Tour with Stratovarius

12.02 - Coming Home

2010-02-10T08:59:00.000-08:00

The tour is over.

After 5 weeks of mayhem, it's time to let the dust clear. We are tired as fuck, but we couldn't be more happy with the tour and how well it came together in the end.
A lot of fun memories have been made, but right now, I can't wait to get me some clean clothes and a proper shower!

As I'm writing this, we are on our way back to Finland from Sweden. We are onboard Silja Line Symphony, a fairly big ship with moderate facilities for relaxation!
It's a long ride home, so better make the most of it!

Big thanks to everybody who was involved on the tour and travelled with us:
Stratovarius, their crew, Mystic Prophecy, Dream Evil and Winters Verge. There are way too many names to be listed in here, but all of you know who you are, and all of will be remembered!
A huge thanks to all the people who came to the shows, bought our merch and supported us!
We had the best time with all you guys! Hope to meet you on the road again!

Oh, and thanks to everybody who bothered to read this shitspit of a tourblog :D Hope you got something out of it!

Over and out!

-Antti/Tracy

09.01 - LAST DAY!

2010-02-09T08:08:00.000-08:00

Saatana soikoon!

One more show to go, and then the tour is over.
What can i say, it sucks big time! But let's not get ahead of ourselves!
There's still the afterparty, and the boat trip home, so there's still plenty of time to cause havoc!

Gotta go! Soundcheck time!
I will write here one more time, when the dust has cleared!

-Antti/Tracy

06.02 - Sweet Sweden

2010-02-06T10:05:00.000-08:00

What's up, people?

Been a while since we last wrote on this blog, but how many times can you write the same thing over and over again? Still, thought I'd share these last touring days with anybody whos reading this!

We have left Germany behind us, and entered Scandinavia. We were told that the shows here would be suffering from low ticket sales, but at least Denmark proved our worries wrong! We had really fun on the stage, and the afterparty was really something! We have to thank the people working at The Rock and the people who came to see the show for making the night worth remembering!

Now, like I said before, we are here in Lund, Sweden. It's still almost 40min till our showtime, so we still have plenty of time before we gotta hit the stage. Should be interesting enough: Vili has just started to recover from a bad fever, and I think I have food poisoning.

Oh, unless you missed it, we have just posted a new episode of Ego TV on YouTube, and there's new episodes on the way! You can find them all from our YouTube channel.

That's pretty much it! See you at the rest of the shows!

Kotisuomeen terveisiä: Kohta kotona! Kattakaa kahvipöytä!

-Antti/Tracy

01.02 - Germany again!

2010-02-01T04:55:00.000-08:00

Morning, people!

A new month, a new flu. Didnt get nearly enough sleep last night. Tired as hell, so im gonna keep this one short.

So we arrived in Germany 2 days ago, and played a show in Backstage. The show was good, and since there was a day off the next day, we felt comfortable to relax a little. And since our label manager had travelled all the way to see our show, we were guaranteed to have a good time! :p

right now we are in Stuttgart, in the Longhorn, waiting for our soundcheck. The venue is pretty cold, and in my current condition, its not helping.

Later, guys. m gonna go to the bus and try to sleep some more.

-Antti

28.1 - Bratislava YEAHH

2010-01-28T08:43:00.000-08:00

So here we are in the country of Hostel and Miroslav Satan. Everythings mighty fine!!
It's pretty damn cool to play shows with a kickass bassplayer (Lauri P. that is), cause I've never really seen anyone live before. Makes you wanna step up with your "game".
We've also had some of the best shows ever, and it feels ultra-cool to see how this group of instrument touchers is improving on and on. The day-offs have been also much cooler on this tour, however they kinda suck cause there ain't much to do and the numbers in bank accounts shrink. :)

I gots to tell that my favorite show still was in Milano. It's insane to play to a crowd that really looks like they're havin a lot of fun and are able to show that.
Like on last tour, Bologna also owned. Looks like I've found my favorite country to play so far. Whity almighty. 666 :)

Tomorrow we are in Zlin and the shows sold out, should be a blast!!!
Two hours 'til show time!!! GOTS TO GO!!!

-Pektus

26.1 - Happy Happy Hungary

2010-01-26T09:07:00.000-08:00

Whaddap!

I really hope that somebody else would write this blog. I'm running our of greetings and things to say.

Our new travelmates, Winters Verge, are just finishing their soundcheck. They have proven themselves as really cool guys to hang around with, and we have been having a blast. The other night Miguel, the bassist, got really wasted and had himself kick/banned from a local bar after a few beers and a Long Island Ice Tea :D We still have 4 shows with them before Dream Evil takes over their supporting duties.

Overall, we still have 13 shows left. That means we are halfway done with the tour. It's weird when 3 weeks seem like 3 days. Time flies when you are having a hell of a good time!

That's all! Signing off! The next text will hopefully be by somebody else than me!

Ps. We will try ro add some more photos here, but wouldn't you know, we have been having some problems with our computers. We will try to fix that as soon as possible!

-Antti/Trace

22.1 - Day-Off in Serbia

2010-01-22T13:21:00.000-08:00

Greets, peeps!

We crossed the Serbian boarder somewhere around 14.00 local time, and sure enough we get stopped by the police. They had us waiting for 30 min when they were doing their check. After finding nothing illegal on our buss, they let us go with our rectums intact.

We are now parked in front of the venue where we will play tomorrow. Today has been all about movies and relaxing, but it's starting to get really boring. Jens just send me message: He had found a strip club nearby, so I'm gonna head there.

Keep tuning in!

-Antti/Trace

21.1 - Milan

2010-01-21T08:03:00.000-08:00

Howdy Ho!

We are sitting in the backstage of Alcatraz. Stratovarius are just in the middle of their soundcheck, while the rest of us are just sitting and waiting for our turn. By far the most boring part of the day.

Today is a very special day. Our friends from Mystic Prophecy, are leaving the tour today. That means we are gonna have to break up our little family and get used to the new faces that are gonna share our bus with us. Since this is their last gig of the tour, it is our obligation to make it the gig that they will remember! We'll see what happens is a couple of hours :D

Tomorrow we will wake up in Serbia, where we will be spending two days. Gonna be wicked!

See you guys on the road!

-Antti/trace

15.1.2010 - Madrid rocks!!!

2010-01-17T07:47:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody!

It's been a few days without a post. That's because we have had some bad luck with the wireless internet connections. The shows so far have been getting better and better, and the crowds have been good to us (if you don't count the BOO in Bochum). So far so good!

We have already had some amazing times with the other bands, and it hasn't even been a week!
The guys from Mystic Prophecy will leave the tour after 6 shows, though. It's gonna suck when they leave. They are all huge Arnold fans. I don't think that I have ever head this much Arnie jokes in one week. Hopefully the guys from Winters Verge will be as cool!

There's a nasty flu oving around the tourcrew. Kotipelto is really sick right now, but he is still singing A class shows. Hopefully the rest of us will keep our shit togerther as well as him when the flu hits like a motherfucker.

That's about all I can think of for now. Stay tunet for more! We will try fixing the links on myspace and in our homepage!

See you guys at the shows!

GET DOWN! GET DOWN AGAIN!

Yours,

- Tracy

PS: ...And here is some (not so) ultra cool pictures taken from Toulouse, our last venue´s most ass-kicking backstage bar. Special thanks to Le Bikini´s personnel who kept us refreshed. You´re the best!

9.1.2010 - Amsterdam

2010-01-17T07:46:00.001-08:00

Howdy, peeps! Still alive, reporting to you from Amsterdam! The venue is huge as hell. They have 2 stages and a cinema in the same building. I got lost during the first 2 minutes while trying to find my way to the backstage. The city is also like a fucking maze, but it's not a bad place to lose yourself! So far Amsterdam has been awesome!

Yesterdays show in Antwerp was a huge improvement from the previous show we had in Bochum. We were properly rested, more people had turned up to watch the show, and we didn't hear a single BOO! After the show we met up with some local friends we had met the last time we were in Belgium. If you guys happen to be reading this, thanks for a fucking awesome evening! You know who you are!

Right now we are waiting for our soundcheck to start. After the show we are going to check the local nightlife. Too bad we have to leave quite early. Hopefully we'll have more time to spend in here the next time.

That's pretty much everything for now. Keep tuning in! We will try to add some photos if we manage to take some good ones!

Over and out!

-Antti/Trace

8.1.2010

2010-01-17T07:35:00.000-08:00

Hello people!! We are now in Antwerp Belgium. Hehe Played our first show yesterday in Bochum, and we are happy that we have already played our spinal tap show of the tour so we don't have to worry about that anymore!! When Perttu hit the stage, the audience greeted him with a nice BOOO. The night ended in a nice sparkling wine party and we got our well deserved rest from a hard day of traveling.

At the moment things look mighty fine, the show here in Hof Ter Lo is gonna kick ass tonight!!!

We will update this blog on a solid basis so stay tuned!!!

-Pekko/Trace