EUROPE DOES 30TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW AT SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL + YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

Next year, the most successful Swedish rock band of all time, Europe, celebrate their 30th year as recording artists with a grand anniversary show at the Sweden Rock Festival. The concert will be their only on Swedish soil in 2013, and it will be a grandiose event indeed, promises singer Joey Tempest. The stage show will be one of the greatest of the band's entire career (certain very special guest stars will also appear). The setlist will be specially composed from Europe's entire nine-album discography. Including their cult debut "Europe" (1983), multi-million seller "The Final Countdown" (1986) and their most recent outing "Bag of Bones" (2012) which has now reached gold status. The performance will also be filmed for a DVD release. Europe will close the Sweden Rock Festival main stage on Friday evening, June 7th.

For further information, and a chance to WIN a 3-day pass AND a meet & greet with the band for you and a friend, visit www.europetheband.com !

IN THE FUTURE TO COME - Stockholm

COPENHAGEN SHOW

EUROPE Heart of Stone LIVE MODENA (Emilia)

EUROPE // DREAMER // SOUNDCHECK // MANNHEIM

THANK YOU SOUTH AMERICA!

Like all of our fans around the world you have the greatest passion, the greatest heart!
Thank you South America!.......Here is a clip for you, from an amazing tour of an amazing continent!
Joey/John/John/Mic/Ian
Europe

ANTOFAGASTA

ANTOFAGASTA!

GREAT TO BE BACK! YOU WERE LOUD!

WILL SANTIAGO SING EVEN LOUDER!?

/ EUROPE

SAO PAULO!

SAO PAULO!
.....Great Passion Brasil! What a night!
/ Europe

Ready to go onstage!

Sao Paulo - Party town!

Another Footballer!

Tower of beer!

BUENOS AIRES

Buenos Aires!........Argentina!

You lift us up to a fantastic start of the tour!......Amazing!

/ Europe

SINGER ON THE STREETS OF BUENOS AIRES

 THE FOOTBALLERS

 OFF TO SOUNDCHECK

BUENOS AIRES AUDIENCE

*EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE*

Parts of Joey Tempest and John Norum's acoustic 'Planet Rock' gig!

The German Promoter strikes again

Hello friends!

So, here we are. End of summer festivals 2012!
What can we say?

It's been wet and wonderful!

The support for the band and for BAG OF BONES has exceeded our expectations.

We ended the festival tour on Saturday in Furuvik with a great gig and also breaking the audience attendance record in this particular park. And, for a change, the SUN was shining!

But the adventure for us and for BAG OF BONES has just begun!

We'll see you out there during the rest of 2012 and in 2013.

We really feel your support.

Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!

Joey / John / John / Mic / Ian

Europe

LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE

Norum and Tempest visiting SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jab's guitarshop in Munich, the day after their fabulous acoustic gig at the Hardrock cafe.
Two amazing medallion flying V's really got John exited. Only 350 made!!!!

LAKSELV NORWAY 2012 (Midnattsrocken)‏

KIRUNA FESTIVAL, SWEDEN

IANS SMOKING HEAD!
Every so often the weather conditions makes Ian's (hot) head let off steam towards the end of the show. This is always gives band and crew a good laugh!



"The kids are alright" KIRUNA 2012‏

EUROPE, GRASPOP 2012

EUROPE - SOFIA / BULGARIA

SOFIA! BULGARIA!
WHAT A GREAT NIGHT.
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JOHN AND JOEY PLAY SCORPIONS

Greetings from Deutchland!

John and myself are here doing a lot of promotion for BAG OF BONES.

Here we are just jamming on a Scorpions song in the middle of an unplugged radio show.

....Great fun!


/ Joey

"THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN BETTER! (but they can lose some old favorites)"

The press in Sweden seem to like what we're doing these days.

Thanks Örebro! Great gig and a great crowd!

/ Europe

WETZIKON, SWITZERLAND - BEFORE & AFTER THE SHOW

Riches to Rags - Soundcheck



2 shows on the BOB tour, and already things are getting out of hand!

JOEY & JOHN - ACOUSTIC SET, HARD ROCK CAFÉ, PARIS

Greetings from the Hard Rock Cafe in Paris!
This week, we got in after two crazy days in Milano!
We're out and about doing promotion for BAG OF BONES, and the reception we're getting for this new album is overwhelming.

Here's a little treat for you.
Joey & John

NEW TOUR - NEW ALBUM - FIRST NIGHT !

What a night Wrocław!

Just a few small mishaps otherwise a great evening.

Great Polish audience!

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EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / FINAL VOLUME 23

Well well well!

Today we find ourselves just a few short days away from the European release of 'Bag of Bones". From start to finish, it has been a monumental journey for us, and we are humbled and honoured that you've chosen to come along with us for the ride. Now we'll be taking this music machine out on the road, so this will be the last of our studio videos for a while.

It has also been very entertaining and interesting spending time with you guys on our forum. Even though all of us in the band have decided that it is time to extend our reach and focus our efforts into our social media communities, you should know that you have been - and always will be - truly important to us. So keep up the good work spreading the word for the band. We are very proud of you, our Europe fans, wherever you are in the world.

Today's movie was taken the day we wrapped recording of the album with Kevin... all of us enjoying a Drink and a Smile!



We hope you find something that moves you in our 'Bag of Bones'.
Stay tuned for more blog updates from the summer festivals and tours.

See you out there,

/Europe

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 22

Working on the title track BAG OF BONES.

Amp talk / control room




Garbage can / drum talk




12 string overdub




Next week we'll post the last studio clips, for now. We've had a great time sharing these friday nights with you.

Until next week.

/ Europe

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 21

EMBRYO OF REQUIEM




BAG OF BONES - VOCAL TAKE

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 20

Kevin playing around, recreating the famous Zeppelin "levee" drums, for the first verse in "NOT SUPPOSED...."

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 19

Joey putting down an acoustic on BRING IT ALL HOME.

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 18

The Norum Shuffle!

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 17

Recording DRINK AND A SMILE at the very last minute!!! We wanted one more track on the record. It turned out great.... a tight, but lose stomper with a 70s swagger.......check it out on the record!!!



Ian letting go at a recent photo session! The question is... Can he dance or not? You decide!

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 16

Joey singing his first live take on NOT SUPPOSED TO SING THE BLUES.
Just feeling out the track here....He really started singing after this ;)

"THE MISERABLE SINNERS"

Working on some background vocals....

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 15

Additional recordings in Atlantis 2... working on Firebox...




Our first photosession (pics from Joey's mobile):

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 14

The last vocal is done!!!

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 13

Another funky overdub by Ian on on of our favorite tracks....

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 12

NATURE BOY!

IAN'S GETTING DRESSED/UNDRESSED AND READY FOR A DRUMTAKE.....

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 11

Clips:

The haunting intro to.....




Joey doing a DOGHOUSE take

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 10

LIVE TAKE!

EUROPE - TGIF FILM FESTIVAL / VOLUME 9

Hi everyone!
We're now almost done with recording of songs. Just a few more overdubs that will be made in Stockholm next week. Kevin will start mixing in his studio round the 14th of January. We can't wait to put this one out.... its a wild one, thats for sure. A few small surprises as well. We're looking at an April/May release.

/Europe

Mic and Joey doing some backing vocals.