[Heeplist] Uriah Heep Finnish tour

[Martin Turk]

Great report! A belated happy birthday to you, and enjoy the rest of your holiday. Peace and love, Marty. x

> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:25:28 +0300
> From: tapio at uriah-heep.fi
> To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Uriah Heep Finnish tour
> 
> Well, the tour is now over and I'm enjoying my vacation at summer  
> cottage by the lake. Peace and quiet, no people, no music which is  
> very nice as it was quite a week. Four Heep shows in five days,  
> luckily this time most of the shows were here in Southern part of  
> Finland so only ca. 800 kilometers to travel.
> 
> Thank you very much to all for your birthday wishes. As I told the  
> Heep guys after the Salo show it was the best birthday party I have  
> ever had and I thanked them for it. 500 guests, Uriah Heep playing and  
> I didn't even have to pay anything for it!
> 
> On Thursday was the last night of the tour in Lahti, today the guys  
> are playing in Alta in Northern Norway by the Arctic Ocean and the  
> next show is in Germany. This last show in Lahti was probably the best  
> one of them all so it was a good way to end the tour. As I mentioned  
> in previous mails the venues have been very different and this was  
> also a bit special. It was like an outdoor-indoor gig really because  
> it was in a hall that has two opposite walls made completely of glass  
> so you have the daylight coming in from two directions even though  
> you're inside. The ceiling is made of wood and actually the whole  
> building is, from website http://www.sibeliustalo.fi/en you cvan get a  
> better picture. Heep played in the part in the middle with glass wall  
> and this is in fact the lobby of the building but it's also used for  
> concerts and works quite well.
> 
> The gig itself was as good and energetic as all the previous ones were  
> even thought there have been some health problems. Mick has been  
> suffering from bronchitis and his throat was so sore that at the first  
> show last Saturday he could hardly speak, he got a  bit better and in  
> Lahti he was able to speak but still no backing vocals. Before the  
> fourth show in Salo Russell got sick, they thought it was food  
> poisoning and Dave was also feeling a bit ill probably for the same  
> reason but Russell was fine already in Lahti.
> 
> I think Bernie has been fantastic at these shows, I have been admiring  
> his vocals and presence on stage. It could be that now that Mick is  
> not in the best condition and has to focus on just playing Bernie  
> feels there's more weight on his shoulders as the front man and he  
> carries that responsiblity well.
> 
> Both the new songs have sounded great aso live and they have also been  
> recieved well by the audiences, the new album has been out only a few  
> days so I don't think many of the people had heard these songs before.
> 
> This last gig was very special for me personally as Mick made probably  
> the only speach between songs that he has made on this whole tour  
> where he mentioned I had my 50th birthday the day before and he also  
> thanked me for the work I have done for the band over the years and  
> that was very nice of him to do and felt great.
> 
> After the show there was an afterparty arranged by local concert  
> sponsor at a bar he owned, Russell, Dave and Phil came. Afterwards  
> when we had escorted the band members to their hotel I had an hour to  
> wait for my bus. The bus left at 3.15 a.m. and it was hour's ride. I  
> still had to walk four kilometers and it was 5 o'clock in the morning  
> when I arrived at our Summer cottage.
> 
> A friend fo mine called Jari Mantila had his truck decorated last year  
> with Into The Wild artwork and now he has done the same with Outsider  
> artwork. It looks really fantastic. I think there are still some  
> pictures at uriah-heep.com from last year and I will be sending some  
> pictures of the new one and some more stories later. Now I have some  
> lawn moaving to do.
> 
> The setlist was the same on all shows apart from the first one where  
> there was only one hour playing time.
> 
> Uriah Heep Finnish tour 2014:
> 7 June Espoo Kivenlahtirock
> 8 June Kauhava Hotelli Kauhava
> 9 June Pori Promenadikeskus
> 10 June Salo Astrum-Areena
> 11 June Pori Sibeliustalo
> 
> The setlist:
> - 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'
> 
> * not played at Kivenlahtirock festival
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> TapioM.
> tapio at uriah-heep.fi
> 
> www.uriah-heep.fi
> 
> 
> 
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