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Terveisiä Saunasta (5.6. & 7.6.2009)
I've been meaning to post this for a month now... Better late than never, eh?
In the beginning of June I was at the Sauna Open Air metal festival. Why? Because my favourite cello rockers were playing there on Friday [BTW, if anyone is interested, Apocalyptica's recent gig at Ilosaarirock is available at Yle Areena for 30 days: http://areena.yle.fi/video/316757] and on Sunday I wanted to see Nightwish and Stratovarius. This year's Sauna wasn't very sauna-like. It was quite cold on Friday (+7°C, cloudy, occasional showers), but it wasn't too bad - it was just a matter of dressing according to weather. Still, I was glad it was warmer on Sunday (+16°C and sunny). On Friday I was there with a colleague of mine, and on Sunday I went just by myself. Saturday was the festival's biggest day (10 000 visitors) because Mötley Crüe was headlining then, but I wasn't there - I was at the Finnish bookcrossers' summer meet-up in Nauvo.
Some pictures and a bunch of MySpace and YouTube links (clips of varying quality) under the cut.
Friday's bands
Deuteronomium and Amorphis were the first bands of the day, but because we wanted to grab a bite to eat before heading to the festival area, those two had already played when we got there.
* 45 Degree Woman http://www.myspace.com/45dw
* Duff McKagan's Loaded http://www.myspace.com/loaded
Mike Monroe sang a couple of songs with them. The crowd woke up when he appeared on stage. (It's So Easy, Attitude/New Rose)
* Medeia http://www.myspace.com/medeiaband
* Soilwork http://www.myspace.com/soilwork (20 More Miles)
* Viikate http://www.viikate.com/ (Pohjoista viljaa)
* Apocalyptica (One of my favourite bands, so I was glad to see them in Tampere.)
http://www.apocalyptica.com/
http://www.myspace.com/apocalyptica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica's setlist:
Wherever I May Roam, Refuse/Resist, Grace, Fight Fire With Fire, One, I'm Not Jesus (with Sonata Arctica's Tony Kakko, yay!), Life Burns (with Tony), For Whom the Bell Tolls, Betrayal/Forgiveness, Bittersweet, Last Hope, Seek and Destroy, Inquisition Symphony,
I Don't Care (with Tony), Enter Sandman, Hall of the Mountain King.
This is not from Sauna, but here they are, playing Enter Sandman in a club in Tucson, Arizona:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLiHHZWhJ-A (What an excellent crowd!)
And here's some Grieg for you. Hall of the Mountain King (taken from the Life Burns tour dvd):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf2aIVKp1OY
Bittersweet (instrumental, live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RURZurQt1kQ
Bittersweet (video/cd version, feat. Ville Valo & Lauri Ylönen):
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=15283852
I was somewhere around row five, but I didn't get very good pictures.
(And I was more interested in actually following the gig than taking photos anyway.)
Sunday's bands
On Saturday I was in Nauvo at the Finnish bookcrossers' summer meet-up and returned home on Sunday afternoon. (Yeah, it was a busy weekend.) Kotiteollisuus and Omnium Gatherum had already played before I got to the festival area.
* Kamelot http://www.myspace.com/kamelot (Rule the World, March of Mephisto)
* Bullet http://www.myspace.com/bulletsweden (Pay the Price)
* Stratovarius http://www.myspace.com/officialstratovarius
Strato's setlist: Hunting High and Low, Speed of Light, The Kiss of Judas, A Million Lightyears Away, Higher We Go, Eagleheart, Winter Skies, Phoenix, Forever, Visions, Deep Unknown, Black Diamond (2:36 you can see the crowd).
Strato's 'tour in progress' videos: 1, 2, 3. :-) (Part 2 features Lauri's guided tour of "Tampere" and some footage from Sauna.)
Thor played after Stratovarius, but I didn't watch their gig.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Mikl_Thor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bESbfX4Z-o
*Nightwish
http://www.nightwish.com/
http://www.myspace.com/nightwish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwish
Nightwish's setlist:
Finlandia (with Troy Donockley), 7 Days to the Wolves, Dead to the World, The Siren, Amaranth, Romanticide, The Poet and the Pendulum, Nemo, Sahara, The Islander (with Troy), twice, because Marco forgot the lyrics... (yes, he was rather drunk), Last of the Wilds (with Troy), Dark Chest of Wonders, Wish I Had an Angel.
Next stop: Ankkarock in August.
In the beginning of June I was at the Sauna Open Air metal festival. Why? Because my favourite cello rockers were playing there on Friday [BTW, if anyone is interested, Apocalyptica's recent gig at Ilosaarirock is available at Yle Areena for 30 days: http://areena.yle.fi/video/316757] and on Sunday I wanted to see Nightwish and Stratovarius. This year's Sauna wasn't very sauna-like. It was quite cold on Friday (+7°C, cloudy, occasional showers), but it wasn't too bad - it was just a matter of dressing according to weather. Still, I was glad it was warmer on Sunday (+16°C and sunny). On Friday I was there with a colleague of mine, and on Sunday I went just by myself. Saturday was the festival's biggest day (10 000 visitors) because Mötley Crüe was headlining then, but I wasn't there - I was at the Finnish bookcrossers' summer meet-up in Nauvo.
Some pictures and a bunch of MySpace and YouTube links (clips of varying quality) under the cut.
Friday's bands
Deuteronomium and Amorphis were the first bands of the day, but because we wanted to grab a bite to eat before heading to the festival area, those two had already played when we got there.
* 45 Degree Woman http://www.myspace.com/45dw
* Duff McKagan's Loaded http://www.myspace.com/loaded
Mike Monroe sang a couple of songs with them. The crowd woke up when he appeared on stage. (It's So Easy, Attitude/New Rose)
* Medeia http://www.myspace.com/medeiaband
* Soilwork http://www.myspace.com/soilwork (20 More Miles)
* Viikate http://www.viikate.com/ (Pohjoista viljaa)
* Apocalyptica (One of my favourite bands, so I was glad to see them in Tampere.)
http://www.apocalyptica.com/
http://www.myspace.com/apocalyptica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica's setlist:
Wherever I May Roam, Refuse/Resist, Grace, Fight Fire With Fire, One, I'm Not Jesus (with Sonata Arctica's Tony Kakko, yay!), Life Burns (with Tony), For Whom the Bell Tolls, Betrayal/Forgiveness, Bittersweet, Last Hope, Seek and Destroy, Inquisition Symphony,
I Don't Care (with Tony), Enter Sandman, Hall of the Mountain King.
This is not from Sauna, but here they are, playing Enter Sandman in a club in Tucson, Arizona:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLiHHZWhJ-A (What an excellent crowd!)
And here's some Grieg for you. Hall of the Mountain King (taken from the Life Burns tour dvd):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf2aIVKp1OY
Bittersweet (instrumental, live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RURZurQt1kQ
Bittersweet (video/cd version, feat. Ville Valo & Lauri Ylönen):
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=15283852
I was somewhere around row five, but I didn't get very good pictures.
(And I was more interested in actually following the gig than taking photos anyway.)
Sunday's bands
On Saturday I was in Nauvo at the Finnish bookcrossers' summer meet-up and returned home on Sunday afternoon. (Yeah, it was a busy weekend.) Kotiteollisuus and Omnium Gatherum had already played before I got to the festival area.
* Kamelot http://www.myspace.com/kamelot (Rule the World, March of Mephisto)
* Bullet http://www.myspace.com/bulletsweden (Pay the Price)
* Stratovarius http://www.myspace.com/officialstratovarius
Strato's setlist: Hunting High and Low, Speed of Light, The Kiss of Judas, A Million Lightyears Away, Higher We Go, Eagleheart, Winter Skies, Phoenix, Forever, Visions, Deep Unknown, Black Diamond (2:36 you can see the crowd).
Strato's 'tour in progress' videos: 1, 2, 3. :-) (Part 2 features Lauri's guided tour of "Tampere" and some footage from Sauna.)
Thor played after Stratovarius, but I didn't watch their gig.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Mikl_Thor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bESbfX4Z-o
*Nightwish
http://www.nightwish.com/
http://www.myspace.com/nightwish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwish
Nightwish's setlist:
Finlandia (with Troy Donockley), 7 Days to the Wolves, Dead to the World, The Siren, Amaranth, Romanticide, The Poet and the Pendulum, Nemo, Sahara, The Islander (with Troy), twice, because Marco forgot the lyrics... (yes, he was rather drunk), Last of the Wilds (with Troy), Dark Chest of Wonders, Wish I Had an Angel.
Next stop: Ankkarock in August.