Fikk en mail i dag som jeg ikke kunne si nei til. :-*
Etter at jeg hadde kjøpt billettene og pulsen var dalende oppdaget jeg at konserten i Essen var i midt i påskeuken, så da er jo påskeferien for 2010 spikret. ;D
Dette må jo bare bli helt konge!
Noen andre som skal til Essen, Stockholm eller London?
Dear Per Nesse
You're receiving this letter because you purchased something on our Omerch web store or that you've subscribed to our news letter. That must mean you're a fan and fans is who we love.
Perhaps you've already heard the news that we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of our band with 6 very special shows next year and we'd hereby like to offer you, our beloved fan the first chance to get VIP packages for each of these shows.
We've got some pretty cool stuff lined up for this such as a sweet looking laminated VIP pass which will allow you to come in early in the day so you can watch how we sound check (which is actually boring as hell but we figured you'd might like to see how these things work). Sound check usually starts around 4pm-ish. Then we'll take you back stage for a meet n greet with all of us, splitting you up in groups so you can be sure you'll get some proper one on one time to fire off some questions you've always wanted to ask or just get some stuff signed.
At some venues youll be asked to leave after the meet n greet (for security reasons set by the venues which are beyond our control) until doors open again and at some venues youll be able to stay and wait until the show starts. If youre at one of the venues where youll be asked to leave weve arranged that anyone who can show a VIP pass at the door can get into the venue again at least ten minutes before the doors open to the standard ticket holders so youll be guaranteed of a short cue at the wardrobe and you can calmly head off to stand or sit wherever you like.
The Lichtburg venue in Essen will be quite special as its a completely seated venue. Weve reserved the first two rows of the balcony for our VIPs at this one so youre still close enough to see our nose hair but far enough for not having to smell our breath. (and thats a good thing, trust me!)
At the venue youll also get a nice Opeth rucksack which will be filled with a Ltd. Edition t-shirt, unique to each show, a signed tour programme and a copy of the Blackwater Park special edition CD/DVD which includes a 5.1 mix and a 30-minute, never-before-seen documentary, all nicely packaged in a hard cover digipack (to be released end of March via Sony Music so dont buy it already if its out before the show!)
That just about sums it up for now. Well be playing the Blackwater Park album in its entirety followed by another set which will include songs weve rarely or never played live before. All in all more than two hours of Opeth. Exciting times for our band and we hope that youll be there to share it with us!