hello from amsterdam

hi darlings,

we are right now in Amsterdam preparing for the radio/tv show at OBA Live tonight. it starts 7pm but i don't know if you can follow it online. the first part of the tour has been sweet - the sailors are in a good mood and no one's been in a fight yet. tomorrow we have an easy drive from amsterdam to berlin....only 8,5 hours or so so that should be just fine. these are the rest of the dates

29 okt - 'OBA Live', Amsterdam, (NL)
30 okt - Luzia, Berlin/Kreuzberg (GER)
31 okt - Tonenburg, Höxter/Albaxen (GER)
01 nov - Panorama Musum, Bad Frankenhausen (GER)
02 nov - Cultureel Podium Roepan, Ottersum (GER)
07 nov - Cafe del sol, Bad Salzuflen (GER)
08 nov - Weitblick, Bugewitz (GER)

- we should meet.
here is some road pictures and a video clip recorded 10 minutes ago of an unplugged version of the song 'Fingers Crossed' that we will perform at the show tonight..ta-ta..love you

gustav, victor, helena, björn and jon

leaving on a tourbus

hello beautiful and unbelievable people, you look and feel better than ever,

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the last weeks has been crazy and a lot of things have gone right while some things have gone quite wrong..but we are always balancing. i am tired and I am packing. tomorrow, early we leave Sweden to meet our dearest friends in Germany, Belgium and Netherlands. check out the tour dates and I hope we'll see you there. we will have lots of new material to present and we are also more beautiful than ever.

dates:
24 okt - Eisen, Bremen (GER)
25 okt - jeugdhuis Togenblik (BE)
26 okt - 'Wakker Op' @ ATV, Antwerpen (BE)
27 okt - Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam (NL)
29 okt - 'OBA Live', Amsterdam, (NL)
30 okt - Luzia, Berlin/Kreuzberg (GER)
31 okt - Tonenburg, Höxter/Albaxen (GER)
01 nov - Panorama Musum, Bad Frankenhausen (GER)
02 nov - Cultureel Podium Roepan, Ottersum (GER)
07 nov - Cafe del sol, Bad Salzuflen (GER)
08 nov - Weitblick, Bugewitz (GER)

band line-up:
Gustav Haggren (vocals, guitar, mandolin)
Helena Arlock (vocals, cello, keyboard)
Jon Mattsson (bass, vocals)
Viktor Widerberg (guitar)
Björn Ehrenstråle (drums)

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a couple of days ago I went down to Italy again to play a tribute show to Townes van Zandt. It was a beautiful night with a lot of love and brilliant performers. I performed 'Fare Thee Well Ms Carousel'. And if you guys don't know about Townes - learn now. The show took place in a town an hour outside of Milano called Figino Serenza.






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some pictures from our releaseparty that we held for our third album 'Brilliant Hands' at The Tivoli in our hometown Helsingborg. thanks all of you who came, will never forget that night.




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the new album Brilliant Hands is available worldwide on CDBABY - there you can also download the album. we don't care you get the album really.....you know...just get it.
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so I am going to bed now. it felt like a had more to say but I am just too tired. will have more to report after this tour.

Gustav.

Italy Tour, Eileen Rose, Berlin, Uppsala Oct 1st - Oct 10th

The Swedish fall is killing just like it always does every year. I also try every year to stay away from this winter country when October comes but somehow it always takes me back in. Our new album 'Brilliant Hands' is out now and it seems to be going well. Next week we'll go on a tour for 18 days in Germany, Belgium and Netherlands.

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Eileen Rose is an artist from Boston and is right now touring with her band The Holy Wreck (Nick, Pat and Rich). They've been out for a long time now and they are currently in Scandinavia. On Thursday they play our hometown Helsingborg on Club Indienational @ The Tivoli together with Helena Arlock and Maja Alderin. I was fortunate enough to open up for these guys on 6 shows in Italy. I flew down to Milan where they picked me up and it was a great time with fun shows, good people, great food and wine. It's rare when you work together with other bands that you like them this much. I'm sure we will all see more of each other in the future. The dates were:

Oct 1 - Cantina 500, Rimini
Oct 2 - Vecchio Scantinato, Morovalle
Oct 3 - Pegaso, Arcola
Oct 4 - All'unaetrentacinquecirca (135), Cantú
Oct 5 - Teatro dei tamburi, Novellara
Oct 6 - Teatro Nidaba, Milano

Andrea Parodi who was in charge of the operation invited me back on the 20th of October to play at a Townes van Zandt tribute festival in Figino Serenza (CO). So see you guys soon. Let's have some cafe a parte! not sure of the spelling but you drink a shot of espresso - fill the cup with grappa and have another one. it is truly incredible.



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After Italy I had to fly staight to Berlin on a beautiful Ryan Air plain who loves musicians with guitars to do a showcase during the Popkomm Festival. I shared the stage with Doghouse Roses, Kieran Mcmahon and The Rosenkranz.

thank you Schubalu for the pictures;
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The last show of this little tour was in Uppsala, Sweden. Uppsala is close to Stockholm, 7 hours from where I lived. This was the worst little mini-tour I've experienced. I guess I felt a little rock n roll flying into every gig though...well if I would have my own jet-plane that is...
Anyway, the show at Hijazz, Uppsala was great, Helena Arlock came up to open up and to play with me, they booked us into a business room with bathrobes and free minibar, and they fixed my broken voice with giant tea-drinks spiced with whiskey..it was all good..

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