Day 3 - Sundsvall, Sweden

All or nothing, right? This morning it was like a sauna in the bus when i woke up. We really have to find somewhere in between steaming hot and freezing cold in this tourbus...

A sunny day agin, this time in Sundsvall. Peter, Johan, David, Emanuel and myself had a walk in the city and had Sushi for lunch in the main square. The venue was a very beautiful old house with paintings on wall in the main hall that was several hundred years old. Not the ideal place for a rock concert due to the acoustics (same feeling like a church), but it was a beautiful place for sure. In the daytime it was no problems, but as soon as the evening came we realised a very odd feature in this building: the lights in the hallways and our dressing room shut off every 5 minute. Then we had to find our way out of the dressing room in the dark, down the hallway, and find the light switch. Every 5 minute! Really stupid feature if you ask me, especially if you are sitting in the toilet...

It's only day 3, and one of the wheels on one big roadcase dropped dead. That's the case that has 4pcs of 47" LED screens in it, among loads of other stuff, so there's no option to carry it. Also, the load-in through the restaurant kitchen, up in an elevator, and through another kitchen to get to the main hall, didn't really make it easier either :-)
Fortunately we have a great crew who kind of fix everything, no matter what!

We continued the tweaking of the In-Ear systems again, just to get that final touch-up of the sound in our ears. Having the Venue SC48 on tour just makes everything so much easier. During the first 2-3 shows we are setting and adjusting the in-ear monitoring sound, and then it's stored in the desk so there's no need for monitor soundcheck every night. This is worth a lot in a busy schedule for everybody. We can just take one part away from the normal routines in soundcheck, as it's gonna be the same sound in our ears every night anyway. Awesome! The only soundcheck that needs to be done is the normal FOH soundcheck. It also feels so much safer for all of us to know that it will sound every day.

The show itself went good. The audience was great even though it was a really small one. Sunday night in Sundsvall might not be the best opportunity to get people to see a concert, i don't know. Tomorrow we are heading for Umeå, who are reporting really good presales!


A very happy Kimmo Ahola with his Venue SC48


Casulties of war - already on the third show day one of the cases gave up..


Live in Östersund - Photo: Jenny Widding


Live in Östersund - Photo: Jenny Widding


Live in Östersund - Photo: Jenny Widding


Live in Borlänge - Photo: Mattias Nääs


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