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30.03.04
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First official norwegian fanclub
Hello dearz
HIM now have their first official fanclub in Norway. It has been given the cool name „The Cosmic Popes“. In cooperation with BMG Norway and Dark Secret Club from Greece they will provide you with news conserning HIM in Norway.
The leaders of „The Cosmic Popes“ will do everything to promote HIM over there in Norway.
They had the great idea to celerbrate a HIMfest on March, 31th in Lillestrom. There you can rock your head away to live music, there will be promo giveaways and some other cool suprises to get. But please make sure that you are at least in the age of 18 to attend to this rocky event. If you want to rock in there send a e-mail to them. Should you dear Norwegians not be able to join this party don`t worry sweethearties as there will surely be more events like this coming up.
Sure you can also join the club if you are not from Norway.
We are very happy to cooperate with them.
To join and support „The Cosmic Popes“ visit them at their „pre-page“. The official site will soon be online 4 you.
You can also find our dear norwegian friends in the linksection, just click shortly into „Officials“ and there they are for you darlings.
Keep on rocki `n Norway
HIMforfans-Team
Annoying incidents @ signing session in London
HI there HIM bretheren
First of all – an apology for those of you unable to meet the band/get Scala tickets at Tuesdays signing..
Forces beyond our control meant that HMV sent people out to give away Scala tickets and promotional items to the first people in the queue – therefore by-passing the ‘lucky dip’ idea we initially had. This decision was made by HMV on the actual day of the signing, (as the queues were so big and they were becoming a little concerned etc) so we couldn’t inform you of this in advance.
Also – just to let you know we were also not aware in advance of the HMV ‘wristbands to meet the band’ idea whereby the first so many HIM fans get guaranteed access to get your stuff signed.
It’s a system HMV thought would help make the signing less fraught for all – which indeed it did - but we do realise that many of you were not made aware of this so you could adjust your arrangements beforehand so you could be in with a fair chance of being first in the queue.
So MASSIVE apology to all of you guys.
Secondly – HIM send each and every one of you their thanks and love for coming down to see them. The signing was a little chaotic – but the huge turnout from you wonderful guys demonstrates that HIM have the most loyal and loving following – and the band certainly know this!
On the bands behalf I would like to thank all of you for coming down to see them. They are very touched and incredibly happy to have such cool and loyal fans. It was a great sight to behold – and HIMonline was there to record it in pictures and video – watch out for this to appear around the end of next week only here on HIMonline.tv!
(Also - look out for other great Scala bits and bobs – !)
Don’t forget (as if you could!) ‘And Love Said No’ is released this very week! For more details check here: http://de.click2music.co.uk/3rd/Prezence/him/love
This is what HIMonline.tv wrote about the annoying incidents, that came up at the singningsession on March 16th in the HMV recordstore. We are very sorry 4 all of you who did not get an autograph. Read in our report what it was like and click the road gallery to view the pics we made 4 you. Enjoy it darlingzzz.
More US Dates
May, 13th Philadelphia „Electirc Factory“
May, 14th Washington DC „9:30 Club“
May, 15th Norfolk, VA „The Nora“
May, 16th Richmond, VA „18th Street Festival“
For all of you Americans who were worried due to the rumour that the US Tour had to be cancelled because Ville broke his leg don’t worry that’s not true. The US Tour will go ahead as planned and the dates already announced have all been sold out so be fast if you wanna go to one of the above mentoined shows. Further more there is nothing clear about a signing yet. Please keep checking our news for that darlingzzzzzz.
Rang 5 for „And Love said no“
The Best Of „And Love said no“ reached rang 5 in the German charts.
Coming up Press
In the following mags u can read st about the guys:
Zillo 04/04 (German)
Yam 24 31.01.04 (there you’ll can find a poster) (German)
Metal Hammer (UK)
Orkus 04/04 (German)
Metal Heart 04/04 (German)
Rocksound (Portugal) 04
Break Out 04-05/04 (German)
Sinä & Minä (Finland)
Rytmi (Finland)
So the reading stuff 4 April is sure sweeties. J
HIM live in Wien and Linz
Click here to c pictures of the gig in Wien and here 4 the Linz pics.
Hi all you sweet Darlingz
As we will join the German tour from tomorrow on we won’t be able to update this site for a while. When we are back you can be sure that we will provide you with the latest news and stories from the tour, starting for us in Berlin and lasting till the Munich show. We will have a little summary of what happend during the time we have been absent, so don’t worry you will stay updated sweethearts.
Ofcourse you still can send us your poems, pictures, aristic works and whatever you want. It just takes a bit time till it all will be online here.
Till than
Love and Rock’n’Roll
Love always
Yours,
HIMforfans-Team
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27.03.04
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We’re back...
Sorry that we couldn`t provide you with the latest news for so long time but it have been really busy days. But now we’re back again and have a little surprise for you. We have been at the Fanparty in London and surely we took some pictures only for you. Just check the Special!!! Don`t forget to keep an close eye on our page and read the review about the signing session and the gig asap.
Las Vegas gig added
The U.S. tour will continue to The House of Blues in Las Vegas on May 9th. Tickets to the Vegas and Phoenix shows will go on sale this week. All previously announced shows are now sold out.
Swedish Festival
HIM will play a midnight show at the main stage at Sweden's Hultsfred Festival on June 18th. This will be the only Scandinavian festival appearance this summer besides Finland's Provinssirock.
Other artists at Hultsfred include Morrissey, Alicia Keys, PJ Harvey, The Pixies, The Mars Volta, Danko Jones, Hatebreed, The Distillers and Sweden's Backyard Babies. See the full artist list at Hultsfred Festival site.
Download / Scotland
Download Scotland in Glasgow has been confirmed for June 2nd.
HIM in Italy
HIM will play at Flippaut Rock Festival (12-13 June in Bologna). Thanks to heartaclub!
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15.03.04
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The full U.S. tour is (there are also some new west coast dates):
4/15 NY, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
4/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
4/17 Asbury Park, NJ @ Skate & Surf Festival (Paramount Theatre Stage)
4/18 Boston, MA @ The Middle East
4/21 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
4/22 Cleveland, OH @ The Odeon
4/24 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
4/25 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
4/30 Seattle, WA @ Graceland
05/02 San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
05/03 San Diego, CA, @ Cane's
05/04 Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky a Go Go
05/05 Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy
05/06 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
05/08 Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Tickets are going fast, Philadelphia and Roxy in LA sold out within minutes, Boston and the first New York show are also sold out.
More info at venues ot at www.ticketron.com and coming soon on our Tourdates!!!
HIMforfans-Team...
sorry that we won`t provide you with the latest news in the next few days, but we have a lot to do. When we are back very very soon, we will provide you with the latest news and hopefully a surprise. We wish you all nice days!
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13.03.04
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Don’t forget...
that “And Love Said No”, the Best Of album will hit the shops on the upcoming monday. Here are some infos regarding the uk-release on that for you dearzzz...
LTD Edtition Boxed CD Album available for ONE week only
There are limitited edtition “And love said no” albums containing an extra bonus DVD Disc and Poster as well as the uk bonus track. It`s a very sexy box, too. But to get this you must be quick as these will not be available for long! Infact this will likely to be only available for the first week in music shops.
UK-Extra
“And love said no” has an extra available only for the UK. Other versions of the album will NOT contain the following bonus material:
It’s all tears, specially re-recorded version of the classic track, handpiced by Ville himself.
Pre-order the uk version for your homes for 9,99 pounds.
KISS FM HIM week
more good news greekies-KISS FM is putting together another HIM week starting of the 15th-Monday! After having a great collaboration in last years' HIM week- before the Lycabettus gig- DarkSecret Club will collaborate once more with KISS FM, exclusively, in this week of competitions, gifts, HIM news and lots and lots of HIM tracks!! Monday on KISS FM 92,9 -more on this tomorrow from Quick NewS!--in other...breaking news apart from HIM and Placebo, Nightwish also confirmed their presence for Rockwave festival!--darksecret is planning to hire private busses for the transportation of the fans to and from the festival area and it looks like its gonna happen :) planning a HIM invasion!--check out the festivals' site from Didimusic (still under construction but with early info). Taken from DarkSecretClub!
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11.03.04
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More Scala tickets to give away
There will be 2 more HIM Scala ticket and HIM goodie comps running and they will be on:
103.2 Power FM (Southampton area)
on Sunday 12th March 10pm - 1am
Star 107 (Cambridge)
on Sunday 12th March 7pm - 10pm
More US-Touir-dates:
Sunday, May 2nd
San Francisco, CA
Slim's
Tickets: $12 (advance), $14 (day of show)
On-sale: 3.14
Monday, May 3rd
San Diego, CA
Cane's Bar & Grill
Tickets: $12
On-sale: Unknown
**This show is for 16 and over only**
Tuesday, May 4th
West Hollywood, CA
Whisky
Tickets: $15
On-sale: This show won't be announced until the Roxy sells out.
Wednesday, May 5th
West Hollywood, CA
The Roxy Theater
Tickets: $15
On-sale: 3.13
**Under 21 may be charged additional fee**
Thursday, May 6th
Pomona, CA
Glass House
Tickets: $15
On-sale: 3.20
Rockwave Festival in Greece
Lucky Greece HIM-Fans can get themselves tickets for this years Rockwave-Festival. It is a 4-days-event and we will inform you soon about the details.
Ville at SUBtv
Ville will be at “Sessions” on Saturday, 13.03.04 in finnish SUBtv.
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10.03.04
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Another US Tour date
LA's famous Roxy Theatre has been added to the west coast part of the upcoming HIM tour in the US.
The date is Wednesday May 5th and tickets go on sale April 13th. Special guests are Eighteen Vision and Kill Hannah. The Roxy Theatre's Box Office is open for ticket sales Monday-Friday from 10:30 am - 5:30 pm. Walk in or call!
The Roxy Theatre
9009 West Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
310-278-9457
Or you can go to any Ticketmaster outlet or www.ticketmaster.com.
American mag: Alternative Press
Here you can read an article about HIM in Alternative Press.
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09.03.04
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Big Cheese Issue 49
 In the American mag is an article about HIM and Bam Margera.
HIM: The “Love Metal” gods check in with the Cheese as frontman Ville Valo gives a cutting insight into the life of one of the hottest bands on the planet right now.
Check out the scan.
Download Festival
HIM will perform at the Download Festival 2004 in Donington Park. Other acts are Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Slipknot, Metallica, Korn, Linkin Park, Electric Six, Bowling for Soup and more. The festival takes place 05.& 06.June. Visit their homepage!
More magazines
The finnish people can buy the “Suosikki” magazine 03/04 and they will find a HIM poster in it as well as an interview with Ville. Further more they can buy the “Demi” magazine 03/04 where also an interview with Valo stands in.
Best of weeks in Germany
HIM are currently on rang 17 of the official German media-control-charts. Another highlight besides the normal release of “And love said no” is that there will come out two different versions of it. Once a strict limited digipack edition with bonus live DVD and the 2nd version will be a 16-track-jewelcase.
Special boxed package
According to DarkSecret Club BMG is going to release really soon something unique- beyond all our expectations! A special boxed package for HIM will be released in limited edition, containing 5 vinyls and these will be: "Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666" vinyl album, "Razorblade Romance" vinyl album, "Deep Shadows & Brilliant Highlights" vinyl album, "Love Metal" vinyl album AND the original "666 Ways to Love" HIM EP in vinyl version.This amazing package will also be imported in Greece- in limited copies- and although the price is not fixed yet, it will be rather expensive. You will learn more on this from here, this week. taken from heartaclub.
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08.03.04
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Gold 4 HIM
HIM got GOLD for “Love Metal” they received the award at “The Dome 29”. Congratulations!!!
Release Parties in the UK
HIM are the band on everyone’s lips right now – especially in rockin’ clubland. Check out the venues listed underneath. Be sure to let the DJ know you’re a HIM fan and you should get yourselves a nice lil HIM goodie bag! Don’t forget to request Solitary Man while you’re at it, sweethearts…
Alternative Under 18s @ Rock City, Nottingham MARCH SUNDAY 14
Generation @ Wolverhampton Civic Hall MARCH FRIDAY 12
K Corp @ The Corporation, Sheffield MARCH SATURDAY 13
Subverse @ The Underworld, London APRIL SUNDAY 11
Subculture U18s @ Birmingham Academy APRIL SATURDAY 03
Subculture U18s @ Bristol Academy MARCH SATURDAY 27
Voodoo @ The Cathouse, Glasgow MARCH SATURDAY 13
Next week “Anna” mag
You can read an interview with our dear Ville in the finnish magazine “Anna”, that will be out next week.
More tickets for “Scala” show
If you are from the UK you`re lucky, you can win one more pair of “Scala” tickets from the GWR Network by tuning on the GWR Digital radio station “Storm”. They will give away the tickets and assorted HIM goodies this very week, from Monday 8th March.
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07.03.04
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Ville accustic
View a short video from schattenreich. There you can see Ville performing “Funeral of hearts” in accustic version.This material hasn’t been published on the dvd. Enjoy it sweeties!
Sanomat yesterday
You can read an interview with Ville in yesterdays Sanomat. Click here to view the scans.
US Tour dates added
4.15 : Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
4.16 : Theater of Living Arts (TLA) - Philadelphia, PA
4.17 : Skate and Surf Fest - Asbury Park, NJ
4.18 : Middle East Downstairs - Cambridge, MA
4.21 : Mr. Smalls Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA
4.22 : Odeon Concert Club - Cleveland, OH
4.24 : Majestic Theatre - Detroit, MI
4.25 : House of Blues - Chicago, IL
4.30 : Graceland - Seattle, WA
There are some more among them.
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06.03.04
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HIM rock Ireland
The first show HIM will play in Ireland will be on June, 4th. It takes place “Ambassador Theatre” and will be part of the “Heineken Green Energy Festival” in Dublin.Ticket sale starts on March, 8th. 12h ticket hotline: 0800 719 300 or get your ticket from ticketmaster.ie
Eins Live Radio Interview
Click here to download the radio interview, Ville gave for Eins Live on Wednesday.Taken from www.stigmata-diaboli.de!!!
US Tour again
The US Tour will last till May, 7th. There are more dates coming up. Just keep checking our news.
The Dome 29
You can see “The Dome 29” already tomorrow on 07.03.04 at RTLII at 16:00h. HIM will perform “Solitary Man” there.
Sold out German Gigs
You should be fast to one of the shows by getting your ticket. The following shows are sold out: Dortmund, Magdeburg, Offenbach, München and Hamburg.
Ville sings Happy Birthday...
to his mummy. Click here to hear it.
Cuts of limited edition live DVD in Greek TV
For those who can see it, MAD TV this Thursday at 21.00 (local time) during the show "live@9" will broadcast 3 live videos of HIM, taken from the DVD of the "And love said no" limited edition album.
Contest
Unearthed.com is giving away a him merch. prize package. It includes a HIM beanie, a hoodie, and a copy of RR.
Here is the link.
Ville at Radio Ylex
On Thuesday, 09.03. Ville be guest at Finnish Radio Ylex.
VIVA Star Chat
Click here to read the VIVA Star Chat.
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02.03.04
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A little video of Barcelona
Here you can see a little video of their concert at Barcelona and a little Interview with Migé.
Info on US-Tour
Friday, April 16th - Philadelphia, PA
Theater of Living Arts (TLA)
On-sale: 3.12
Saturday, April 17th - Asbury Park, NJ
Skate and Surf Fest
Paramount Theater Stage
On-sale: NOW ($30 for 1 day pass and $84 for the 3 day pass)
Sunday, April 18th - Cambridge, MA
Middle East Downstairs
On-sale: 3.5 ($15)
**This show is for 18 and over only**
Thursday, April 22nd - Cleveland, OH
Odeon Concert Club
On-sale: 3.12 ($10 advanced, $12 at the door)
Saturday, April 24th - Detroit, MI
Majestic Theater
On-sale: 3.13 ($12)
Friday, April 30th - Seattle, WA
Graceland
On-sale: 3.12 ($12.50 advanced, $15 at the door)
HIM fans meeting
For all polish fans and members of Love Metal Klubi: There will be a fan meeting on 13.03.04 in EMPIK Pub, Warsaw, Nowy Swiat. For more info click here.
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01.03.04
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Ville at 4Pop
Ville will be at 4Pop (Finland) next Sunday, 07.03.04 on “Kuulustelu” at 16.30h
VIVA Chat
You can chat with HIM at 16:00h in the VIVA Interaktiv Chat. More info here.
Win Tickets for the “Scala” Show
For all English Fans:
There’s a chance to win yourself tickets for the “Scala” Fanparty by tuning on the RADIO 1 Rock Show on Tuesday, 2nd March. There are five pairs to give away. Good luck darlin’s!
US-Tour-Info
Opening acts will be “Visions 18” and “Kill Hannah”.
New photos online
At Bam Margera`s photogallery you can see some new pics, Bam have taken while shooting the new video and during his visit in London / Astoria last year. Enjoy them!
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