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Rainy, grey and cold today. Sat in the dressingroom all day. Got some practicing done. Read for a bit. Had some coffee, which was ok – no more, no less.  Dinner was good, chicken, beef and fried potatoes. Some more…

Damn, that had to be the worst road in Europe. Feels like I didn’t sleep at all. Every bump in the road woke me up, it felt like. Ham and cheese baguette for breakfast. And good coffee.  Managed to get…

Couldn’t sleep, most likely because I spent so much time in bed yesterday. Finally washed my stage-pants. Good coffee in the venue. Worked on the Bach Cello Suites. Changed strings. Continued with the Cello Suites.  Dinner was dry chicken and…

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…