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I'm trying to be the first one to post the pics.
it was GREAT. awsome. Nu B.

the venue is called Mao live house, not very big, but the equipments are the best among those live houses in Beijing.

I arrived early and heard them trying out the instruments inside, but we were not allowed to go in at that time. about half an hour later I saw Lauri went out, and said Hi. Timo and Matias also went out. the organizer said they went for shopping.

gig started at 8:30 pm. warming up is done by a chinese melodic death metal band. strato guys hit the ground at around 9:30.

i'll post a few photos here. the rest i have uploaded to: http://syren.net76.net/blog/?page_id=304
to save bandwidth i've resized all of them. if anybody wants the original one, feel free to PM me.

now, let's start with the setlist:


a little chinese course :


next time Timo, don't point to my face directly, my hands will shake as hell...


this is much better.


Jenssi!


Jorggi!


Lauri!


solo!


we rock the night!

woAHHH 16 songs and they added forever is today and father time wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

and, don't miss these moments...

"kongfu fighting, position one"


"hello my friends!"


Lauri the Buddhist


the signing session after the gig.


i will probably be known as "the girl with a full bag of CDs" from now on, as i brought their every single album and asked for autograph...
sorry guys, for taking so long time from you.

VIP gifts include Polaris CD, a poster and a photograph, all signed by them.


I brought a little gift for each of them: small bag tag with pictures and band logo. probably not the best quality. i drew them in two hours and asked a souvenir shop to print them :luv4:


I got videos too, but youtube is slower than ever at the moment, so i will edit my post later.

thefreeone wrote:woAHHH 16 songs and they added forever is today and father time wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

why everybody is counting the list as 16? i heard the guy right behind me did the same thing last night and he was looking at that piece of paper directly. it's not 16! it's 17!

amazing setlist!!!!!!
forever is today!!! wowwwww
please upload videos
thanks for those nice pics

Thank you Syren for sharing with us great moments in Beijing.

Nice bag tags!

some more links:

by deepred, a photographer. she stood right in front of me, but she only got permission to shoot 3 songs. anyway, awsome pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepredliu ... 49/detail/

some videos by various fans

forever. we almost made it like a karaoke song, Timo is only the background music
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the version i recorded. sound quality is better, but we were making hand waves so the camera shakes in the middle part:oops:
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black diamond. good job Jens! nice bottle catch Timo!
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i also recorded the bridge of Winter Skies. it's beautiful.
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Good pics and nice gifts !!Thank you Syren!

wow Forever is today!! I love it!!!

One word! Fantastic!!!

Thanks Syren S
Looks like you are on fire and I am happy for you!

Shie,shie.
Nii man han bang.

Syren.S wrote:

"Yeah! Fuck singing! I'll be the next Bruce Lee! Who needs Jackie Chan if you can have Timo Kotipelto?"
*tries to do some moves, stumbles and falls flat on this face*
"Okay, maybe the whole Kong-Fu think wasn't such a good idea after all.

Great pics and videos , thank you for sharing them @Syren.S
The gig seems to been awesome! :headbang:

Forever Is Today, Legions, Twilight Symphony? Nu pi!

Forever Is Today and Father Time?! HOLY SHIT. I really hope they play those in a few weeks when they come to Chicago!

Syren.S wrote:I'm trying to be the first one to post the pics.
it was GREAT. awsome. Nu B.

the venue is called Mao live house, not very big, but the equipments are the best among those live houses in Beijing.

I arrived early and heard them trying out the instruments inside, but we were not allowed to go in at that time. about half an hour later I saw Lauri went out, and said Hi. Timo and Matias also went out. the organizer said they went for shopping.

gig started at 8:30 pm. warming up is done by a chinese melodic death metal band. strato guys hit the ground at around 9:30.

i'll post a few photos here. the rest i have uploaded to: http://syren.net76.net/blog/?page_id=304
to save bandwidth i've resized all of them. if anybody wants the original one, feel free to PM me.

now, let's start with the setlist:
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a little chinese course :
http://syren.net76.net/blog/wp-content/ ... C01986.JPG

next time Timo, don't point to my face directly, my hands will shake as hell...
http://syren.net76.net/blog/wp-content/ ... C01993.JPG

this is much better.
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Jenssi!
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Jorggi!
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Lauri!
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solo!
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we rock the night!
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Hey Syren!! you've taken great pics!!
I'm manage the Stratovarius Street Team in Argentina. Could you take some pics to post in the MySpace Blog? (http://myspace.com/stratovariusargentina) of course i'll give you the credit!!!
Thanks SyrenS.
Claudia

Awesome stuff! The set list looks amazing! I really admire your enthusiasm for the band and the live event! Thanks for posting!

Syren.S wrote:

thefreeone wrote:woAHHH 16 songs and they added forever is today and father time wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

why everybody is counting the list as 16? i heard the guy right behind me did the same thing last night and he was looking at that piece of paper directly. it's not 16! it's 17!

17 including the bass and guitar solo!

Well I really hope the songs like Destiny, Forever Is Today and Father Time stay in the set until their next, yet unannounced Finnish dates. I'd kill to see that gig!

Veeeery nice! I just simply hate that Bach thing that's almost at the beginning of the guitar solo

OMFG!!!!!

Father time"!!!!

Legions!!!!! :O....
i hope they keep this setlist... i will see them in Quebec..

Nice pics and awesome setlist!

I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't anyone film Forever is Today?

hey guys I also put a german concert report about Stratovarius gig on my <a href="http://www.beijing-china-blog.com/heavy ... ng/">china blog</a>
thanks to Syren for all the great pics and videos and for your permission to use them!
great concert! Hope to see you guys soon again @ mao live house
if you speak german you can also check out <a href="http://www.metalcon.de/stratovarius">stratovarius</a> profil @ the largest german fan portal