It was always a mess here when we used to travel through
Copenhagen to different European destinations in the past. The whole airport
was under construction and there were no cool shops, restaurants and cafes and
I used to hate this place. I once even slept one night at the airport floor in
2007. We had been in Milan, Italy at this TV show and we were supposed to fly
to Helsinki via Copenhagen. Landing in Copenhagen was very hard due to a snowstorm
and they told us as soon as we landed and got to the gate that we’d have to
spend our night in the City.
As all the flights were cancelled and there were a lot of
passengers looking for a place to sleep, all the hotels were fully booked and
we had nowhere to go. The problem was that there was a show next day in Finland
and we weren’t just able to take a taxi downtown for a couple of days to enjoy our
time.
So we had a couple of beers in the night with the guys and
the next morning I woke up on the airport floor as this little Swedish girl was
standing next to me with her family asking for an autograph. That was one of the
rock star moments of my life so far. I was still a bit drunk and I felt like a
homeless dude who smells like shit. I didn’t have a toothbrush. I’m a great example
for the youth…
I haven’t been to the airport for a couple years and wow it
was cool now. The “under construction” signs are gone and it’s all ready and
beautiful. I think Copenhagen just topped my favorite airport, Helsinki. I
ended up shopping my ass off those 90 minutes now. Congratulations Denmark! Why
the hell am I actually writing so much about a damn airport… Mr. Haber’s Trip
advisor. Ok, to the point…
A lot has happened after the tour. It’s been mostly about
promoting the new single “Little Bit Love” and joining different award shows. I
even had our former keyboard player / Producer Jukka with me at the TV shows
playing the piano because Osmo wasn’t able to come. Osmo is just so damn busy
with all his other projects. With Jukka you can NEVER go to sleep without
drinking two bottles of wine. And it’s always worth it. Was actually great fun.
I have missed Jukka since he’s been living in Cologne, Las Vegas and Paris Now.
Every time I call him, he is in a different country.
Today we’re traveling with my band mates again. We are
performing in some TV show in Cologne and on Saturday we will play a small
acoustic school concert somewhere in Germany. Meanwhile it’s been so cool being
at home and actually having time for myself the last month. I was even able to
set up a little birthday get together. I usually suck with that. And thank you
everyone for the great presents you had also sent me. Sweet <3 I wasn’t able
to invite you al because I wasn’t able to bake a cake big enough…;)
I also love how the year 2014 looks in the calendar now. The
spring will be pretty easy, just a couple promotion activities and mostly just
enjoying life and writing songs when ever I feel like it. The summer festival
schedule looks great too. There’s a lot but it’s not too packed. We have these
little “Sunrise Avenue Festivals” too this summer and I really like that. We
still don’t know all the bands we will invite to play at those evenings with
us, but we’ll see. I guess My First Band will join for some of them at least.
And maybe we find something even newer and cool from Finland. You never know…
And then in late summer I will jump on my red chair again at
the Voice Of Germany. I thought about The Voice for quite some time after they
offered me the job again, but in the end I just felt like I had to do it one
more time. Last year with all the craziness was so hard and busy; I don’t
actually remember much of it. I think this time I will definitely enjoy the
Voice even more and I will know better what to do with the talents since
everything is not new to me. Even though last year was busy, I still value the
Voice Experience as one of the coolest in my life so far. So maybe now it’ll be
a bit more relaxed and smooth since I don’t have to spend time with album
production and song writing the same time. And learning German will be easier
too since I have more time for it. I will still speak completely wrong, but
maybe a can learn a couple more words to help me communicate with the talents
& folks. It’s not a language show, it’s a damn TV show where they sing mostly
in English. One more season! I’m so excited ;) Now that Nena and BossiHossi
decided to leave the game (I think that is smart after three seasons), I really
hope Max stays in the game with me.
In the autumn there are also some very cool things planned for
Sunrise Avenue, but we and I’ll let you know about that stuff as soon as it’s
all confirmed. Some of our childhood perversions and dreams will be fulfilled
;) I really hope it all works out – looks good. Now we’re getting musically
dead serious…
I never wrote the blog after the last show of the tour in
Vienna. The party was just too hard and lasted for days…;) After the promotion
for “Unholy Ground” and the Voice ended in late 2013, I had been daily
connected to the live production for the tour we had. Even on my winter
holidays. There were huge storms and threats around the production and the
whole tour and we even had to change the major team twice to make it work for
you in the arenas. But it worked out and rocked like hell!
So… I must say the biggest thanx to you all for making the unbelievable
great three weeks happen for us. We’ve been through the ups and downs during
the last ten years with the band and we’ve seen almost all of it. Those ten
shows were far the best thing that I have ever experienced with my pants on and
it was far the best experience I have had on stage ever. The DVD filming and
recording in Hamburg O2 worked out perfect too and that will be one damn cool
package. I guess it’ll be out in early autumn.
So… Be nice everyone and work and study hard. There’s still
some months until we hit the summer time. But when we do, we will have fun together. As
always.
We have 50 Kilometers to the destination so I’ll close my
eyes for a moment. It’s a school concert we play in a local high school today.
They have won our show in some kind of a contest. Back to school. I was never
too got at it.
Big love all and huge hugs everyone,
Samu
Copenhagen to different European destinations in the past. The whole airport
was under construction and there were no cool shops, restaurants and cafes and
I used to hate this place. I once even slept one night at the airport floor in
2007. We had been in Milan, Italy at this TV show and we were supposed to fly
to Helsinki via Copenhagen. Landing in Copenhagen was very hard due to a snowstorm
and they told us as soon as we landed and got to the gate that we’d have to
spend our night in the City.
As all the flights were cancelled and there were a lot of
passengers looking for a place to sleep, all the hotels were fully booked and
we had nowhere to go. The problem was that there was a show next day in Finland
and we weren’t just able to take a taxi downtown for a couple of days to enjoy our
time.
So we had a couple of beers in the night with the guys and
the next morning I woke up on the airport floor as this little Swedish girl was
standing next to me with her family asking for an autograph. That was one of the
rock star moments of my life so far. I was still a bit drunk and I felt like a
homeless dude who smells like shit. I didn’t have a toothbrush. I’m a great example
for the youth…
I haven’t been to the airport for a couple years and wow it
was cool now. The “under construction” signs are gone and it’s all ready and
beautiful. I think Copenhagen just topped my favorite airport, Helsinki. I
ended up shopping my ass off those 90 minutes now. Congratulations Denmark! Why
the hell am I actually writing so much about a damn airport… Mr. Haber’s Trip
advisor. Ok, to the point…
A lot has happened after the tour. It’s been mostly about
promoting the new single “Little Bit Love” and joining different award shows. I
even had our former keyboard player / Producer Jukka with me at the TV shows
playing the piano because Osmo wasn’t able to come. Osmo is just so damn busy
with all his other projects. With Jukka you can NEVER go to sleep without
drinking two bottles of wine. And it’s always worth it. Was actually great fun.
I have missed Jukka since he’s been living in Cologne, Las Vegas and Paris Now.
Every time I call him, he is in a different country.
Today we’re traveling with my band mates again. We are
performing in some TV show in Cologne and on Saturday we will play a small
acoustic school concert somewhere in Germany. Meanwhile it’s been so cool being
at home and actually having time for myself the last month. I was even able to
set up a little birthday get together. I usually suck with that. And thank you
everyone for the great presents you had also sent me. Sweet <3 I wasn’t able
to invite you al because I wasn’t able to bake a cake big enough…;)
I also love how the year 2014 looks in the calendar now. The
spring will be pretty easy, just a couple promotion activities and mostly just
enjoying life and writing songs when ever I feel like it. The summer festival
schedule looks great too. There’s a lot but it’s not too packed. We have these
little “Sunrise Avenue Festivals” too this summer and I really like that. We
still don’t know all the bands we will invite to play at those evenings with
us, but we’ll see. I guess My First Band will join for some of them at least.
And maybe we find something even newer and cool from Finland. You never know…
And then in late summer I will jump on my red chair again at
the Voice Of Germany. I thought about The Voice for quite some time after they
offered me the job again, but in the end I just felt like I had to do it one
more time. Last year with all the craziness was so hard and busy; I don’t
actually remember much of it. I think this time I will definitely enjoy the
Voice even more and I will know better what to do with the talents since
everything is not new to me. Even though last year was busy, I still value the
Voice Experience as one of the coolest in my life so far. So maybe now it’ll be
a bit more relaxed and smooth since I don’t have to spend time with album
production and song writing the same time. And learning German will be easier
too since I have more time for it. I will still speak completely wrong, but
maybe a can learn a couple more words to help me communicate with the talents
& folks. It’s not a language show, it’s a damn TV show where they sing mostly
in English. One more season! I’m so excited ;) Now that Nena and BossiHossi
decided to leave the game (I think that is smart after three seasons), I really
hope Max stays in the game with me.
In the autumn there are also some very cool things planned for
Sunrise Avenue, but we and I’ll let you know about that stuff as soon as it’s
all confirmed. Some of our childhood perversions and dreams will be fulfilled
;) I really hope it all works out – looks good. Now we’re getting musically
dead serious…
I never wrote the blog after the last show of the tour in
Vienna. The party was just too hard and lasted for days…;) After the promotion
for “Unholy Ground” and the Voice ended in late 2013, I had been daily
connected to the live production for the tour we had. Even on my winter
holidays. There were huge storms and threats around the production and the
whole tour and we even had to change the major team twice to make it work for
you in the arenas. But it worked out and rocked like hell!
So… I must say the biggest thanx to you all for making the unbelievable
great three weeks happen for us. We’ve been through the ups and downs during
the last ten years with the band and we’ve seen almost all of it. Those ten
shows were far the best thing that I have ever experienced with my pants on and
it was far the best experience I have had on stage ever. The DVD filming and
recording in Hamburg O2 worked out perfect too and that will be one damn cool
package. I guess it’ll be out in early autumn.
So… Be nice everyone and work and study hard. There’s still
some months until we hit the summer time. But when we do, we will have fun together. As
always.
We have 50 Kilometers to the destination so I’ll close my
eyes for a moment. It’s a school concert we play in a local high school today.
They have won our show in some kind of a contest. Back to school. I was never
too got at it.
Big love all and huge hugs everyone,
Samu