{"id":14858,"date":"2026-01-17T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/happy-birthday-simone-simons\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:16:20","slug":"happy-birthday-simone-simons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/happy-birthday-simone-simons\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday SIMONE SIMONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-17-Simone-Simons-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-17-Simone-Simons-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-17-Simone-Simons-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-17-Simone-Simons-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-17-Simone-Simons-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-17-Simone-Simons.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We wish the enchanting <strong>Epica singer<\/strong> Simone Simons all the best for her 41st birthday.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br\/>&#8211; <strong>Simone Simons<\/strong> took flute lessons at the age of ten.<br\/>&#8211; A <strong>Nightwish<\/strong> CD inspired her to take classical singing lessons at the age of 15.<br\/>&#8211; She has been the lead singer of <strong>Epica<\/strong> since 2002.<br\/>&#8211; She is also a busy blogger and enjoys fashion, food and photography.<br\/>&#8211; Simone lives in Stuttgart with her husband Oliver Palotai and their ten-year-old son.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to <strong>Epica <\/strong>in our &#8220;Dark Metal&#8221; playlist on Spotify:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/2NW3mryBPC3N5l4StQhmpX?si=OADEiijoTMCy6NPl1zkT9Q\" style=\"background-color:#07b710\">&#8220;Dark Metal&#8221;-Playlist<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out what&#8217;s available from Epica on EMP:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=14172&amp;awinaffid=1386213&amp;ued=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.emp.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EMP*<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:8px\">*Die mit Sternchen markierten Linkempfehlungen sind Affilate-Links\/Partnerprogramm-Links, auf welche Du frei klicken kannst. 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Did you know?&#8211; Simone Simons took flute lessons at the age of ten.&#8211; A Nightwish CD inspired her to take classical singing lessons at the age of 15.&#8211; She has been the lead singer of Epica since 2002.&#8211; She is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1177],"tags":[2036,3336,2619,1227],"class_list":["post-14858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-complete","tag-birthday","tag-concert-dates-en","tag-epica-en","tag-tourdates-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy Birthday SIMONE SIMONS - Orkus1.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We wish SIMONE SIMONS (EPICA) a happy birthday. 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