Germany, Bochum - Dead Man's Hand Festival 2026

It was announced that Orphaned Land will unfortunately not be able to perform at the Dead Man’s Hand Festival. Due to the current war situation, most band members are unable to travel to the festival.

Instead, Vaentis will step in.

https://zeche.net/events/dead-mans-hand-festival-a-full-house-of-strings-steel/

EDIT 30.03.2026:
Kobi Farhi was flown in from Greece to share some words of peace and tolerance on stage.

It was planned that Geoff Tate would perform the classic Queensrÿche album "Operation: Mindcrime" in its entirety as part of his "Operation: Mindcrime - The Final Chapter Tour", which is his last tour with the performance of the full album.

Due to a medical emergency in his family, Geoff Tate did not perform this evening.

Instead, his (very talented) band played a set of rock/pop classics.

Final Running Order:

2:00 PM Doors
3:00 PM "Soundchaser" Reading
4:00 PM Broken Fate
5:00 PM Mission In Black
6:00 PM Geoff Tate Band
7:00 PM Vaentis
8:00 PM Tri State Corner
9:30 PM Rage & Orchestra

Setlist BROKEN FATE:

01. We Want More
02. Stolen Art
03. That's A Hard Way
04. Another World
05. Majority
06. Forgotten Faces
07. Fighters & Dreamers
08. Devil On Earth

Setlist MISSION IN BLACK:

01. Profit Reigns Supreme
02. Welcome The Apocalypse
03. What Does It Take To Be Alive
04. Mission In Black
05. Oceans Of Blood
06. Kill Your Idols
07. Dreamcatcher
08. The Darkness Within

Setlist Geoff Tate Band:

01. Help Me [Sonny Boy Williamson cover]
02. Gimme Shelter [The Rolling Stones cover]
03. Pride And Joy [Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble cover]
04. Dreams [Fleetwood Mac cover]
05. Jailbreak [Thin Lizzy cover]
06. ...Baby One More Time [Britney Spears cover]
07. All Along The Watchtower [Bob Dylan cover]
07. Zombie [The Cranberries cover]

Setlist VAENTIS:

01. Unparalayze
02. Forsaken
03. Jaded
04. Everafter
05. Destructible
06. Horizon
07. Paradigm
08. Eject
09. The Last Of Us
10. Leech

Setlist TRI STATE CORNER:

01. Faster
02. Nothing At All
03. Free Prison
04. Schemer
05. Run Away
06. My Own World
07. Hypocrisia
08. Sooner Or Later
09. Tomorrowland
10. Daydreamer

Setlist RAGE & LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA

This setlist post is under construction. At least fhe following songs were played:

Overture + From The Cradle To The Grave
Straight To Hell
Over And Over
Alive But Dead
Empty Hollow
Days Of December
Higher Than The Sky