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4.7.10 |
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Tuska 2010 was a success, all 3 days were sold out. A huge thank you to all parties involved. |
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| TUSKA 2010 SOLD OUT |
3.7.10 |
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TUSKA 2010 is now completely sold out. There are no tickets left at the gates. |
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| ENTOMBED & THE KANDIDATE to support VOLBEAT |
29.6.10 |
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Swedish death metal classic ENTOMBED and Danish death thrashers THE KANDIDATE have been confirmed as the supports for the upcoming VOLBEAT Finnish tour in October. Check www.volbeat.dk to see every show the dynamic duo will be appearing as supports. |
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| CHANGE IN SCHEDULE |
17.6.10 |
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- Change in Saturday’s schedule The 13th annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival will be taking place in Helsinki, Finland during 2.-4.7.2010. There has been a change in the Saturday 3.7. schedule. The opening act of the day will be Helsinki based heavy bluesters BLAKE. The previously announced opening band, CROWBAR, will be playing on the SUE-stage at 4:15 pm due to logistical reasons. Tickets for Tuska 2010 have been selling extremely well. There are still tickets left for Friday and Saturday but Sunday tickets and 3-day tickets have been sold out. You can ask the ticket agencies for random uncollected Sunday & 3-day tickets. Tuska Festival 2010 tickets are on sale at www.tiketti.fi and www.lippupalvelu.fi. Advance tickets: 1 day Fri / Sat 54 euros, (Sunday 50 euros – sold out), 3 day ticket 98 euros – sold out. Possible agency fees are added to all advance ticket prices. Tickets at the gates (if not sold out): 1 day 60 euro, 3 day ticket 115 euros. |
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| TUSKA 2010 RUNNING ORDER NOW ONLINE |
11.6.10 |
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Showtimes of Tuska 2010 Artists can now be viewed in the RUNNING ORDER section. |
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| VOLBEAT TO TOUR FINLAND IN OCTOBER |
2.6.10 |
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The very finest of Danish metal flavored rock'n roll, VOLBEAT, will return to Finland in October for 4 shows. The Finnish tour will be a part of their major European headline tour for their highly anticipated "Beyond Hell / Above Heaven" -album which will be released in September. VOLBEAT "Beyond Hell / Above Heaven" Finnish Tour Dates: Tue 12.10. Tampere, Pakkahuone Wed 13.10. Helsinki, Helsingin Jäähalli Fri 15.10. Oulu, Club Teatria Ticket sales start on Wednesday 9.6. through www.tiketti.fi. www.lippupalvelu.fi. ADDITIONAL INFO: The tour is presented on co-operation with King Foo Entertainment, Inferno Magazine, Radio Rock, PartySan Production, Club Teatria and Universal Music. www.volbeat.dk |
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| NEVERMORE ADDED TO THE PROGRAM |
31.5.10 |
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- Tickets selling astonishingly well, Sunday 4.7. sold out Tuska Open Air Metal Festival taking place in Helsinki, Finland during 2.-4.7. has added American progressive metallers NEVERMORE to the program. NEVERMORE will replace MASTODON who canceled their entire European Tour last week. NEVERMORE will perform at Tuska on Saturday July 3rd. Tickets for Tuska 2010 are selling really well, with Sunday July 4th already sold out. Other categories are believed to soon follow suit. Tuska Festival 2010 tickets are now on sale at www.tiketti.fi and www.lippupalvelu.fi. |
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| CHANGE IN PROGRAM & More Evening Club bands |
25.5.10 |
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- Tickets selling extremely well Tickets for Tuska Open Air Metal Festival taking place in Helsinki, Finland during 2.-4.7. are selling extremely well. If you don’t have a ticket yet, act fast and get yours. MASTODON who were scheduled to perform at Tuska on Saturday July 3rd, have been forced to cancel their entire European tour, due to illness. Unfortunately for their Finnish fans, this includes Tuska as well. Replacement act will be announced shortly. The Program for Tavastia Evening Clubs has been relealed. On Friday 2.7. RONNIE JAMES DIO MEMORIAL GALA will take place, with Marco Hietala, Tuple Salmela, Ari Koivunen and Patrik Eriksson as vocalists. All proceeds of the show go to charity. On Sunday 4.7. FINAL ASSAULT and LIGHT HOUSE PROJECT will put a final touch on this years festival from the confines of Tavastia Club. TAVASTIA EVENING CLUBS Sunday 4.7. hrs 21-03 Tavastia tickets from www.tiketti.fi. Ticket agency fee added to pre-sale ticket price. |
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| EVENING CLUB PROGRAM |
17.5.10 |
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- Tuska Evening Club program ready: MAYHEM, SHINING, KIUAS, DECOMPOSTER and many more Tuska Open Air Metal Festival taking place in Helsinki, Finland during 2.-4.7. has announced the program for the infamous evening clubs. The venues are all respected rock clubs in the center of Helsinki; Tavastia, Nosturi, Virgin Oil Co. and Dante’s Highlight. Nosturi will host a black metal night on Saturday 3.7. with SHINING, TOTALSELFHATRED and ARTHEMESIA taking back the reigns. Virgin Oil Co. which is located in the immediate vicinity of the festival site, will host clubs from Thursday 1.7. to Sunday 4.7. with tons of bands playing, KIUAS, DAUNTLESS, DECOMPOSTER, THROES OF DAWN and BEYOND THE DREAM, to name a few. Dante’s Highlight will be clubbing away on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with a line-up of heavy hitters such as MAYHEM, AJATTARA and ARMOUR. Tavastia will host evening clubs on Thursday 1.7, Friday 2.7. and Sunday 4.7. Program will be announced later. Tuska 2010 Evening Club program with ticket info and additional details found below. NOSTURI (www.elmu.fi) VIRGIN OIL CO. (www.virginoil.fi) Fri 2.7.2010 Sat 3.7.2010 DEATHGRINDINGPUNK FEAST Sun 4.7.2010 DANTE’S HIGHLIGHT (www.danteshighlight.fi) (18 yrs and over) Sat 3.7.2010 Su 4.7.2010 TAVASTIA – Program TBA |
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| CHANGE IN PROGRAM: BLAKE IN, HOLY GRAIL OUT |
20.4.10 |
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- Change in program: BLAKE in, HOLY GRAIL out There has been a change in the program for Tuska Open Air Metal Festival taking place in Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland on 2.-4.7.2010. American up-and-comers Holy Grail have been forced to cancel their apprearance at Tuska due to conflicting recording schedules. HOLY GRAIL guitarist / vocalist James Paul Luna commented, "It kills me having to pull out of such an awesome festival as Tuska. We are extremely sorry and heartbroken about it all and wish we could have knocked out our album before we left. I hope we get a chance next year do to it up right once we have an album, but I guess this year wasn't in the cards for us. Thank you to the festival promoters for even considering us and we hope to make it to Finland asap, cheers!" Filling in for HOLY GRAIL on Saturday July 3rd will be Finnish, bluesy space rockers BLAKE who are currently working on the follow up for their 2008 “Sa7urnus”-album which was a smash hit in Finland. |
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| PROGRAM READY |
24.3.10 |
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- Program complete: W.A.S.P. and CROWBAR added |
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| MUNICIPAL WASTE TUSKA SHOW CANCELLED |
16.3.10 |
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MUNICIPAL WASTE Tuska Festival show that was scheduled for Saturday July 3, has been cancelled due to a human error by Artist’s own representative in schedule related issues. Both the Artist and Tuska apologize for the inconvenience |
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15.3.10 |
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- IHSAHN, ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE, TURMION KÄTILÖT and SURVIVORS ZERO added to the program Tuska Open Air Metal Festival which takes place in Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland on 2.-4.7.2010 has added more bands to the line up. Emperor-frontman IHSAHN, American slugde metallers ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE, Finnish industrial metal outfit TURMION KÄTILÖT and death metal up and comers SURVIVORS ZERO will appear in the 2010 edition of the festival. There will be 2 more bands added to complete the 2010 line up. Show days for Tuska 2010 artists: Friday 2.7.2010 Saturday 3.7.2010 Sunday 4.7.2010 Rights to changes reserved. |
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| TUSKA 2010: TICKETS NOW ON SALE |
1.3.10 |
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| TUSKA 2010 FIRST ARTISTS |
19.2.10 |
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- DEVIN TOWNSEND – ZILTOID THE OMNISCIENT: World Exclusive on Friday 2.7. The thirteenth annual Tuska Festival in Helsinki, Finland is extremely proud to announce that DEVIN TOWNSEND will perform his ZILTOID THE OMNISCIENT concept album in its entirety on Friday July 2nd as a special, one-off world exclusive show. Other headliners for Tuska 2010 are MASTODON for Saturday July 3rd and MEGADETH for Sunday July 4th. MEGADETH are celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their "Rust In Peace" -album and just reunited with their original bassplayer, Dave Ellefson. Other Artists appearing on the bill for 2010 are SATYRICON, TESTAMENT, KAMELOT, PAIN, OVERKILL, SWALLOW THE SUN and DEVIN TOWNSEND with his second show of the festival, on Saturday he takes the stage with his DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT. Death metal fans get their mosh on as CANNIBAL CORPSE, HYPOCRISY, OBITUARY, BLOODBATH, NILE, SOTAJUMALA, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED and TORTURE KILLER show the ropes. Current Tuska 2010 line up: Devin Townsend – Ziltoid The Omniscient, world exclusive More bands to be annouced on March 15. TICKETS Advance tickets: 1 day Fri / Sat 54 euros, Sunday 50 euros, 3 day ticket 98 euros. Possible agency fees are added to all advance ticket prices. Tickets at the gates (if not sold out): 1 day 60 euro, 3 day ticket 115 euros. |
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| HELSINKI METAL MEETING 2010 – PROGRAM READY |
12.1.10 |
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- WINTERBORN, TUKKANUOTTA and TUOMAS SAUKKONEN FEAT. KAI HAHTO SONGWRITING WORKSHOP complete the program HELSINKI METAL MEETING Line up for the sixth annual Finnish Metal Expo at the Cable Factory in Helsinki is now ready. The last bands added to the bill are melodic metallers WINTERBORN who just returned from an extensive European tour supporting Sonata Arctica, as well as Helsinki-based death/thrash outfit TUKKANUOTTA who will release a new EP on March 3rd. A special feature that will open this year’s FINNISH METAL EXPO on Friday Feb 19 is the Songwriting Workshop by BEFORE THE DAWN mastermind TUOMAS SAUKKONEN. Tuomas will be assisted in thIs interactive songwriting workshop by drummer extraordinaire KAI HAHTO. The program for the Second Stage hosted by MUSAMAAILMA is also ready. In addition to previously announced Artists, A drum clinic by ROLF PILVE, live-show by LEVERAGE and PDP by DW Drummer Contest will take place, as well as many more. Schedules for both stages are now online at www.fme.fi. Helsinki Metal Meeting starts on Thursday 18.2. at Nosturi when FINNTROLL take the stage on their record release show for their highly anticipated new “Nifelvind”-album. The stage will be warmed by BARREN EARTH and ARMOUR. Tickets for the Nosturi show are on sale through www.tiketti.fi and www.lippupalvelu.fi and they cost 12 euros each. Tickets for Finnish Metal Expo are selling better than ever. Get your’s while they last at www.lippupalvelu.fi, www.tiketti.fi. We sell 2 types of tickets: 1) Day ticket, advance price 35 euro + possible agency fees / 40 euro at the door (if not sold out). Day ticket allows you to see the exhibition area, the second stage AND THE MAIN STAGE SHOWS all day. 2) Exhibition ticket, advance price 7 euro + possible agency fees / 10 euro at the door. Exhibition ticket allows you to see the exhibition area and the second stage between 15-23 hrs. FME is an all-ages event with bars to those over 18 and feeling the urge for such services. |
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| NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR |
1.12.09 |
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The Managing Director of Finnish Metal Events Oy has changed. The new Managing Director starting on Dec. 1 is Hanna Kuosmanen. Hanna replaces Outi Alander who left the company earlier this fall. |
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| DIO-CONCERT AT CABLE FACTORY ON 13.12. CANCELLED |
18.11.09 |
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Dio-concert scheduled for 13.12. at the Cable Factory has been cancelled due to illness. Bought tickets will be refunded depending on place of purchase at Tiketti or Lippupalvelu. The Artist and the organizer apologize for the unconvenience. |
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| DIO AT THE CABLE FACTORY IN HELSINKI IN DECEMBER |
8.9.09 |
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While waiting for news for Tuska 2010, Finnish Metal Events along with ET Concerts will bring one of the founding fathers of metal, Ronnie James Dio with his band to perform at the Cable Factory in Helsinki on December 13. Some of DIO’s most well known songs are “Rainbow In The Dark”, “We Rock” and “Holy Diver”. The support band for the concert will be the legendary Finnish heavy metallers, TAROT. CONCERT: Sunday December 13, Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1, 00180 Helsinki Doors: 18:00 TICKETS: Advance tickets 40 euro + possible ticket agency fees. Tickets at the door 45 euro (IF NOT SOLD OUT!!!) Ticket sales start on Wednesday 9.9. through Lippupalvelu and Tiketti. www.lippupalvelu.fi, www.tiketti.fi The concert is presented by FINNISH METAL EVENTS, and ET CONCERTS and in cooperation with KING FOO ENTERTAINMENT, TUSKA-FESTIVAL, INFERNO MAGAZINE and HELLSINKI ROCK SHOP who celebrate their 5th anniversary as the leading official band merchandise shop in Helsinki. |
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| TUSKA 2009 A SUCCESS |
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Tuska organization would like to thank everybody who came out and made it the awesome party that it once again was. Over 3 days, there were about 28 000 of you so that's pretty good. |
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