The band say thanks on stage
Pic of the set list courtesy of Lauralydia (Ben was played, Reunited and Kashmir (!) were not)
Roddy Bottum has just updated his blog with his thoughts on the final show of the Second Coming tour in Finland. As always, an illuminating read: “thanks to all of you out there who’ve supported us and shown interest. it was beyond our wildest that we’d get the sort of encouragement and praise and reactions that you’ve all given. it clearly has made this trip worthwhile.” The feeling is entirely mutual.
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 will return to Europe’s metal capital Finland this summer to play at the Ilosaarirock festival on 18 July.
The band will play their fourth date in four days on the second day of the festival, which takes place in Joensuu in the east of the country. Other major acts on the bill are Biffy Clyro, UNKLE and Bad Religion.
Check out the latest ingredient in an FNM show – a quiz on TV theme tunes.
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The start may not be so clear as the tune is not actually played in this clip but its the theme tune from Eastenders, a British soap opera which airs on BBC. Bill Gould is a self-confessed fan of the show.
UPDATE. You actually get the Eastenders theme at 3.00 minutes during Midlife Crisis in this clip.
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And here is the pic of Apollo (?) and Mike
- Xtreme Music – where music meets spirituality – have a new publication The Spiritual Significance of Music Metal Edition. It features a short interview on the subject with Bill Gould. Full interview here. Sample quote: “I haven’t been able to observe any positive correlation between the quality of music and the spirituality of it’s performers.”
- The Philip Freeman book Sound Levels which features an in-depth (around 17 pages) article on Mike Patton is now available to download online for £3.56 at Lulu. The article largely focuses on Fantomas and Patton’s creative process and is certainly recommended for Patton fans. Sample quote: “A lot of people assume that if I’m doing something that isn’t ‘fuck you’ from top to bottom, then I’ve lost my edge, or there’s nothing interesting about what I’m doing anymore.”
- Some nice Facebook pics of Faith No More in Helsinki.
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Set list:
- Reunited
- From Out of Nowhere
- Land of Sunshine
- Caffeine
- Evidence
- Surprise! You’re Dead!
- Last Cup of Sorrow
- Poker Face/Chinese Arithmetic
- Cuckoo for Caca
- Easy
- Ashes to Ashes
- King for a Day
- Midlife Crisis
- Introduce Yourself
- The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
- Be Aggressive
- Epic
- Just a Man
- Chariots Of Fire/Stripsearch
- Digging the Grave
- I Started a Joke
- We Care a Lot
Highlights: A rare appearance on the tour for Digging the Grave, Mike P introducing I Started a Joke as “a nice suicide ballad for you” and, of course, Mike’s attempted flip.
Video: Some here and some here.
Photos: Good galleries here and here and a great gallery here.
Reviews:
Metro
Helsingin Sanomat
YLE
Vartti
Jul 062009
Not much news in yet from the final date on the first leg of the Second Coming tour, Ruisrock in Turku, Finland last night but here’s a video of the show.
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PS Cheers everyone for the many comments over the course of the weekend. You set lists, personal reviews and videos are invaluable. Much appreciated.
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Over 13,000 people flocked to see Faith No More return to Finland last night for what, by all accounts, was a storming gig.
Here’s the set list (courtesy of tbeest and J).
- Reunited
- From Out of Nowhere
- Land of Sunshine
- Caffeine
- Evidence
- Surprise! You’re Dead!
- Last Cup of Sorrow
- Poker Face/Chinese Arithmetic
- Cuckoo for Caca
- Easy
- Ashes to Ashes
- King for a Day
- Midlife Crisis
- Introduce Yourself
- The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
- Be Aggressive
- Epic
- Just a Man
- Chariots Of Fire/Stripsearch
- Digging the Grave
- I Started a Joke
- We Care a Lot
The concert made the front page of the Finnish edition of the Metro newspaper here. More on page 12 too. Leading Helsinki newspaper Helsingin Sanomat also featured a short positie review of the gig. Sample quote: “Patton sang, shouted, spat, talked laughed and did all the human voice can do.” Finnish national broadcaster YLE also featured a short piece with a nice gallery here. Here’s the Vartti piece on the noise levels again too.
There are some not great quality videos of Digging the Grave here and here. More photos here and here. There’s another great gallery here.
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