EUROPE singer Joey Tempest has issued the following "Tour Diary" update:

"Mic's passport and his ID was gone.... had it been stolen by someone that wanted to sabotage the bands European tour? Over the years the band had made a lot of friends but also a lot of enemies. Could he have misplace the passport himself. Last night was a blur . A combination of wine women and song made the whole thing difficult to make out.

Now the airline wouldn't let him board the plane. Were they also in on the plot? He had to say goodbye to the rest of the band and travel by himself on a bus to Madrid where he could get the right papers to travel to Switzerland.

After he arrived in Madrid he was sure someone was following him..... He walked into a tappas bar to hide out. His mood was lifted when he found out they had some single malt whiskey on offer. He had to gather his thought and figure out what was going on.

A few days ago they had been to a restaurant in Granada where there had been an attempt to poison the band with "uncooked chicken". Was it the same people that had stolen his passport and ID.

All the hotels he visited in Madrid refused to let him stay because he did not have an ID. There was only one thing left to do. He went to a pay phone and called the former Alabinan Prime minister ask him to send over some of his security people. A few days ago the band had played in Tirana, Albania and made some very important friends in high places.

He managed to survive the night in Madrid and went to get a temporary passport at the Swedish embassy the following day. He made it just in time for the sound-check in Zurich. We were all glad that he made it back safe.

....but there was something suspicious about the whole affair."

Europe is currently on the road in Europe for the second leg of their Secret Society tour. Their schedule is as follows:

January

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 KLA
3 - 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