Referring to the title of Sunrise Avenue’s album On the Way to Wonderland, Kärkkäinen said on Friday: ‘My trip to Wonderland has unfortunately ended. Why things have gone this way, […]
Director French version of Paasilinna film to visit Espoo
The leading role in the French film is played by Christopher Lambert, who is mostly known for his action roles. Unlike the Finnish version, co-written (with Paasilinna and Kullervo Kukkasjärvi) […]
Nightwish album leaked
The source of the leak has been traced to a French journalist. The person in question has been caught, but the damage has already been done. ‘It will surely affect […]
Sonata Arctica guitarist sacked
‘This matter, and everything that goes with it, caused a split between Jani and the other band members. This split was impossible to mend without Jani's help and co-operation,’ the […]
Many millions more to arts & culture -draft state budget
The long-desired Archive would contain material from both public broadcasting company YLE and other broadcasters and will most probably be connected to the Finnish Film Archive, according to Riita Kaivosoja, […]
Leningrad cancels Ankkarock, replaced by …part of the band
Spitfire was founded in the early nineties as a garage rock group but later turned to a unique way of playing skapunk. The band from Saint Petersburg has played in […]
DMX gigs in Finland cancelled
According to the hip-hopper’s management, DMX (real name: Earl Simmons) was arrested at the airport passport control for failing to attend a court session earlier this year and prevented from […]
Jann Wilde & Rose Avenue calls it quits
Jann Wilde & Rose Avenue’s first album Tokio Okei made it to No. 9 in Finland’s Official Album List. The band last performed at music festivals Tammerfest in Tampere and […]
Sanoma into ticket sales
In Finland, the company’s Finnkino cinema ticket services merged with the event ticket sales services of Lippupalvelu in 2003. Its R-Kioski outlets serve as pick up points for tickets booked […]
Bloodpit on “comprehensive break”, cancels all gigs
‘Last Friday's gig at Sunset Beach Party, which lasted only two songs, proved that the mental health of the members of the group is no longer in condition required for […]
Espoo Ciné programme made public, ticket sales have started
The programme features about 90 films in total. Other highlights include Mika Kaurismäki’s latest music documentary Sonic Mirror, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s 28 Weeks Later, and the premier of the long […]
Bloodhound Gang coming to Finland
Bloodhound Gang’s mix of (comedy) rock, hip-hop, metal, punk and other music styles with humorous, often controversial lyrics (which they themselves refer to as ‘Christian Rap’ on their MySpace page) […]
Black Crusade tour to hit Tampere and Helsinki
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Trendy beats of change
{mosimage}Gocoo are a group of seven female and four taiko drummers from Tokyo who manage to be super trendy in a wide variety of music circles. Breaking with deeply rooted […]