EUROPE Kick Off European Tour In Albania, Keyboardist Issues Update
January 14, 2007, 18 years ago
EUROPE kicked off the second leg of their European tour for Secret Society in Tirana, Albania on January 14th. Keyboardist Mic Michaeli has issued the following update:
"Hello all!We arrived Tirana, Albania yesterday (January 13th) and having agreed to attend a VIP party at a night club in town we went there despite being totally exhausted from a wake-up-too-early-and-fly-all-over-Europe-and-transfer-to-another-flight-all-the-time-trip.
We soon realized it was a combined meet-fans-who-want-to-take-alot-of-pictures/TV-radio-newspaper-press-conference/meet-politicians-of-Albania/drink-as-much-as-you-want-on-the-house-party.
Fine with us, no problem, we’re easy.
We had a chat with the Minister of Internal Affairs, 'the strongest minister in Albania and big fan of the band' (according to the info our Tour Manager had received). He turned out to be a really nice dude… despite being a politician ;). We were also told Europe is the first international act ever to play in Albania… We’re honoured!
But right now:
Sitting in the dressing room in Tirana, Albania. The first show´s just finished and, though not knowing much of Albania or our Albanian fans, it was far beyond our expectations.
OK, we experienced a few (read: a lot of) technical problems before and some during the show… but the crowd sure carried us all the way. Thanx all! We had a great time.
We all hope we can play here again soon."
/mic
Europe's tour schedule is now as follows:
January
16 - Granada, Spain at Palacio de Congresos17 - Madrid, Spain at La Riviera
19 - Barcelona, Spain at Razzmatazz
20 - Bilbao, Spain at Rock Star
22 - Zurich, Switzerland at Volkshaus
23 - Milan, Italy at Alcatraz
24 - Rome, Italy at Tendastrice
26 - Modena, Italy at Vox
27 - Innsbruck, Austria at Hafen
29 - Graz, Austria at Orpheum
30 - Vienna, Austria at Arena
February
2 - Stuttgart, Germany at Longhorn KLA3 - Munich, Germany at Backstage
4 - Nuremberg, Germany at Hirsch
6 - Hamburg, Germany at Fabrik
7 - Bochum, Germany at Matrix
10 - Newcastle, UK at Academy
11 - Glasgow, UK at Academy
13 - Bristol, UK at Academy
14 - London, UK at Shepherds Bush Empire
15 - Birmingham, UK at Academy
