Russia and Lithuania Tour from February 22 to 27, 2005

Report and photos by Maria, the tour manager

For a short trailer capturing the tour, Click here! (7.93MB/03:46)

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February 20, 2005
"Graham had succesfuly landed Russia! He's ok and had meeting with band members in the evening to make the acquaintance and to correct the song list. Tomorrow they`ll make rehearsals and the first show  will take place on Tuesday in Moscow. We'll fly to Kaliningrad on 25th in the morning then. I`ll keep you posted about everything. Sending you the pictures from airport - some fans came to meet Graham and sign some CDs."

 

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February 21, 2005
"Today was an arduous day for Graham. At 10 a.m. he went to the radio station MAXIMUM to take part in morning talk show. I forgot to warn Graham about the genre of the show - it's kind of Howard Stern thing =). So it was a lot of jokes.  The presenters of the show  - Bachinsky and Stillavin  gave Graham a fulled sauna cap as a keepsake.  
In the evening Graham went to rehearsal. He still felt weak after a  long flight and   because of  time zone changing, so the rehearsal was brief but pithy. 1 program passage - and Graham went to the hotel to gather power for the next day gig.

 

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February 22, 2005
"The show was amazing! The audience was very happy and excited and the band as well. Anyway the set list was:
1. EYES OF THE WORLD         
2. GOD BLESSED VIDEO
3. LOVE`S NO FRIEND
4. BAD GIRL
5. HOLD ON
6. ASSAULT ATTACK
7. STARGAZER
8. MAYBE NEXT TIME
9. ALL NIGHT LONG
10. SINCE YOU`VE BEEN GONE
11. WILL YOU BE HOME TONIGHT
12. OH, DARLING
13. LOST IN HOLLYWOOD

Yesterday Graham went to fan club meeting to meet the fans, sign some CDs etc. It was really nice meeting - cozy atmosphere and a lot of jokes and presents for Graham. The fans presented him a russian book about Rainbow and a teddy-bear toy for his little daughter. Graham was very touched.
Today we're going to see the Red Sqare and so some shopping. In the evening we'll go to musical "We Will Rock You", produced on the base of Queen songs.
Tomorrow we'll fly to Kalinigrad to have a show in the evening. I'll drop you a line if I have some time for it!"

 

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"Well, I have to say that Graham really got a cold here but not much. The 2nd and 3rd gigs were much better than Moscow one. The best was 2nd, in Kaliningrad. The audience was perfect, and stage and the whole atmosphere of the evening. In Vilnius it was a hard gig. But after the second encore people were very excited with the show and it was storm of applause."
"We really miss Graham. Everyone from our crew said that time we had spent with him was the best in our life. We really hope to meet Graham soon again."

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