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Stratovarius at Wacken!
06.08.2005 / Author: WebmasterStratovarius
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Stratovarius just performed at Wacken Open Air 2005.

This year's "Wacken Surprise Act" was Stratovarius.

Three songs were played: Hunting High and Low, Black Diamond and Maniac Dance.

Says singer Timo Kotipelto: "It was great to be back on stage!"

Says guitar player Timo Tolkki: "Hey Jens stop updating that stupid web page and come and DRINK!!!!!"

Says new bass player Lauri Porra: "Drinking????? WOOHOO"

There is a picture from the performance

[MaFiaBoY]

Since I got into Strato mid-2004, it's f*cking great to see them as a *normal* band

BTW, I bet you anything that the pic was taken by Jens :p

[IceBreaker]

@MaFiaBoY: That pic from the stage? You can see Jens on the backward on the photo so he cannot have taken the pic.

[MaFiaBoY]

@MaFiaBoY: That pic from the stage? You can see Jens on the backward on the photo so he cannot have taken the pic.

Seems I didn't look at it carefully enough. But who knows, Jens is a very astonishing guy

[CottonCandy]

"Come and Drink?" Water, I hope!

Seriously, it was a BIG crowd there! I bet they were cheering like crazy! I know they were having a blast! Let's hope Beast_Pete comes&gives us a report of his observations&how the show went!
It's great to see the guys play again!

[Equinox]

Awesome news!!!!!!!!!!

I wish I had been there.

But I think I'm pretty far so. The hell with it.

[Patricia]

I can't see very well the people who were in front of the stage, but i know that one of my friends (his name is JP) was certainly in the 1st row hehehe...

[Stratoviking]

Hey Jens stop updating that stupid web page and come and DRINK!!!!!"

I hope that Tolkki not drinking anymore thats not good for him

[CottonCandy]

Hey Jens stop updating that stupid web page and come and DRINK!!!!!"

I hope that Tolkki not drinking anymore thats not good for him

Maybe he meant that in General terms and he had water, juice or coke&the other guys had booze. Hopefully, thats the case--or they will be right back
where they started.
Maybe Tolkki has "cleaned" the other guys up&they are on water&juice, too! Scratch that Its musicians we are talking about here!


I'm glad they played BLACK DIAMOND for those folks--I know they loved that :headbang: and the MANIAC DANCE song gave them a taste of what is to come! Awesome!

[Hades]

I'm wainting... Buenos Aires are wainting... !!!! august 19!!!!

[stratoplayer]

monterrey.... september... 12.... aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhh

[stratohawk]

wow!! It's fuckin great that they're back on stage! Already now, with the new bassist.... Just one month left till the release!

[MaFiaBoY]

Hehe, we have 2 gigs here in Paris. November 12th and 13th, I'm gonna go to both

[stratoplayer]

lucky bastards

[fifthtea_sausage]

Maybe Tolkki has "cleaned" the other guys up&they are on water&juice, too! Scratch that Its musicians we are talking about here

Yea, pretty soon we'll see Jens Johansson playing one of those little kids on those Welsh 100% grape juice commercials.

[CottonCandy]

Maybe Tolkki has "cleaned" the other guys up&they are on water&juice, too! Scratch that Its musicians we are talking about here

Yea, pretty soon we'll see Jens Johansson playing one of those little kids on those Welsh 100% grape juice commercials.

Nah......KOOL AID!!!

The Blue Kind!

[Equinox]

Maybe Tolkki has "cleaned" the other guys up&they are on water&juice, too! Scratch that Its musicians we are talking about here

Yea, pretty soon we'll see Jens Johansson playing one of those little kids on those Welsh 100% grape juice commercials.

Nah......KOOL AID!!!

The Blue Kind!

That would be great.

With the thumb up!

Anyway, I have to wait more than a month....

9/21.

[IceBreaker]

Nah......KOOL AID!!!

The Blue Kind!

That would be great.

With the thumb up!

Anyway, I have to wait more than a month....

9/21.

The spammers are again on their way...

[empi]

what a fucking promotion "gig" 3 songs
by the way the new song is called "animal dance "
http://www.wacken.com/de/main-specials/ ... eviews/29/
before some people think i'm stupid i know the knew single ist called maniac dance.
But why the hell only 3 songs ??

[Patricia]

what a fucking promotion "gig" 3 songs
by the way the new song is called "animal dance "
http://www.wacken.com/de/main-specials/ ... eviews/29/
before some people think i'm stupid i know the knew single ist called maniac dance.
But why the hell only 3 songs ??

I guess they could play only 3 songs because they had only 20 minutes time to be on stage so...

[CottonCandy]

Nah......KOOL AID!!!

The Blue Kind!

That would be great.

With the thumb up!

Anyway, I have to wait more than a month....

9/21.

The spammers are again on their way...

And you just joined us.....WELCOME!
Don't fret--sometimes, I get up on the wrong side of the bed, too.

[Warrior of Hell]

FUCK YEAH! I WAS THERE! IT WAS FANTASTIC!

[CottonCandy]

FUCK YEAH! I WAS THERE! IT WAS FANTASTIC!

Well--er--Tell us about it! :headbang:
Please!

[Aneete]

I was there, and I must say, that it was the shortest and the best gig in my live!!! Absolutly fantastic. I can´t wait until their next show. I´ll have some ictures, I guess in week from my friend with press pass.

there is nothing to tell you more about it... i think, that all of you know that feeling, when Strato is back...And I felt it in the middle of people, who felt the same! I didn´t see anything, I was just jumping and laughting...and beeing really, really happy...as everybody around me. And I´m sure, that Strato had the sama feeling...

[Warrior of Hell]

They have played Hunting high and low, Black Diamond and Maniac Dance.. After the last song Timo Kotipelto said: "It is fucking great to be back!"
It was fantastic! Lauri Porra is a funny guy. He was headbanging all the time, when he wasn`t running around on the stage. Timo Tolkki`s state of health seemed very cool

[Aresius]

shit that means they are going to play maniac dance in argentina :S... i really prefer other songs instead of it

[Fireblade]

Sounds great!! I wish I had been there, but great to read that it went well, with the new lineup and the first show in a year or so.

Strato really are back. Like we all knew they would.

So, Jens has to be voted my favourite forum member.

/end asskiss.

[StratoÄijä]

lucky bastards

Yes. Lucky bastards indeed. I have never seen Stratovarius in live show.

[Warrior of Hell]

I have forgot something: A compliment to TK: His vocals were perfect! He reached every tone perfect. I have something for you guys...

This is me and Timo Tolkki


TT and Jens:


TK and Jörg:


Lauri, TK and Jörg:


Jörg, TT and Jens:


Have fun^^

and here is a picture from the gig:;


sorry quality sucks..

[Warrior of Hell]

and here a little bonus picture from my vacation in Helsink:

My Girlfriend, Timo Tolkki and myself: