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Video: Simone Simons of Epica celebrating her birthday with Roppongi Rocks

January 17, 2018 roppongirocks

Today Epica‘s vocalist Simone Simons celebrates her 33rd birthday. As she happens to be in Tokyo on tour, Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson and Caroline Misokane paid her a visit.

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Roppongi Rocks boss Stefan Nilsson backstage in To Roppongi Rocks boss Stefan Nilsson backstage in Tokyo on 13th November 2019 with Lars Johansson and Jan Lindh of Sweden’s mighty doom masters @candlemassdoom. Good times were had, doom dancing happened.
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