So, we have almost 30 songs to rehearse for the upcoming tour. Since we don’t have too much off-time this spring, we gonna have to whip all the new songs for the album tour into shape at these rehersals in addition to getting the 15th anniversary set together. I think Pasi has the hardest work since none of the songs are too familiar to him, for the rest of us it’s a lot easier. I managed to program all my sounds last week, so no there are just minor tweaks that I’ll do on the spot. I just hope we all can get these tunes into our memory-banks before the tour starts….in fact we don’t have much of a choice, this MUST work out fine.Don’t worry, we’ll get it:
Tuesday 21.1.2014
Oh holy crap what a mess. We spent the whole day cleaning up our rehersal place and setting up the gear. So no music today, but we’re ready for tomorrow ;-)
Wednesday 22.1.2014
Spent the day playing through all the tracks on the list, since every song was a first for Pasi we had to play through all the basic stuff as well…after that we spent more time on the stuff that we haven’t played in a while and the stuff that we’ve never played before. A good long day in the cold rehersal place.
Thursday 23.1.2014
In the morning we scribbled down the set for the 15th anniversary show, what a fucking ride it will be,
this is gonna be great ! Played through a couple of songs first and then the band (excluding mr.T) run
through the entire set….and it worked ;-) After that it was time to call it a day. Tomorrow is the last day of rehersals, I guess we’re getting pretty fast at getting our shit together.
Friday 24.1.2014
Started the morning with computer stuff, making intros and outros and sorting out stuff. Then it was time to run through the news songs that we’ll put in the set on the European Tour. We still need to work at those during soundchecks but at least we got through them. One last run through the complete set, working out endings and transitions and then we spent a couple of hours packing our stuff for the tour and cleaning up the rehersal space, since we won’t need it before the end of the world tour we’re giving it up now.R.I.P cold warehouse.
…and we’re done. I’m gonna go through the stuff once more on Monday just to be sure that I’ll remember it all, we still have one more rehersal with the full production before the shows start…
on Wednesday our break from the touring circuit will be over…after just over 5 months of doing other stuff. It’s gonna be great to be back, can’t wait….
cheers,
Henkka
Love you <3
ReplyDeleteSo..the upcoming european tour will have Pariah's Child songs and some old stuff from the anniversary? -T
ReplyDeleteNothing is decided yet but the older stuff will probably be some of the songs we're playing now on the anniversary shows...and then of course a bunch of new songs from Pariah's Child.
DeleteCan't wait either. It's been too long and too many things happened in between! Good to hear Pasi is doing well, not that I had any doubt. He is the best bassist of Finland after all.
ReplyDeleteThings are pretty shitty at the moment and I'm pretty positive I just totally flunked my final Finnish exam so the future updates from you guys and the four shows ahead with my friends are gonna be my fuel to keep going. ;) thanks.
It's so exciting to hear that you're planning on playing so many varied songs.. looking forward to hear what you have in store for us! :) hope the rehearsals were fun, and that you guys will be well rested in time for the upcoming shows.. :) Loving your updates btw <3
ReplyDeleteSo after 3 days of rehearsing you're done with all your stuff for both tours? Awesome... you must be supernatural or something.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same! But it's just the experience from all these years!
DeleteShit! I'm so anxious!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see you play live finally!
Almost 30 songs? Ok for the 20 years you have to be like Dream Theater and do "An Evening With Sonata Arctica" 3 hours setlist ;D !
ReplyDeleteThose almost 30 includes the new songs we're gonna play on the Pariah's Child World Tour.... 3 hours...hmm....somehow I don't see that happening anytime soon.
DeleteI imagine Tommy after a 3 hours show asking for red bull... or euthanasia
DeleteIs there a possibility for more anniversary shows later in the year or even next year?
ReplyDeleteIts really a pity that there are no shows scheduled for Europe, escpecially since the anniversary ones will be extra long.
At the moment the 15th anniversary thing will only be in Finland and Latin-America :-(
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ReplyDeleteI would be very grateful if you checked this out. Can't wait for the next album. (we met in Aschaffenburg but I don't think you can barely remember me, I was the guy from the south of Italy ;) ) Moreover when the videoclip for the single will be out approximately ?
Nice going dude ;-)
DeleteThere any plans to come to the UK in the next year? We've missed you here :(
ReplyDeleteNothing confirmed yet...
DeleteHmmm, I'm a bit confused now: Mr.T.? K. or P.?
ReplyDeletePS: Can't wait to see tiny Tony/ giant Pasi interaction onstage. It will be fun.
Hi!
ReplyDeleteJust saw you with Sonata Arctica at Tampere-talo. Nice gig indeed, but at some point you started having some trouble with the Alesis Vortex? Was it because of the wireless midi or something or becaus of the Vortex itself? Just asking because I'm thinking if I should buy one..
Yeah, I forgot to re-program one of the knobs and it was set to pitch bend, just figured it out today when I had time to actually check it out. Shit happends sometimes ;-)
DeleteI'll love you guys forever... for the WPBO alone, but also everything else :D
ReplyDeleteOkay, can't wait for another 11 days to see you again! Are you gonna disappear again after show? :)
Thank you so much for the Tampere and Hämenlinna shows. They were awesome and it's a real joy to see Pasi on stage with you guys. He seems so happy, I couldn't stop smiling when I looked at him! Hope he didn't get too traumatized by an Italian weirdo speaking broken Finnish jumping at him for a hug ;)
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