New photoshoot with Lauri Ylonen

During there viste at Turkey had the lead singer Lauri Ylönen a little photoshoot you can view the photo's in the gallery

(21/02/2009)
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New blog at Myspace

Have you heard/seen this one???

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

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

(21/02/2009)

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The Rasmus @ Black Roses tour "backstage"

again the boy's suprised us with a new video of there tour
at backstage!!!

-> video

(19/02/2009)

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New blog at myspace

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

(14/02/2009)

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Belguim The Rasmus Special on radio

On the belgian radio station called "Studio Brussel"
There is a new program called 'Clubside Down'.
It's a program wich is only one week in the year, and they give live concerts in it. AND!!
I guess we are lucky!!!
because, it's the week that The Rasmus is here in belgium!!!!
and yes... they will bring it live!!!!
At 26 februari at 20.00pm Belguim time
the show ill be broadcast alive
just go to here:
http://www.stubru.be/home

you can listen live and view by cam by clicking on 'luister live' almost on top of the page on the left (it's quiet big:))

More info will follow!

(13/02/2009)

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The Rasmus new blog at myspace

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

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

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

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

(13/02/2009)

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The R acoustic performance


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.

acoustic liawwy
acoustic justify
interview Sweden

Cool!!!
Aki

(05/02/2009)

Lauri with his new Spanish Guitar!

During The Rasmus there viste in Madrid buy Lauri a new guitar from José Ramirez
Very proud shows Lauri is his guitar and talks a bit about the concert thats going to be there tonight!

The interview is in spannishe but there is been translation been put on!
you can view it here

-> Lauri and his new spannishe guitar

(28/03/2009)

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In-Store Signing Sessions & Acoustic Performance

APRIL 8th @ FOPP Manchester
FOPP
19 Brown Street
M2 1DA Manchester

5.00pm - 5.50pm: signing session

APRIL 9th @ FOPP London
FOPP
1 Earlham Street
WC2H 9LL London


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

(23/03/2009)

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The Rasmus Spelcial on Nudox Radio

Nudox Radio invites everybody to listen the special program about The Rasmus.

Date: March 30
20:00 Hora (Mexican Time).

Enter to http://nudox.com/Radio.html

Enjoy a full program about them with News, biography, best music and more...

(22/03/2009)
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New blog at myspace: More shows @ Mexico, Chile, Argentina!!!
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

(12/03/2009)
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The Rasmus @ the Emma Gala 2009

The Rasmus will be at The Emma Gaala on March 14th.
They will performing there,

This is the website for more info.

and with pain in our hearts we have to say the guys' didn't won any emma
but I think I speak for us all when we say:

NO AWARD IS GOING TO CHANCE THAT THE RASMUS ARE THE BEST BAND EVER !!!

Video of the emmas:

live performance Justify
Interview with the band drummer Aki
(-> is a finnish interview with Aki, translation is comming up, still working on it)

(14/03/09)

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In The Shadows playing Guitar Hero game Music News

The Rasmus hit In The Shadows has got into Guitar Hero World Tour game. The Rasmus is one of six euro rock bands that are added to Guitar Hero World Tour world-wide music library in March. In March, also published by Icon Queenin band, and guitar legend Jimi Hendrix songs. Guitar Hero World Tour game receives new songs as early as this week on Thursday, when issued three hits the hottest band. The first time is a Finnish The Rasmus hit In the Shadows. "In the Shadows is a tight song that received Guitar Hero World Tour game, we have ylionnellisia. I believe that many people want to rock Pauli Rantasalmen fine guitar accompanying tariff," said Activision Nordic PR manager Janette Cohen Scalie. Guitar Hero game series has sold worldwide 23 million copies. Game Collection of songs have been downloaded more than 37 million.

(03/03/2009)

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Metal From Finland Awards 2008: results

The website Metal From Finland has just published the results of Metal From Finland Awards 2008, an online voting where you could vote the best of finnish music in 2008 in 10 categories; here are the results:
Best Finnish Band: The Rasmus at 6° place
Best Finnish Vocalist: Lauri Ylönen at 5° place
Best Finnish Guitarist: Pauli Rantasalmi at 4° place
Best Finnish Drummer: Aki Hakala at 5° place
Best Finnish Bassist: Eero Heinonen at 5° place
Best Finnish album 2008: Black Roses at 3° place

The Rasmus are the only band when all the member are into the top 10 in their own category and also their latest album is in a good place as Best Finnish album.
You can find all the results at this address: www.metalfromfinland.com/awards.

(02/03/2009)

The rasmus Interview with The record journal Uk

During their visit in the U.K, had The Rasmus an interview with the people from The Record journal!!!
You can read the interview here:

-> Interview

We also wanted to say a big thank you to the people from The Record Journal for sharing this interview with us and let us aloud to post it onto our website!!!

source: The Record Journal uk

(26/04/2009)

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Vote for The Rasmus @ Dome

we can all vote for the rasmus to be in the limited edition of 50 year the Dome too!!
We can't forget our lovely band and their need our support !!!
so vote as mutch you can !!! Just follow this link
http://www.thedome.de/start_frame

and lets hope their will be at the 50 year limited ediotion at 29 may @ the Dome !!!

source: The Dome Germany

(25/04/2009)

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The Rasmus Eero in the middle of a flue region

A new kind of swine-flue suspect's position taken up about a thousand humans in Mexico and the United States. According to the authorities, the disease has killed at least 20 people. Influenza to prevent the spread of such. Movie theaters and museums are closed. Prohibitions, but also in Finland The Rasmus-band gig canceled at the Mexican capital. The video was reached by phone the bands bassist Eero Heinonen explained how the flue fear has influenced the band members.

you can view the interview here:

-> Eero about cancel concert in Mexico

( the interview is in finnish but translated by lovexio)


(25/04/2009)

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Concert Mexico Canceld!

The Rasmus went to Mexico, but the first concert in mexico city got canceld!! Because there in Mexico City there's some virus and their can't have massive events. The Rasmus cancled there concert in order to think of the healt of their fans and themselfs!!! The other two gigs at: 25/04 Arena Monterrey, Monterrey [MEX] 6/04 Foro Expo, Guadalajara [MEX] are still going to take place, as far we know!!

source: Mary from Mexico

(25/04/2009)

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The Rasmus duet with Nightwish: "October in April"

The Rasmus is maybe planning in the atumn to release new stuff.
Their have been working on the music video for their new single "your forgiveness"
thats been produced by Eero but there is no releasing date for set. Also the song thats been recorded with Nightwish (Anette Olzon) and Lauri Ylönen will come out in the atumn!!! The song is very personal to Lauri and the band and will be called

"October in April"

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The Northern Rasmus Fans wishs Lauri Ylönen a happy Birthday

There is also been a video made by wepke for his b-day
you can view it here:
-> b-day vid

(23/04/2009)

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Lauri and Aki on gotv

This Year Report, The Ramus is back after a three year break!! Their brought out their new album Black Roses this year! After so long of course time been away, they have a lot to tell. In preparation to the upcoming European tour, there's a portrait of the band. A little Interview with aki and Lauri, Thats is realy going relax and there also give us a quick view of there favorite videos at the moment!

here you can see the interviews:

-> gotv part 1

-> gotv part 2

with as playlist:

Weezer		Pork And Beans
Soundgarden		Black Hole Sun
Guns N' Roses		November Rain
Nirvana		Heart Shaped Box
System Of A Down		Aerials
Daft Punk		Aerodynamic
Björk		Army Of Me
Apocalyptica Ft. Ville Valo & Lauri Ylonen		Bittersweet
Nightwish		The Islander
Red Hot Chili Peppers		Give It Away
Metallica		Broken, Beat & Scarred
Rasmus, The		Justify

soucre: gotv

(16/04/2009)

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New interview Rockoon April 2009

There's been again an interview in the german magazine with The Rasmus.
Here's a quick summary for you:

- They noticed that nowadays the average age of their fan base isn't 13 anymore, but more like 30 and that the people are more interested in their music now and not only their looks.
- They talk about the sound of BR and the contrast between songs like LIAWWY and Live Forever.
- Aki says his favourite song to play live is The Fight because it's very fast and a bit difficult. Lauris favourite is Live Forever cbecause the atmosphere during that song is so different to the rest of the set and very personal to him. He always takes his earplugs out while playing it and it gives him goose bumps how the audience becomes absolutely quiet and just stands there listening.
- They explained that sometimes the girls they take on stage to sing Rakkauslaulu are so nervous that they can't get a single word out, but also that one girl even wanted to do Ufolaulu and they were very surprised that she knew both songs.
- About their future plans: They'll continue touring Europe, do some festivals over the summer and in the fall they'll go to Latin America. Beside they have their 15th anniversary in November and they're planning to release something special then (i. e. the duet with Anette Olzon, a couple of B sides or a special fan package) or even do an extra tour.
- They're already thinking about the next album as well.
- They've got internet on the bus, that's how they keep in touch with their friends and families. Lauri tells that he's "talked" to his son on Skype just before the interview and that he's got his first tooth now.
- Eero recorded the video to Your Forgiveness. The story of the video sticks very close to the lyrics.

Translation: Just.Marina @ The Rasmus forum

(08/04/2009)

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More info about the new music video "your forgiveness"

Eero told during a concert a bit more about the music video Your forgiveness. Lauri will be again acting in the video and also between the acting part, you will see Lauri Ylönen singing on a completed part frozen sea!!! This scene is also recorded near Lauri his home.

source: Hellofansite

(08/04/2009)

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Lauri Ylönen at an Afterparty

There is a video been posted where we can see The Rasmus, Lauri Ylönen, Aki Hakala and some of his crew members at a party after the gig from the 4th April 2009 "Talstation Gondelbahn Hauser Kaibling, Haus im Ennstal [AU]".

you can view the video here:

-> Afterparty

(07/04/2009)

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Exclusive footage of The Rasmus on tour

Now you can see what it is really like being a rockstar! The new The Rasmus Videoplayer lets you follow what the band is doing while touring across Europe.
Watch acoustic performances and exlusive behind-the-scenes footage of the band

You can also view the videos here
-> http://thenorthernrasmusfans.jimdo.com/media/videos/backstage-videos/

source: The Rasmus

(07/04/2009)

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The thrid single of black roses will be " your forgiveness "

During their tour the guys told us a bit more about the new single
the new thirdd single from their last album black roses will be " Your forgiveness"!
Also the music video for it is ready!! Eero (the bassist), who produced and recorded this video, is very proud on his works and told us a little bit from it already.

The plot of the video will be very sad, and a bit hard!!! Alot of painfull, cruel things and much blood he said!! but at the end it's all and well, the story is about a boy and a girl having a fight and this time the girl gets so mad and pierces the stomach of the boy!
The boy bleeds hard and it all ends at the hospital, after all the girl needs to ask the forgiveness of the boys, and it and good.

(01/04/2009)

The Rasmus 15 year Birthday gift 2009

Like you all have seen on the status there, the birthday gift for this year is pick out!

The ideé:
We'll make a The Rasmus photobook with photo's, story's, nice article's, posters, biografie and some writting stuff of you to them... our photo's from concerts, signatures and all that sort of things. All what you wanna add you can!!!

You all can enter for it from 20 May 2009
more info and to enter you can find it here:

-> Enter day gift

(30/04/2009)

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Gig Chile (1 May) Canceld!

Also the gig of the 1st May in Chile has been cancelled, as you can read in a note published in the local online newspaper Emol.com, due to "circumstances beyond our control".

The gig tickets will be reimbursed from tomorrow at the sales points Punto Ticket.

source: Hellofasite

(29/04/2009)

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Message from the band concerning the cancellation of the Mexico show

Hello,
We are very sorry we had to cancel the show in Mexico City, at the Auditorium Nacionales, after the outbreak of swine influenza. There was a kind of panic spread in the city over the last days and our thoughts now go to all people suffering from the effects of this dangerous influenza.
It was also sad on our part, as all preparations had been made to make a great show and we had been waiting for that date for a long time, since we have such an enormous support from the fans in Mexico City.
We are now in Guadalajara and everyone in The Rasmus is well, the shows are going well and we are enjoying the Mexican hospitality.
We also hope that we can make another show in Mexico City later..
Eero Heinonen, basist of The Rasmus

source: The Rasmus

(28/04/2009)

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Exclusive competition at the Black Roses Forum

Win a signed copy of Black Roses! All you have to do is create either:
fan-art our a fan-video expressing your love for the guys!

To enter this competion you must sign up to their forum and post them your entry!
This way their team can keep on track.

Log on their forum for more details at
-> http://blackroses.darkbb.com

be fast because you don't have much time!!!!

(28/04/2009)

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Lauri Ylönen: I'm afraid of drugs

"I'm a very rebellious person", Lauri Johannes Ylönen (30) introduces himself. The lead singer and composer of The Rasmus, the one with the anarchic hair (TN: Whatever that figure! Anyway...) and with a rather dark mood. Lauri takes the call from "Sí!" from his native Finland. Up next, the singer gives an idea about his character. Two minutes of talking is enough for one to realise he isn't what you expect from a cliché rockstar with top sales. Instead, he tries to run away from said cliché, that of the eccentric, stubborn and self destructive star. On the contrary, he's rather shy, humble and ordinary. So sensible... While he tries to predict the future of his band, tries to go against the rebel rock figure.

*In "Shame" and "Myself" you talk about drugs, what's your relationship with them?

L: We've tried some, but I'm afraid of them. I'm a very sensible person, I even feel alcohol confuses me too much. I live on fast speed, no matter what I'm doing, so I don't need an extra dose of anything. That would be a mistake.

*You enjoyed rapping before... Is The Rasmus ever going to change their music style?
L: I think we change, and should change all the time. That's the band's style, actually. At the beginning we used to combine the different sounds we liked, like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers or Nirvana.

*What can we expect from your show next Wednesday?
Lauri talks about how he and his band mates prepare the set list for a show, and pay attention, that's good news:

L: Most of the time we do it based on what our fans ask through My Space. Either way, we have improvised a bit lately and we ask the audience what they would like to hear during the shows, or we check the signs the fans bring with them to the gigs.

He seems to go all shy when talking about Desmond Child, their producer for their album "Black Roses" out last year.

L: He sent me an e-mail saying "I'd like to work with you", and that's funny, because I feel so little next to him... We're just some youngsters from Finland.

soucre: si clarin

(26/04/2009)

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MySpace blog from The Rasmus: Thanks Russia !!!

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

source: The rasmus Myspace blog

(29/06/2009)
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More Photos from The Rasmus Monsters Of Rock tour!!

Some new pictures from the gig in Rostov:

-> Gallery

Source: http://www.darkside.ru/ and Lauri Ylönen wordpress

(29/06/2009)
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TV report about the Rasmus gig in Krasnoyarsk

A Russian TV channel uploaded a few videos of the "Monsters of Rock"-tour in
Krasnoyarsk !
We found one video, which contains a report of The Rasmus.
You can watch it here:

-> The Rasmus in Krasnoyarsk

Source: http://sibnovosti.ru/articles/78615

also new photos have been add to the gallery from this gig!

-> Photos of TR in Krasnoyarsk

source: moigorod*ru

(28/06/2009)
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Gallery update

We added a lot of new photos of The Monsters of Rock Tour to our gallery:

-> Gallery

The older photos of the Monsters of Rock tour moved to the

-> Live Photos
-> Press Photos

(27/06/2009)
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New banners and the new "Dynasty Recordings"-topic is ready !

The Northern Rasmus Fan club has new banners !!
You can watch them here: Fanclub banners

Just copy the codes and paste it in your website !

We are also proud to say that our "Dynasty Recordings"-topic is ready now.
You can watch it here: Dynasty Recordings

(26/06/2009)
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The Rasmus at Monsters of Rock in Vladivostok

The Finish rock band The Rasmus performed in Vladivostok.
The band has shown once again an amazing gig; the fans were very happy and excited!
You find photo's of the gig in Vladivostok at our gallery:

-> Photos Vladivostok

Source and credits: http://dvrock.ru/

We also uploaded a video from the gig.
You can watch it here:

-> Video Vladivostok

Source and credits: http://news.vl.ru/

(25/06/2009)
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The new co-owner of The Northern Rasmus Fans


Yes, you read correctly ! The Northern Rasmus Fan club is again proud to say that we have a new co-owner. Welcome Vanessa ! She will support us to improve our knowledge of English and some other languages, so we can make the communication between us a little bit easier. She is a very nice girl and you'll get to know her very fast.You will find her at our MySpace page ; she will manage it from now on !
We hope that you all give her a friendly welcome

(24/06/2009)
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New MySpace blog from 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 torpedo's, 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 crab guy on the bass, it's him, believe or not.
Everyone feels very relaxed and ready for the show tomorrow, it's going to 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

source: The Rasmus Myspace blog

(23/06/2009)
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Pictures of press conference

We uploaded some cool pictures of the press conference in Khabarovsk.
You can view them at our gallery !

-> Photos

Source: 27region

(22/06/2009)
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New MySpace blog from Aki: Khabarovsk-Vladivostok-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok

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

Source: The Rasmus Myspace blog

(22/06/2009)
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Novosibirsk gig cancelled!

In Novosibirsk, the stadium “Spartak”, where the rock stars were supposed to have gig the main stage collapsed. As a result the organizers were forced to cancel the concert. The incident most likely happened because of the overweight of light and musical instruments. On the stage was supposed to perform Alice Cooper, Scorpions, The Rasmus and Kingdom Come in their international festival “Monsters of Rock”. For the show have been sold more than 10.000 thousand tickets. To the fans of the rock music the money spent on the tickets will be returned.

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Source: “Pravda.Ru” and Lauri Ylönen worldpress

(21/06/2009)
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Article with Lauri Ylönen from The Rasmus: "The Scorpions asked us for an autograph!"


Lauri, do you find yourselves monsters?

- We are not monsters, but together with other bands we are becoming a real four-headed beast but very friendly, unpredictable, heavy by the sound, but soft at heart.

They say that real rock-n-roll stars must be crazy? What about you?

- Sometimes I like to commit reckless acts. For example, I can sit in my boat in the middle of the night and sail away from the gulf toward the horizon to any island. Everybody’s sleeping and the sun is shining. In Finland we have the same white nights as in St. Petersburg. This is really beautiful I can sail all night long, not even thinking about time. However this is not that much «how rockers do» - to sail in a boat alone but I can suggest this for all the musicians. It is a great calm for you disordered nerves.

And our bass guitarist Eero Heinonen takes his guitar in the weekend and goes on trains - to «bring joy for people». However he doesn’t refuse from money too. And if he brings home a little «catch», then he receives a scolding from his wife (laughs).

This is not your first time in St. Petersburg. Do you remember the first performances in here?

- Yes, it was in 1997, then we were not that popular and no one knew us. We arrived by an exchange program: Russian bands went to Finland, and we are in St. Petersburg. It was our first performance abroad. I was shocked by your architecture. I have a secret hobby - I collect albums with photos of buildings of cities all over the world. I’ve already bought several albums in St. Petersburg. I was in Hermitage for three times ... and I’ll go once more.

Lauri, have you already acted together with Alice Cooper or Scorpions? Don’t you afraid? They are all in all «senior fellows» ...

- With «Scorpions» we went on stage in Germany. It was very funny - they came to us during the rehearsal and said: «Guys are you The Rasmus? Give us your autograph, our grandchildren asked» I’m not acquainted with Alice Cooper, but I’m his fan for a very long time. I recently read his biography, which he wrote himself. So it is the greatest happiness for me that we will perform together but not only perform and also fly on concerts around Russia in the same private plane.

Don’t you afraid that there will not be a full house? It is crisis in the world and tickets for «Monsters of Rock» are not that cheap ...

- I’ve read somewhere that in spite of any crisis people will always listen to live music and buy flowers. For us musicians as well as for sellers of flowers it sounds very life-asserting. People will still come on a good concert. However the sales of CD’s are dramatically falling and will be falling more and more.

If you perform on «Eurovision», as your compatriots «Lordi», your sales and ratings will instantly grow.

- No, it is not our competition. There are many bands who just wanted to promote themselves using the «Eurovision». We went the other way. At our first gig in Russia were 15 people the next time it was 50 already then a hundred and so on. I believe that talks between people are the «normal» way to success, and it is much more durable than the «Eurovision».
Lubov Rumyantseva.

Source: Vinci


(21/06/2009)
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Myspace Blog from The Rasmus: 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

Source: the Rasmus myspace blog

(20/06/2009)
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Press-conference in Yekaterinburg

The band has been interviewed before the concert in Yetkaterinburg !
You can view the video here:

-> The Rasmus in press- conference

Source: vinci

(19/06/2009)
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Interview with Lauri Ylönen on Russian Radio

Lauri was interviewed by a Russian radio station right before their show in Ekateringburg.
He tells us about how they spent their mornings and free time in Russia, feelings around the tour and much more !!
You can listen to the audio here :

-> Interview with Lauri Ylönen on Russian Radio

Enjoy !!!

Source: The Rasmus Forum

(19/06/2009)
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New mypace blog of The Rasmus: On the plane Rostov-Yekaterinburg.


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

Source: The Rasmus Myspace Blog

(18/06/2009)
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Interview with The Rasmus at Rostov

We found a cool interview with the Rasmus about the show, tour, festivals and the bands of the "Monsters of Rock" tour.
Unfortunately the interview is in Russian !
You can view two new photo's here:

-> Gallery

Source: http://www.rostov.ru/

(17/06/2009)
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The Rasmus, Lauri And Eero Arriving in Rostov

The Rasmus arrived yesterday in Rostov for a new concert of the Monsters of Rock Tour
Lauri and Eero arrived as first and also give a little interview for the Russian TV. You can view the videos here:

-> Lauri and Eero arrived

-> Lauri and Eero Interview

Translation to find at the info box on the right side of the video !!!

Also some photo's here:

-> Gallery

Source: The Rasmus forum

(17/06/2009)
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Some new HD video of the concert in St. Petersburg in Russia

A TV channel from Russia uploaded three new videos in HD of the Rasmus Concert in
St. Petersburg in Russia

-> Living in a worl without you

-> In my Life

-> Ghost of Love

Source: Special thanks to Alex for informing us!
http://mytimetv.ru/

(16/06/2009)
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New Myspace blog from Aki: St. Petersburg

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





Source: The Rasmus Myspace Blog

(16/06/2009)
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Videos of the first gig of the Monsters of rock tour!!

Yeah the monster of rock tour started yesterday with a big show at St. Petersburg.
Some fans have already uploaded great videos ! It's amazing to see how the boys are rocking once again on stage !!!

-> The Rasmus at St. Petersburg (video 1)

- >The Rasmus at St. Petersburg (video 2)

-> The Rasmus at St. Petersburg (video 3)

-> The Rasmus at St. Petersburg (video 4)

-> The Rasmus at St. Petersburg (video 5)

You can find much more videos on You Tube !

Source:YouTube

Also some nice photo have been made and you can view them in our gallery

-> The Rasmus Photos from Russia

source: Photos are from Maria and also a thank you to Alex for the link !!!

Take a look it's great!!!

(15/06/2009)
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The Rasmus start today on the Monster of Rock Tour!

Today the new Russian Monster of Rock tour starts! The Rasmus will be tougher on tour with The Scorpions and Alice Cooper!! The first concert will be tonight and we can't wait for it all!!! The boys are very excited but also we are to see them again on stage!

more date for this tour are:


14.06.09 Monsters Of Rock (SCC Arena), [RU]
16.06.09 Monsters Of Rock (Stadium), Rostov-on-Don [RU]
18.06.09 Monsters Of Rock (Sport Palace), Yekaterinburg [RU]
20.06.09 Monsters Of Rock (Hippodrome), Novosibirsk [RU]
22.06.09 Monsters Of Rock (Platinum Arena), Khabarovsk [RU]
24.06.09 Monsters Of Rock (Stadium), Krasnoyarsk [RU]
26.06.09 Monsters Of Rock (Hippodrome), Ufa [RU]
28.06.09 Monsters Of Rock (SK Olimpiysky), Moscow [RU]



Have fun for everyone who is going to one of these gigs and i would say take allot of videos and photos for us to see!!!

(14/06/2009)
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Lauri Ylönen have once again a new hairstyle

Yes you read it right again Lauri decided to change his hair style once again, but this time very different than where used of him!! Yeah Lauri cut it down!! And it looks beautiful once again!! Different but still cool!! and no matter how he looks the music will not chance and also not the person !!! We love it!!!

you can view photos of it in are gallery.

- > Lauri Ylonen

source: Lauri Ylönen worldpress

(13/06/2009)
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Lauri Ylönen Promoting Monsters of Rock tour

Lauri Ylönen is to see in a promotion video for the Monster of Rock tour
The Monsters of rock Tour will be going throw in Russia! The Rasmus will be tougher on stage with the Scorpions and Alice Cooper, giving a amazing show! The guys are very excited and really looking forward of this !!! There really deserve this and will have great memory's to it all!!!

The Video you can see here:

-> Prome Monsters of Rock

(12/06/2009)
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A new compilation album in autumn



Aki let us already know that The Rasmus have a special gift for us and planning to bring out a new compilation album this autumn!! With a overview of song from the last 10 years The Rasmus !! Also the duet song with Anette Alzon will be on this disk!!



Well we can't wait !!!!



(08/06/2009)

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The Northern Rasmus Fans added a new website!!!



Well from today we have our own metro flog! A page where we upload our photos!

But also you all can comment on them!! The more comments we get the more photos we can upload a day!!! so come one over and take a look and it would be cool of you leave us a nice message!!



-> The Northern Rasmus Fans Metro flog



(08/06/2009)

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Myspace blog from Lauri About his skating accident

My skateboard accident.....
I was trying to land a variable 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

source: The Rasmus Myspace Blog

(08/06/2009)
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Lauri injured during skating accident

The planned radio interviews with Lauri & Aki are cancelled today due to Lauri injuring himself and dislocated his shoulder in a skating accident. Aki however did manage to make it to the studio and tell them briefly what happened and also that the Russian tour is going ahead as planned.



Hello from the YleX studio!

We just heard, that Lauri has hurt himself in a skate accident. He is not able to come to interview, but Aki is coming after nine a clock to tell more facts. You can check an interview live from http://www.ylex.fi (video stream), and facts from our website. Hope u know some finnsh ..



-Juuso from YleX Aamu juuso.pekkinen@yle.fi



Aki told, that Lauri is quite ok now. But he is on very heavy medication; hard to understand he´s text messages . Glad to hear that they are able to go to a Russian tour… Video from the interview is coming to our website ( http://www.ylex.fi ) + there is going to be a short video: we made a “backstage simulator” for Aki. Nasty materiaal on its way to a web!

-Juuso / YleX



source: Black roses Forum


(08/06/2009)

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The Rasmus @ sessioes con Alejandro Franco

The Rasmus will be appearing in Sessioes con Alejandro Franco on Sony Entertainment Television Latin America, on Saturday June 20th, 2009.

Don't know whether the program will last an hour or half an hour just yet.

Check the schedule for your country here

source: The Rasmus forum

(07/06/2009)
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Will Ghost of Love be the third single?



Lauri and Aki will be visiting numerous radio stations on 08/06 in anticipation of the Monsters of Rock tour kicking off on the 16th June with Alice Cooper and the Scorpions. Below are the times they are expected (GMT +2).



7:20 Voice

8:30 Radio X3M

9:10 Ylex



As well as this Ghost of Love will be the 3rd single released on the radio stations in Finland and you can vote for to be played below.

-> Vote for Ghost of Love

-->> here two videos from the show:

-> Aki Backstage
-> Aki interview

-->> Translation here done by INA!

-> forum

source: The Rasmus Finland

(06/06/2009)
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Eero and Pauli @ Caravan.kz ( juni 2009)

There is been a interview with Eero and Pauli from The Rasmus at Caravan!
In this interview their is been talk about there new Album Black Roses and much more!! You can read the article here:

-> Eero and Pauli Interview

source: www.caravan.kz
http://www.therasmusforum.com/

(06/06/2009)
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The Rasmus / Lauri Ylönen in Bluewings

There is been a interview in the magazine Bluewings with The Rasmus lead singer Lauri Ylönen. About there succses after In The Shadows!!!
You can view the interview here:

-> Bluewings

and you can also view the photo's here:

-> The Rasmus Magazine (Gallery)

source: http://lauriylonen.wordpress.com/


(01/06/2009)

The Rasmus / Lauri Ylönen @ Ilatpäivän 7 Kysymystä

There is been a little time ago a interview with the singer of The Rasmus, Lauri Ylönen
The interview recorded for the finish radio " illtapäivän 7 kysymystä our " the 7 issue of the afternoon!! In this interview there is been ask 7 basic questions to Lauri Ylönen
and here:

-> Audio with Lauri Ylönen

you can listen to recent renewals of the artist !!!

Translation: Ari
source: http://www.mikakankaanpaa.fi/

(28/05/2009)
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Again more news about the music video of The Rasmus & Nightwish

"The green background in a clip will be replaced by the city filled with skyscrapers. The basic idea of a clip consists that actors will move on this city changing the environment in the various ways. The release is plannend for August!"



source: Lauri Ylönen worldpress

(20/05/2009)

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The Rasmus Birthday gift project 2009, start today

yeah, also this year where making a Birthday gift for The Rasmus!!! the gift that was your idée and also is been pick out by you all!!! And from today 20 may you can all start to work on it, and enter !!! for more info about it you can view here:

-> The Rasmus Birthday gift 2009

-> Myspace blog b-day gift 2009

-> Video You tube

we hope to hear from you all!!!

(20/05/2009)
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The Rasmus Myspace blog: gig in Saarbrucken, Germany

Gig in Saarbrucken, Germany confirmed!!!

10.07.09 Halberg Open Air 2009, Saarbrücken [DE].

http://www.halberg-open-air.de/index.php/lineup.html

source: The Rasmus myspace

(19/05/2009)
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The new third co-owner of The Northern Rasmus Fans

After long looking and hard talking we finally pick out a new third co-owner!!! The co-owner will be Suzanne Ottenhof !!

she lives in the Netherlands, so close to us, a big The Rasmus Fan and we think she will be a great help for us and the fan club!!! A good friend to you all!!! We hope you all will welcome here very good!!!

We also want to thank to all people, who candidate for the position of a co-owner !

(18/05/2009)
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The Rasmus MySpace blog: The Rasmus goes to Russia – with Alice Cooper and Scorpions! and new tour date

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 honor. 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!!!

New confirmed Tour date: Almaty, Kazakhstan!!!
Date: 30th of May 2009
Country: Kazakhstan
City: Almaty
Venue: Astana Square

source: The Rasmus official myspace

(18/05/2009)
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Aki acting in 2001 during the soap "siamin tytöt"

Aki Hakala the drummer of the band The Rasmus have been acting in a finish soap called siamin tytöt in the year 2001, now there are episodes uploaded from this soap so everyone can see how great your drummer is!!!
you can see a little part of episode 6 here:

-> aki in siamin tytöt

and the full soap with episodes you can view here:

-> http://yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=6&ag=105&t=&a=5779 (finish site)

more info about the soap can you find here:

-> http://yle.fi/siamintytot/

let's hope some episodes will be uploaded soon
source: piru7298 ( you tube)

(16/05/2009)
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New Things have been added to The Rasmus Collection

This month the collection of The Rasmus got bigger.
some things have been removed of the collection and some new things have been added. Things that's been removed are the Black Roses vest, what is a pity.
New things are t-shirts of Justify and some new T-shirt with the logo of The Rasmus currently with gold letters. Also the dynasty merchandises you can buy now and there been some new things added there also.
You can view the new things here:

-> The Rasmus: http://www.rokkikaupaa.com/siteshop/tags/-/id/73/

-> Dynasty: http://www.rokkikauppa.com/siteshop/tags/-/id/84/

( Wepke personally buy already stuff from this site and there really great, save and fast)

(13/05/2009)
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More news about duet and sneak peek at the new video from The Rasmus!

Axel Söderlund, A-lite, from Luleå, worked as DoP (director of photography) during the making of the music video. Here he gives Film Arc the inside scoop from the set. The name of the single is still confidential.

Behind the production are the companies: Village Road Film (Umeå) and Helsinki Pump.

Director is Owe Lingvall and Production Coordinator is Mirka Rantanen. The video was shot with a RED-camera. This is the second collaboration between Director Owe Lingvall and the Finnish super group The Rasmus. Owe directed the video for the single ‘Justify’ in 2008.

the set, they told me that ‘Justify’ was their all time favorite amongst their own videos, says Axel.

The Rasmus new video was shot in Helsinki, during one very long day, with a Finnish crew except for Director and DoP. The whole music video was shot against green screen which will be replaced with an empty skyscraper filled city.

- At this stage we cannot give away much details concerning content. But the basic idea is that the artists move through this empty city, changing their surroundings in different ways. But we did a lot of walking. And to achieve this in a studio without having to light enormous areas we bought a treadmill which was modified and painted completely green, it worked like a charm, except for a few stumbles here and there. So if anyone is in need of a green treadmill, you can rent it from Village Road, says a smiling Axel.

The postproduction will be handled in Umeå during the summer and the release will be in August.







soucre: lauriylonen.wordpress.com


(13/05/2009)
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The Northern Rasmus fans looking for a new co-owner

hello everyone, maybe you seen it already before, but are fan club is growing everyday!
Wendy and Bianca are working very hard, to talk to you guys, looking for news,
the b-day project and hopefully soon some compitions! It's all hard work but we think it's worth, but because where getting so big and because we wane keep giving you all the right attention you deserve, and the full support to our fanclub and to The Rasmus where going to look for a new third co-owner to help us!! We haven't pick anyone out yet, but where looking already and we will keep you all updated of who the new third
co-owner will be

Message from
The Northern Rasmus Fans
Wendy and Bianca

(11/05/2009)

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More news on the single "October in April"

That is what this video shows:

Lauri: "I just shot a music video. We recorded the song with the singer of Nightwish, Anette Olzon. E 'gender ballad, like a ninna-nanna, is something that you could sing to a child, really beautiful and very sentimental. And we shot a beautiful video with"

you can view the video here:
-> interview with Lauri

( you can also view the video on you tube here -> interview with lauri)

source: anette Olzon Italy & Hellofasite


(08/05/2009)

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The beautiful Photos hoot Rockoon

The beautiful photo's from The Rasmus their photo shoot for Rockoon
are now for everyone to view!! I love those phot's, they're gorgeous !!!
And also we have them to show them to you all...
you can view them in the Gallery

source: Venja art

(06/05/2009)
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NEW ARTIST FOR DYNASTY RECORDINGS

Dynasty Recordings signed Helsinki based dark-pop band Iconcrash. In the beginning there was one man. Jaani Peuhu, already a seasoned rock music professional at a pretty young age, wanted to do exactly what he wanted, without having to plead anybody else except himself. So he wrote a number of songs that sounded more like the music he was hearing in his head than the sound of any of his prior bands. These songs became Nude, the first Iconcrash album, that was released in spring 2005. Jaani had written, produced and performed much of the record himself. Although there were also several guest musicians involved, it was basically his solo album. Iconcrash are now finished with their second album called Enochian Devices after 14 month sessions at Dynasty Recording studios and Sonic Pump Studios. The first single Strange, Strange Dark Star with the video directed by Owe Linwall (The Rasmus, Amorphis, Nordman, Sturm Und Drang etc) is in your reach now and the album release date will be announced later on. You can check out the video here: You Tube

source: Dynasty recordings

(06/05/2009)
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Interview with Aki in Argentina on Terra TV

There is a new interview what has been posted terra TV.
This Interview with Aki from The Rasmus is been recorded in Argentina on 29.04.09.
you can view it here:

-> Interview tv part 1
-> Interview tv part 2
-> Interview tv part 3

-> part show with liawwy

soucre: Terre Tv


(04/05/2009)
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The article in the Finnish press about Lauri being sick is incorrect!



There has been an article posted in the Finnish press about Lauri Ylönen been very sick and been into hospital!! The Band drummer Aki let already know in the finnish media that it's not true!! Lauri has been going to hospital just for a checkup but he is fine and home. Only a bit tired, after the tour!!!



(02/05/2009)

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The Northern Rasmus Fans wishes Pauli Rantasalmi a happy Birthday



Also Wepke made a video for the best wishes

you can view the video here:



-> B-day video Pauli



(01/05/2009)