Apocalyptica in Moscow 06.11.2005

Wow!
It happened!!!
I saw them today. 3 hours after the concert only.
I met my friends from the russian forum on the subway station at 14-00.

Then we went to the building of the concert hall and spent 2,5 hours near the entrance. sometime we went to the service entrance and asked the security about the Apo, but they answered "we don't know..."
At 16-45 PM we saw the white small bus.
No one another fans except us (there are 7 fans include me and my dear friend Pavel). We followed for the bus to the service entrance and saw how Apo walks out from the mini-bus. They went so quickly, we havn't any chance to ask they about the autographs or another. Eicca was the first, then Perttu walked out and Paavo was the third. It was soooo quickly!!! We all screamed something like "Terve, hello, Apo!!!" and I screamed "Tervetuloa!"

Gaahhh!!! There are 3 guys only!!!! But where are Mikko and Antsa????? I made the banner for Antsa! ("Antero, soita alasti!" and another banner was "Tervetuloa Elessar!") We all were really upset to find only 3 guys on the concert! Apo gig without the drummer! It's impossible!!! But we were happy to see Eicca, Pe and Pa ofcoz!

At the 18-00 Pavel and me entered to the service entrance and met our friends.

We met each other near the entrance to the concert area. And when the doors was opened we run inside and stood in the first row (really we stood in the 2 and 3 row, but I saw all stage very good. I stood in front of the Antsa' and Pe' chairs.) O!M!G!!!! it was REALLY horrible !!!
So many fans wanted to be near the stage, it was the real Hell!!! Hot, squeeze, and crazy screamers around!!!

First I saw the DRUMS! WoW!!! Mikko must be here! And then I started to understand that I see FOUR chairs on the stage !!!! WOOOW again! ALL GUYS are here!!!! I was sooo haaapppyyy!!!!

The concert started at 19-30 (30 min behind time only 8-)
Guys was in very good mood. They smiled all the time. Antero looks like an absolutely gentleman, but he smiled all the time too.

Eicca had his usual black scull t-shirt. I saw the white colour on his chest (in the small area when the cello touches the body) is rub off. Perrtu was dressed in his fave black t-shirt with the hood and white pic on the chest. Paavo was dressed in black shirt (just shirt, not T-shirt). Mikko had the usual make up, and he looks great! And as I said earlier Antsa looks like the gentleman. He set on his chair during the whole content time.

The Path was the first, then was the Master of Puppets.

Playlist (I forgot any songs, sorry):

Path
Master of Puppets
Fight Fire With Fire
Nothing else matters
Quutamo
Heat
Betrayal
Seek & Destroy
Farewell
Bittersweet
Life burns
No education
Hope
Inquisition symphony
HOTMK

(I wanted to see Refuse/Resist, but guys don't played it this time, maybe tomorrow, I hoooope!!!)

So, we saw all usual Apo' jokes on the stage:
Perttu and Eicca had conversation with each other all the time. Most of the songs was announced by Eicca, but I can't heard what he said coz I had the all-the-time-screaming-fans around. 8-) Some of the song was announced by Perttu. When he said that the next song would be the Betrayal, and when the song started but sound was not so loud yet I screamed loudly "Perttu soita alasti!" And when the song was finished he took out his t-shirt. 8-)

My friends took my banner and held it in front of the center of the stage. Perttu smailed when he saw this banner.

As usually guys runs on the stage and smiled. They went to the edge of the stage and stood so closely in front of me! I saw the birthmarks on the Eicca' body (later he took out his t-shirt too) and the Perttu' fluffy belly 8-)) He looks skinny and white-skinned as usually.

Apocalyptica in Moscow 06.11.2005

Once they rolled around their cello.
When Apo played I.S. Eicca drummed really long time. He went to the drums, stood in front of Mikko and started to bangs rhythmically on the all drums by his bow. He sounded like a veeeri good drummer! When Eicca returned to his usual place on the stage, Paavo started to made his "inquisition" for Eicca by his bow 8-) All the fans started to laugh loudly, I guess no one except me and Pavel and our 2 or 3 friends don't saw this trick earlier 8-) It was funny!!! And the song was finished with the hard "inquisition" for the cellos - Eicca and Perttu put down their cellos on the floor and beats it! Poor cellos! 8-))
In the end of the concert Eicca asked the hall something like "Do you have the good time?" We all screamed loudly. Then he asked again and we screamed more loudly, then he asked Paavo "Paavo, do you have the great time too?" and Paavo answered "Ochen kharasho!" ("Very good!" in Russian and with the funny accent).

Oops , forgot about the one moment in the end of the HOTMK song. In the middle of his solo Eicca started to play the melody of the Russian folk song "Kalinka". It was so fun and ofcos all ppl was mad and screamed and laughed.

It was absolutely fantastic concert! I don't know how good was sound, cos it really doesn't matters in this situation. WE HAVE THE APO concert in Moscow!!!!! It's enough (for me) WOOOOOOOOOOW!

07.11.2005