{"id":33314,"date":"2017-11-03T09:24:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T22:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=33314"},"modified":"2017-11-03T09:32:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T22:32:47","slug":"europe-tour-australia-first-time-ever-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2017\/11\/europe-tour-australia-first-time-ever-may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"EUROPE To Tour Australia For The First Time Ever – May 2018!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Sweden’s legendary hard rock band\u00a0EUROPE<\/b>, best known for their worldwide 1986 Smash Hit\u00a0The Final Countdown<\/i><\/b>, have announced a run of five Australian dates in May 2018.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
This will be the first time the band has toured Australia in their 35 year career!<\/div>\n
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The band recently entered the famed Abbey Road Studio’s in London to record their 11th Studio album entitled\u00a0Walk The Earth<\/i><\/b>, with grammy award winning producer Dave Cobb.\u00a0An album retaining the classic Europe melodies while pushing the boundaries of experimentation \u2013 recorded with equipment used by The Beatles and Pink Floyd at Abbey Road,\u00a0\u00a0Walk The Earth<\/i>\u00a0was released worldwide on October 20,<\/sup>\u00a02017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Featuring the classic lineup of\u00a0Joey Tempest<\/b>\u00a0(Lead Vocals),\u00a0John Norum<\/b>\u00a0(Guitar),\u00a0Mic Michaeli<\/b>\u00a0(Keyboards),\u00a0John Leven<\/b>\u00a0(Bass Guitar) and\u00a0Ian Haugland<\/b>\u00a0(Drums),<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Europe have achieved total worldwide sales in excess of 25 million, with the 1986 mega-hit\u00a0The Final Countdown<\/i>\u00a0reaching No1 in 25 countries.<\/div>\n
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The band’s live set will feature all their hits together with fan’s favourites from their studio albums.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On touring Australia Joey Tempest adds “We are so excited to be touring Australia for the first time! It’s something we always wanted to do, but we just couldn’t make the schedules work before.\u00a0<\/i>But now…its going to happen and we can finally hook up with our friends down under!<\/i>”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Originally formed in 1979 in a small suburb on the outskirts of Stockholm, heavily influenced by British rock giants such as Thin Lizzy, UFO, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, the band began to formulate their own sound.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After winning a rock band competition in 1982, where first prize was a recording contract and with a name change to\u00a0Europe<\/i><\/b>, the world was soon at their feet.\u00a0\u00a0After the release of their first album, the self titled\u00a0Europe<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>in 1983, the band signed with Sony Epic Records, New York and in 1984 their second album\u00a0Wings Of Tomorrow<\/i><\/b>\u00a0set the path for future worldwide success. With their aforementioned third release,\u00a0The Final Countdown<\/i><\/b>, the band had arrived.<\/div>\n
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That album spent 70 weeks in the US Billboard top 100 and produced four top 40 singles. With continued touring and sell out concerts all over the world the band released two more albums, 1988’s\u00a0Out Of This World<\/i><\/b>\u00a0and 1991’s\u00a0Prisoners In Paradise<\/i><\/b>, but after 10 years of solid recording and touring and the changing music scene that put “Classic Hard Rock” on the back burner the band decided to take a break.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After enjoying the 90’s releasing solo albums and touring in other constellations, in 2004 the band met up again after realising their journey was no where near complete.\u00a0The original line up reformed and released album number six\u00a0Start From The Dark<\/i><\/b>\u00a0the same year. The band retained the old fans and at the same time regaining new ones. The coming years saw constant touring with headline festival appearances together with vast critical acclaim for their new album releases \u2013\u00a0Secret Society<\/i><\/b>\u00a0in 2006,\u00a0Last Look At Eden<\/i><\/b>\u00a0in 2009 and\u00a0Bag Of Bones\u00a0<\/i><\/b>in 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2015 saw the release of\u00a0War Of Kings<\/i><\/b>\u00a0which was later awarded a prestigious\u00a0Classic Rock Award\u00a0<\/i>in the UK. This record put the band back at the top of their game.\u00a0 The album’s success saw the band tour the USA twice, the first time the band had been there in 10 years, together with other territories, some brand new and some back for the first time since the 80’s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

2016 saw the 30th Anniversary of\u00a0The Final Countdown<\/i>\u00a0and to celebrate the band played a series of special SOLD OUT concerts around Europe where they played the album in it’s entirety for the first time ever, with the London Roundhouse concert being filmed and recorded for the DVD \/ Audio CD release, which hit the shops in July.<\/div>\n
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TOUR DATES<\/b><\/div>\n
Wednesday, May 16: Concert Hall, Perth<\/div>\n
Friday, May 18: Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide<\/div>\n
Saturday, May 19: Palais Theatre, Melbourne<\/div>\n
Tuesday, May 22: Enmore Theatre, Sydney **<\/div>\n
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Wednesday, May 23: The Tivoli, Brisbane<\/p>\n

Pre Sale starts Monday, November 6 via\u00a0ticketmaster.com.au<\/b><\/a>
\n**Sydney tickets available from\u00a0ticketek.com.au<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

General on sale, Wednesday, November 8
\nVIP Meet & Greet Packages will be available<\/div>\n
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