We are on Aeroflot
flight SU1411 from Yekaterinburg toMoscow. Everyone made it to the
flight even though the hassle at the airportwas pretty bad again. The
thing is, we need to get to the second plain fromMoscow to Kiev, Ukraine
and someone should make sure all the instruments andtechnical gear are
on that plane too. It’s a good thing it’s Sunday. We’regonna drive like
crazy to the venue when we land in Ukraine to make everythingready for
the show in the evening. It’s gonna be one hell of a day for our
crewboys.
Tonight is our first show in Ukraine ever. Finally!!!Getting to the venue in the afternoon traffic would have been a mess if itwasn’t Sunday. Someone has thought this whole trip through pretty smart. Theonly thing that wasn’t too smart was that someone planned the day-off inYekaterinburg on Friday. Some of the boys looked pretty “crispy” on Saturdaymorning after all the well-known Russian hospitality…;) Boys are boys. I slept11 hours like a baby tiger.
We played three shows in Russia this week and the only thingI can say is WOW!! We’ve had some difficulties in the past with the littleRussian tours we did, but this time everything has been as easy and pleasant asever. In every city (St. Petersburg, Moscow and Yekaterinburg) the crowd, staffand the clubs have been just amazing and we have felt very special the wholeway. I don’t know why it was so hard arranging this trip for us and it even gotcancelled a few times, but now looking at it afterwards, the work wasdefinitely worth it.
I don’t know if it’s the long break we had between the rockshows, but it felt like the crowd was as loud and great as ever! I had somestrange thoughts during the Big Band Theory Tour if we should change our stylejust a little bit towards that. Nope. Rock is the thing we’re born for andthere we shall stay. The Big Band and Acoustic things are like nice littleholidays from our day jobs, but the old school stuff is still where we feellike home ;)
It’s a shame we can’t get to know the cities too much onthese trips. Especially I have to rest my throat on the off days and preparemyself for the next day’s show. There’s nothing worse than singing with abroken throat. Just try to sing 90 minutes very loud next time you’re sick. Ok,don’t try it. Anyway. In Yekaterinburg the band guys & crew took a visit toone of the clubs and I went shopping to one of the malls with Heikki but that’sabout it. We knew that Moscow is cool and St.Petersburg is a bit like Stockholmbut even Yekaterinburg felt really nice. Of course the slowly coming springhelps all this too. When it’s dark and cold, nothing is pretty. I heard it’sclose to +30C and sunny today in Kiev. I didn’t bring my shorts. But I have mysun glasses, unlike Heikki…
Everyone in the band and crew are playing the Hill Climbmobile game. It’s pretty cool and FREE and you should check it out if youhaven’t yet. Usually I suck at games, but this time it finally seems as if I’mone of the best. It’s very addictive. The monster truck is my favorite vehiclein the game. The game is developed by two Finnish guys - Go Finland!! Sami isfun to watch when he plays. He really moves with every muscle even though hejust has a tiny iPhone in his hands and when he dies in the game, he releasesthese amazing sounds of disappointment. It’s so annoying how good he is inNHL13 with Play Station. I just can’t beat him!!
Anyway. I just wanted to thank you all for the great tripand the fantastic moments on stage. We really hope we can come back soon!
I’ll take a nap now. It’s gonna be a long day until I lay myhead on the hotel bed in Kiev tonight. And my mother will be there too checkingus and the show out, so I better look fresh ;)
Hugs,
Samu
PS: Thanx & sorry to the staff at the Dom Pechati clubin Yekaterinburg. I heard some of the boys were there quite late on Fridaynight and their dance moves weren’t exactly what you’d call cool ;) Oppaa,Sunrise Style!
Tonight is our first show in Ukraine ever. Finally!!!Getting to the venue in the afternoon traffic would have been a mess if itwasn’t Sunday. Someone has thought this whole trip through pretty smart. Theonly thing that wasn’t too smart was that someone planned the day-off inYekaterinburg on Friday. Some of the boys looked pretty “crispy” on Saturdaymorning after all the well-known Russian hospitality…;) Boys are boys. I slept11 hours like a baby tiger.
We played three shows in Russia this week and the only thingI can say is WOW!! We’ve had some difficulties in the past with the littleRussian tours we did, but this time everything has been as easy and pleasant asever. In every city (St. Petersburg, Moscow and Yekaterinburg) the crowd, staffand the clubs have been just amazing and we have felt very special the wholeway. I don’t know why it was so hard arranging this trip for us and it even gotcancelled a few times, but now looking at it afterwards, the work wasdefinitely worth it.
I don’t know if it’s the long break we had between the rockshows, but it felt like the crowd was as loud and great as ever! I had somestrange thoughts during the Big Band Theory Tour if we should change our stylejust a little bit towards that. Nope. Rock is the thing we’re born for andthere we shall stay. The Big Band and Acoustic things are like nice littleholidays from our day jobs, but the old school stuff is still where we feellike home ;)
It’s a shame we can’t get to know the cities too much onthese trips. Especially I have to rest my throat on the off days and preparemyself for the next day’s show. There’s nothing worse than singing with abroken throat. Just try to sing 90 minutes very loud next time you’re sick. Ok,don’t try it. Anyway. In Yekaterinburg the band guys & crew took a visit toone of the clubs and I went shopping to one of the malls with Heikki but that’sabout it. We knew that Moscow is cool and St.Petersburg is a bit like Stockholmbut even Yekaterinburg felt really nice. Of course the slowly coming springhelps all this too. When it’s dark and cold, nothing is pretty. I heard it’sclose to +30C and sunny today in Kiev. I didn’t bring my shorts. But I have mysun glasses, unlike Heikki…
Everyone in the band and crew are playing the Hill Climbmobile game. It’s pretty cool and FREE and you should check it out if youhaven’t yet. Usually I suck at games, but this time it finally seems as if I’mone of the best. It’s very addictive. The monster truck is my favorite vehiclein the game. The game is developed by two Finnish guys - Go Finland!! Sami isfun to watch when he plays. He really moves with every muscle even though hejust has a tiny iPhone in his hands and when he dies in the game, he releasesthese amazing sounds of disappointment. It’s so annoying how good he is inNHL13 with Play Station. I just can’t beat him!!
Anyway. I just wanted to thank you all for the great tripand the fantastic moments on stage. We really hope we can come back soon!
I’ll take a nap now. It’s gonna be a long day until I lay myhead on the hotel bed in Kiev tonight. And my mother will be there too checkingus and the show out, so I better look fresh ;)
Hugs,
Samu
PS: Thanx & sorry to the staff at the Dom Pechati clubin Yekaterinburg. I heard some of the boys were there quite late on Fridaynight and their dance moves weren’t exactly what you’d call cool ;) Oppaa,Sunrise Style!
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