Interview with Mic and Levén about the TFC anniversary tour
Aug 1, 2016 19:27:46 GMT 2
Post by Stein on Aug 1, 2016 19:27:46 GMT 2
www.eonmusic.co.uk/europe-john-leven-mic-michaeli-interview-july-2016.html
Here are the parts about the anniversary tour:
This year sees you celebrating the 30th Anniversary of ‘The Final Countdown’ with some special shows. Are you looking forward to those dates?
MM: Oh yeah, definitely. We’re going to do something special with the whole thing, with the stage set, and we’re going to have some good stuff going on. We’re going to spend some money on making it a really good show.
Europe has made some great strides since getting back together in 2003. Is it strange stepping back to that time, given all you’ve achieved since?
MM: In a way it’s strange, because we really want to be, we want to make sure that people know that we’re a current band, a contemporary band. But on the other hand, we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for that album.
JL: It’s going to be great to play those songs.
MM: Also, it’s kind of fun, because some of those songs we haven’t played in years and years, and they’re probably songs that we never will play again.
Is it challenging to play those old tracks again?
JL: Lyrically, it’s going to be – there are some strange things going on there; ‘On The Loose’ – “so young, so tough, so wild”. I don’t feel so young, so tough, so wild anymore!
Are there any songs that you haven’t ever played from that album?
MM: I think we’ve covered them all.
JL: Yeah I think so.
Back on the original tour in 1986, you both opened and closed the shows with ‘The Final Countdown’. Will you be bringing that back for the anniversary dates?
MM: We might do the same again, or similar in a way.
JL: Something similar, definitely.
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You’re only doing a handful of dates on the 2016 anniversary run. Are there any plans to add any additional dates, in America or otherwise?
MM: It will be ten or twelve shows and that’s it I think. As of right now it’s a one off thing that we’re doing. But I don’t know, if we get some requests from the U.S., you know we might do it, but as it looks right now, this is what we have.
Finally, for added authenticity, have you thought about donning some 80s’ wigs for the shows; getting Ian into a blond peroxide number perhaps?
MM: *laughing* That would be fun. We should do that [to Ian]. For me though, no thanks!
JL: *laughing* Err… no!
Here are the parts about the anniversary tour:
This year sees you celebrating the 30th Anniversary of ‘The Final Countdown’ with some special shows. Are you looking forward to those dates?
MM: Oh yeah, definitely. We’re going to do something special with the whole thing, with the stage set, and we’re going to have some good stuff going on. We’re going to spend some money on making it a really good show.
Europe has made some great strides since getting back together in 2003. Is it strange stepping back to that time, given all you’ve achieved since?
MM: In a way it’s strange, because we really want to be, we want to make sure that people know that we’re a current band, a contemporary band. But on the other hand, we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for that album.
JL: It’s going to be great to play those songs.
MM: Also, it’s kind of fun, because some of those songs we haven’t played in years and years, and they’re probably songs that we never will play again.
Is it challenging to play those old tracks again?
JL: Lyrically, it’s going to be – there are some strange things going on there; ‘On The Loose’ – “so young, so tough, so wild”. I don’t feel so young, so tough, so wild anymore!
Are there any songs that you haven’t ever played from that album?
MM: I think we’ve covered them all.
JL: Yeah I think so.
Back on the original tour in 1986, you both opened and closed the shows with ‘The Final Countdown’. Will you be bringing that back for the anniversary dates?
MM: We might do the same again, or similar in a way.
JL: Something similar, definitely.
(...)
You’re only doing a handful of dates on the 2016 anniversary run. Are there any plans to add any additional dates, in America or otherwise?
MM: It will be ten or twelve shows and that’s it I think. As of right now it’s a one off thing that we’re doing. But I don’t know, if we get some requests from the U.S., you know we might do it, but as it looks right now, this is what we have.
Finally, for added authenticity, have you thought about donning some 80s’ wigs for the shows; getting Ian into a blond peroxide number perhaps?
MM: *laughing* That would be fun. We should do that [to Ian]. For me though, no thanks!
JL: *laughing* Err… no!
