15 October 2007

Wow, what a great end of tour! The show yesterday in Yokohama was absolutely fantastic: nice sound, cool lights, big stage and an amazing audience. Yokohama Blitz venue was in a near soldout with fans giving everything to say goodbye to Kamelot in their last japanese gig. Probably we will use some of the footage recording for the upcoming DVD next year, so maybe you can see your face screaming on it! After the show we were to restaurant with Firewind and tour crew to have a last great time all together.

The band was leaving today to their homes, so I taked a free day to visit some interesting places from Tokyo with my friend Akemy (¡muchas gracias por todo linda!). I will be leaving tomorrow in the morning, so this is the end of the tourblog. Thanks to AO, A2, Nozue Yasui, to our fantastic tour manager Yuka Ogihara and to the whole tour crew; thanks to the guys from Firewind for being with us; thanks to Ingo and Arnold (you rule guys!) and thanks to Thomas, Mari, Roy, Oliver, Casey and Sean for let me to make one of my dreams come true. Arigatou Japan!!

Pako


Fans waiting for the opening doors


Sean Tibbetts


Oliver Palotai


Thomas Youngblood


Casey Grillo


Center of the Universe


Thank you very much Japan!

14 October 2007

Nice show last Friday in Nagoya! The band was so great on stage, the songs are sounding so powerful. The Japanese fans are responding more than we were thinking. After the show we were in a restaurant with Firewind and tour crew having a good time, the food here is so delicious! Yesterday was a day off, so free time to visit Tokyo and some nice places and, of course, to rest for today, the last concert for this Japanese Tour... so people in Yokohama let us see your hands in the air tonight and let us hear your screams!!


Waiting for the train


Soundcheck at The Bottom Line


Khan



Thomas Youngblood


Cool japanese audience!


The Haunting


Ghost Opera

Thomas Youngblood &
Kazunari Nagaya from ESP Nagoya


Sean, Casey, Ingo and me
in a restaurant after the show

12 October 2007

The tour is going great! Yesterday the band had a fantastic gig in Osaka with a packed crowd screaming and singing the songs. Sean is getting better, his knee is recovering from the accident in London and now he is not playing sat, Sean is a cool guy and an excellent bassist! Now we are back from the check sound at The Bottom Line in Nagoya and we are resting for a while here at the hotel, in a few hours we will back to the venue, Kamelot will be performing one more show for this fantastic japanese audience. Well, that's all for now. See you on the next post! Here is some pics from yesterday:


Khan in Osaka


Thomas Youngblood


Kamelot at Club Quattro


Thomas Youngblood & Khan

Ghost Opera japanese girls!

Thanks Osaka!


Signing after the show

Casey Grillo & a japanese fan

10 October 2007

Hello All! We are back from the show tonight in Tokyo, it has been totally wonderful! The band is playing very good on the stage, giving to the audience everything what they can give. Now the word Elegance can be mixed with the word Powerful, the show tonight has been full of energy! The fans here in Tokyo are fantastic, very passional and taking part of the show. After the concert we were to a japanese restaurant with the Firewind guys and tour crew; a nice experience, laughs and fun. Next show tomorrow in Osaka, so let's see what people there is waiting to give us, Kamelot will give you an amazing show, see you there! And... Arigatou Gozaimasu Tokyo!!


Opening doors


Merchandise


Solitaire


Kamelot in Tokyo


Sean Tibbetts


Thomas Youngblood


Khan


Oliver Palotai


Soprano vocalist Mari with Khan

Casey Grillo

09 October 2007

Finally here! The last European show in Granada was fantastic! Cool and hot audience, Kamelot had a great end of touring for Europe. We would like to say thank you very much to our European Tour Crew, you rule guys! A long trip with many hours, airports and flights, but the band is totally excited about the next shows! We arrived at the hotel here in Tokyo and we had a meeting with the japanese tour crew to set the planning. After that some of the band members prefered to rest, so Ingo (technician), Arnold (sound engineer), Casey, Sean and I went to go out to take contact with the japanese life... it's amazing! Now it's time to prepare things for tomorrow, it will be a long day. The band is charging energies for tomorrow, sure that you will enjoy the show, we will do our best... sayonara!


Live in Granada!

European Tour Crew

Check-in


Meeting with Japanese Tour Crew

Tokyo by night

06 October 2007

Hello All! Kamelot is having a fantastic shows with nearly soldout in the special concerts they are doing in some select european cities with special setlist and some unplugged numbers. Tomorrow I travel to Granada to meet with the guys from the band and tour crew, sure that we will have a great time there in the last 2007 planned european gig. After that we travel to Japan for the Japanese Tour with shows in four different cities: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama. It will be a very long trip to the land of the Rising Sun, so lots of time for talking about everything and more! Me with the band members will be posting here a chronicle about what happens, I bring my photo camera with me for posting pics as well. Also we will be shooting lots of behind the scenes footage for a limited edition DVD planned for 2008 ;) So enjoy this special tourblog about Kamelot's japanese expedition and we hope this helps for feeling near of us. Keep the KamSpirit up and until the next post!

Yours,
Pako - KamMaster