• Mike Patton gives a very good interview to new British online publication The Stool Pigeon. No Faith No More news but still entertaining. More on The Stool Pigeon.
• Via Patton Archivo, the whole of Mike Patton – “Luciano Berio: Laborintus II on Vimeo.
  
• Don’t wave flags at Faith No More concerts.
  
  
• Preview of Mondo Cane in Moscow: “In Moscow, the orchestra Globalis is to play with Patton, while the “Trololo Man” Eduard Khil is to appear on stage as a special guest.” Firsa in comments suggests this might have something to do with this.
  
  (via Patton’s Facebook)
• Lusty and Faith No More backstage in Finland including this pic of the band checking out this here blog.
  
• More expert comment and great photos on Mondo Cane in Wroclaw and Milan from Kika’s blog.

• First video of Mike Patton and Mondo Cane in Florence [the Italian city not the English singer] last night.
• Somewhat surreal video from the Milan local government of the pre-gig meeting between Mike and the Mayor of Milan Letizia Moratti [the name may be familair to football fans; as well as being a successful if somewhat right wing politician in her own right, she is the sister-in-law of Massimo Moratti, owner of European champions FC Internazionale Milano].
• (Hat tip alienvisionary on Twitter and Renaud in comments)
• And Mike meets another dignitary after the show, Lusty.
• More Lusty, from her Consequence of Sound interview with Kid Koala, some Lovage news: “The Lovage music is done for the most part but we’re just waiting for Mike and Jennifer to get together and write again.”
• And finally some Faith No More – remember them? – from back in the day. Poland in 1993 to be exact. (Thanks to porcelaine74 on ye olde Twitter for the info).
• (Great intro and I’d kill for one of those robes)
• Another full Faith No More concert on Vimeo: Faith No More at Rock in Rio II in 1991.

• Relive Warfield! No, not that one or even that one or even the one with Chuck. The whole show from 19 August 1992 is now up on Vimeo (thanks to The Holy Filament).
  
• Lusty’s Faith No More and general Ilosaarirock Festival is up at Consequence of Sound. Extract: “Taking the show at face value, there wasn’t anything particularly different about it when compared to other shows on their reunion tour. No new songs were played, Patton was as utterly insane as ever, Bill Gould, Roddy Bottum, Jon Hudson and Mike Bordin held down the fort with their usual determination and strength. But there was a buzz of sadness and infamy in the air, which came to light as soon as Gould announced that Finland was a fitting place “for our last show.” “Forever,” Patton added dramatically.”
• Onet.pl has a review of last night’s Mondo Cane tour opener in Wroclaw headlined Romantic Mike Patton. The review notes that for the “intimate” show, Patton was joined by seven musicians, a three-person choir and 12 members of the Wroclaw Film Harmony Orchestra.
• Onet also have a gallery from the concert.
  

The band say thanks on stage

Pic of the set list courtesy of Lauralydia (Ben was played, Reunited and Kashmir (!) were not)

Thanks for all the great comments about the site on earlier posts. Don’t worry; whatever happens to the band, we’ll be continuing with the blog.

• Back to the future, or the past to be exact, with the final part in the wonderful KiK Axe exhumed interviews series.
  
  
  
• Lusty gives the lowdown on the last show of the Second Coming Tour.
• Gurtenfestival review brands Patton the “Lucifer of Rock”.
• Effusive review of FNM at Forestglade from leading Austrian radio station FM4. Sample quotes: “Faith No More is a dirty beast…a hot love, which calls itself a whore, and that’s why it is so attractive”. And: “Faith No More covers Jackson, how cool, how incredibly callous and loving at the same time is that?” And: “Then the maniac [Patton] climbed on the amplifier stack and jumped headlong into the drums of Mike “Puffy” Bordin, the coolest drummer in the world, simply because no one can resist a left-hander as a drummer. A gigantic finale of a band that lost itself in the past but thank God once again found each other.”
• Superbly misjudged review of Faith No More at Dour from the New Current blog. Sample quote: “Their show seemed nothing more than former heavy weights rockers wanting to reclaim their youth – think Pamela Anderson trying to run down a Californian Beach now – in their day the guys no doubt had some power. Now all they came across like was a bunch of your dads drinking buddies getting up in the pub, to them they sound good, but reality is another beast all together – this certainly was Faith No More.”
• Patton Mondo Cane Israel preview.
• And a Moscow preview from the Russian news agency Interfax. More Moscow.
• And a Portugal preview.
• And Poland. Lots of media for Mondo Cane.
• Here’s all the Mondo Cane dates from Ipecac.

Faith No More played their scheduled show last night in Finland. At this stage the band’s future is uncertain but we can still all savour what the reformed band has given us over the past 13 months or so on the Second Coming Tour.
So thanks to Bill, Jon, Mike B, Mike P and Roddy for a wonderful adventure.

Here’s another view from side of stage (via Lusty)

“Like the echoes of your childhood laughter, ever after
Like the first time love urged you to take it’s guidance, in silence
Like your heartbeat when you realize you’re dying, but you’re trying
Like the way you cry for a happy ending, ending…”

Faith No More played their last scheduled date of the Second Coming tour last night in Finland. They certainly finished on a high with the show played in a party mood.
Roddy’s verdict:
yes, it’s true… 20,000 drunk finns can’t be wrong. FNM rule. and thank you. what a fucking glorious country.
And here’s Mike Patton after the gig with ace commenter, blogger etc Lusty.

More to follow:

Video:

Set list:
From our Commenter Lusty

Midnight Cowboy
From Out of Nowhere
Be Aggressive
Caffeine
Evidence
Chinese Arithmetic
Last Cup of Sorrow
Cuckoo for Caca
Easy
Ashes to Ashes
Midlife Crisis
Gentle Art of Enemies
King for a Day
Epic
Just a Man

This Guys in Love with You
The Real Thing

Faith No More played their penultimate scheduled tour date last night at the Forestglade festival in Austria.

Video:
Some great footage has surfaced; especially of Mike P taking out Puffy’s drum kit and Puffy. And a HD version of Edge of the World.

Set list:
(Thanks to Mantisaur)
Midnight Cowboy
Out of Nowhere
Be Aggressive
Caffeine
Evidence
Surprise Your Dead
Chinese Arithmetic
Last Cup of Sorrow
Cuckoo for Caca
Easy
Ashes to Ashes
Midlife Crisis
Ben
Gentle Art of Making Enemies
King for a Day
Epic
Just a Man
Edge of the World
Mark Bowen
Sound of Music

Faith No More scaled the heights in the elevated setting of the Gurtenfestival in Berne, Switzerland last night. Despite fatigue after their travel-heavy schedule on this leg and not being able to do a soundcheck, the band won over an initially reserved crowd with a heavier than usual set which included a surprise airing of Death March.
Mike Patton was in even more animated mood than usual. Eschewing his usual crowd surfing during Ben, instead he went for a ride on the tracking camera, at one stage donning the camera operator’s headphones as well. Later, he did go crowd surfing during Just a Man but got dropped by the audience and took a nasty fall. Undaunted, he returned to the stage and continued the song though he was limping heavily.
Thanks again to all the band and thanks and apologies to Tim “The Legend” Moss for being such a pain in the ass.

Video:

Set list:
Midnight Cowboy
From Out of Nowhere
Be Aggressive
Caffeine
Evidence (Portuguese chorus)
Surprise! You’re Dead
Chinese Arithmetic
Last Cup of Sorrow
Cuckoo for Caca
Easy
Ashes to Ashes
Midlife Crisis
Ben
Gentle Art of Making Enemies
King for a Day
Epic
Just a Man

This Guy’s in Love with You
Death March
We Care a Lot

Belatedly, here is an update from the Dour festival. Really cool mixed up set list and A Small Victory getting another rare outing.
More to follow.

Video:

Set list:
Midnight Cowboy
From Out of nowhere
Land of Sunshine
Caffeine
Evidence
Surprise! You’re dead

Boom Boom Pow/Chinese Arithmetic
Last Cup of Sorrow
Cuckoo for Caca
Easy
Ashes to Ashes
Midlife Crisis +Sir Duke
Ben
Gentle Art of Making Enemies
King for a Day
Epic
Just a Man

A Small Victory
Be Aggressive