18 December 2005

  • Hello from Aki:
    Hello,
    Moi kaikki tyypit!!!
    This year's touring is over and we're back in Helsinki (except Pauli who stayed in India). I want to thank all the fans who came for the shows, I have lots of good memories! Now it's time to relax and recharge the batteries for the next year. We have many interesting shows coming, like the tour with HIM and few festivals in Africa (check the dates section). See you soon!!!
    Happy Holidays,
    Aki
  • The Rasmus are nominated in 4 categories for the NRJ Radio Awards gala in Helsinki 19 January - 'Best rock', 'Best Nordic artist', 'Best Finnish artist', and 'No fear' is competing for 'Best Finnish Song' and 'Best Nordic Song'! Please vote here (click ÄÄNESTÄ).

12 December 2005

  • Two dates for Greece are now confirmed. Check out here for more info.
    28.01.06 Athens, Club 22
    29.01.06 Thessaloniki, Mylos

19 November 2005

  • The following Russian shows are confirmed with HIM & THE RASMUS, in February 2006:
    02 ST. PETERBURG, NEW ARENA (7,800 cap)
    04 MOSCOW, LUZHNIKI (8,000 cap)
    Box Office details as below:
    MOSCOW, on-sale date - 11th of November 2005
    Tickets hotline - +7 095 933 3200
    Internet - www.kontramarka.ru
    ST. PETERSBURG & MOSCOW, on sale date: November 21th 2005
    Ticket web-site: www.970-0-970.ru

18 November 2005

  • THE RASMUS has been confirmed for the the Massive Mix Festival in South Africa in March 2006, the dates are as follows;
    SAT 18TH CENTURION, SUPERSPORT PARK (40,000 cap)
    SAT 21ST DURBAN, ABSA STADIUM (25,000 cap)
    SAT 25TH CAPE TOWN, GREEN POINT STADIUM (25,000 cap)
    Box office details:
    Website: www.computicket.com
    Tel: 083 915 8000
    For more info visit: www.bigconcerts.co.za

08 November 2005

  • Please vote for the "Sail Away" video at MTV's new chart show Farenheit. Vote here!
  • The Rasmus videos can be seen at www.musicbrigade.com, at least nine of them, including the latest SAIL AWAY video. You have to pay a monthly fee to access the huge video library on the site, currently 9.858 clips.
  • Time to visit India, where The Rasmus sold Platinum of "Dead Letters" and are enjoying superstardom. The band fly straight from their gig in Caracas, Venezuela across the globe to India for two shows, each with a capacity of circa 10.000 people.
    02.12.05 Mumbai, MMRDA Grounds, Bandra Kurla Complex
    04.12.05 Bangalore, Palace Grounds
  • The Rasmus won the audience voted Best Finnish Act at the MTV Music Awards Gala in Lisbon! The band recieved the trofé in a pre-recorded thank-you-speach, filmed in London last week. A big, big THANK YOU to everyone who voted!

30 October 2005

  • The new single "Sail Away" out on 28th October
    4 track enhanced CD maxi
    1. Sail Away - album version
    2. Sail Away (acoustic live)
    3. Sail Away (Benztown Chillout Mix)
    4. Lucifer's Angel - album version
    Plus The Rasmus Player software, with access to the Sail Away video and exclusive photos from the making of the video in Latvia
  • 2 track single
    1. Sail Away - album version
    2. Sail Away (Benztown Mix Down)

More info by clicking here.

25 October 2005

  • The Rasmus will go to Venezuela for one show on November 27. They will play together with Incubus at the Caracas City Festival, to an audience of circa 40.000.
  • See how much they know about themselves. A visual interview by the Swedish webmasters Åsa Werner and Mia Lindqvist. See the interview here.

24 September 2005

  • Some days have passed from the concert of Civitavecchia but anger is still poisoning our souls... your disappointed eyes... our waste of energy... and most of all our consciousness of belonging to a generation that in 2000 hasn't learned the respect yet. But we were there,and we were there for you.Even though we were attacked or pushed to the ground, it doesn't matter... We stood up and yelled louder your name, 'cause you have to know and never forget one thing: that evening you had something that other people will never have... the heart and the soul of your fans, of all the guys that were there and the ones that wished they were at the concert for you... and our bitter tears rolling down our cheeks, while in a last breath we shouted for you, clinging to those crush barriers that separated us from you... we'll try to be forgiven ("diserve your forgiveness" secondo me spiega meglio) 'cause we didn't shout loud enough, 'cause we couldn't be in front of you when you tried with your eyes to find someone who was there for you, but you have to believe that we
    were there, yeah, we were really there. You have someone for whom your presence in Italy is really worth. THE RASMUS FOREVER
    From all of your fans

14 September 2005

  • The band is preparing for the next single, "Sail Away". The video for it will be filmed in Riga, Latvia, September 18th and 19th. The release date for the single is not yet decided, but is likely to be late October or early November.

10 September 2005

  • The Rasmus will be on stage at a swedish Radio station festival. The festival will be held in Stockholm on 17th of September. They will perform 3 songs acoustic on stage. The show will later be aired on P3star show with a festival special you can listen 24th of September at 14.00-16.00 and later as well on another Radio show who will air all the live performance that evening.
  • The song TRIGGER will be released exclusive on the internet for Sweden, Norway and Finland as download at the website cdon.com. Will be out on Monday, when ordering the album. TDC has it exclusive for Denmark with the release TODAY musik.tdconline.dk. TRIGGER is a song that was recorded together with the new songs on the "Hide From The Sun" but wasn't any room for it on the album.

08 September 2005

  • In exclusive for www.therasmusitalia.com EXCLUSIVE PIX taken at CIVITAVECCHIA (September 04th, 2005) accesible by here.
  • In exclusive for www.therasmusitalia.com EXCLUSIVE PIX from The Rasmus' new recordings studio, the DYNASTY Recordings accesible by here.
  • Dear all, The Rasmus' Launch Party for the new album was a FANTASTIC SUCCESS! The party itself was set at a romantic and dramatic mansion outside of Helsinki, on Tuesday September 6th. The 200 VIP guests were taken there by bus and treated with food and drinks in the beautifully lit yard outside the mansion, and everyone was waiting for the performance to happen .There was a tiny stage set up with just two chairs on it, "probably an acoustic gig, then"... the Canadian TV Team who flew over to shoot a 60 min special felt a bit let down that the performance was gonna be somewhat minimalistic... BUT! When the audience gathered in front of the small stage everything suddenly went pitch black. Total night black. And then! Loud explosions, fireworks lighting up a path, leading away, into the forest, where a dreamlike stage is being lit up, beautiful music was heard, and the whole crowd is drawn to the light, like fireflies. It felt like being in "Close Encounters". The band exploded on stage, blasting away 8 songs from Hide From The Sun. A super performance! Full on sound and lights. This was the songs they played:
    • No Fear
    • Lucifer's Angel
    • Shot
    • Last Generation
    • Heartbroken
    • Sail Away
    • Night After Night
    • Don't Let Go

    After the gig the party got going, and then Playground Music's Finnish office surprised all by announcing that the album has pre-sold GOLD in Finland and the band all got their gold records... but then, Tomppa had forgot something, wait, the album actually pre-sold PLATINUM, and the flabbergasted band got also their platinum awards! ... and the party went on until dawn... The guests included record company people and competition winners from many countries all over the world, such as Germany, UK, Mexico, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway etc, plus fellow Fin bands Apocalyptica and Kwan, and the crop of the cream of Finnish media, plus several TV crews. Click here to see the pix.

05 September 2005

  • Why wait until the new album is released on September 12? Now you can listen to the entire album on MTV's web site! In addition to this you can also win tickets to The Rasmus only Scandinavian concert outside of Finland. Go ahead and listen to the entire new album before anyone else! Listen to the new album and enter the competition here.
  • The single "No Fear" went straight to number 1 in the Finnish sales charts! It is also number 1 on the Finnish air play chart.

03 September 2005

  • The Rasmus is up for the vote on Nordiska videolistan starting today. The page where you can vote is here - instructions in several languages.

28 August 2005

  • Ville said «The next song is dedicated to all who want to rip out the wings of a butterfly... in the new Rasmus video»... thanks to VenuS|A :)
  • In exclusive for www.therasmusitalia.com EXCLUSIVE PIX taken in PARIS (September 18th, 2004) accesible by here.
  • In exclusive for www.therasmusitalia.com EXCLUSIVE PIX taken in BELFAST (November 08th, 2004) accesible by here.

26 August 2005

  • Click here to read the chat with The Rasmus... thanks to Rakas :)

20 August 2005

  • Listen to the new album in the new Rasmus Jukebox by clicking here.
  • August 24th The Rasmus will chat on the Swedish web community Lunarstorm. Chat between 16.30 - 17.30 (GMT+1) with Aki and Lauri of The Rasmus. Come one come all and chat with the hottest rock drummer and vocalist in Scandinavia!
  • The Rasmus are back on MTV UpNorth as challengers. So with your help they can enter the charts with their new video "No Fear ". You can vote as much as you want on the MTVE site.

17 August 2005

  • The Rasmus player is an exclusive tool for all The Rasmus fans and is only published on album -and single- releases. Here we have the free version for you featuring screensaver with gallery and videos of The Rasmus, lyrics and other specials. Watch the new video "No Fear" now with The Rasmus player for free! Download The Rasmus player.
  • The last 6th August, The Rasmus played at the Ankkarock Festival in Finland. The Rasmus played three new songs from their new album: Shot, Sail Away and No Fear. The complete setlist was: Guilty , F-f-f-falling, Bullet, Liquid, Everyday, Still Standing, Chill, First Day Of My Life, Shot, Time To Burn, Days, Sail Away, In The Shadows, In My Life, No Fear and Funeral Song. Here you can see some pix taken during the performance.

27 July 2005

  • This is "No Fear " lyrics:
    Girl, you lived your life like a sleeping swan
    Your time has come
    To go deeper
    Girl, the final journey has just begun
    Destiny chose the reaper
    No fear- destination darkness
    No fear- destination darkness
    No fear
    Girl, rains falls down from the northern sky
    Like poisoned knives with no mercy
    Girl, close your eyes for the one last time
    S leepless nights from here to eternity
    No fear- destination darkness
    No fear- destination darkness
    No fear
    (aaaaaaahhh destination darkness aaaaah )
    No fear- destination darkness
    No fear- destination darkness (oh)
    No fear- destination darkness
    No fear- destination darkness
    No fear

24 July 2005

  • The tracklist of the regular edition of "Hide From The Sun" out September 12 will be: Shot, Night After Night (Out Of The Shadows), No Fear, Lucifer's Angel, Last Generation, Dead Promises, Immortal, Sail Away, Keep Your Heart Broken, Heart Of Misery, Don't Let Go, The Rasmus Player (Enhanced Section).
    All tracks written by The Rasmus.
    The tracklist of the limited edition will be: Shot, Night After Night (Out Of The Shadows), No Fear, Lucifer's Angel, Last Generation, Dead Promises, Immortal, Sail Away, Keep Your Heart Broken, Heart Of Misery, Don't Let Go, Dancer In The Dark (bonus track), The Rasmus Player (Enhanced Section).
    Produced by Micke Nord Andersson and Martin Hansen.
    LIMITED SPECIAL EDITIONS of the album will be available, with nice exclusive DigiPak designs, more photos, and bonus track.
    You can preorder it on www.cdon.com. [thanks to *ICE* (The Polar Bear)™]

  • The single "No Fear" out August 29.
    Prelisten No Fear, WinMedia hi | lo, RealMedia.
    The new single will feature bonus tracks, the video, and also The Rasmus Player Software, which allows you to get loads of exclusive photos and other content.
    The video is directed by Jörn Heitmann for Katapult Filmproduktion.
    The tracklist of the limited edition will be: No Fear, Immortal, No Fear (Remix), No Fear (Video), The Rasmus Player (Enhanced Section).
    The tracklist of the regular edition will be: No Fear, Immortal.

  • The Rasmus in Italy! They will play on September 04 at the Coca Cola Live@MTV in Civitavecchia.
    The gig will be free and will take place at Piazzale Lungo Mare. On the stage there will be: Super Elastic Bubble Plastic, Linea 77, Korn and The Rasmus. [source MTV.it]
  • Here an interesting link whereyou can see some video by The Rasmus. [thanks to *ICE* (The Polar Bear)™]
  • In exclusive for www.therasmusitalia.com EXCLUSIVE PIX taken during the HIMOS Festival accesible by here.

15 July 2005

13 July 2005

  • This is the OFFICIAL cover of the new The Rasmus album "Hide From The Sun" in exclusive for www.therasmusitalia.com [Click on the picture to see it bigger]
  • In exclusive for www.therasmusitalia.com the EXCLUSIVE PIX taken by The Rasmus during the shooting of the video "No Fear " and the EXCLUSIVE PIX taken during the recording (in Stockholm) of the new album "Hide From The Sun" accesible by here.
  • The new issue of Rocksound (out July 13) contains the first exclusive interview with the band in the UK about the new album. "The last year has changed The Rasmus, and, judging by their new material, it's change for the better."

29 June 2005

  • The Rasmus will release their new single on August 29th, entitled "No Fear"! A hook-laden, power-rock track, "No Fear" is the obvious first choice single and it was, just like "In The Shadows" had been to their award-winning album "Dead Letters", actually one of the last songs that the band wrote and recorded for their forthcoming album "Hide From The Sun". Scheduled for a worldwide release on September 12, "Hide From The Sun" is the band's sixth album and follow-up to their million-selling break-through album "Dead Letters". The video for "No Fear" will be shot in Germany, and directed by Jörn Heitmann, who has done the last three videos for Rammstein, (Keine Lust, Amerika and Ohne Dich). Currently, some band members are still working on the new album in the Stockholm studio, while singer Lauri Ylönen has already begun doing interviews with international press in several major European cities. All of the vocals have been recorded and it's now up to the band and their production team (Nord/Hansen, who produced "Dead Letters") to finalise the mixing and mastering. In total The Rasmus have recorded 15 tracks, of which 11 will probably end up on the album. [Click on the picture to see it bigger.]

14 June 2005

  • Dear Friends and Fans, be prepared for some brand new stuff about The Rasmus and the making of the album Hide From The Sun. A studio report in next ORKUS issue (July/August), out in Germany on June 17. Another IN THE STUDIO feature on the band to run in ROCKSOUND UK, published July 11.
  • There will be a tour in October, probably first Finland, then three dates in Sweden, and then also gigs in Norway and Denmark. Dates and places will be announced later on.

26 May 2005

  • The Rasmus dominates Billboard magazine's 'most sold records in Europe' chart. According the European Border Breaker-list, The Rasmus was the band to sell most records in Europe outside of their home country. – The success of Finnish music last year was phenomenal. No other country could equal that, says Billboard journalist Emmanuel Legrand in the press release. [source Soneraplaza]

19 May 2005

  • The Rasmus new album will be called "Hide From The Sun", and it is set for world release on September 12. The first single will be available on August 29. The Rasmus are currently in a recording studio in Stockholm. So far the band have many excellent new tracks ready and they're writing/recording more, treating each track as a potential single. The album is being produced by the same team that was responsible for "Dead Letters", Martin Hansen and Mikael Nord Andersson. All songs are written by The Rasmus. The album "Hide From The Sun" is the follow-up to their breakthrough album "Dead Letters", that sold 1.5 million copies world , went top-10 in 10 countries and received 8 gold and 6 platinum awards. The massive hit single "In The Shadows" went top-10 in 11 countries, won 6 gold and 2 platinum awards and was # 1 most played video on MTV Europe. Together with "First Day Of My Life" and "Guilty" the band sold a total of 1 million singles. Having toured extensively in Europe, Asia, Japan, Canada, USA & Mexico, The Rasmus are now one of the most wanted rock acts around. The Rasmus have become Scandinavia's most important musical export, winning last year's "Export Award" at the Nordic Music Awards. [The picture was taken last Friday, May 13th, in Stockholm. Photo credit: Timo Isoaho. Click on the picture to see it bigger.]

13 May 2005

  • The Swedish fansite is moving to a new address www.therasmus.se.
  • ... there is a rumour that Aki Hakala will be the drummer in a band for a russian girl in the Eurovision Song Contest. Well, that is just NOT true. Aki is busy recording the next The Rasmus album, and sends his best to all fans out there!
 
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