Hello everyone! I apologize for the gap in updates as it has been a crazy week. I didn't see my Happy Mothers Day posting to Michele,Mum,Theresa,Janis,Barb and Monica,....so I'll make those belated wishes again! I hope everyone had a great Day.
We just landed in Seoul-Incheon airport after our 2nd flight in 22 hours,...awaiting next one to Osaka for concert tomorrow night!
I want to Thank The fans, the crews and Alive Concerts for doing an incredible job of making the shows the success that I believe we achieved. Both St Petersburg
and Moscow were once again amazing! Thank You all.
The Russian segment of this tour have included 4 full blown concerts,2 acoustic shows, 4 meet and greets, 2 separate trips to Moscow, one stolen wallet,(mine) which I was able to have to returned after some "gentle persuasion" with a cab driver, Bruce!!!!!!.....safe trip home dude,.....and 4 visits to "Hot Dogs",....which every food item had been at least sampled by someone in the tour group.
Thanks to all in Russia, now comes the Asian tour! Take Care of Each other!!! DC Cooper
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
May 4th
Today our Word Tour kick off in Copenhagen!!!
I'm so excited!!!
The day started with the usual stuff like loading gear from our rehearsal studio and getting the last things for our long trip.
Me, Jonas and Palle (our backliner) went with the truck and the gear to our first stop at Lions & Barrels in Copenhagen.
Because of the busy day, we all was pretty late. But after traffic jam, minor car accident and delayed gear we all got to the venue.
Soundcheck went pretty good. Now we are ready for the show!
A lot of people and friends came to the show. Among those, former members Steen and Jacob was there. Nice to see you guys!
The show went good!!! A few mistakes here and there but that's more of a rule when you a having the opening show. Some extra nervousity:)
The crowd seemed to enjoyed it very much anyway:)
Now to pack up all the gear and going to the Airport directly. In a few hours, we will be traveling THREE flights to get to Ufa, Russia.
/Andreas \m/
Thursday, May 3, 2012
May 3rd
Hi all,
Here we are - finally the day is here where we start our World Tour 2012!
Yesterday we had our last rehearsal and ladies and gentlemen - I'm telling
you: We sound GOOD!!!!
It would be a complete lie if I said, that the past few days hasn't been extremely stressful for us... You have absolutely no idea how many things there are to take care of before we leave...... packing, backdrops, rehearsals and spending the last hours with our families...
But now everything seems to be ready and set and we are all REALLY excited to go!!!
First show is Copenhagen.
It's always funny to play in our own country, cuz we have absolutely no idea what to expect.
Everybody has a lot of friends coming to see us, so I believe that makes us a little bit more nervous :)
Maybe it also will give us an extra kick - at least I'll do my part :)
That's it for now.
We can't wait to tell you all about it tomorrow.
Better Than Nothing!
Allan
Monday, April 30, 2012
April 28th
I never did all these blips and blogs before – while on tour – but this time Allan´s been twisting my arm for so long so here you go:
Lobby Call at 9.30 is a bit early for me but the weather´s fine so I´m not complaining too much… having my coffee, Jager and the First Cigarette of the Day outside. A short minivan ride to the venue with everybody except for DC, Sasha and Maria – have to check out the gear. A few technical difficulties – well, nothing and nobody´s perfect – but by noon it all seems to be working.
Crew stays at the venue while Andreas, Jonas, Allan and I are walking to a nearest café with a couple of local guys – it´s still sunny so we`re spending an hour sitting outside, chatting and enjoying a few cappuccinos.
Our dear singers arriving and we´re running through a couple of songs: the sound on stage is a bit muddy but Peter´s convinced that it will get better… alrighty.
Lunch at the venue: other bands and crews are showing up, some of them we´ve played with before – backstage area gets busier, the usual "war stories sharing" is everywhere, lunch´s tasty and Jack comes by.
Showtime: the venue´s pretty much packed with very, very enthusiastic fans – wow, they´re loud! Sound did improved, we´re all pretty confident yet making tons of mistakes – obviously - but nobody in the audience seems to care: they´re singing every word of every single song and it looks like everybody´s having a ball. New songs are going down incredibly well so I´m adding a little bit of excitement by messing up the beginning of "Half Past Loneliness"… and nothing but cheers and wide smiles in return. These people are having one hell of a good time!
An hour and a half later we´re all in our dressing room again: first show of the tour so everybody talks like a machine gun… so much stuff to discuss! Generally we´re all pleased with the way the show went down and Party Time´s arriving: I´ll leave out all the details (remember Rule Nr. One – "what goes on on tour stays on tour"?) – but I´m back in my hotel room by 4 o´clock… Lobby Call 9.30! Thank you Greece (we´ll be back!) and good night.
André
Saturday, April 28, 2012
April 27th
First travel day on the world tour with Royal Hunt 2012!
Here we go folks!
Copenhagen airport.
First stop: Athen.
- Breakfast, Jäger and some other wet liquid in the airport and everybody made it in time to gate B8. (thank God)
11am.
We are now somewhere over the amazing alps, as I see very clearly from my window seat.
- Big excitement because the first day in Athen actually is a day off and we get to hang out all day!
I am looking forward to feel some sun, as it should be 25 degrees:)
Hurra!! Greece here we come!
The decision of the day!
White legs or avoiding sunburn!!?! Even factor 30 will burn my "ghost" legs ;) haha!!!
Life is hard on tour!
(I will go for jeans)
After getting lost a few times walking trying to find my way around the hood, Allan, Jonas, DC and myself ate in a restaurant close to Acropolis :) nice!!!!!
next stop will be a walk to Acropolis!
(But we actually never made it because we did bump into another great cafe right in the afternoon sun. Coffee and beer. Can I stay her for the rest of the summer? Please:)
last time I went to Athen with Royal Hunt in 2008 I did a lot of sightseeing and decided to chill on this visit. The City is stunning.
Rehearsal time after dinner in the hotel with Sasha and Andreas - tuning our vocals :) I am pleased! :)))
I think we all are ready for the concert tomorrow.
A sore throat and a bad cough has forced me to go to bed - no party :( as I need to be fresh and ready for the show tomorrow.
Life feels good! And I'm sure the next month will be GREAT!!!!!!
So see you all soon and goodnight!
Love Maria :)
Zzzzzzzz
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