úterý 31. května 2011

It was given as a promise

Today is the Day when the album Give Me Fire will be released in USA! So let´s wish you guys lots of luck or whatever... so you´ll become huge in America.... as you wish.

And one wonderful video from Berlin. Mr Moon in a version that made me fall in love with this song.

pondělí 30. května 2011

And I don’t see no bright sky you see

So that was the show in Wiesbaden last week.
(They played Leave Me Be again....oh...but never mind. We were the very first last year;-) )

sobota 28. května 2011

I wanna love you but I´m growing old

Mando Diao se příští týden chystá odehrát dva koncerty v Německu. Ten první bude Unplugged na Zitadelle v Berlíně 2. června a hned následující den na Rock am Ring. Koncert z druhého zmíněného koncertu bude možné sledovat živě pod tímto linkem: Link Livestream RaR a bude opět Unplugged. 

A ještě několik fotek z koncertu v Moskvě z posledního dubnového dne tohoto roku. 

 Love U ♥

If it’s night or day we don’t care

Článek ze stránky švédského velvyslanectví :) o koncertě Mando Diao ve Švýcarsku, konkrétně v Zermattu.

Dne 16. dubna přednesli v Zermattu Mando Diao písně ze svého nejnovějšího alba Mtv Unplugged: Above and Beyond. Téměř před dvou tisíci nadšenými fanoušky předvedla tahle skupina ze švédského Borlänge fantastický koncert. Přítomnost princezny Anni - Frid Reuss, možná lépe známe jako Frida ze skupiny ABBA, a velvyslance Pera Thöressona udělala večer kompletním.
S pomocí smyčcového kvartetu a bývalého člena Mando Diao  - Daniela Haglunda, zahráli celou sérii akustických písní. Netrvalo dlouho než se předtím sedící návštěvníci zvedli od svých stolů a sofistikovaný koncert se změnil ve žhavou hudební show. Že písně Mando Diao fungují i akusticky bez toho, aniž by stratili svou energii, bylo brzy jasné.
Skupina během večera udělala dvě věnování; All my sences ´Princezně´ a jednu z jejich nejhezčích písní: Never Seen The Light Of Day největšímu tenoristovi Jussi Björlingovi, pocházejícímu také z Borlänge.
Po show se skupina sešla jak s Princeznou tak se švédským velvyslancem. Jak se zdálo, skupině se na scéně v Zermattu líbilo.

pátek 27. května 2011

You know that’s cause I want my way

Mando Diao včera odehrálo další Radio session tentokrát (nebo snad znovu?) ve Frankfurtu...respektive někde poblíž:) Show bude přenášena via internet 15. června zde: LINK

So those of you who coudn´t be in Wiesbaden yesterday, just click on the link below and watch it on 15. June!

středa 25. května 2011

Oh, that’s what I want

The fulfilled dream, the perfection, the moment when your heart stops beating. Mando Diao AND Johnossi on the one stage singing Sickness. Two bands I can´t live without. Four special people I love.

sobota 21. května 2011

pátek 20. května 2011

You can always count on me

Ok, Mando Diao, you did it again. I was about to not listen to you for a while, just to take a break a little bit, new energy, little breath...and then this concert in Hamburg Coke Sound Up...and I have no other choise then to say it all over again: I LOVE YOU! And I will follow you wherever you will go;-) (as long as I´ll be able to do it;-) ) 
Awesome performance, awesome setlist (You can´t steal my love ♥) and no more words for you, guys. 

Here you can download the whole gig: MD Coke Sound Up - Hamburg


středa 18. května 2011

Stockholm i mitt hjärta

The feeling when my feet touch the ground is nothing less than surrealistic. Then, on the board of Flygbussarna I´m fighting with sleep, trying to realize that I´ve just overcome about 1000 km in horrible turbulances with the moon on my left side. I open my eyes. Stockholm. And the surrealistic feeling on the Friday the 13 is becoming poetic. Exactly as Gustaf once said. Right now, at 4 am in the morning, I´m remembering his words and I feel them more real than ever.


Empty streets and light as if it was a normal day, not an early morning. In Stockholm. In the city where probably everything is possible. The city of coincidences on the Shining day.

While we´re passing the Stockholm´s streets in search of transport tickets I make a quick look at one poster that has attracted my attention. It says that Johnossi will play their show TONIGHT in STOCKHOLM, in Gröna Lund. I didn´t know that, or better I knew about Johnossi playing at Gröna Lund but I somehow, due to strange higher powers, completely forgot about it. Just now it screams to my face and says to me: it´s today and it´s here and what a miracle you are here too.


The Friday the 13 has already begun. One of the longest days I´ve ever experienced. It started somewhere in Poland, waiting for the delayed plane, on the deserted airport with two beers in my head. But it´s so easy to get sober.
Then up in the air, above the clouds everything was so lost, especially my mind. When your legs don´t touch the ground, you have nothing to hold on to.

Few hours of sleep in Stockholm suburb, in one of those lovely Swedish houses, woke up with the question- mark before my eyes. Where am I and what I´m doing here?

 
We´re discovering the city while it´s getting colder and colder and the clouds are saying something about early rain, that we avoid in the T-centralen restaurant drinking coffee. We bought the tickets at Gröna Lund, as if it was something completely normal, as if the life was just like that: Simple, Swedish, possible.


In the evening we hurry to the bus and the underground that takes us to the Tivoli area. It´s one hour before the concert and we´re standing in the first row, watching the gigantic inscription with the name JOHNOSSI on it.


Where do we go when we go from here? Seems like a circle around me while I wait for more...I would sit and wait for you again...


 ...I actually did. Then I met him. Meeting Björn Dixgård after Johnossi concert in Stockholm, the last days of my 24 years, Friday the 13. I could make up lots of stories but this one is real.

I was floating in the air in one minute and in the other I was standing next to him. The same day, 24 hours. Katowice and Stockholm. The most horrible and the absolutely best moment connected in one unforgetable day. And it means a lot. More than I want to say.

The next day we saw Sugarplum Fairy in the Debaser club, one dreamy location for a concert. While Carl Norén and Victor Norén were singing one of theirs fantastic songs I turned 25, leaving that crazy year behind me. Bittersweet feeling of happiness, he said once.


The Saturday night in Stockholm is scary. Everyone is drunk, everyone is getting crazy and the Swedes looks like from another world. They surely are. I would also be like that living in a city where you can meet your dreams almost every day on every corner. Where the possibility is calling for you.


In the morning we´re leaving from Cityterminalen that unbelievable northern city, we´re facing 24 hours on the road. The bus is empty till Malmö and the Swedish countryside is breathtaking.
Crossing the sea. The ferry is desolated and the waves are big, the wind on the upper deck can´t allow you to breath.


Sweden is behind us, there´s nothing to be seen anymore. Just the sea and sunset. I have few proves of what happened, something to live for... The master coincidence.

Or was it in my head?

úterý 17. května 2011

To be honest with you

And now Gustaf and Björn are answering fans questions! The very last one belongs to me. What I found quite funny is the fact that they used my nickname even with the others they used their official name... Ok, no big deal, but why they had to change my name from Malegria to Maledria? Maybe it´s too complicated for them...and what the hell, why my face is missing?? Maybe they were affraid that Gustaf and Björn would not survive to see me:-D 
Ok, very strange questions concerning my Mando Diao question, anyway I´m there:-) And I´m so fucking happy about it that I have to use the word ´fucking´ again. 

(and Gustaf looks fucking great)

IT´s cool

Další novinky ze světa Mando Diao. Přidány nové koncerty do sekce TOUR. První z nich 16. července v Mnichově - Olympic Stadium, Mando bude hrát pravděpodobně jen několik písní v rámci akce DTM, tedy automobilových závodů. Bližší informace budou dodány později. Link

Pokud si vzpomínáte na koncert v Zurichu, který v rámci Unplugged turné proběhne 5. října, potom je třeba dodat, že koncert je již vyprodán. A protože Mando Diao chce štědře dopřát obyvatelům Zurichu možnost vidět je dvakrát v jednom týdnu, oznámili další termín, opět v areálu Komplex 457, jen o pár dní později 9. října 2011. (let´s celebrate!)  

A poslední gig na který se můžeme těšit se bude konat 26. května 2011 ve městě Wiesbaden (poblíž Frankfurtu). Mando budou hrát exkluzivní radio show a pokud jste citizenem na mandodiao.com, můžete lístky získat za své nasbírané body. 

To je vše z Mando Diao světa plného zajímavých koncertů na území německy mluvících států. ;-)


středa 11. května 2011

Ain’t no doubt about


Zajímavý rozhovor opět z Hamburgu, tentokrát CJ a Björn. O tom, jak skládají písně, čím by byli kdyby ne hudebníky a jaký vliv měla sláva na jejich tvorbu...

  FCStPauli.FM MANDO DIAO - INTERVIEWi by FC St. Pauli FM 

There´s nothing as I'd rather do

Time for another post about interesting sites dedicated to Mando Diao. This time it will be pretty old song site. It´s called We love Mando Diao! and it becomes my neverending source of great photos from the past. The latest photos fall into 2008, the oldest into 2002. I´d call this site as an amazing collection of the past Mando Diao. Thousand of concerts, thousands of links, thousands of photos. The dedication to this Swedish band. 
The site has already been removed, but this old one still worth the visit. 


Here´s the link: We Love Mando Diao!

úterý 10. května 2011

Everything´s Mando, you know...

"Every day is special day." 
My another post for today belongs to Gustaf´s interview, again from Coke Sound Up concert. You´re so right, Gustaf. Whatever you do, it´s still will be Mando Diao. Even if you already don´t need to say yes to every gig, I still love you. Somehow it´s logical, even it´s heartbreaking. Maybe, maybe not, you´ll find your way to another countries again...

We always try to do something new

Very special interview with Björn Dixgård from Moscow made by very special person named Marisha Kazaryan;-) Thank you for these original questions!

Björn, since September Mando Diao have been playing only unplugged gigs. But tonight you’re going to play the show in a more usual format. Why did you decide to make an exception for Moscow?
We always try to do something new, not to repeat ourselves. We’ve been playing unplugged long enough and decided to make a change again. We also know that Russian fans know and love our electric sound, so it was decided to play this show in full drive.
  
So you decided to make the fans happy. But what can the fans do to make you happy?
Oh that’s very simple. They should sing, dance, jump, enjoy the show… (laughs) get naked.

And what can fans do to make you angry?
I don’t think they can do something which will make us angry. No, really nothing.

Have you ever had any imagination about Russia which turned out to be not true? You know, some people still think that there are bears walking in the streets of Moscow and stuff like that.
Hm, I don’t know. I don’t really think we had any such imagination about Russia. I think there are many things here which are similar to Sweden. Same climate, same drinking culture. We like it here. 

And the last question. Let’s say you can’t earn money by making music.
 (laughs) Oh God, that’s terrible! Scary even to think about that!

Imagine it’s a bad dream. What would you do to earn your living then? 
I still wouldn’t want such thing to happen. But I think I would like to organize fishing tours. I’d gather groups of people who love fishing and take them to Canada. There they can enjoy themselves and their hobby. Maybe I’ll do that when I am old.



Don't need to see the sun ahead

And another awesome video from Hamburg, Stadtpark  - 7. May 2011. Mando Diao performing Gloria. I say again and not for the last time: Perfection. Love. Fire


pondělí 9. května 2011

I was born in red rooms

A něco málo z letos už druhého koncertu v Hamburgu, tentokrát pro Coke Sound Up. Slovy švédského týdeníku, Mando Diao je v současnosti nejpopulárnější švědskou skupinou v Německu.




Rekapitulace celé show včetně německého úvodu:-)



Gustaf a Sheepdog... 

So out of control

Úžasná zpráva pro všechny, kdo se 2. května nevyskytovali v Berlíně a pro ty, kdo stejně jako já nepřijímají německé televizní stanice. Celý koncert Mando Diao a Johnossi (plus skupiny Bonaparte) je ke shlédnutí na internetu a sice pod tímto odkazem: Berlin Live link 
Bohužel nevím jak dlouho se na internetu bude vyskytovat, takže doporučuji shlédnout co nejdříve.
A nebyl to jen naprosto neuvěřitelně zahraný Johnossi song Sickness ale i Mandos´ Mean Street odzpívaná společně s Johnem a Ossim. Klidně jen tak dál, ještě víc spolupráce mezi Mando Diao a Johnossi, ještě víc společných koncertů. Stojí to za to.




neděle 8. května 2011

I'm gonna sing it all night long

Today´s a Björn´s day... Thank you for all the music you´ve gave to us together with Gustaf, thank you for being so special, thank you for staying always the same, thank you for being yourself... and for the next year... let´s all your dream became true. 

sobota 7. května 2011

For the shit that we wrote today

Mando Diao před pár hodinami na soundchecku v Hamburgu kde právě teď odehrávají další ze svých Unplugged koncertů pro Coke Sound Up. 



Více na: link

Then I froze

Amazing Backstage interview with Gustaf and Björn from Berlin show with Johnossi. AND part of the Johnossi song Sickness with Mando Diao!!!! Oh my Gustaf!! That´s more than man can stand. Perfect song, one of the best and ...Mando Diao....! What else to say. ♥



pátek 6. května 2011

But you must think quiet

Video from Zermatt Unplugged, Mando Diao playing Mr Moon and wonderful brotherhood of Gustaf and Björn. I see, Zermatt must have been another epic concert, even without Samuel. Let´s see what will be next...

I won't be restless all at once

Björn v upoutávce na film natočený k výročí 111 let fotbalového klubu FC Nürnberg.

čtvrtek 5. května 2011

And still we're noone you know

And don´t forget about Saturday´s gig in Hamburg... It might be broadcasted online: link but I really don´t know where exactly, so if you do, let me know please:)


I´m so in love with this picture... :-)

úterý 3. května 2011

But on the parking lot where I was born

You're trying so hard to fool me

Jen pár fotek ze včerejšího koncertu v Berlíně. Snad se objeví více fotek a videí později... 



A Mando na pódiu s Johnossi... po loňském zjevení Björna na Johnossi koncertě jsou tihle švédi opět spolu na jedné scéně....


pondělí 2. května 2011

Lost in the woods where my generation grows

Mando Diao to PEACE&LOVE! And I so love this...

Peace & Love 2011 theme: Courage, hope and love

Did you see crying people on the TV this morning? Did you see charts on how the ice-caps are melting, that the world is getting worse, less safe and poorer? Did you hear the neighbour yelling at their little child again, did you read the word racism, cut downs, weapon export, powerlessness and mistreatment of animals in the newspaper?

What did you do next? Did you just turn it off, didn’t want to watch, there is still nothing to be done about it?

That’s where you are wrong, you play an important part in all of this! Now we are gathering, opening our eyes and our hearts. We have the ability to do it, we can do it and we want to do it. Together we can change and improve the world we live in.

The theme of Peace & Love 2011 is about Courage. It is about Hope. It is about Love. It is about all of us on this planet being connected to one another. We live on the same planet. We have nowhere else to go. We want to introduce you to brave people who have changed the course of history, and inspire you who are reading this to change the future. Dare to say stop, it’s enough! Dare to stand up for someone else, dare to stand up for yourself. Because there is hope, there are so many strong good forces out there. And there are infinite amounts of love if only you dare give and receive them.

Courage. Hope. Love. These three words are given to you. Carry them with you, make them your own. We are all part of a greater unity. Welcome to the 2011 Peace & Love theme Courage, hope and love!


That´s cause I´m missing them

Mando Diao v Moskvě. Poslední den dubna se představili na show se jménem Moscow Milk. Jak se zdá podle prvního videa, koncert byl Plugged! A zazněla Leave Me Be...poprvé od koncertu v Lipsku. A zdá se, že to zase stálo za to! ♥♥♥♥