[Heeplist] Uriah Heep Finnish tour

[Damian Leyland]

John Wetton's birthday today too.
I will see him tonight at Holmfirth! 

Sent from my iPhone

> On 12 Jun 2014, at 16:06, "Shawn Mctopy" <shawn.mctopy at selu.edu> wrote:
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> *Tapio,*
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> A most Happy Birthday to you.
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> Keep A *HEEP'n* in Finland!
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> *Take Care!*
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>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Mark Layel <marklayel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>          great report Tapio, and have
>> a happy birthday. now thats what i call aparty
>>                      cheers, mark
>> On Jun 11, 2014 2:11 AM, "Tapio Minkkinen" <tapio at uriah-heep.fi> wrote:
>> 
>>> Tales from the road. I don't know if my mail after Kivenlahtirock came
>>> through the list as I haven't noticed any comments but I hope it did.
>>> Yesterday was the fourth night of the tour and the third that I saw. Now
>>> I'm at a hotel and few hours time before my train leaves so there's
>> finally
>>> time to write some mails. All different shows as the venues are
>> completely
>>> different. First was a festival show, the second in Kauhava a hotel night
>>> club, the third in Pori was a large concert hall with seats only, no
>>> standing room, and the fourth here in Salo was an old factory that has
>> been
>>> renovated to a sort of sports and leisure complex, the hall where Heep
>>> played was next door to a bowling alley.
>>> 
>>> The band has been in great form and very energetic powerful shows but
>> Mick
>>> is a bit ill, throat is so sore that he can hardly speak so he can't sing
>>> backing vocals at all and the vocal harmonies are because of that not
>> quite
>>> what they're normally when it's only Phil and Daver on backing vocals.
>>> 
>>> The two new songs have been recieved very well by the audiences, it seems
>>> like One Minute was not the band's choice for a single as Bernie has been
>>> mentioning at shows that "the men in suits" decided this. Personally I
>>> prefer Can't Take That Away and it was great to get to hear that songs
>>> live, it's one of my favourites on Outsider.
>>> 
>>> The set lists for Pori and Salo we're the same:
>>> - Against The Odds
>>> - Overload
>>> - Sunrise
>>> - Stealin
>>> - I'm Ready
>>> - Between Two Worlds
>>> - Can't Take That Away
>>> - One Minute
>>> - Gypsy
>>> - Look At Yourself
>>> - July Morning
>>> - Lady In Black
>>> 
>>> encores:
>>> - Free 'N' Easy
>>> - Easy Livin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> One more show to go tonight, after that I'll go to a cottage by the lake
>>> to continue my Summer vacation and just relax for some time. Last night
>> was
>>> very special for me becasue it was my 50th birthday. 500 guests, Uriah
>> Heep
>>> playing, what a birthday party! The best one I have ever had.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> TapioM.
>>> tapio at uriah-heep.fi
>>> 
>>> www.uriah-heep.fi
>>> 
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