This morning i realised that the internet connection we had in the bus didn't work when we left Sweden. Smart. So me and Kimmo went to Elisa in Oulu at 9am to get a USB modem, before we left Oulu for Kuopio. So now i have internet in the bus again, and can continue blogging :-)

Our driver took the wrong route from Oulu to Kuopio, and ended up in the Finnish-middle-of-nowhere with no gas stations to be found. As this is a Pain tour, it was not unexpected at all that we soon ran out of gas... So here we were, totally alone at the side of the road, with no gas. Welcome to the Pain tour...! Fortunately our driver ran out on the road when a car finally drove by, and got a ride to the next gas station to pick up some gas. We were sitting in the bus hysterically laughing about the situation for some time, until he came back with a big broken dripping can of gas to temporarily fill up the bus. Hahaha, totally priceless! We managed to start the bus again and get to the next gas station to fill it up properly. Then we were on our way again. About 100km in the wrong direction and very late, but still, on our way to Kuopio :-)

We finally arrived in Kuopio, and our crew had to speed up the process a lot, had a quick dinner and went for soundcheck. Everything went fine after all, and the show was good. Peter broke a string (AGAIN!, like he did on the first show!) and some minor mess-ups occured, but after all i must say it was great - thanks to the great Finnish audience of Kuopio!

Next stop is Jyväskylä.

7 Shows done, 32 shows to go!



Visited Elisa in Oulu at 9am to get a USB Modem


Alone in the middle of nowhere in Finland with no gas..


Örjan and Hede filling up some gas to get going again


Welcome to Kuopio


Building the stageset in Kuopio


I am lying in the leathersofa backstage at Puikkari, texting my daughter