Austria. I am actually 50% Austrian and most people don't know that. My father was born in Austria and lived in Krems before he moved to Sweden with his parents. So in my blood, this place is a bit special to me. The venue "Arena" is a really cool place, looks like an old factory, and big enough to keep our tourbus inside!

Me and David took a walk in the nearby surroundings, and found out that the venue "Arena" were pretty close to the "Gasometer" shopping mall complex. Inside we found the Gasometer Walk of Fame where we studied loads of famous artists marks, like our Finnish friends in Nightwish.

When we were about to soundcheck, i went down from backstage to the stage. On my way down, i heard a pain song beeing played from the stage. When i came to the stage i realised that the crew was doing the soundcheck for us... Our lightguy Hede played guitar, our FOH engineer Kimmo played bass, backlineguys Macke and Emanuel played guitar and drums. That was a funny and different experience for sure, but also good to know that we don't have to be there if we don't want to :-)

The show was good, and i felt soooo proud of Austria!!

Now it's time to go back to Germany again, and visit Munich.



Live in Zlin, Czech Republic. Photo: Mattias Hedberg


Live in Zlin, Czech Republic


Live in Zlin, Czech Republic. Photo: Zuzana Buganova


Gasometer walk of fame in Vienna


Gasometer shopping complex in Vienna


David outside Arena in Vienna


Our big nightliner with trailer could easily fit into the venue for easy loading


The crew-band doing our soundcheck: Macke, Hede, Kimmo, Emanuel...