Stratovarius in NYC

[Deb]

On Monday night 10/2/06 got to see my favorite power metal band Stratovarius for the 3rd time. This time was a very memorable experience, as we got to sit down with guitarist Timo Tolkki for an interview, and meet and hang out with the rest of the band. They were all very cool!

It's 2 days later and I'm still buzzing from the show. We'll have pictures and a review up on the site in a few days. I have to still transcribe the interview which will take me longer than expected. I'm hoping to get that up by next week.

If all goes well, they will be playing at Wacken Open Air in Germany next summer and we may fly out there depending on $$$ and all. We hope to go as we'd love to see one of those European festivals!!!

[kenpierce]

I would have liked to attend and see this one, but I was DEAD tired from Gigantour for two days after. Age is showing I guess. I will post my articles of some recent shows which I think you might enjoy.

Cheers

Ken P, Editor
www.piercingmetal.com

[Deb]

I hear ya...we're all getting up there in age!!! We all used to get up, go to work and go to shows and be up very late and do it all over again the next day but I guess it's now catching up to us.

Anyhow...I didn't mind dragging ass the next day, just meeting and hanging out with the band was well worth it all!!! Last year right after the show we didn't have all access so security chased us out so we had to wait until they came outside, but still 2 minutes to talk to Timo K wasn't really enough. But THIS year, we had all access so we sat backstage with the band before AND after the show, and in between did our interview with Mr. Tolkki. We had such a blast and it was fun hanging with them!!! We can now say that we have 5 new friends, 3 from Finland, 1 from Sweden, and one from Germany!!!