December 14^th 2007: JOHN NORUM NEXT ALBUM updatings: message from Joey Tempest!

Hello there, Joey here! from a sunny cold December London. Thanks for visiting our new Myspace site. Hope you can hang out here often.
Just got of the phone with John (Norum). We don't speak that often but when we manage to get a hold of each other we can stay on the phone for hours. Just like we used to do back when we started Force together. John is in the middle of recording his solo album. Rehearsals are going well and he will start the actual recording any day now. He says this album will have a straight forward feel with not so many overdubs. I'm looking forward to hearing it.
We also had a chat about the New Years gig in Romania which could be a lot of fun. We also talked about the semi-acoustic show on 26th of Jan. at Nalen. We hope we can throw in a few surprises. Perhaps play a "cover".
It's amazing to think that this show can be viewed from anywhere in the world over the internet. It will be a fun evening for sure. We've started work songs for the new Europe CD. The rest of the guys have been sending me ideas to work on here in London. There are some really cool songs coming out. We'll go into the studio after touring the summer next year.
As I told you " One of these days this band is going to go places".
All the best to you all. Thanks for your support. See you soon.
//Joey

December 11^th 2007: JOHN NORUM NEXT ALBUM updatings!

Tomas BROMAN will be the drummer in the album! He's working right now with the others to complete its recording! Stay tuned!

September 20^th 2007: JOHN NORUM NEXT ALBUM updatings!

On the MASCOT Records website you can read that the next album will be released next 12^th of April 2008! Stay tuned!

July 30^th 2007: JOHN NORUM NEXT ALBUM updatings!

On the MASCOT Records website you can read that the next album will be released next 4^th of February 2008! Stay tuned!

July 14^th 2007: JOHN NORUM NEXT ALBUM updatings!

As confirmed by MASCOT Records, the next album will be released probably early 2008.

Stay tuned!

June 11^th 2007: JOHN NORUM NEXT ALBUM updatings!

On the MASCOT Record website, you can read that the new album will be released next 28^th of September 2007. Most parts of the album werealready record late 2006.

Stay tuned!

June 6^th 2007: JOHN NORUM NEXT ALBUM updatings!

The last number of BURNN!, a Japanese music magazine, contains another interview with John NORUM and Joey Tempest. Talking about his next solo album, John stated that it will be released in September. He's recording a sort of "bluesy/rock" album, with heavy songs, old school like '70s blues rock ones, and some instrumentals.

In the same magazine, there are few lines about Michael Amott, Arch Enemy's guitarist, who gave to John a ESP Ninja Flying V signature model during the Japanese leg of the "Secret Society" tour.

He was told that John played his guitar during the following gigs, and stated:

"I've heard that John Norum used my NINJA V guitar for some songs when he toured in Japan! I'm happy for that he really plays my signature model from ESP! He's been one of my favorite guitarist more than 20years! So it's a f**kin'cool news for me!".

Great, isn't it?

Stay tuned, more infos will be soon available!

May 12^th 2007: JOHN NORUM NEXT ALBUM
During an interview for a Japanese guitar magazine, Mr Norum talked about his next album. The musician who are working with him are:
Vocals：Leif Sundin
Bass：Thomas Johnson
Drums：Anders Flash
And as guest musician:

Keyboards：Mic Michaeli.
The album will be released in the fall.

Stay hard and TUNED!!!

December 11^th 2007: VOTE FOR A SWEDISH GRAMMY TO MIC MICHAELI!

Earlier this year Mic was involved in a project named "Bosses Vänner", making a record for kids. Whilst the lyrics were aimed at children, the musical content and style of the record (titled "Läget?") is very mature. The great news is that the project has just been nominated for a SWEDISH GRAMMY for "Best Children's Album", and YOU can make a difference by casting your vote!
If you'd like to support Mic, please follow the following steps:
Go to: http://www.grammis.se
Click on the star: RÖSTA FRAM ARETS VINNARE (translation = Vote for this years winner)
Click on 6th from top: ARETS BARNALBUM (transl. = Childrens Album of the Year)
Here you’ll see a list of all 10 nominees in this category and you’ll have to pick a winner, a 2nd and a 3rd choice by clicking the numbered stars. Now please click the No 1 star beside "BOSSES VÄNNER" and choose the 2nd and 3rd star randomly.
Once done with your 3 votes, a pop-up window appears.
Write your name (namn) and e-mail address (E-postadress) and mark the little box that confirms you accept the rules. Be mindful to use one of your existing mail addresses, not a fake one.
Then click RÖSTA (Vote) at the bottom of the pop-up.
An e-mail will then be automatically sent to your stated address.
You have to click the link in the mail to confirm your vote.
A pop-up will say: GRAMMIS 08 STOCKHOLM etc
TACK FÖR DIN RÖST. DEN ÄR NU REGISTRERAD. (Thanx for your vote. It has now been registered)
AND finally, by voting you will also have a chance to win 2 tickets for the Swedish Grammy Award Ceremony! Good luck everyone!
For a listen to the work, click here: MySpace
Lets get behind this everyone, and award our friend a GRAMMY! will perform in Romania next 31st of December, 2007. Stay tuned, more infos to come!

December 3^rd 2007: EUROPE "Almost Unplugged" live show and webcast!

On January 26th 2008, Europe will hold a unique concert at the famous Venue "Nalen" in Stockholm! They will be performing semi-acoustic songs from their Secret Society album, together with some of their classic hits. The concert will be broadcast live over the internet on europetheband.com! Ticket sales and queries for the live event can be directed to www.nalen.se

Tickets have to be booked at www.ticnet.se Stay tuned for more details!

November 21^th 2007: EUROPE LIVE IN ROMANIA!

Europe will perform in Romania next 31st of December, 2007. Stay tuned, more infos to come!

October 17^th 2007: JOEY TEMPEST SON WAS BORN LAST 12^TH OF OCTOBER!

We are happy to congratulate Joey and Lisa to their newborn baby!
Lisa gave birth to their baby son "James Joakim" in London on Friday the 12th of October 2007. Mother and Baby are doing fine.
//Management

MANY MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PROUD PARENTS!!!

WELCOME, JAMES!

October 1^st 2007: A MONTH WITH EUROPETHEBAND!

Hi friends,
October is very a special month on europetheband.com!
We have a few surprises in store... the first of which is titled "A Month in Pictures with Europetheband".
From Today October 1st, EVERY day this month we will be posting a few live pictures from the legendary Dalhalla gigs, as captured through the magic lens of photographer Kenneth Markström.
Be sure to log on each day and visit the PICTURES - LIVE section of the site in order to see some exciting shots from the big event.
And stay tuned for more, as we head into ROCKtober!  Stay tuned!

October 1^st 2007: EUROPE STORM DALHALLA COMPETITION!

Simply save and use one or both of the banners below on your own homepage and link them back to the europetheband online mp3 store and you could WIN one of four limited edition photo sets taken by Kenneth Markstrom during EUROPE's milestone performance at Dalhalla on August 31st! One major prize winner will receive a photo pack and an exclusive "Devil Sings the Blues" Europe t-shirt (size L) produced exclusively for the concert!

Once you have added one of these banners to your page, point it back to the Europe Downloads page by using the following link:

http://www.klicktrack.com/

shop/index.jsp?cp=201

Then, send your full name, postal address and email address, as well as a link to your homepage displaying the banner to:

competition@europetheband.com and you will automatically be entered into the draw!

Winners will be notified by email and names published online on next month! Good luck!

UPDATINGS: November 10^th  2007

Winners announced on the website! Check for them at www.europetheband.com in the section "NEWS".

September 20^th 2007: JOHN NORUM NEXT ALBUM updatings!

On the MASCOT Records website you can read that the next album will be released next 12^th of April 2008! Stay tuned!

September 10^th 2007: DALHALLA DOWNLOAD 2007!

Hello everyone,
We have now recovered from the Dalhalla weekend and the heavy partying the last night/morning... and we have some news for you guys.
We have listened through the show and decided to release 12 songs from the second night at Dalhalla as mp3's on our website.
We had a great time and we want you to be able to check it out for yourselves.
We hope you enjoy listening to these songs as much as we enjoyed performing them.
All the best.  Stay tuned!

September 1^st 2007: LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE MELDRUM

Hell Yeah!!!!
Meldrum album "Blowin up The Machine" is finally released in Europe, and so we´ve waited. A baby brother to the big sister Loaded Mental Cannon.....YEAH!!!!! So far the critics love us, the reviews have been great so far..... The album is fucking brutal and kick the shit out of any album so far this year....I mean come on, we have Gene Hoglan on drums and Lemmy on some back ups, are you kidding me???? Not that we think we need some monstruous musicians to come in and take over, we do that pretty good ourselves, but we got a little help from our friends, nothing wrong with that!!! And we are so thankful...
Its just time for the big American boys overseas to hear the goddman album....and the 11^th of September is the date. Ok, we know, we know, we did not pick that date, ironically with the album title and all, but there is no political references or preferences behind it.
To celebrate the new album we are launching a new website on the 27^th of August.

You can get your orders on their now though www.meldrum.nu  Get a pink t-shirt for your lovely wife and she's gonna look as hot as Moa in the merchandise picture. Get a DVD for your son who want to learn the tricks to be a rockstar, order the new Meldrum album. We have special packages , so buy merchpackage 1 with a signed "Blowin Up The machine" CD, a bikerphoto and poster and you´ll get another signed poster for FREE from the release party with the hot girls looking right back at ya....

Folks!!!! New album BLOWIN' UP THE MACHINE is finally released in the States, but you get your own copy straight from our newly launched website at www.meldrum.nu The girls will sign it for you!!

Plus you get a t-shirt for your hot wife, mistress, daughter. We just hope its not the same person…

Anyway, we have DVD's from the ass-kicking American tour we did in 05 with the big boys in BLS

Also, we have photos and posters of your favourite girls, c´mon we know you wanna have Frida on your fucking bedroom wall!!! Its any man's dream….

So go get your MELDRUM package at www.meldrum.nu NOW!!!!!!

Also if a poster ain't enough, and you wanna see/smell us all upclose, there is a chance!!!

MELDRUM will tour in Italy later this year with Mister Gene Hoglan on drums!!!!!! Hell yea!!!!!

Also some shows in Sweden in nov and dec, some of 'em with Hoglan himself. He's gonna sell his own kick ass shirts, see a link here www.hoglanindustries.com/  and beat the shit of the drums….

Keep checking in at www.meldrum.nu or www.myspace.com/meldrumrocks  join the newsletter for all details.

Boys and girls STAY HARD!!!

Meldrum

TOURDATES so far, more coming up!!!

16^th of Nov Pub Anchor, Stockholm, Sweden

17^th of Nov Pub Anchor, Stockholm, Sweden

23^rd of Nov Prismasalen, Västerås, Sweden with Gene Hoglan

28^th of Nov Novara, Italy with Gene Hoglan

29^th of Nov Rome, Italy with Gene Hoglan

30^th of Nov Verona, Italy with Gene Hoglan

1^st of Dec Ravenna, Italy with Gene Hoglan

2^nd of Dec Piacenza, Italy with Gene Hoglan

7^th of Dec Gavle, Sweden with Gene Hoglan

8^th of Dec Goethenburg, Sweden with Gene Hoglan

August 11^th 2007: EXCLUSIVE LIVE PERFORMANCE IN STOCKHOLM!!!

On Saturday August 25th, Europe welcome Swedish fans to join them live as they perform 2 live songs from Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm. The event will be broadcast direct on TV4s "Sommarkrysset" show from 8pm.
Tickets to Gröna Lund before 6pm are:
30SEK for under 13yrs and over 65yrs, and 60SEK for 13-64yr olds.
Park admission prices double after 6pm, so be early and secure yourself a place near the stage!
This is your chance to rock out with the lads live!

So, Europe-maniacs, come on! Meeting at the Gröna Lund!!!

August 7^th 2007: SPECIAL ANNOUNCE ABOUT THE LAST 2 SHOWS OF THE SECRET SOCIETY TOUR AT THE DALHALLA (RÄTTVIK, SWEDEN)

We are going to upload pictures from the Friday show (31 August) directly to you people as the show goes along, so that everyone from all over the world can follow the show in pictures online here on the forum in this specific thread: CLICK HERE
There will also be pictures from before and after the show. We will start uploading pictures somewhere around lunchtime Friday. You will get a full cover of what’s happening at this magic place Dalhalla when Europe on “Secret Society Tour” are blowin' that solid rock walls away. There are some secrets that we will keep from you all until that Friday, so get your popcorn, something to drink and dress up or whatever you want and stay tuned here at the forum on Friday 31 August! The pictures taken during the last songs, after the boys have re-entered will be uploaded directly after the show.
Please tell EVERYBODY you know about this and spread the news in every way you can,,, even to your cat or dog and their relatives if they have a computer, let’s try to beat that number 54 BIGTIME !?!
Until then, cheers
Kenneth Markström, photographer
Niklas Leinonen, photoassistant

So, Europe-maniacs, stay tuned!!!

May 02^nd 2007: NEW CONTEST ON THE EUROPE OFFICIAL WEBSITE!!!

Six lucky people who make a purchase from the online mp3 store or merchandise webshop during the month of May will be randomly selected to win an exclusive "Secret Society" prize pack AND a phonecall with one of the EUROPE band members themselves!

Join it and good luck!!!

April 19^th 2007: FROM JAPAN: A NEW GUITAR FOR JOHN NORUM.
John has a new wonderful black FlyingV signature model Ninja ESP given to him by Michael Amott from Arch Enemy, during the first day in Tokyo.

John used it to play "Flames" during the shows in Nagoya and Tokyo.

Here's the cool guitar! http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/index.html

February 5^th 2007: EUROPE TO PERFORM AT “UPop@ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS” FROM LEGENDARY BEATLES STUDIOS ON FEBRUARY 14^th.
Exclusive WORLDSPACE® Satellite Radio-sponsored Sessions Showcase Europe As One of Today’s Hottest Global Recording Artists.
Stockholm, Sweden FEBRUARY 5, 2007 - Europe today announced that it will be performing at the “UPop@Abbey Road Sessions” on Feb. 14, 2007 in London, UK. Europe will be showcased among some of the hottest global recording artists in a four-day international broadcast event, sponsored by WORLDSPACE® Satellite Radio, one of the world leaders in satellite-based digital radio services.
“For us this is a great tribute to come to Abbey Road to rock the room that has hosted so many great bands over the years” say Joey Tempest vocalist of multimillion, multiplatinum act Europe and writer of the classic anthem “The Final Countdown.”
“We are pleased to welcome Europe to the second annual UPop@Abbey Road Sessions,” said William Sabatini, WORLDSPACE vice president of global programming. “The UPop Sessions are designed to showcase a broad variety of musical genres and talent, giving our subscribers an incredible, diverse range of unique, exclusive and compelling content.”
WORLDSPACE’s “UPop@Abbey Road Sessions” will feature four days of exclusive performances and live recording sessions by some of the hottest global pop talent including Bowling for Soup, The Indigo Girls, Katie Melua, Art Brut, The View, Wire Daisies, The Beat Freakz, supergroup Europe, Jack Savoretti and Tiny Dancers. The sessions will take place Feb. 12 – 15, 2007 in Studio 2 at Abbey Road, the legendary recording studio of The Beatles, and will be hosted by Ted Kelly, vice president, content marketing, for WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio.
UPop is the world’s premier global pop music channel created by WORLDSPACE and available to WORLDSPACE subscribers in more than 130 countries and in the United States exclusively on XM Radio, online and via Direct TV Channel 824. The UPop@Abbey Road Sessions performances will be heard around the world throughout the month of February on UPop and other WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio channels including: BOB, Orbit Rock and Potion.
About WORLDSPACE® Satellite Radio
Based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Worldspace, Inc. (NASDAQ: WRSP) is the world’s only global media and entertainment company positioned to offer a satellite radio experience to consumers in more than 130 countries with five billion people, driving 300 million cars. WORLDSPACE delivers the latest tunes, trends and information from around the world and around the corner.
WORLDSPACE subscribers benefit from a unique combination of local programming, original WORLDSPACE content and content from leading brands around the globe including the BBC, CNN, Virgin Radio UK, NDTV and RFI. The WORLDSPACE satellites cover two-thirds of the earth’s population with six beams. Each beam is capable of delivering up to 80 channels of high quality digital audio and multimedia programming directly to WORLDSPACE Satellite Radios anytime and virtually anywhere in its coverage areas. WORLDSPACE is a pioneer of satellite-based digital radio services (DARS) and was instrumental in the development of the technology infrastructure used today by XM Satellite Radio. For more information, visit www.WORLDSPACE.com.

Updating. Soon it'll be possible to download the performances at the Abbey Road Studios on the official site (mp3 shop section)! Enjoy!