As previously reported, TRISTANIA recently completed a South American tour. Vocalist Østen Bergøy has issued the final tour blog:

Monterrey - May 23, Mexico City - May 25:

"We left for Monterrey with the rumor of hot weather ringing in our ears. 'Hot' turned out to be an understatement in my opinion. +37 - 40 degrees Celsius is not temperatures the north Europeans in this band are used to. We played at the Rock Machina Festival in Valencia in 35 C a few years back, but that was a 45 minute show.

However, I think we pulled the Monterrey-show off. It was warm of course, and the electricity shut down during 'Beyond The Veil', so we had to start it all over again. Both Mary and myself got electrical shocks from our microphones on a couple of occasions, Ole's wireless transmitter fell out at one point - so he had to use a cable for the rest of the show.

Despite all of these technical issues, it was a good night for us, and I think for our audience as well. Well, at least the ones I talked to after the show were happy. I had my longest conversation in Spanish ever, without understanding a word of it. Greetings and thank you to yet another great audience.

24/5 was a travel day, but we had a signing session in Mexico City.

Mexico is the one country in South America we have visited most often. This was our fourth time since 2000. We have played more shows there than we have in Norway. The most obvious reason for this is the quality of our Mexican fans. They seem to like Tristania, and we surely appreciate them. The last show on a tour is always emotional, and Mexico city 25th of May was no exeption. It was not my best night, I had been struggling with a cold, and I had some problems reaching the high notes. Especially on 'Sacrilege'. The audience blew our minds once again. And their energy made the concert another good one.

I think Ole has done a great tour, it seems like he is born to be on stage, and he is a great guy and a steady bass player. Tarald has also been working the drums - tight and hard as we expected. Mariangela's first real tour with the band has been convincing, and I am absolutely certain that she will continue impressing us all.

Thank you, Max and Jonathan for once again doing good sound and great work on the guitars.

Thank you Carlo for being who you are. Belgium rules.

Thank you AC - for being our best tour manager ever. Easy going, clever, polite, funny and always seeking the best solutions.

Thank You Bee for putting the words online.

Most of all, We would like to thank all the fans that showed up at concerts, hotels and airports in Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico. You are better fans than anybody could wish for. You are the best. We hope to see you again soon."

Love,

Tristania