News on Myspace - The Rasmus

Hello everyone!

I hope the spring is treating you all up here well, and that in the southern hemisphere the autumn is not too cold for you guys there..

We are back in the studio now, we had a practice today for the upcoming summer concerts. We`ll soon be back to recording in the studio, and i decided that i want to keep you all posted.. So we opened a facebook account to where i can send photos easily.
Please have patience with us, as we are known to be not so fast and grand in all things internet.

But anyways my goal is to send a pic a day, sometimes it`s not from studio or even not something connected with the band, but i promise at least i try to send a pic a day and one line of comment.

here`s the link, hope it works:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Rasmus/123327544349293


Lot of hugs to all of you!


Eero


Read more: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=36054977&blogID=533803437#ixzz0mtD3Ej4O

Confirmed gigs for the summer!

We`re preparing the new album, and decided not to tour this summer, BUT we already confirmed these gigs...and maybe couple of more, maybe...

06/05/10 /
Juwenalia 2010 (Lublin, Poland)

19/06/10 /
Sataman Yö (Jyväskylä, Finland)

10/07/10 /
Miljoona Rock (Tuuri, Finland)


See you!

The Rasmus Live @ IRC-Galleria 23rd November (17:30 CET)

Aktuelle Stimmung: abenteuerlustig

The Rasmus head back to school to celebrate their career of 15 years. See the gig in IRC-Galleria and IRC-Galerie!
Monday the 23th of November, The Rasmus is holding a special concert in the gym hall of their former school in Suutarila. The first gig The Rasmus ever played, was in the year 1994 at a Christmas party at the same location. The show is streamed live at IRC-Galleria and IRC-Galerie The Rasmus communities! You can follow the gig live in IRC-Galleria or IRC-Galerie communities and chat with other fans.

--> IRC-Galleria (Finnish community) (http://irc-galleria.net/community/3257341)
--> IRC-Galerie (German community) (http://ircgalerie.net/community/136068)

The stream starts at 17.30 CET

If you don’t have IRC-Galerie or IRC-Galleria account yet, you can log in with your Facebook account as well to see the show.
The communities are in Finnish and German only BUT no need to worry as the stream is shown live worldwide !!!

The Rasmus Live @ IRC-Galleria & IRC-Galerie 23.11.2009

Aktuelle Stimmung: ängstlich

The Rasmus head back to school to celebrate their career of 15 years. See the gig in IRC-Galleria and IRC-Galerie!

Monday the 23th of November, The Rasmus is holding a special concert in the gym hall of their former school in Suutarila. The first gig The Rasmus ever played, was in the year 1994 at a Christmas party at the same location.

You can follow the gig live in IRC-Galleria or IRC-Galerie communities and chat with other fans.....

IRC-Galleria community: http://irc-galleria.net/community/3257341
IRC-Galerie community: http://ircgalerie.net/community/136068
If you don’t have IRC-Galerie or IRC-Galleria account yet, you can log in with your Facebook account as well to see the show.

The starting time of the gig is yet to be confirmed.

The Rasmus Goes Back To School....

Aktuelle Stimmung: ängstlich

The Rasmus celebrates their 15th anniversary by playing a gig in the gym hall of Suutarila school in Helsinki on 23rd November. The venue is the same where the band first started their career in 1994 in the school’s Christmas Party.

Because of the limited capacity of the venue, the event is for invited guests only. The audience consists of a group of old class mates of The Rasmus members, some of the present pupils of Suutarila school and the winners of a special contest run by Irc-Galleria. Irc-Galleria will also broadcast the whole concert as a live stream world wide. Viewing the stream does not require registration to the service.

IRC-Galleria is one of the largest social networking websites in Finland with over 800 000 weekly users.

The event is implemented together with Sulake (the administrative corporation of IRC-Galleria) and Mikkeli University Of Applied Sciences. The multi-camera production is provided by Mikpolis Oy.

www.therasmus.com
www.irc-galleria.net
www.mikkeliamk.fi
www.mikpoli.fi

New single now at MySpace + Best Of compilation....

Aktuelle Stimmung: ängstlich

On November 25th, The Rasmus will release “Best of 2001-2009”, a compilation of all the hit songs from their four latest albums, including the million-selling “In The Shadows”, most of the singles and a few rarities.

The Rasmus’ new single “October & April”, a duet between Lauri and Anette Olzon from Nightwish, is due for release November 11th. The single have been sent to radios and the video premieres on October 23rd. The song can be listened at the bands MySpace profile.

Says Lauri: "We felt it was time to sum up these past ten years. Eero said, let`s call the album "This is how I spent my twenties"... No matter how stupid it sounded that is pretty much the truth. We went on this crazy rollercoaster ride, it has been an amazing time. We have travelled to more than 60 countries, from ..India.. to ..Siberia.., met thousands of fans all over the world and enthusiastic people working with our records. And when I look back on these last four records I feel very proud of them. We decided to include most of the singles to the album with a couple of our favorite album tracks, and the new song October & April.”

The Rasmus: Best of 2001-2009 track-listing:

1. In The Shadows
2. No fear
3. Guilty (US mix)
4. October & April (featuring Anette Olzon)
5. First Day Of My Life
6. Livin’ In A World Without You
7. F-F-F-Falling
8. Chill
9. Immortal
10. Justify
11. Shot
12. Funeral Song
13. Ghost of Love
14. Open My Eyes (acoustic version)
15. In My Life
16. Ten Black Roses
17. Sail Away

The collection will be released as a digipak and as a limited edition with a 32-page book!

Thanks for the great gigs, great feelings, great memories, great everything!
Hope to come back soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon,

Aki

Day off in Vladivostok.

Hello friends! One of my dreams came true, I`m in Vladivostok. All the day off, if we don`t count the press conference and some interviews we did...why I`m calling it a day off then...anyways...Really nice day, so many things to do and see, Beautiful orthodox churches, I visited the chinese markets, but maybe the coolest thing was the old submarine. We got inside and saw how people have been sleeping there etc. I even went into the tube/pipe (or how do you call it) which is for the torpedos, but don`t tell anybody, i wasn`t allowed to do that.
Lauri and Eero and our lovely light engineer Mikko went to scuba dive, they saw interesting underwater life of Vladivostok. Eero got a little sunburned, so if you wonder who is the crabguy on the bass, it`s him, believe or not.
Everyone feels very relaxed and ready for the show tomorrow, it`s gonna be outdoors so let`s hope it`s not raining! And if it`s raining we`ll have great fun anyway, right?

Ok, i think i`ll put my electric blue Speedos on and go to swim.

Pus och Kram,

Aki "Speedo" Hakala

Khabarovsk-Vladivostok flight 6:30AM

This flight is maybe the most awful in my life, the turbulence was so bad, our bags flew so high that they hit the ceiling, Keri Kellys (Alice Coopers guitarist) red wine too and then it was all over me. I was so scared, now I`m bit afraid of the landing...will there be turbulence as well...my heart is still beating like hell and i`m sweating like a pig, as we say in Finland.

Ok, let`s think about nice things now, I need to get rid of this feeling. We played ultimate rock show in Khabarovsk, had so much fun on the stage, and yes we played 60 min set, jahuuuuuuuu!!! I Want to thank all the people who came to check us out! And made our first visit to Khabarovsk very special, hope to come back soon!
Also we saw some of the city. I went to the river with Lauri and Eero, saw some nice churches, drove dodgem cars, had really nice day!
I`m so much looking forward to spend couple of days in Vladivostok, some of our friends from another finnish band (Amorphis) have been there and they said it`s beautiful. I have my camera with me so i hope to find something interesting to shoot.
Ou shit, time for the landing, everybody seem to be a bit scared, so let`s pray for the best and I`ll let you know how it was...

Vladivostok-Khabarovsk flight 7:02AM

Our pilot wasn`t able to land, we need to fly back to Khabarovsk! Shit! I`ll try to sleep...

Khabarovsk-Vladivostok flight 11:50AM

Ok, second try...the sky looks more clear now. Hope we have more luck this time! So far so good...

Khabarovsk, at the hotel 6:00PM

Ah, slept so well, what a tiring day. The second try of landing was successful, thank god. Now it`s time to have a "morning" coffee and a little walk outside before the dinner. Tomorrow is a day off too, so if you`re from Vladivostok please let me know what should we see in here, thanks. And see you at Avantgard Stadium!!!

Flying is nice, flying is nice, flying is nice.............NOT!

Aki

Cancellation / Novosibirsk

As all the fans in Novosibirsk know Monsters of Rock gig was cancelled (not only our show but the whole festival).
We are extremely sorry about it! We feel as bad as you guys. This situation was not in our hands, and it sucks. People who got upset cause of this remember that you`re important part of The Rasmus family and we hope to play for you as soon as possibly!!!

Anyway I want to say that we liked your city (and the zoo) very much and we had the best russian food on this tour in Novosibirsk!
Take care of yourselves,


Aki& the boys

On the plane Rostov-Ekaterinburg. 02:23AM.

We spent couple of nice days in Rostov, did the riverboat trip, went to the market place, enjoyed the nice (very hot) weather, met some fans and friends, and yes also played a gig...It was the second The R show in Rostov, in a sport hall, where people had seats, and if one stand up the security guys asked people to sit down, that was rock`n roll, hehehehe!!! First i felt that our music is never going to work for these people, but after couple of songs i only saw smiling people, I think they enjoyed what they heard. And of course it was good to see some The R fans with finnish flags in the crowd, thanks for the great support!!! All the Scorpions guys came to check us out as well, that was cool.

After the gig we went to see The Scorpions, we had seats on the 4th row, so pretty good places...good old songs like Rock you like a hurricane, Still loving you etc. A real 80`s rock show. These guys have been around for ages and they still seemed to like what they`re doing! Respect!
Ok, maybe I will try to sleep a little, before we land.

Aki

Hi guys,

I`m enjoying my breakfast coffee and relaxing at the hotel lobby bar in St. Petersburg. The gig yesterday was great, only thing that sucked was that we were able to play only 30 min, but I think we played very well and it was great to see so many The R fans in the audience! From now on we`ll play 60 min set, cause now the technical things are (hopefully) solved and we hope that A. Coopers crew will be bit faster with their sound check...We`ll see...
After the gig I was watching Alice Cooper. Never saw him on the stage before, THAT was extremely entertaining!
Ok, I think I need to leave now, the hotel restaurant is on fire, and the firemen are asking me to go out, the lobby is full of smoke, whatta????

So, time to head to Rostov...

Aki

I was trying to land a varial flip but instead I landed on my back and my shoulder got badly dislocated. For three hours I was wandering around Helsinki hospitals to fix it. Luckily my old friend Esa is a fast driver and we had good music and Salmiakki in the car. I will be able to do the forthcoming concerts in Russia, though I’m thinking of leaving my skateboard home for my son.
Lauri

Official The Rasmus merchandise: T-shirts, hoodies, bags, buttons, tops.

Check it out:
http://www.rokkikauppa.com/siteshop/tags/-/id/73/language_code/en/set_language/en

Site in english, swedish, finnish

Gig in Saarbrucken, Germany confirmed!!!

10.07.09 Halberg Open Air 2009, Saarbrücken .
http://www.halberg-open-air.de/index.php/lineup.html)

The Rasmus will embark on an eight date stadium tour in Russia together with Alice Cooper, Scorpions (co-headline) and Kindom Come. The tour is called MONSTERS OF ROCK and will the bands will play arenas in front of 20.000 - 30.000 people.
The three bands will travel together in a private jet plane, followed by a second old military aircraft carrying the equipment.

This is The Rasmus’ fifth tour in Russia, where they have a big following of fans in many cities.
“We are very excited about this tour”, says The Rasmus’ singer Lauri Ylönen. “We grew up listening to Alice Cooper and Scorpoins, so going on the road with them is a great honour. They have also worked with the legendary Desmond Child, like us, that’s a pretty funny coincidence. The Rasmus music is highly influenced by the 80’s music so we’ll fit in perfectly. I’ve been dreaming of going all the way to Vladivostok one day!”

Monsters of Rock – Russian Tour
Scorpions & Alice Copper (co-headline)
The Rasmus
Kingdom Come

Check the dates from the dates section!!!

Date: 30th of May 2009
Country: Kazakhstan
City: Almaty
Venue: Astana Square

In-Store Signing Sessions & Acoustic Performance

APRIL 8th @ FOPP Manchester
FOPP
19 Brown Street
M2 1DA Manchester
+44 161 830 7630

5.00pm - 5.50pm: signing session


APRIL 9th @ FOPP London
FOPP
1 Earlham Street
WC2H 9LL London
+44 20 78459770

5.00pm - 5.15pm: The Rasmus acoustic set
5.15pm - 5.30pm: Backyard Babies acoustic set
5.30pm - 6.15pm: Joint signing session

New date for Buenos Aires is April 29th, Venue Luna Park Stadium!!!

Here you are:

Apr 24 2009 National Auditorium Mexico City, Mexico
Apr 25 2009 Arena Moterrey Monterrey, Mexico
Apr 26 2009 Foro Expo Guadalajara, Mexico
May 1 2009 Teatro Caupolican Santiago de Chile, Chile
May 3 2009 Luna Park Stadium Buenos Aires, Argentina

Here is a link to vote for The Rasmus:
Äänestä Rasmusta yleisöäänestyksessä, tässä linkki:

http://pop.yle.fi/emma-gaala-2009/2009-01-03/yleisoaanestys-kotimainen-artisti

Thanks for voting / Kiitos äänestäsi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBm0WjBvMgQ

It`s a video clip our friend made, check it out, hope you like it!

Aki

Just want to wish Happy Valentines Day to all our friends around the world. - Aki & boys

Here are some dates for Russia, finally...
Some more will be added soon!!!

http://www.tci.ru/modx/?id=4

June
14th Sankt Petersburg,
18th Ekaterinburg,
20th Novosibirsk
28th Moscow

The Rasmus With Scorpion, Alice Cooper...etc.

More shows for UK!!!

(The Rasmus with Backyard Babies)

06.04.09 Concorde 2, Brighton
07.04.09 The Cockpit, Leeds
08.04.09 Manchester Academy 3, Manchester
09.04.09 Heaven, London
10.04.09 Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
11.04.09 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

Acoustic versions from Swedish morning TV show Nyhetsmorgon, Friday January 23, very early the morning after playing in Stockholm, the first gig on 2009 European Tour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLcvsV3wYN0&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKDMRt3RNMg&feature=channel

Cool,

A

Today is the last show in Germany on this tour...yhyyy...
Thanks for everybody who came to see us. We had really good time!!! Very relaxed feeling and warm and nice atmosphere. So thanks! Enjoyed! Hope we could come back very soooooooon!

No it`s time to head to other countries, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey etc. and to some new places like Macedonia, Croatia - looking forward!!!

Ok, 1 hour for the show here in Frankfurt, It`s a nice rockclub, smelly, dirty and sold out. I think that is enough to make a great rock show.
I feel kind of stuck here in the bus cause the line to the venue surrounds the bus...but i think i need to be brave enough to get out from here, heheheh, moimoi

Aki

The tour has started well. Really good gigs so far!!! You guys know how to sing along and some people even came on the stage to sing a song, that`s great! How come you can sing in finnish??
So prepare to sing "rakkauslaulu" on the stage, next time it might be your turn...

Now we`re in Dresden, spending some time in the bus, in a WARM bus, yes!!! 2 days ago i woke up in hamburg and it was only ab. 10 C in the bus = freezing!! The heating system was broken...

So, I`ve been sick for couple of days, fever and cold, feeling really shitty, but every night when i get on the stage i totally forget it and i feel great, there is so much energy in the air. So biggest thank you for giving me all that energy!

Ok, time for a little nap before the soundcheck, moimoi,

Aki

Here is a link to vote for The R:
Äänestä Rasmusta yleisöäänestyksessä, tässä linkki, jeejee:

http://pop.yle.fi/emma-gaala-2009/2009-01-03/yleisoaanestys-kotimainen-artisti

And Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...There will be new merch sold at the gigs, nice stuff! T-shirts, hoodies, tops, underpants etc. etc. CHECK THEM OUT!!! (cash payments only)

Jahuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, finally!!! We`re here in Stockholm/Sweden waiting for the soundcheck, thinking which songs should we play today...some old, some new stuff, covers...maybe...I don`t know...acoustic stuff also, äh, we`ve been doing it so many times, let`s skip it this time, no let`s do it, people love it... Hehehehehehehehe. Feeling is great, everybody seems to be so full on energy. At least today. We have an early wake up tomorrow morning at 3:30, What???? We will play Swedish Morning TV...So let`s see how much energy left tomorrow. It`s alright, it`s a nice start for the Tour!!! Ok gotta go, they need me on the stage... A

We added some shows in Spain, looking forward!!! And there is a little change on the tour schedule, 11.02 has changed, we play in Macedonia!! CHECK THE UPCOMING SHOWS!!!

Here is the link...check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJN-ydZjeXE&eurl=http://musik.uwe.vg/2009/01/09/the-rasmus-making-of-justify/

Finally we can confirm shows in Turkey, jahuuuuuu....

FRI 13.2. ISTANBUL, TURKEY ROCK HOUSE CAFÉ
SAT 14.2. ANKARA, TURKEY AIRPORT VENUE

Tix: http://www.biletix.com/event.htm?id=KLU01

See you soon,

Aki

We want to wish you all the best for 2009!!!

See you at the gigs,

The R

We are working on a new live DVD with the Rasmus and we are going to include some stories from around the world:
We would like to have input from the fans, there would be couple of
filmed interviews done with people interested in the music of Rasmus.
If you feel like you have a small story to tell and want to share it
with other people, please fill the questionary here:

questions.therasmus.se

Questionary is in english, finnish and swedish.

We will take contact with you about when and where the interviews are to be done.
Thanks for your help!
All information is handled with secure care and we don`t give your
email addresses to anyone.

Waiting for your replies,
The Rasmus live DVD team

Hey,

Two additional shows for Germany, because of the demand!!!

Apr 1 2009 Zeche (2nd show) Bochum
Apr 2 2009 Batschkapp (2nd show) Frankfurt

If you didn`t have a chance to get tickets for the shows in Jan/feb now you have a new chance!!!
Shows are on sale NOW, ticket weblink is www.eventim.de

See you guys soon,

Aki

Hello,

Show in Bucharest Romania has changed.
New Date: February 16th 2009

Sorry for that, see you soon!!!

Aki

Hello all!
Thanks so much for your lovely birthday wishes!
I`m happy that you all remembered me. I turned 29 and i feel like i`m teenager still!
Life is good, i just came back from Jyväskylä, we played a small concert of Indian music there and met some family and friends..
I`m excited to do the tour we are doing in next spring. It`s gonna be lot of fun and lot of great concerts, and lot of new countries for us.. I`ll meet you all then!
my biggest thanks, you made my heart warm once again!
Eero

People have been asking about the show in Prague...

The venue is the Lucerna Music Bar which is in the same building as Lucerna, but a different venue.

Apologies for the confusion.

Aki

Hey,

More shows added!!!
Check the Shows section!!!

Jahuuuuuuuuuuuu............................

Video clip from our last visit in Mexico. Good memories, hope to come back soon!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LntHTmSvXGA

Hi Guys,

Check out The Rasmus Merchandise!

http://www.rokkikauppa.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=59

Site in english, swedish and finnish.

VOTE FOR THE RASMUS
VOTEN POR THE RASMUS EN

http://www.mtvla.com/tv/los10/votar.jhtml

ROK.

Kerrang! Readers` Poll 2008

http://promo.kerrang.com/kerrang/kerrangpoll2008

Guys, there is a good chance to vote for The Rasmus...

http://www.radiorock.fi/kilpailut/rrf08_aanestys.html

Also you can win tickets for Radio Rock Finlandia show 5.12.08 In Helsinki!!

Thanks Friends!!!
Biggest thank you for everybody who remembered my B-day! We had a great party in Greece, jahuuuuuu
Next week we`ll be in Germany playing some radio shows and 3 acoustic gigs at Hard rock Cafes. It`s a little warm up before the real shows in January-February. Check the upcoming shows section!

We added 2 gigs in Austria:
03.04.2009 / AU- Vienne Arena Vienna
04.04.2009 / AU- Haus im Ennstal Talstation Gondelbahn Hauser Kaibling

P.S. Soon you`ll find more Tour dates, stay tuned...

Peace,

Aki

Hello friends,

The new official therasmus.com website is launched!!!
Check out all the rasmus videos, new fotos, making of the video, Tourdates, news etc. etc. Enjoy!!!

WWW.THERASMUS.COM

Check this from the German promo trip. Acoustic stuff and more http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dtzDksT8K4Q

The Rasmus are doing promotion in Germany this week!

Loads of radio interviews, acoustic radio shows, TV and interviews with magazines.
Yesterday they did an amazing acoustic gig at Radio Saw, check out some nice images here http://www.radiosaw.de/
....and if you think Pauli has changed his looks, we can tell you that it is Kimmo Aroluoma, the band`s guitar tech, who plays the guitar in some radio shows, since Pauli couldn`t make it from Singapore in time. He will be there for The Dome, though.

So far, we are happy to see the following countries releasing the album:

Finland 24.09.2008
Sweden 24.09.2008
Norway 24.09.2008
Denmark 24.09.2008
Estonia 24.09.2008
Germany 26.09.2008
Austria 26.09.2008
Netherlands 26.09.2008
Switzerland 26.09.2008
UK 29.09.2008
Belgium 29.09.2008
Canada 07.10.2008
Japan 01.10.2008
…and the album is soon out also in France, Mexico, Spain, Greece, Italy, Israel, Poland, Czech Republic, Iceland, Russia and Ukraine and we hope to give you those release dates shortly.

And more countries will be added to the list!
PLEASE NOTE that the dates might change.


Black Roses will be released in some different formats.
- BLACK ROSES CD album with 11 tracks.
- BLACK ROSES Special Fan Edition, the CD album + DVD with a 1h documentary about the making of the album, filmed and produced by Eero Heinonen.
- BLACK ROSES Digital album – tracklist as the CD.
- BLACK ROSES Digital album – iTunes Special edition with one bonus track.
...and on the UK and Japanese versions there might be Bonus Tracks...

The Rasmus will guest The Dome 47 on RTL2, with the new single "Livin` In A World Without You".
The Dome 47 will be aired twice,
September 6 at 17.00-20.00
September 20 at 17.00-20.00

Yippee! The coming single "Livin` In A World Without You" is the most played song on Finnish radio! It is since two weeks Number 1 on the Airplay charts in Finland.

The new single is released September 5 (digital) and September 10 (maxi CD).

Livin` In A World Without You tracklist
The Rasmus new single will be released in 2 formats, a 2-track single and a 4-track maxi. The 2-track has the video as b-side, and the 4-track has the video plus one album track, "You Got It Wrong" and an acoustic version of "Livin` In A World Without You".

The release on iTunes will have one more exclusive track; "Livin` In A World Without You - Milan East RMX" and this is set for September 5.

NOTE: The dates may vary in some countries, these dates are accurate for at least Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.



» The Rasmus The Rasmus Tour Dates Finland 13 Aug 2008, 23:39
The Rasmus will tour Finland in October together with Von Hertzen Brothers and Mariko!

DYNASTY TOUR 2008
03.10.2008 Rytmikorjaamo/Seinäjoki
04.10.2008 Teatria/Oulu
05.10.2008 Pakkahuone/Tampere
08.10.2008 Areena/Joensuu
09.10.2008 Paviljonki/Jyväskylä
10.10.2008 Sirkus/Hämeenlinna
11.10.2008 Caribia/Turku
12.10.2008 Kulttuuritalo/Helsinki

More info (in Finnish)
http://www.voice.fi/dynastytour

Check out the new The Rasmus community at .

The whole homepage is being re-constructed and will open in September, but meanwhile, enjoy the community! It is up today and is still undergoing some tweakings…

Hello,
we did third episode of Nalle adventure, he`s trying to spy on Lauri as Lauri`s working in songwriting...

Aktuelle Stimmung: gesegnet
Hei All!

I just had wonderful 2 days...
Wakeboarding and Tennis tournament and Birthday by the beach...
32°c, sun, friends, chokolate cake, swimming, beach volley, sunset...awwwwwwww.
and then i come to Myspace and get all YOUR b-day greetings. awwwwwwwwwwwwwww
I truly feel like a lucky son of my own mother.

THANK YOU ALL SUPER MUCH!!!

-Pauli Rantasalmi

"thank you all very much for remembering my birthday! A year has gone by
soooo fast. I will be celebrating it today with my new born son!! See you
soon on the festivals." lauri

http://www.youtube.com/v/CRozQQ8agjg&hl=en

...to be continued...?

Hi everybody!

We’ve had a really busy spring, putting the album together with the guys. These "last minute" ideas and fixes have become come very important for the Black Roses album, so all the waiting is worth it! For example we brought this eight years old song idea back to life. It’s a duet song. I got a wild idea to ask the Nightwish singer Anette Olzon to sing it together with me. I called her and she said YES! So good things come for those who wait. Were getting there!

-lauri-

ps. Prepare yourselves for the greatest murder ballad in a while!!!

http://www.metalfromfinland.com/awards/

Check out some more pics I just added. I think i will find some more later...

Greetings from not so snowy Finland!!!
Usually we have lots of snow this time of a year, but not now, buuuuuuuuuuu.....

Peace,

Aku

Hi there,

Just added some new/old pics...check them out!!

Aki

Moi everybody! The last four months we`ve been working very hard with the new album. We have recorded stuff in Nashville, Helsinki, Stockholm and Singapore! But we still want to nail a few more songs and that means the album will come out after the Summer. We are sorry about the delay but the new songs just keep coming and we really want this to be the best Rasmus album ever. I can`t wait for you to hear it!!!

Lauri and the boys

Aktuelle Stimmung: fleißig
diu diu aka.
halituliallaa, tiriahhaa & hilipatitsuikkaa !

Nice relaxing Xmas behind and getting ready for year 2008!

and Yes, album ALMOST done.
2 more songs to go.
Going crazy in good way here! hehehe
track list to do, video to do, new pictures to do, cover art to do....
work work but fun fun.

I cant wait to hear what you all think of our new album!

Peace,

Pauli

Thanks so much for everyone who congratulated me for my 28th birthday! Actually on November 27th i went to our myspace and i was touched by the sight, so many of our fans wanted to greet me on the birthday! anyway, that`s the bass player only.. ; )
I feel so old now (i think everyone`s supposed to get older and enjoy it), but i feel so good too. We have a new album coming, i can`t wait to go on tour with the new songs, and i`m editing this documentary of making of "Black Roses" so the album and band is on my mind every day!

Merry Christmas and happy thanksgiving to all ya!

Eero

Dear studio diary,

Today is 12th of November. We are recording today a track of bass guitar for "Ghost of Love". Lauri has been recording "doubling" vocals for the songs the last few days. He`s been working very hard to get the pronouncing right, i think it`s great! These tracks that Lauri is doing now are making the choruses sound really big and fat, i love that!

The place where we record, we call it "birdhouse". It`s looking over a beautiful forest and in couple of miles, almost in the horizon, we can see the downtown of Nashville, the big skyscrapers and that is such a view...

The autumn is really here now, the trees are yellow and red and orange, it`s all just a bit like a fairy tale.
Every day we have been cooking some nice lunch or dinner at the birdhouse, we`ve had red curry thai chicken, the spread cheese filled steak, pasta bolognese... i wonder what we`ll be having today. Lauri is really into cooking. I`m not that talented in the kitchen, but i know couple of nice tricks from my wife. It`s coming out good!

I can`t wait to hear the ready mixes of these songs!

Eero

Hello friends,

Biggest thank you for all the people out there who remembered my B-day yesterday!!!!
I read all the messages but it was impossible to answer everyone personally so i decided to thank you like this...!!!!
And yes I had good time and enjoyed it!!!

Hope you`ll all good and hope to see you soon,

Aki

Hello guys,

Hope you`re all good!!! I want to send you some good vibes from HELLsinki, Finland!!!

I am hanging at the studio, getting rid of my hangover, feeling very good! Eero just made us chai...ouh yes!
Pauli is in the recording room playing riff for one of my favourite tracks "The Fight", at least we`ve been calling it with that name...sounds very interesting and i think it`s the fastest song we`ve ever made.
Our new friend Harry (Sommerdahl, the other produser) is very professional and extremely nice guy, we love to work with him! The only problem is that he understands finnish, so we`re not able to talk any bullshit behind his back...hehehehehehe.....
So things are doing good in here! After 2 weeks we will continue recordings in Nashville, Tennessee. That will be interesting!!! Never been there before.

Take care,

Aki the drummer

The Rasmus have started work on their new album, with a release date in March 2008. The title of the album is BLACK ROSES and recordings started in Helsinki on September 17, in The Rasmus` own Dynasty Studio.
This time the band are working together with Desmond Child, one of the most successful songwriters and producers in the world, known for his work with Kiss, Alice Cooper, Ricky Martin, The Scorpions and many others. The Rasmus teamed up with Desmond Child in Greece and LA during the summer to write the songs for the new album together. Apart from Helsinki, recordings will also take place in Nashville, USA. Michael Wagener, producer for Metallica, Alice Cooper, Ozzy and many others, will mix the album in his studio in Nashville. Desmond Child is co-producing BLACK ROSES together with Swedish hitmaker Harry Sommerdahl.

Uyuyuyuyuyy!

There has been lot of questions about The Rasmus guys
individual MySpaces.
So i inform you that the guys Dont have any MySpaces of their own.
So all you see is Fake.
Sorry,

-Pauli

Aktuelle Stimmung: munter
SECRETS...
A monologue by Pauli...
(poor guy talking to himself again...;))


P : If i tell you..........do you promise not to tell anyone?
P : ofcourse.
P : ok, good to know, coffee?
P : no thanks im fine.
P : Have you heard that The Rasmus is going to studio next week to record their new album...and, they are going to record some parts of the album in Finland to capture the REAL HELLsinki feeling on it...in finland the summer is over and its getting dark again...perfect time to spend in the studio and make music...and some parts also in USA
P : Holy mackarel!
P : .... i also heard the guys talking about the song names, u wanna hear what i heard?
P : tell me!
P : ok, im not sure if these are the names which they are going to keep...
but i heard that one has something to do with "Black Roses"...in one other i heard them singing someting about "Dangerous Kind" and 3rd one i heard revealing lyrics like "...We danced drunk and naked..." and something about "Live Forever"...
I heard the boys are also taking new pictures in few weeks and really exited to start the whole thing again...recording, touring, pictures, album cover photos, videoshoots everything!
they said also that they would be super happy to tour as many countries as possible
and also visit countries that they have never been before!
P : boys also said BIG greetings to all the fans!
P : p.s. if you wanna know more secrets...stay tuned, i`ll be back.............................................

Hi,

We are very sorry to inform you that The Rasmus will have to cancel their shows at Fly Beeyond Athens on 17th July 2007 and Rock Weekend Bremanger on 21st July 2007. This is due to that the drummers girlfriend is having a baby.This is beyond everyone`s control, but the band, management and we apologise profusely.

Kindest regards.

Jim Morewood

Aktuelle Stimmung: aufgeregt
Hi all people around the world!
guess what?
well, i just came from Greece where i was writing with Lauri
and we have now 10 new songs!
Now we start to perfect them and checking possible
recording dates.

There has also been lots of rumours about new producer,
but unfortunately we dont have deal with anyone yet.
But for sure we want to try something new
3 albums (Peep,Playboys and HellOfATester) by us and Ilkka Herkman,
3 next (Into, Dead Letters and Hide From The Sun) with Martin Hansen & Micke Nord
so...next 3 should be something new.
you got the idea right? hehehehe

well anyways, we are full of enthusiasm and happiness to start working
on the new album and to play the songs live to ya`ll!

I will keep you informed as soon as i know more ;)

Greetings from Lauri, Aki & Eero!

Love

Pauli

Check out Eero`s video blog from the tour:

"The Rasmus in Russia 2" - 18-06-07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkiMpjD0zKc

"Rasmus goes Moscow" - 10-06-07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvvX0eEC1JY

"The Rasmus Riga May in rain rain rain" - 28-05-07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCNtwlQULB8

Aktuelle Stimmung: nerdy
Hello / hola / ciao / helo / Al Salaam a`alaykum / Barev / Nei Hou / Bok / Dobry den / Goddag / Hallo / Tere / Bonjour / Guten Tag / Kalimera / Kalimera / Shalom / Namaste / Szia / Assalamu alai kum / Buon giorno / Konnichiwa / Annyong ha shimnikka / Labas / Ni Hao / Ba`ax ka wa`alik / Sekoh / Ya at eeh / Selam / Czesc / Oi / Buna ziua / Zdraustvuite / Talofa lava / Zdravo / Dobry den / Jambo / mambo poa / Magandang tanghali po / Merhaba / Pryvit / Mique / Bore da and last but not least...Terve!

We have been writing songs like a dogs (dogs dont write songs? yes they do, dogs are people too:)) and rehersing for the summer gigs.
I was in Los Angeles with Lauri writing new songs and checking out new producers, we felt that we need some fresh producer, new inspiration and go forward with our music.
We have now really good team and it seems that we will record our new album in USA, starting in september, so we still have time to write more music to perfect the album. Its been really good to have this "silence" for the band , since we recorded 2 last albums very fast and there was no time or personal life. Now we are exited and hungry again!
Thanks to all who have had patience to wait, we promise to do our best.
See you at summer gigs (unfortunately we can visit every country, cus we need time for writing) and hopefully with new album we will be able to do massive tour around the world.
Greetings from Lauri, AKi and Eero!

Pus Pus

-Pauli

Aktuelle Stimmung: fröhlich
Thanks to all, who sent me them happy birthdays.
love you!

-Pauli

Helloooooo!

A nice chunk of new tour dates announced, including Russia, Greece, Latvia and Switzerland! More might be added later, always check the tour listing.

Just a little note about some publicity for The Rasmus from this weekend!

UK: the Planet Rock Profiles show about The Rasmus was on TV again earlier.

USA: the New York Post mentioned them in an article on Finnish bands this weekend

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03102007/entertainment/music/strong_finnish_music_danica_lo.htm?page=0

Aktuelle Stimmung: geil
Moihhh!!!
We are working on new songs and i think we have something like 30 songs already...
now its time to choose the bestestsss and start to reherse how to play and then....
to studiooooooooooooooooo0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0000
very very interesting, sano!

btw...
Dynasty merchandise is now working and you can order to manymany countries
including Americas, south and north! gaypal, mastercard etc... are working! hehehe
We have cool plans for those still to come...new clothes and also some shops
included at least here in finland:)

LINK is

http://www.rabbitmerch.com/main.site?set_language=eng

ok ok...i still dont know how to make cool banners or stuff, old skooool
but hey, copy paste and u know ;)

pus pusssssssssss

-Pauli aka 1000, MK, pallopää, pyramiidipallopäämies, nalle, hiuspää etc...

http://www.myspace.com/dynastyrecordingsfi
http://www.myspace.com/kwantheband
http://www.myspace.com/vonhertzenbrothers
http://www.myspace.com/hayandstone
http://www.myspace.com/hpns

Hello all!
Eero`s 2nd band, Hay & Stone has launched a new website, you can go and check it out in www.hayandstone.com! Please visit and sign the guestbook! Also, Hay & Stone is playing a concert in Helsinki on 1st of February in club called On the Rocks. Everybody welcome!

Hellou our dear friends around the world!!!

Webstore is open!

There will be more different clothes, like undies and pyjama thingies for girls etc...
But we gots to start from somewhere!

At this point we can only deliver in Europe...but if u want something, u can always ask your friend to buy it in Europe and send it to you where ever u are;)

HERE IS THE LINK

http://www.rabbitmerch.com/main.site?action=app%2Fshop%2Flist&open_path=&cat_id=42

Sorry about this stupid long link...we will arrange more cool banners and stuff very soon...

Pus pus to all!!!
with love,

DynastyRecordings BlingSquad!

Here is a nice review of the "secret" New York gig in November. Check it at Piercing Metal.com http://www.piercingmetal.com/concert_rasmus_112106.htm

Metal Machine interview

Here`s an interview with Lauri on Metal Machine

www.metalmachine.net/videoshow.html

Video Blog #4

We travel all across the globe and still have time to scuba!
http://www.drt-entertainment.com/therasmus/