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Please please please I beg of you. If anyone an convince Stratovarius to tour in america, i will love them forever. Its hard enough to find even just a CD here, If they would just come here and let some more people know them, they would get so much more fame. I've listened to stratovarius since i was 10, i'm now 17. and everytime i see a list of performances. Its all Europe and Asia, and South America. Why not come to North America. Plenty of people would love it. Personally I would die for it. I can only spread Stratovarius myself so far. I can hardly reach out of the 4 towns worth of people I know. I can't trust them to pass it on more and more. I need the band here! My life would be complete if I could just see stratovarius live in a concert. And that won't happen if they're always overseas.

They should. It just hasn't been planned out yet.

Stratovaius in America.

Somaloria wrote:Please please please I beg of you. If anyone an convince Stratovarius to tour in america, i will love them forever. Its hard enough to find even just a CD here, If they would just come here and let some more people know them, they would get so much more fame. I've listened to stratovarius since i was 10, i'm now 17. and everytime i see a list of performances. Its all Europe and Asia, and South America. Why not come to North America. Plenty of people would love it. Personally I would die for it. I can only spread Stratovarius myself so far. I can hardly reach out of the 4 towns worth of people I know. I can't trust them to pass it on more and more. I need the band here! My life would be complete if I could just see stratovarius live in a concert. And that won't happen if they're always overseas.

Its not strato that you need to convince =/. Im sure they would love to come to tour the US again. But a lot of time it just isnt possible for a band like strato to tour here. Its especially expensive for them to come to the US, and the fan base is no where near as big as anywhere else. And when they do come they can only come to a few select states.

Stratovarius are severely underrated/overlooked, especially in the States, it seems. When I saw them the last time they came to Chicago, the crowd was so small - I imagined they would be playing to much bigger crowds, in larger venues... silly me.

It really is a shame considering they're one of the pioneers of this style of music, oh well.

For some strange reason, Power Metal bands seem to have a hard time cracking the US (and to a lesser extent, the UK). It's probably not helped by the Latin America and Japan regions who are, shall we say, rabid fans of the genre. It's not cheap to tour the US either since venues are largely clustered together with hundreds of miles of nothing but empty space. (I'm fairly sure Jens has made comments to this effect before?)


In short: Spread the word about bands you like to absolutely everyone you think might even possibly like the music. Build the fanbase up locally by doing this then somehow convince them to bug the local promoter to say "yes, you have 500/1,000/5,000 paying fans here chomping at the bit for this band. Book them."

CES wrote: venues are largely clustered together with hundreds of miles of nothing but empty space.

WRONG!

COME TO CARACAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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robocop656 wrote:Stratovaius in America.

They should tour with Lady Gaga. This thread is NOW DIAMONDS!

NeverendingAbyss wrote:They should tour with Lady Gaga. This thread is NOW DIAMONDS!

you have no idea how much i despise lady gaga, but if thats what it takes to get people in America to know them, and for me to go to a concert to see them. I would go. hands down.

Well they were able to do some dates in america when they toured for Polaris, let's hope that this time they are able to do the same amount if not more.

robocop656 wrote:

CES wrote: venues are largely clustered together with hundreds of miles of nothing but empty space.

WRONG!

Buddy, I'm from a country that pioneered the art of deep frying every type of food you can think of, McD's is nothing.

CES wrote:Buddy, I'm from a country that pioneered the art of deep frying every type of food you can think of, McD's is nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I192mfDgEU

Part of a hilarious German TV report about food in Great Britain. I love that report And I would definitely love fried Mars bars, that's why I won't ever try one

Fried candy just seems weird to me

hiro23 wrote:Fried candy just seems weird to me

:cyclop:

mocobhc wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I192mfDgEU

Part of a hilarious German TV report about food in Great Britain. I love that report And I would definitely love fried Mars bars, that's why I won't ever try one

They're actually not as good as they probably should be. A gooey, greasy mess of food that's a pain to eat.

A full pizza quick-fried to the extent you could probably bounce it off a wall though? Damn tasty food.

CES wrote:

Buddy, I'm from a country that pioneered the art of deep frying every type of food you can think of, McD's is nothing.

OH YEAH BUDDY? WANNA HAVE A CONTEST ABOUT IT? I'M FROM A COUNTRY WHERE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ! BEAT THAT MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!! WHAT I FUCKING MEANT WAS THE OPEN SPACE WHERE TREES USED TO BE THERE IS NOW FUCKING CHICKEN NUGGETS AND GAS STATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

CES wrote:
Buddy, I'm from a country that pioneered the art of deep frying every type of food you can think of, McD's is nothing.

By the way, do scots generally consider themselves as "british" ? I've heard otherwise often.

Scotland has a separate legal and educational system, as well as its own currency (well sort of.) There's even a party which is trying to get Scotland to become an independent state (which I'm sure will work out wonderfully.)

As for Scottish national identity, from what I gather it mostly revolves around deep frying things like kebabs (I'm serious) and complaining about stuff. As a foreigner here, I find them somewhat perplexing but also entertaining.

I'm sure there's a lot more to it, like bagpipes and kilts and haggis and getting drunk on a Friday night and destroying things, but I have never been to Scotland, so I can't really comment. I have some Scottish friends and that's what they mostly get up to.

Here are some guys better qualified to talk about Scotland than I.

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NeonVomit wrote:Scotland has a separate legal and educational system, as well as its own currency (well sort of.) There's even a party which is trying to get Scotland to become an independent state (which I'm sure will work out wonderfully.)

As for Scottish national identity, from what I gather it mostly revolves around deep frying things like kebabs (I'm serious) and complaining about stuff. As a foreigner here, I find them somewhat perplexing but also entertaining.

I'm sure there's a lot more to it, like bagpipes and kilts and haggis and getting drunk on a Friday night and destroying things, but I have never been to Scotland, so I can't really comment. I have some Scottish friends and that's what they mostly get up to.

You've assimilated English culture very well. Friday night booze sprees and kebabs are not the sole domain of the Scots though, I've seen many a drunken weekend pub crawl in a few cities down south. Also, it's very British to have a good bitch and moan about a subject, usually over a pint of beer or several.

As for the pro-independance party, I personally think they're plants from another country. They're just that useless. Quite loud though.

FindYourOwnVoice wrote:By the way, do scots generally consider themselves as "british" ? I've heard otherwise often.

Depends on if the person has their head firmly lodged up their ass or not. Being Scottish means you are British (alongside the Welsh, English and Northern Irish) like it or not. The one that seems to set people off is using English as a synonym for British but historically (ie: the Victorian era) the two have been interchangable.


More to the point though, we've gone way, way off topic.

CES wrote:
Depends on if the person has their head firmly lodged up their ass or not. Being Scottish means you are British (alongside the Welsh, English and Northern Irish) like it or not. The one that seems to set people off is using English as a synonym for British but historically (ie: the Victorian era) the two have been interchangable.


More to the point though, we've gone way, way off topic.

Well, i meant the emotional identity more like it. Finland is part of EU, but our folk don't feel themselves as "european", but something more precious that not many else seem to be. Starting from totally different language group. Estonians pretty much the same. I don't mind off-topicing when spotting a chance to get to know more.

I'm Scottish/Irish descent myself, I worship at the alter of Sean Connery.

Would be awesome if Strato went for another US tour. I'd definitely go if its near the Boston Metro Area (Please..no nightclubs like last time, I'm 14! lol)

SHOULDN'T YOU BE IN BED?

Maybe he's working on Japanese time

pimentel2 wrote: I'm 14! lol)

LOL!

Arnold Layne

If stratovarius comes to america they must have a pet dog on the tour bus.

robocop656 wrote:

CES wrote:

Buddy, I'm from a country that pioneered the art of deep frying every type of food you can think of, McD's is nothing.

OH YEAH BUDDY? WANNA HAVE A CONTEST ABOUT IT? I'M FROM A COUNTRY WHERE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ! BEAT THAT MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!! WHAT I FUCKING MEANT WAS THE OPEN SPACE WHERE TREES USED TO BE THERE IS NOW FUCKING CHICKEN NUGGETS AND GAS STATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCK YEAH!

Arnold Layne wrote:

pimentel2 wrote: I'm 14! lol)

LOL!

Arnold Layne

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