November 15th, Ludwigshafen (Climax club)
Climax was clearly the smallest venue of the whole tour but the place was packed and at least I was having a lot of fun. The place reminded us of a famous club called Mexas in Tampere but it´s not there anymore, so don´t go looking for it. We sold a lot of merchandise every night and when we came back home we didn´t have much anything left. One of the greatest things about being on a tour is that you get to meet a lot of people, most of them cool. I wanna thank those girls who helped us find our way to the hotel although eventually Paavo and I took a taxi but thanx anyway. The next morning I went out for a sightseen and being a shopping maniac I burned a lot of money, again.
(Photo by Matti Lehtonen)
November 16th, Stuttgart (Die Röhre)
I´m not sure if I told you before but I lost my prescription pills in Berlin so I really needed to get a new jar so once we got to Stuttgart I had to find a hospital only to find out that they didn´t have the pills and neither had the second hospital but eventually we were guided to a mental institution and finally, thank God, I got what I needed.
(Photo by Suiciderock.com)
Oh, I almost forgot. On the way to Stuttgart we were pulled over by a police officer. At first he was very formal but when he saw a Bloodpit poster he realized that he had seen our video on MTV. We talked for a while and we even offered him our cd, but he couldn´t take it. Shame.
This venue was pretty big, say 600(?) and the stage was big enough for our swollen egos >;o) It was the last German gig (this time) and for me it was special because everything worked so well and the audience was great. We are still amazed because of the reception in Germany. Every night we saw people singing along and waving their fists in the air and it was unbelievable!!! We´re really looking forward going back.
Right after the show we drove to the hotel where we had just enough time to take a nap before catching the plane to Milano, Italy.
Let us move on to the ITALIAN DIARIES, here we go:
(Photo by Matti Lehtonen)
November 17th, Ronchi Dei Legionari (Rock Club)
I woke up at 3.30 AM having slept 20 minutes. It was time to leave again.
We drove to the airport tired as hell and before I could open my eyes we were in Milano. I had a cold and I was feeling terrible but it could have happened much earlier so I couldn´t complain. The first thing our Italian friend Gianrico told us was to get ready for a TV show. None of us knew about it until now so we were far from ready. The TV show for channel 3 took a few hours and it was terrible. We were simply too tired to be focused on anything so we started laughing hysterically and I just couldn´t stop. It was so embarrassing when they interviewed Alex Ruffini, a great photographer, and all I could do was giggle sitting next to him.
(Photo by Matti Lehtonen)
Clear without saying we were not at our best that night simply because the schedule didn´t include sleeping. My voice was also totally blown out that night.
November 18th, Pescara (First Floor Rock)
The owner of the place needs his own place in this diary. He´s great, he always takes part in everything and he even taught me some Italian. We love him. First Floor was a familiar place from our last Italian tour in December 2005 and we were thrilled to be there again. It seems that we have built a little following in Italy by playing concerts there. After the show I was lucky enough to share my time with some lovely ladies.
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(Photo by Gianrico Cuppari)
The last show of the whole tour took place in Bologna and it was a good one. The venue was nice and the stage was like a huge cage which was only a good thing.
Our stay in Italy was over too quickly and this time we didn´t have time to see any places which is a shame because Italy is a beautiful country. Everything happened so fast and all of a sudden everything was over and we were on our way home. Next time we´re not gonna stay less than six months :o)
(Photo by Matti Lehtonen)
(Photo by suiciderock.com)
Yours,
Matthau
