The Rasmus on Tour

The Rasmus are a band with an amazing live sound and who give their fans a fantastic show.

They last toured the UK in 2005 and played gigs around England and Scotland. Some reviews and photos are below.

In 2007 so far, The Rasmus have the following gigs lined up whilst they work on the new album:

22 June 2007 - RMJ 2007, Rauma, Finland
8 July 2007- Ruisrock Festival, Turku, Finland
14 July 2007 - Open Air, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
28 July 2007 - Qstock Festival, Oulu, Finland
31 July 2007 - Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna, Finland

Reviews and pics from 2005: Brighton London Manchester Glasgow Nottingham Contact venues

23.10.05 Brighton, Concorde 2
24.10.05 London, Astoria
26.10.05 Manchester, Academy 1
27.10.05 Glasgow, Garage
28.10.05 Nottingham, Rock City

The support band for the UK shows was Save Ourselves. "From Staines, Save Ourselves: 3 teenagers Jonny Garner (18), Pete Wand Tetley (18) and Si Harding (18) formed the band at school. After ditching their old singer they found the motor mouth cross between Mike Skinner and Mike Patton living next door: Luke Joyce (20). And save ourselves was born"...

Reviews

Been to a gig? Want to share your views on the show? Why not send us your reviews! Photos will also be welcome. Click on the thumbnails below for the full-size photo.

The small print: Please do not reproduce these photos without permission from the owner, as they are their own personal photos from the shows. e-mail Jo if you wish to reproduce any and permission will be sought from the photo(s) owner.

I'm finally home. I'm exhausted, but happy. The whole event was spectacular.

Gig day was wicked. I had a fun filled day of laughter and silliness. I was lucky enough to meet Eero, Aki and Lauri and got them to sign my album booklet under their individual pictures. I also got a photo with them each. They were perfect gentlemen...funny and charming.

After a day of queueing we got our place at the front...well, second row. But in a venue that size it didn't matter. The view was perfect. I was right in the middle of the stage. The support band were pretty average in my personal opinion, but they did a good job of hyping up the majority of the crowd.

As for The Rasmus? Well, dear Lord, those boys were awesome. Right from the onset the atmosphere was electric.

And yes Lauri DID sing no beer instead of no fear at least twice. Very funny. Pauli and Eero also smirked at the signs.

When they started the intro to Sophia I went mental. I really wanted them to play that song so I was getting all hyper, only for it to all break down. Pauli stopped playing and kinda shrugged, smirking. Aki was nowhere to be seen Lauri was kinda wandering round the stage while Eero turned the bassline into a jam. He grinned, looking all smug as if to say "Well we haven't played it for six years but at least I still remember my part!!" He looked cute in the little devil horns at the start too!

Lauri even posed at the front of the stage a couple of times for photos.

'Immortal' was simply amazing live.
'Heart of Misery' rocked big time!
There wasn't one bit that disappointed me really.

Emma

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There is a large crowd assembling at the Manchester Academy to watch The Rasmus tonight. All ages are here, though it is mostly teenage girls. The crowd are becoming anxious but then the support band, Save Ourselves, enter the stage. Their catchy punk rock songs get the crowd warmed up and they get a huge applause as they leave the stage.

Eventually, The Rasmus appear, one by one, onto the stage. They begin with a song from their new album ‘Hide From The Sun’: ‘Night After Night (Out Of The Shadows)’, which is the follow up to their breakthrough single ‘In The Shadows’. The crowd are singing along to every word. They follow with more songs from ‘Hide From The Sun’ and 2004's ‘Dead Letters’, with the singer, Lauri and the bassist, Eero making comments about how they love the crowd.

After around 7 songs the band gather in a semi-circle around the centre of the stage for an acoustic set. Eero says that since they are in Manchester they are going to play a great Manchester song. The band then begin to play ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis. They also play Rakkauslaulu (sung in Finnish), Chill, from the band’s ‘Into’ album and ‘Funeral Song’ from 'Dead Letters'.

After a few more louder songs the band leave the stage, with the drummer, Aki, throwing out his drumsticks and a signed disk form the front of his drum kit. However, they quickly return to the stage for an encore. Eero sings some of The Beatles’ ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’, commenting on how it was a proper English song. They then covered ‘Ghostbusters’, which the crowd loved and then they played ‘In The Shadows’, which was when the crowd really went wild. They finished on the heartfelt ballad, ‘Don’t Let Go’ and left the stage with an immense cheer from the crowd.

Overall, a fantastic gig. The Rasmus have defied the critics and put on an amazing show which the fans who went there surely won't forget.

Alison Jones

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I can now die happy! It was my first ever Rasmus concert and it was amazing! I was right at the front too so that made it even better. I adored The Rasmus before but after seeing them live I'm in complete awe of them. They are sooo talented; I think that they are one of those bands that are great on CD but phenomenal on stage. They're definitely amazing musicians. I'll definitely be at EVERY Scottish gig from now on. Wow!

Lisa

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Hmm..... OH. MY. GOD.

The first few songs kinda merged into one another for me one minute I was singing Night After Night, next minute it was FDOML. All the songs were great; the lights were excellent as well.

Acoustic set was fab too. They played Days, Falling and Funeral Song, with Eero singing a little of Stand By Me.

And then Eero came out with the cake and drumsticks. Aki played We Will Rock You with the sticks - have to say that was probably the best part of the gig.

The encore was fab as usual!

All in all a great gig!

Was truely and utterly awesome!!
Awwww, come back TR!!! We miss you!!

Athene

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Contact venues

Live shows are a great way to attract interest in a band, especially one as accomplished live as The Rasmus. Below are details of venues in the UK, please contact them to suggest that The Rasmus could play there. You know your area best, so please let us know details of any venues near you you would recommend The Rasmus could play at.

Bournemouth International Centre Exeter Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH2 5BH ~ tel: 01202 456400

Carling Academy Bristol Frogmore Street, Bristol BS1 5NA ~ e-mail: mail@bristol-academy.co.uk ~ Customer information line: 0905 020 3999 (25p min)

Cardiff International Arena Mary Ann Street, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF10 2EQ ~ enquiries: 029 2022 4488

The Forum 9-17 Highgate Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 1JY ~ tel: 0207 284 1001 ~ fax: 0207 485 5604 ~ Production Office tel: 0207 284 0018

The Leopard, Doncaster 1 West Street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN1 3AA ~ enquiries: 01302 363054 ~ Box Office: 01302 363054

London Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 8EN ~ tel: 020 7434 9592

Mean Fiddler (formerly LA2) 165 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 0EN ~ tel. 020 7434 9592

Nottingham Arena at the National Ice Centre, Bolero Square, The Lace Market, Nottingham NG1 1LA go to contact us for a list of useful numbers

Rock City 8 Talbot Street, Nottingam, NG1 5GG

Sheffield Octagon (University Union) Union box office: 0114 222 8777 ~ phone: 0114 222 8500 ~ fax: 0114 275 2506 ~ e-mail: union@sheffield.ac.uk University of Sheffield Union of Students, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TG (NB.If sending post please mark your mail for the attention of a specific department or it may get lost.)

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