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6 JAN, 2012, 11:53 am
Latin America - to make it clear all gigs except BRAZIL and CHILE will take place. Here is the list of dates for January! We are looking forward to see you!!!!!
JANUARY
09.01.12 MX – Guadalajara – Teatro Diana
10.01.12 MX – Mexico City – The National Auditorium
13.01.12 UY – Montevideo – Teatro el Gapon
14.01.12 AR – Buenos Aires – Teatro Flores
17.01.12 PY – Asunción – Club Sport Colombia de Fernando de la Mora
19.01.12 VE – Caracas – CIEC de la Universidad Metropolitana
20.01.12 EC – Quito – Teleferico
21.01.12 CO – Medellin – Teatro Universidad de Medellin
22.01.12 CO – Bogota – Club Metropol
24.01.12 GT – Guatemala City – El Parque dela Industria
25.01.12 SV – San Salvador - CIFCO
26.01.12 CR – San Jose – Pepper's Club
28.01.12 MX – Monterrey - Banamex
To understand what happened with Brazil and Chile, please read here: http://www.apocalyptica.com/pt/news/happy-new-year-brazil-and-chile-canc...
4 JAN, 2012, 9:06 pm
A Happy New Year To All Of You!
We hope you had a wonderful Christmas time with your friends and family as well as a blasting night to start 2012!
We are super excited to start our Latin American tour in a few days. It has been years since we met all of you in this part of the world...
Unfortunately within the last weeks we faced many difficulties with the concert promoter who was hired to do the shows in Chile and Brazil. Since weeks he ignores our team now which ends in not even knowing venue addresses in Brazil. All this costs us a lot of money we loose now. And since we can not guarantee a show as of today we need to cancel both, the planned shows in Brazil and Chile.
We can not say whether tickets will be re-imbursed or not since the promoter is not speaking to us since days now. Please check with your local ticket office.
We are very disappointed about this news. But we work hard now to re-schedule concerts in Brazil and Chile as soon as possible - with different people promoting the shows!
Some of you have purchased VIP tickets for the shows via our Pledge campaign for the photo book. You will receive a personal e-mail. Please look out for this.
All others, who are not effected by the cancellation we are looking forward to see you all very very soon!
7 DEC, 2011, 1:14 am
Finnish cello rockers Apocalyptica opened the week long celebration of Metallica's 30th anniversary on Monday at The Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco.
Besides their own set, Apocalyptica also joined Metallica on stage for a few songs. After several supports for Metallica (the first one being in Helsinki on November 18th and 19th, 1996) this was the very first time the two bands actually played together.
The concert this Monday launched a week long anniversary party which Metallica are holding exclusively for their MetClub members in San Francisco.
Eicca Toppinen says: 'What can you do when Metallica invites you to perform at their birthday party? You can only say YES!!!
We are honored and very pleased to be part of this unique event. Metallica have always been one of our greatest influences which makes this performance such a special experience for us.
Cliff, James, Lars, Kirk, Rob and Jason.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!'
Apocalyptica started their world-wide career by releasing "Plays Metallica by Four Cellos" 15 years ago. Since then the band has developed an uncomparable style of their own material. Their latest release was the band's seventh studio-album "The 7th Symphony".
Upon leaving San Francisco, Apocalyptica will continue their tour with more shows in Finland followed by an extensive Latin-American tour in January.
4 OCT, 2011, 10:51 am
Apocalyptica have played over 1000 shows in their career and visited more than 50 countries around the world. To give their fans an insight into their world on tour, the band took their friend and photographer Ville Akseli Juurikkala with them to capture the special moments and the everday life during their „7th Symphony Tour“.
The result will be released as a photo book.
But Apocalyptica wants to involve the fans even more, therefore they are cooperating with Pledge Music. Founded in 2008 by musician Benji Rogers, Pledge Music offers artists a structure to make projects possible solely by the direct support of their fans, and at the same time helps raising money for charities. Via so-called “pledges”, the fans ‘promise’ to contribute to a certain project in exchange for an issue of the product as soon as it is finished.
To quote the band:
“You as our fans have always been supportive and now we want to share the process of making this book with you. With every single “pledge”, you not only support the book’s release, but also help raising money for a good cause. In addition, you’ll receive an eBook with images, that didn’t make it to the printed version, and secure the chance of getting special merchandise, signed memorabilia and
exclusive bonus material. And we dug deep to find interesting stuff for you ... Thanks a lot for your support, we hope you’ll like the book as much as we do!”
To check out what goodies Apocalyptica found and how the book process goes, please go to: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/apocalyptica
20 SEP, 2011, 10:21 am
Apocalyptica just completed their Finnish tour and here are some words from the band:
"Thank you Finland! We had really fantastic memorable shows here in our own yard."
For those that couldn't attend the shows, here is an insight to Mikko's work behind the drums:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PearlDrumsFinland
We hope you enjoy it and stay tuned as the Russian and Ukrainian dates are around the corner!
26 JAN, 2011, 5:07 pm
Apocalyptica's newest video for "Not Strong Enough" featuring Hoobastank front man Doug Robb is premiering now on Noisecreep!
10 JAN, 2011, 11:58 am
CORRECTION
Berlin, January 10th 2011 – concerning article on www.anwalt24.de from December 31st 2010. Quoted from the original German:
“Apocalyptica” pays 45,000 EUR compensation to “Rammstein” due to trademark and naming rights violation after a settlement at the German regional court in Berlin.
For their 2007 album “Worlds Collide”, the Finnish cello group “Apocalyptica” recorded tracks with various guest musicians, amongst them Till Lindemann, singer of the band “Rammstein”.
Subsequently, the album was advertised with the endorsement “featuring Rammstein”. This occurred nationwide with advertisements in magazines, “City-Light” posters, as well as stickers on sound carriers. An approval of the band “Rammstein“ had not been given.
As a result, the music group filed a lawsuit at the German regional court Berlin claiming compensation due to violation of trademark and naming rights of the label “Rammstein”, asserting that a co-operation in the album was implied by usage of the endorsement “featuring Rammstein”.
There was disagreement about the exact amount of compensation. This was resolved by suggestion of the court through settlement on October 21st 2010. The parties agreed on payment of 45,000 EUR as an appropriate licensing fee. The file reference of the proceedings is: 16 O 570/08.
http://www.anwalt24.de/beitraege-news/fachartikel/eur-45-000-schadensersatz-fuer-unerlaubte-werbung-mit-zusatz-a-featuring-rammstein
FACTS
The article’s headline is substantially wrong: neither the band Apocalyptica nor their management are or were involved in the described lawsuit. However, the parties involved are the band Rammstein and Sony Music Entertainment GmbH, as the successor of the by now defunct affiliated label “Gun Records”. Apocalyptica and Halbe Miete Management regret the events, but neither had any influence on a violation of trademark and naming rights, nor any part in whatsoever resulting agreements.
It is correct, that “Gun Records“ published advertisements with the stated endorsement disregarding existing agreements, and the band Rammstein subsequently filed a lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment GmbH as the parent company. It is furthermore correct, that Sony Music Entertainment GmbH and Rammstein have agreed on a settlement. The details of which, however, are unknown to Apocalyptica and Halbe Miete Management.
We ask that further articles on the topic correctly reproduce the facts.
7 DEC, 2010, 2:49 pm
Thank you so much again for joining 'Mosaic Symphony'. The mosaic is now completed and features 10.000 Apocalyptica fan photos from all around the globe. By contributing your personal images, each and every one of you has made the mosaic and "7th Symphony" unique. You can now download your very own mosaic poster here: www.apocalypticamosaic.sonymusic.de/download. We hope you enjoyed being part of this global fan event.
2 DEC, 2010, 10:50 am
Thank you so much for joining "Mosaic Symphony". The huge album cover mosaic created from your profile pictures was finally completed with 10.000 Apocalyptica fans. Hooray! Please bear with us while we are creating the mosaic image. You will be able to download the printable mosaic poster on December 6th - St. Nicholas' Day here.
26 NOV, 2010, 12:51 pm
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19 NOV, 2010, 6:44 pm
Apocalyptica sadly have to reschedule the current run of US dates to the beginning of March 2011. This is due to issues with Perttu's health; the band has taken the advice of several doctors before making this decision. Apocalyptica apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused their fans and look forward to touring in 2011.
Tickets already purchased will remain valid for the rescheduled dates.
Please find the rescheduled dates below:
03.03.2011 US - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
04.03.2011 US – Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
05.03.2011 US – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues Orlando
07.03.2011 US – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
08.03.2011 US – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
09.03.2011 CA – London, ON – Cowboy’s
10.03.2011 CA – Montreal, QC – Metropolis
11.03.2011 CA – Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
12.03.2011 US - Albany, NY – Northern Lights
13.03.2011 US – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
15.03.2011 US – Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre
16.03.2011 US – Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock Cafe
17.03.2011 US – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
18.03.2011 US – Richmond, VA – The National
19.03.2011 US – Greenville, SC – The Handlebar
20.03.2011 US – Knoxville, TN - The Valarium
23.03.2011 US – Houston, TX - House Of Blues
24.03.2011 US – New Orleans, LA – House Of Blues
25.03.2011 US – Corpus Christi, TX – House Of Rock
26.03.2011 US – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit
27.03.2011 US – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues
16 NOV, 2010, 7:22 pm
We wanted to let you know that sadly we are having to reschedule the current run of US dates to the beginning of March 2011. This is due to issues with Perttu's health; we have taken the advice of several doctors before making this decision. We are working on all details and more information for you right now, and of course we will keep you fully informed! We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our fans and look forward to returning to health and touring in 2011
