Swedish alternative band Pain Of Salvation has found a new bassplayer. They write on their official website http://www.painofsalvation.com:,, So, let it be publically known: on the 10th of March, after the Copenhagen show, Simon Andersson was welcomed into Pain of Salvation as a full member. He did an outstanding job on the tour and we are looking forward to the coming years with great anticipation. Since his girlfriend is a huge Pain of Salvation fan, we happily expect to see this decision put a little silver lining on their sex life as well, since she can now all of a sudden go to bed with a member of the band ;) Congratulations Simon, and welcome to the family!"
Simon did already the new European tour to promote Scarsick, the brand new record from the band. After more than a month the band is back home for a little while:
"After the first month-long trip across Europe, we are home again, to catch our breaths before taking on the rest of the upcoming shows. So far, the feedback from the crowds has been wonderful. We hate to single out specific crowds, but special credit has to go out to the fans in Rome and Copenhagen, for being extra energetic and insane. Never before have the words 'Don't worry, she just fainted!' sounded so reassuring, casual and bizarre at the same time.
We also realized what magic we had brought to the scene, until we saw grown-up metalheads with big beards and leather jackets totally shake loose and groove in almost Travolta-like moves to 'Disco Queen', which was one of the obvious highlights of the setlist every night, regardless of which country we played in. Wonderful! We are also happy to see that our crowds get increasingly mixed and diverse; less homogenic in all from age, race, gender, musical background and sexual preference. We want you all! Anyway, we can't wait to get out on the roads again, thank you all for being there."
"During the European trip, the band was informed that they won the local but very prestigious award 'Eskilstatyetten' for being Ambassadors of Eskilstuna. The annual big banquette in connection to this six category award was held on the 17th of March, and the band played an acoustic version of 'This Heart of Mine' and 'Song for the Innocent'. Daniel [Gildenlöw, vocals] also had the honorable task of holding the speech. It touched on fatherhood, touring, politics (of course) and relentlessness, and went down very well. The host of the evening was Yvonne Ryding (Miss Universe 1984 and, according to Daniel, the woman of his dreams when he was eleven years old).
Pain Of Salvation filmed a live DVD on March 2 at Paradiso in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The group's setlist was as follows:
01. Scarsick (Scarsick)
02. America (Scarsick)
03. ! (Entropia)
04. Nightmist (Entropia)
05. Handful of Nothing (One Hour By The Concrete Lake)
06. New Year's Eve (One Hour By The Concrete Lake)
07. Ashes (The Perfect Element Part I)
08. Undertow (Remedy Lane)
09. This Heart of Mine/Song for the Innocent (Remedy Lane/The Perfect Element Part I)
10. Chain Sling (Remedy Lane)
11. Diffidentia (Be)
12. Flame to the Moth (Scarsick)
13. Disco Queen (Scarsick)
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14. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
15. Cribcaged (Scarsick)
16. Used (The Perfect Element Part I)
Source: official website
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