The longest drive of the tour, 16 hours, so I spent most of the day in my bunk. Started reading ”The Compass of Zen” by Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn. Today is a much better day than yesterday. Got up…

Woke up feeling a bit off. Unpleasant feeling in my body, like I had a nightmare but I don’t remember it. Yeah, first time on this tour that I don’t feel very good at all. Home-sickness. Good thing I have…

Had a salami and cheese sandwich for breakfast. And coffee, of course. They had a washing machine at the venue, so I washed my stage jacket for the first time this tour. Much needed.  The guys from KnK Shields came…

Lido is the venue today. Never been here before. Coffee was good. Bread, peanut butter and cheese. Yum! Had my first practice session on this tour today. I’ve been having some issues with my fingers in the mornings. They feel…

It’s a festival today. The Metal Hammer Paradise. I played here with Tiamat once, years ago. Woke up at around lunchtime. Walked into the catering and immediately saw some friends. Guys from Dark Tranquillity and Moonspell were there, along with…

Good breakfast. Coffee and pre-made sandwiches. We discussed the setlist for Saturday, which songs to remove since we only have an hour to play. It’s always hard to remove songs from an already existing setlist that you know and are…

Cold as…something that’s really cold. Even inside it’s cold. Sandwich and really bad coffee for breakfast. That’s about it for catering. Nothing much happened today. Just tried to keep warm. Had some tea and some more tasteless coffee.  The dinner…

Hannover – the birthplace of The Scorpions.  Grey and cold. Venue coffee was really good. Breakfast was pre-made sandwiches. The dressingroom and the venue were in separate buildings. Odd.  Today, we did a soundcheck. Sort of. Me, Henrik, and Rikard…

We arrived very late (15:30 instead of 11:00) due to something with the cooling system on the bus broke. Good coffee at the venue. Dinner was pasta with meat in tomato sauce. Slightly below average. Met a friend who I…

A day off in a rainy Paris. We stayed at an AirBnB that was very nice. Slept late, then went for lunch at a restaurant we always try to go to in Paris, called La Marmite. Had the Boeuf Bourguignon,…