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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

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

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

IceBreaker wrote:@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

"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!

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

I wish I had been there.

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

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...

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

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

Stratoviking wrote: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!

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

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

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

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

lucky bastards

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.

fifthtea_sausage wrote:

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!

CottonCandy wrote:

fifthtea_sausage wrote:

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.

Equinox wrote:

CottonCandy wrote: 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...

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 ??

empi wrote: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...

IceBreaker wrote:

Equinox wrote:

CottonCandy wrote: 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.

FUCK YEAH! I WAS THERE! IT WAS FANTASTIC!

Warrior of Hell wrote:FUCK YEAH! I WAS THERE! IT WAS FANTASTIC!

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

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...

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

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

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.

stratoplayer wrote:lucky bastards

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

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..

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

My Girlfriend, Timo Tolkki and myself: