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2009-01-27
FIREWIND To Tour UK With STRATOVARIUS
Guitarist Gus G. of Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND has issued the following update:
"Even though we toured the U.K. hard in 2008 and are still planning to kick some serious ass at the Hellfire Festival next month, when the opportunity came to do this tour with STRATOVARIUS, we just couldn"t say no.
"U.K. and Ireland have turned out to be some of the best places on earth for FIREWIND when it comes to our ever growing fanbase and on how dedicated our fans are in these countries. Teaming up with STRATOVARIUS makes this such a killer package. They are a band with quality, catchy melodic songs and a high level of musicianship. They are pioneers in their genre. They are definitely a band that has inspired us and we are honoured to share the same stage with them!!
"So what can you expect from FIREWIND on this one?
a) your face melted by our Metal, b) a different setlist, and c) maybe even an exclusive brand new track?
See you out there very soon!"
Upcoming FIREWIND shows:
Feb. 21 - London, England - Hellfire Festival
UK Tour w/ STRATOVARIUS:
May 15 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall
May 16 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
May 17 - Glasgow, UK - Cathouse
May 18 - London, UK - Islington O2 Academy
May 19 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2
May 20 - Dublin, IRE - Button Factory
Summer festivals 2009:
May 31 - Gelsenkirchen, GER - Rock Hard Festival
Jun. 26 - Dessel, BEL - Graspop Metal Meeting
Aug. 14 - Dinkelsbühl, GER - Summer Breeze Festival
2009-01-24
RANDALL "Heaven & Hell" T2 - Inspired & Designed by Gus G.!!!
More info soon up at www.randallamplifiers.com
2009-01-06
NAMM 2009: Signings, performances and new Gus G. signature products!!
FIREWIND axe partners Gus G. and Bob Katsionis will attend The NAMM Show in Annaheim, California.
They will perform @ the ESP Guitars booth the following dates and times:
Friday, January 16th
ESP Guitars booth (4pm - 5pm)
Saturday, January 17th
ESP Guitars booth (4pm - 5pm)
Gus G. will be signing the following times and dates:
Saturday, January 17th
Randall Amplifiers booth 5244 HALL B (11am)
Gus G. - Firewind
Michael Amott - Arch Enemy
Mike Schleibaum – Darkest Hour
Michael Keene – The Faceless
Olde Wolbers – Fear Factory
ESP Guitars booth (11:30am - 12:30pm)
Gus G. - Firewind
Will Adler - Lamb of God
Chuck Garrick - Alice Cooper
Ronnie Faisst
Brian Deegan
Moreover, Gus will be unveiling 2 new signature products: His new ESP and LTD models and also a signature amplifier by Randall. The amp is based on the T2 model and it"s called "Heaven & Hell". More info on that very soon!!
You can check out Gus" new ESP / LTD models here:
http://www.espguitars.com/images/news/09/Gus.jpg
2008-12-31
Happy New Year from FIREWIND!!
FIREWIND want to wish all their friends, fans and business partners a Happy New Year!!
Stay tuned for FIREWIND"s live activities in 2009! Meanwhile, the previously postponed Greek and Bulgarian headline shows are finally coming next weekend.
Gus G. states: "We"re more than excited to start the new year with 2 big shows in our country and our neighbour country, Bulgaria! Also, our hometown show in Thessaloniki marks the 1 year celebration after the succesfull DVD shoot which took place January 12, 2008 in that very same venue - Principal Club Theater!
We"re looking forward to bringing the party to Thessaloniki, Athens and Sofia. See you next week!"
09.01.2009 BUL Sofia @ Blue Box Club
10.01.2009 GR Thessaloniki @ Principal Club Theater
11.01.2009 GR Athens @ Gagarin 205
Also, the first festivals for 2009 are announced! See info below:
21.02.2009 UK London @ Hellfire Festival (Islington Academy)
29-31.05.2009 DE Gelsenkirchen @ Rock Hard Festival
14.08.2009 DE Dinkelsbuhl @ Summer Breeze Festival
2008-12-22
FIREWIND confirmed for UK’s Hellfire Festival!
FIREWIND"s first festival appearance for 2009 is now confirmed and it will be @ UK"s Hellfire Festival!
21.02.2009 - UK London @ Islington Academy
For further info and tickets: http://www.hellfirefestival.com/
2008-12-19
Live video from “Live Premonition” DVD online & European headlining tour re-cap!
FIREWIND have finished an extremely successful year of hard work, intense touring and stunning studioand live releases. Not only did they release the much lauded “The Premonition” album early 2008, but also recently the Greek melodic metal sensation issued its first ever live release “Live Premonition” as DVD, 2CD and Deluxe DVD+2CD. As a brand-new promo clip for this fantastic live release, the song “Angels Forgive Me” (taken from the main show of “Live Premonition” which was filmed in the band’s hometown Thessaloniki) has now been posted here for you all to enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q1AUVk3FlI
FIREWIND mainman Gus G.checks in with the following European tour re-cap:
“Hello all,
Gus here, checking in from Greece. Besides the Greek and Bulgarian shows that are now postponed for January, I wanted to give you an update on the European tour we just completed. Sitting at home right now and looking back on it, I must say it was a great experience. We have done so many tours in the past, but this one was different: It was a headline tour. So we learned a lot while being a headliner, on the other hand we had some killer bands with us on this tour!
There was too many good shows to pick a favourite one. France was great as always, then we did 4 shows in Spain with Vicious Rumours – these guys can play! They really inspired us to play harder and headbang even more! After the final show in Barcelona we all wandered around town at 3 AM trying to find an open bar on a Monday! Well, we did. And after that bar closed we continued partying on the street in front of our tourbus. Good times!
In Italy we met up with Eldritch and the shows were great, but it might be a while until we return there…
Other adventures from the road included a 6 hour delay @ the Swiss border due to communication problems, people talking to the supervisors of their supervisors and insane paperwork we had to submit! Well, we managed to get to the venue in Pratteln only half hour before doors opened. I swear, I haven’t seen a faster load-in, set up and soundcheck in my life!! We managed to do it all somehow within 20 minutes! Then we had dinner. 3 hours later we rocked our faithful fans @ Z7 and had another killer show!
We feel really honoured to have been able to play in Budapest twice this year. The response of our debut show back in April (on the Kamelot tour) was so great that we managed to do our own headline show 7 months later. People love their metal there for sure!
In Vienna we must have played the smallest stage ever. Even so, the Viper Room was packed with people that night but backstage we were already getting drunk with whisky shots. We ended up playing a very drunk, yet really energetic and true rock n’ roll show! I even crowd surfed while I played the solo of “Falling To Pieces”!!
The final show was the Masters Of Rock festival in Czech Republic. A first time in that country for us and we played before 3.500 screaming Metalheads! Couldn’t think of a better way to end this tour.
Big thanx goes out to all the bands we shared the stage with (Kiuas, Stormwarrior, Vicious Rumours, Eldritch and a bunch of cool French bands), our killermultinational crew who managed to learn Greek only in one month (plus some Finnish guys!!), Jörg Düsedau @ Dragon Productions and all promoters and companies involved!
Now everyone have a Merry Christmas and we’re looking forward to our 2009 shows and activities!”
Stay tuned for a further live activity by FIREWIND in 2009 to be announced soon…
2008-12-09
FIREWIND Postpone Greek / Bulgarian shows
Due to the complete anarchy, disorder and chaos that goes on in Greece at the moment, we"re in the unfortunate position to inform you that the upcoming shows in Greece and Bulgaria this weekend will not happen and are postponed.
We feel that the situation is not safe for anyone right now and it"s beyond our control to make these shows happen. We appreciate your understanding and support.
The shows are postponed for the following dates:
FIREWIND + Eldritch
(special guest: Tara Teresa)
Friday Jan. 9 2009 - Sofia, BUL @ Blue Box Club
Saturday Jan. 10 2009 - Thessaloniki, GR @ Principal Club Theater
Sunday Jan. 11 2009 - Athens, GR @ Gagarin 205
To those who have already purchased tickets: The tickets are still valid for the shows!
We really hope that things calm down and we will Rock with you very soon!
Sincerely,
Firewind
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