yet thats impressive i was shook

@@heartofjustice6041 how on earth does he still do it at 53 years old!?

@@seadkolasinac7220 hate to make a comparison really but you do know that Bruck Dickinson is 61 now right?

@@purge_them_all you mean bruce dickinson from iron maiden he doesnt sound as good as he used to and he did have tongue cancer

@@heartofjustice6041 2018-2019 as good as always..

You’re so lucky. I saw them here in Los Angeles. But If I could I would have preferred to see them on this Wacken concert.

So awesome you went for it. I hope to go to Waken too some year soon. Were places to stay really expensive?

That's awesome!

@@powskier You stay on the festival campgrounds. All you need is a tent/camping supplies! Unless you are talking about accommodations for sightseeing before/after the festival.

Amazing! It will be with you forever❤️🎸

hope this is joke

@@solitudebychoice don't underestimate those beautiful Jake Dreyer solo notes

Id pay for that

And it's a goddamn shame.

*Cries because I'll never have the privilege of seeing D&W live.* Who knows if they are done though. Time heals all wounds.

@@MrEgofreak Hansi quitted, so they certainly won't. But still I have hope that they continue without Jon...

@@tobias3023 I'm pretty sure Jon was the composer, as in the music was his and the lyrics Hansi's, so without him... there's probably no Demons&Wizards, unfortunately.

1:03 he seems like he has forseen what will be happening I mean look at that gaze. His facial expression literally said not gonna happen

they never left that place :-D

LOL

And we were

Never left 😉

yup, we never stopped singing. In fact i still can't stop

How does that saying go? Don't be sad it is over, be glad it happened. They had that one tour in 2000 and Hansi was unwell throughout. I for one never expected to see FotG live, but I am forever grateful that they managed this. I could not ask for a better venue or live recording than at Wacken. We might never see the Demon and the Wizard on stage again, but we will always have this \m/

@@RaiKov That is very true, to be honest i do cry a little every time i watch this recording, but as you said, be glad that it happened..

Hansi threw Jon under the bus. What an asshole.

@@DarkMatterBurritoAll Jon had to do was just play guitar. Jan.6 was a honeypot of epic proportions and he fell for it. No one forced him to go there. Then he goes to jail then sells out the rest of the Oathkeepers and throws THEM under the bus and goes into witness protection to save his own ass.

I was fortunate enough to see D&W in London on this tour. All thrown into the fire with Jon's crap though.

im ok with that. its about time people give this band the credit they deserve. which hopefully in turn leads them to iced earth and bling guardian afterwards.

@@band77one I would definitely listen to a band named Bling Guardian lol

@@band77one Guilty. I saw Iced Earth in KC with Symphony X and didn't know much about them. Some one turned me on to this and then boom, I started downloading all of both bands catalog. But this dude Hansi? Omg!!

@@Wlfgng75 He will definitely become one of your favourite vocalists within a few songs for sure!

It truly is amazing! Does the office get to hear too? Or do you have headphones?

He clearly is our messiah.

@@drstephenstrange897 don't fear the eyes of the dark lord

@@jennstarr Morgoth I cried!

The bards' songs will remain!

@@robsonfaxas the national anthem

RIP to your friend! 🤟 You have a beautiful song to remember him by.

🥀

RIP to your friend bro. Your comment brought me tears 😭

It was. It absolutely fucking was.

Everyday. This is by far my favorite song in life. Shit touched my soul

Still here

Absolutely agree

This is their best song period

I love it so much this song brings tears to my eyes

Achei um corinthiano não é possível

@@vinicius3938 estamos em todos os lugares hahahaha

É nois

Unfortunately this band is no more. Hansi (the singer) ended the collaboration after Jon Schaffer (guitarist) participated in the January 6th riots. This was one of the last performances the band ever did. Hansi's main band is Blind Guardian, so I'd recommend you check them out as well

@fruitchewx127 WOW! Thank you for that incredibly informative comment. I'm bummed to hear that the band is no more but very much respect the decision. "All good things must come to an end" as the old adage goes. - I'll be sure to check out your recommendation! Thank you!

​@@thematrix3431the best album of the group "Blind Guardian" is "Nightfall in the Middle-Earth".

I totally agree - simply the best one. Between all the other great concerts, this one definitely was the peak!

Have been remembering 2007's Blind Guardian show there.

🇧🇷😍❤️

Between D&W breaking up, Delain practically ceasing to exist, and Marko Hietala leaving Nightwish - it's been a hell of first two months of 2021 for all of us, I think :(

And I just saw it right now, with your post... =(( terribly sad, my friday is sucking right now

Its a shame that its not gonna happen ever again :/

@@killuazoldyck6452 never again

Yep

I dont understand who is the sad boy in the begining

@@S.D1010 I read this in an article of some american metal site from 2002, I think. The story is quite moving: Hansi wrote these lyrics after he witnessed two car accidents in his neighbourhood while he was walking his dog and were two young children on bicycles were killed. The first accident involved a young boy, the second a girl two weeks later. He imagined that the reaper made a mistake and took the boy before his time. The soul of the boy could not go to heaven because it was way too early and so the reaper created some kind of temporary paradise for the boy who now was stuck in limbo. The reaper desperately wants to make up for his failure and finally finds the girl that would have become the boys wife if he would not have taken him. So he appears in her dreams as a fiddler on a green pasture with the lonely boy and asks her if she would mind if he takes her too so that the boy is no longer alone. So in Hansis imagination, the reaper arranged the second accident to take the girl so that the two souls who were meant to be together in life at least are together in death and not alone anymore. Hansi Kuersch is not only a fantastic vocalist but also a fantastic lyricist.

@@ralflukas9695 this is beautiful and very sad at the same time... thanks for the information

@@ralflukas9695 i believe hansi came up with the concept and jon wrote the lyrics

Absolute goosebumps! I cry to this song at times when life becomes too much. BG & DW saved my life with their art. Thankfully, snagged the tshirt of this song with the verse "Just take my hand.... your pain will go away". Imagine what that means to a BG/DW fan who lives in chronic pain. I wear it whenever I have to go to the hospital.. or just when I'm in need of comfort from the world. I'm sad we'll never hear it live again.. although I'm hoping for it against everything! Someday... 🙏

Dont forget about witherfall

Perfect rendition of the song by the whole band, but holy f*ck di Dreyer slay it. Just perfect.

Yeah the dude is awesome

UNBELIEVABLE! ... to say it with Hansis word!

Yes. I'm disabled but regret not flying to Portland to see them. Had I known.. I'd have crawled from California.. 😭

Right? 🥲

They do but when other singer cover BG or Demons is sounds really weird. It shows that Hansi has a very big voice.

@@carlosluismendez7392 tbf i think van canto nailed the bard’s song in the forrest. But yeah you need to be on the next level to cover a bg or demons and wizards song

@@bartvandemortel can canto sure did good job, but its only one and only hansi&demons and wizzards ;)

@@bartvandemortel The reason Van Canto nailed the Bard´s Song is because of the nature of the band, Blind Guardian loves their harmonies so of course an acapella metal band is perfectly suited for covering the Bard´s Song.

The entire gig was 👌 Couldn't ask for more... except that it never stops.

Would be very great if Hansi featured some Demons&Wizards songs in Blind Guardian concerts

@@tobias3023 I have a feeling that he will be doing that but well just a feeling. Would be amazing tho...

That would really be nice. I hope to see them live in Hamburg in March, if Omicron is gone by then...

What happened?

​@@josephadelman8272 Jon had participated in the events in Washington DC on January 6th. Part of that fallout involved Hansi effectively ending the Demon's and Wizards collaboration.

It'd be a dream come true for sure, man!

I also like how Hansi colects all the guitar Players after he finished the lyrics. "I had my moment, this is yours now!"

@@christophpoll784 well said, bro 🤘🏿

@@christophpoll784 His march-dancing was hilarious!

The other backing vocalists are Marjan Welman, John Jaycee Cuijpers and Olaf Senkbeil!