Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

  I don't know if I can really say I've been a fa on U2 but I did enjoy listening some of their songs, the ones here and especially the 1991 release One , one of the best songs ever in my opinion. They are still around and these songs are classics.... Check out also:

Provinssirock in Seinäjoki is one of the biggest Finnish summer rock festivals and has been going on since 1979. Likes of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Marilyn Manson, The Prodigy, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rammstein are among its performers over the years. This year one of the main performers was none other than Softengine, fresh from their Eurovision success with Something better and release of their follow up single Yellow house . They headlined the Rumba tent dedicated for new talents. Lead singer Topi Latukka confessed before the gig they were more nervous than before Eurovision and that it is a kind of point of arrival, after Eurovision their future plans have concentrated only on this gig.  But they didn't have to worry. The leading newspaper in Finland Helsingin Sanomat headlined the feature on them "Seinäjoki ate from their hands" and wrote (freely translated): It's worth remembereing the band comes just from there, Seinäjoki. Latukka introduced their Eurovi...

My flying reporter Robert had a morning chat with the Broggini brothers Ivan and Gabriel aka Sinplus. What have they been up to since winning the ticket to Baku 2012 five months ago? Whose song could they cover? What is their parents favorite band? And what their aim is? And why don't they sing in Italian? Find it all out here: Why are you interested in participating in the Eurovision? There isn't much of a chance for a young rockband to get noticed so we decided to participate and everything's going well! And now that we are here, Eurovision can help us also to cross the borders, Switzerland is such a small market. And if you don't qualify for instance, will it hard your career? We just signed with Warner to release our album in Europe after we won the Swiss selection, some 100 million people will see us now here, so no. Eurovision is a good start for this band. Of course it's important to reach the final but it's already good to be here. When d...

An Eurovision legend, Noel Kelehan, has passed away today. This is sad news to an old fart like me. Hearing "...and the conductor is Noel Kelehan (or Ossi Runne)" was a happy moment every year. A springtime ritual. Something that made you feel good and safe. Something the young folks have no idea of... Kelehan conducted in all 29 Eurovision entries, 24 of them Irish, 5 of them winners. A huge piece of Eurovision history is gone. And did you know he also worked with U2 in The Unforgettable fire album? Here he is in one of his finest moments.