LATEST NEWS 25.08.2008 - TURISAS MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO NORTH AMERICA AS DIRECT SUPPORT TO DRAGONFORCE THIS FALL Finnish warmongers TURISAS are set to make their much anticipated return to North American shores this fall as direct support to Dragonforce. The massive two month trek, which kicks off on NOVEMBER 3rd, is the follow up to the group's highly successful run as part of Pagenfest 2008 this past spring. The tour will also be in support of their forthcoming and first official DVD (more info on that TBA).. Read more about this here --------------------------------------- 25.08.2008 - MAALISKUUN SUOMEN-KEIKKOJEN JÄRJESTYS MUUTTUI Turisaksen maaliskuisten Suomen-keikkojen järjestys brittiläisen Dragonforcen kanssa on muuttunut. Kiertueen reititysongelmien vuoksi Oulun konsertti on nyt ennen Helsingin-keikkaa. Konserttipaikat, Club Teatria ja Tavastia-Klubi, pysyvät samoina ja jo ostetut pääsyliput kelpaavat uusille konserttipäiville sellaisinaan. Dragonforce + Turisas 02.03.2009 Oulu - Club Teatria 03.03.2009 Helsinki - Tavastia --------------------------------------- 31.07.2008 - TURISAS TO PLAY A ONE-OFF SHOW IN HOLLAND AND HEADLINE ULTIMA RATIO FESTIVAL (DE) IN OCT-NOV 2008 31.10.2008 Den Bosch (NL) - W2 http://www.w2.nl 01.11.2008 Ultima Ratio Festival, Oberhausen (DE) - Turbinenhalle http://www.ultimaratio-festival.de --------------------------------------- 16.07.2008 - TURISAS TO TOUR EUROPE WITH DRAGONFORCE EARLY 2009 After raiding in the UK and Ireland with the 'Force, Turisas will invade the mainland. See the dates HERE --------------------------------------- 10.07.2008 - TURISAS CONFIRMED TO PLAY SHOW IN LONDON FOR THE KERRANG! WEEK OF ROCK! In the run up to this year's prestigious Kerrang Awards the magazine will be hosting their annual Kerrang Week Of Rock between August 16-20, they will be held at the London Barfly and London's ULU - with a killer bill being hooked up for both venues on every night of the week in the run-up to the Awards. Read more about this here --------------------------------------- 02.07.2008 - TURISAS – NEED YOU CRAZY PEOPLE IN THEIR VIDEO, OPENED MOBILE BLOG VIA ROYAL ARTIST CLUB Finnish warmongers TURISAS are currently working on their 1st DVD which will be out later this year - but not only that: They are currently also rerecording their crowd favourite “Battle Metal”. Since it is high time to finally have an official video-clip for the song and also to pay tribute to their dedicated fans (without whom there is obviously no such thing as a crowd favourite) they want YOU, those fans, to take part in their video for “Battle Metal 2008”! Read more about this here --------------------------------------- 02.07.2008 - TURISAS – BRAUCHEN VERRÜCKTE LEUTE FÜR IHR VIDEO, STARTEN HANDY-BLOG BEIM ROYAL ARTIST CLUB Die Finnischen Battle Metal-Krieger TURISAS arbeiten zurzeit an ihrer ersten DVD, die gegen Ende des Jahres erscheinen wird – aber nicht nur das: Sie nehmen derzeit auch ihren Publikumsfavoriten „Battle Metal“ neu auf. Zu der neuen Version des Songs soll es auch ein Video geben und um sich mit diesem Clip speziell bei ihren treuesten Fans zu bedanken, könnt IHR Teil des Videos zu „Battle Metal 2008“ werden. Read more about this here --------------------------------------- 27.06.2008 - TURISAS JOINS "ROYAL ARTIST CLUB" MOBILE BLOG ROSTER Turisas has been invited to join the roster of www.royalartistclub.com where international artists offer the fans a glimpse of their own everyday life: exclusive behind-the-curtains, on- an off-stage material. Royal Artist Club is a mobile blog where the members of the band can send videos and pictures via their mobile phones. You can comment on the blog and even suggest ideas what the guys could do with it! Visit www.royalartistclub.com/turisas for more info about the blog! --------------------------------------- 02.06.2008 - CENTURY MEDIA YARD PARTY, TURISAS & ANGEL DUST LIVE ON JUNE 7TH! ENTRANCE FREE! Big yard party with live gigs by TURISAS & ANGEL DUST on June 7th, 2008 at the Century Media office in Dortmund (Germany)! ENTRANCE FREE!!! Read more about this here --------------------------------------- 28.05.2008 - New webshop open! The new official TURISAS webshop has just opened: Backstreet Merchandise will be the official webshop from now on, offering their services at http://www.backstreet-merch.com/bands/trss/ Welcome! --------------------------------------- 28.05.2008 - TOUR COMPETITION UPDATE VOL. 2 Our apologies for the winners: all this signing and posting stuff across the globe was a bit tricky when on tour… Anyway, the guys at our label asked a bit of patience: the packages will (hopefully) be sent in mid-June. Fingers crossed! Anyway, congrats for all the winners - let's hope that there will be less hassle with the future competitions. Let's see what we come up with next. Summer festivals, here we come! --------------------------------------- 28.05.2008 - TURISAS TO SUPPORT DRAGONFORCE IN UK AND IRELAND; A SPECIAL WARM-UP SHOW IN OXFORD! Fresh from the Paganfest USA tour, Turisas (finally!) themselves confirm the supporting slot on Dragonforce's upcoming UK and Ireland tour, starting in September 2008. Read more about this here --------------------------------------- 21.04.2008 - METAL HAMMER'S GOLDEN GODS AWARDS: TURISAS NOMINATED FOR "BEST LIVE BAND" The Finnish battle metallers TURISAS are nominated for "Best Live Band" in Metal Hammer's Golden Gods Awards, along with the likes of Machine Head and Megadeth. Fresh from the European tour and ready for the US, these relentless, furry face painters rightfully demand your vote! Read all about this here --------------------------------------- 17.04.2008 - MORE SUMMER FESTIVALS CONFIRMED 31.05.2008 Paljassaare Rock Fest, Tallinn (EST) 12.07.2008 Voimasointu Festival, Mäntyharju (FI) 18.07.2008 Rock Harz Open Air, Osterode (DE) 19.07.2008 Wanaja Festival, Hämeenlinna (FI) --------------------------------------- 11.04.2008 - TURISAS - Tour competition - winners wanted! Hey hou, guys, girls, orcs and pirates. We're back from the tour - and it was a blast! Thanks for everyone who showed up. On this tour we also had a little tour competition: every night we took a picture of the audience and posted it on our forum with one audience member circled out, and this lucky person won an exclusive Turisas fan package. Now it's time to dig out the winners... Read more about this here --------------------------------------- 06.03.2008 - FIRST ROW OF CONFIRMED SUMMER FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES 06.06.2008 Rock Im Park, Nürnberg (DE) 08.06.2008 Rock Am Ring, Nürburgring (DE) 14.06.2008 Myötätuulirock, Vantaa (FIN) 21.06.2008 Nummirock, Nummijärvi (FIN) 06.07.2008 Ruisrock, Turku (FIN) 13.07.2008 Ilosaarirock, Joensuu (FIN) 26.07.2008 Lorca Rock, Lorca (ES) 08.08.2008 Jurassic Rock, Mikkeli (FIN) 15.08.2008 Jalometalli, Oulu (FIN) --------------------------------------- 01.03.2008 - TURISAS - launch tour competition; Europe & UK tour starts tomorrow! To properly celebrate the start of their first headliner tour through Europe & UK, Finnish folk/metal warriors TURISAS have now launched an exclusive competition especially for you, the fans! Read more about this here --------------------------------------- 23.02.2008 - TURISAS – about conquer UK, Europe & USA; post “making of Rasputin” online! From March 1st, 2008 on, Finnish battle metal overlords TURISAS will set out to conquer stages in UK and Europe on their highly anticipated headliner tour with labelmates Norther as well as make their live debut in the US on the Paganfest Tour with Ensiferum, Tyr and Eluveitie afterwards... Read more about this here --------------------------------------- 19.02.2008 - Turisas töllössä - Turisas on Finnish TV Turisas nähdään MTV3:n 45-minuuttia ohjelmassa keskiviikkona 20.02. klo 20:00 alkaen. Mukana myös kuvaa perjantain keikalta Finnish Metal Exposta. --------------------------------------- 12.02.2008 - LISKO MISSING, STEP IN ACCORDION PLAYER FOR SPRING TOURS We hereby announce, that we have been forced to hire a step-in accordion player to replace Lisko on all announced upcoming tourdates. We have an important show this Friday at Finnish Metal Expo (FIN) and two lengthy tours in UK/Europe and USA just around the corner - but no accordion player... Read more about this here --------------------------------------- 12.02.2008 - Two Russian dates added for April 12.04.2008 Moscow (RUS) - Tochka 13.04.2008 St. Petersburg (RUS) - Roks --------------------------------------- 12.02.2008 - Berlin gig on 23 March: Rock-Voyager Meet & Greet package for sale now! Check out this following special Meet & Greet package on www.rock-voyager.com Turisas Meet & Greet in Berlin, March 23, 2008 We are offering you a nice package to see Turisas during their headliner tour... 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