LORDI: SCARE FORCE ONE HITS THE ROAD IN EUROPE

Lordi released their latest album Scare Force One for Halloween 2014 and now they will hit the road again in Europe. But not in Finland. Their tour manager tells there are no suitable venues in Finland for them; they can't do small rock clubs and are just too expensive with their stage show and pyros. They were supposed to kick off the tour in Jyväskylä's BeatCon fair but the fair's sponsors withdraw the last minute and its music part had to be cancelled altogether. In Europe Lordi is still selling well and filling clubs - and paid what they are worth.

As for the record sales their latest three albums Scare Force One (2014), To Beast or not to Beast (2013) and Babez for Breakfast (2010) have features equal. "Of course the sales don't match the sales of Hard Rock Hallelujah times" says Sony's Sami Rikala in today's Metro, "but it would be very unrealistic to think they would be." The figures are good enough to keep releasing new Lordi albums though. Babez for Breakfast and To Beast or not to Beast both still made the top-10 but Scare Force One stopped just outside at #13 in Finnish album charts. Their latest single is Nailed by the hammer of Frankenstein.

01.02.15 POL-Warsaw/Progresja

02.02.15 D-Berlin/K17

03.02.15 D-Hamburg/Markthalle

05.02.15 D-Frankfurt/Batschkapp

06.02.15 D-Leipzig/Hellraiser

07.02.15 D-Nuernberg/Hirsch

08.02.15 D-Stuttgart/LKA

11.02.15 D-Muenchen/Backstage

13.02.14 D-Burgengenfeld/VAZ

14.02.15 D-Memmingen/Kaminwerk

15.02.15 CH-Pratteln/Z7

18.02.15 D-Koeln/Essigfabrik

19.02.15 D-Bochum/Matrix

21.02.15 A-Dornbirn/Conrad Sohm

24.02.15 HU-Budapest/Barba Negra Club

25.02.15 SVK-Bratislave/MMC

27.02.15 CZ-Zlin/Masters of Rock Cafe

28.02.15 CZ-Prague/Meet Factory

01.03.15 D-Bremen/Aladin

04.03.15 ITA-Milan/Alcatraz

05.03.15 ITA-Rome/Orion

06.03.15 ITA-Pordenone/Deposito Giordani

10.03.15 NED-Eindhoven/Dynamo

11.03.15 BE-Kortrijk/De Kreun

15.03.15 F-Lyon/Ninkasi

17.03.15 F-Paris/Trabendo

19.03.15 ES-Madrid/Sala Penelope

20.03.15 ES-Bilbao/Sala Santana 27

21.03.15 ES-Aviles/Sala Quattro

22.03.15 ES-Zaragoza/C.C.Delicias

24.03.15 UK-Exeter/Lemon Grove

25.03.15 UK-Wakefield/Warehouse 23

26.03.15 UK-Manchester/O2 Academy Club

27.03.15 UK-Glasgow/Classic Grand

29.03.15 UK-Southampton/Mo Club

01.04.15 UK-Reading/Sub 89 Club

03.04.15 UK-Chester/The Live Room

04.04.15 UK-Bristol/Marnle Factory

05.04.15 UK-London/O2 Academy

06.04.15 UK-Brighton/Concorde 2

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