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[Heather]

I didn't want to post these in the TNS blog since thats just for us exclusively

Thursday, April 15, 2010

European In Your Pants tour update

The bad news, today we have a 14 hour flight to Italy. The good news, the jet has booze (Deryck made us call ahead and check). Most of us hate flying so we try to get as inebriated as possible-- all the while trying to avoid entering the bathroom with Brown Tom and joining his infamous mile high club.

First show is at the Alcatraz in Milan. I can't remember if we've ever played there, but I can only assume it doubles as a pizza parlor and illegal casino. On a more serious note, it feels good to be on the road again. Playing live is what we do best. Check out twitter.com/sum41 for more constant, inane, and mildly humorous road updates.

* The Sums

uropean In Your Pants tour update 2 (4/19/10)

We almost missed our show last night in Italy, but the Rock Gods beat out the Volcano Gods, and got us there somehow. Here are a few highlights of our 33 hour trip from LA to Milan:

- Leaving the US, our plane stops mid take-off to avoid being landed on by another 747. It results in us being stuck on the tarmac for two hours.

- We are deemed 'too drunk' by the italian flight crew on our flight to Rome and they stop serving us alcohol, so we begin bribing other passengers to get us wine. The crew then stops serving the entire plane alcohol. Needless to say, if we did have any Sum 41 fans on the flight, they now hate us.

- We land in Rome, only to discover all the flights, trains, and buses to Milan are completely booked out, so we drown our sorrows in Italian wine and Jack while our tour manager calls to cancel the show

- Drunkily, someone gets the idea to buy a train ticket to somewhere else, and board the train to Milan anyways. Thus, with baggage in hand, Sum 41 enters a sold out train with no tickets. Naturally, we went to the first class section because it had an open bar.



- The 4 hour train ride is a little hazy, but it consisted of sleeping in hallways, arguing with Italian police, and more Italian wine. Moments before we get arrested, we arrive in Milan and jump off the train.

- We arrive to the venue with 10 minutes to spare, and rocked the shit out of that pizza parlor.





*The Sums

ps. follow us on sum41.com/twitter for more updates/bad jokes/ humorous observations

[Sum41Ant27]

Ummm now I might be wrong, but there's a whole new section in the forums for the European Tour.

[Boni]

Ummm now I might be wrong, but there's a whole new section in the forums for the European Tour.

That's for the exclusive blog that the Sums are personally writing for TheresNoSolution. This is what they post to everyone in the world on their official website and MySpace blog.

[Jeremy Kill]

European In Your Pants Tour Update 3
Wednesday, April 21, 2010


So far, this short tour has been badass. We haven't been to Europe in a few years, and the crowds have been really into the show. Like Bob Dylan said, 'at times in my life, the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.' Actually, that sounded kinda sad. We are pretty happy dudes most of the time, but touring is like natures prozac for us.


We had a day off in Vienna. We walked around, grabbed some food and drank some great Austrian wine. Sometimes, we rarely get to see much of the cities we play. Zurich to Vienna was a long drive. The bad news is, there's nothing to do on the bus.

The good news is, there is always plenty of booze around.


In the afternoon Deryck had some phone interviews to do, so we snuck up to the roof of our hotel, brought some booze, and did them up there. As usual, we got in trouble. Sum 41 rarely gets allowed to return to the same hotel.

*The Sums

ps. for more constant tour updates, follow us http://www.twitter.com/sum41. We cant guarantee it will be informative whatsoever

European In Your Pants Tour Update 4
Monday, April 26, 2010


'like a fine wine, sum41 gets better with age' said a woman named Valveeda after our headlining show in in Munich. She was missing two front teeth, had a wooden leg, and promised to 'show us the goods' for 20 Euros.

As i watched my bandmates do soundcheck while I had a much deserved pedicure, I realized I couldn't agree more. We have been doing this for 14 years now and our live show is damn good.


We just finished playing Vienna and Germany, next we play Luxembourg. I heard a member of the Lux royal family plans to attend. Though my source on this information was Valveeda, so don't quote me.


* the sums

ps. Follow us on Twitter.com/sum41 to instantly find out if royality came to the show.

[Heather]

European in Your Pants: We’re Back

Our short European tour was the perfect way to kick-start this new album cycle. From our sold out dates in Italy, Germany, and Luxembourg, to playing for 20,000+ fans in Belgium, it was the ultimate refresher course in the School of Rock.


We are now on a short break while Deryck finishes up vocals on the album. Then it’s back for European in Your Pants Part Duex and straight into the Vans Warped Tour. Everyone is totally stoked about the albums new sound, and we can’t wait for you guys to hear it.


I can’t give many details on the album or Deryck will kick me out of the band, but I can tell you it’s bigger, darker, and more aggressive than anything we have ever done. It’s definitely my favorite Sum 41 album, and it will be released this summer.


* The Sums, here to provide some musical distraction from all the other shit going on out there

[peacock41]

shows look huge

[DeryckW]

Sold out show in Luxembourg? Damn, that must be the hole population from Luxembourg who was there.

[Jake-41]

Yeah, plenty of fans that tour. Also, that pic with Tom is awesome. I love it!

[peacock41]

wish there was a better setlist