GREETINGS FROM RADIUMHOSPITALET Hello, I’m now two months into treatment and doing ok, so I thought the time was right to give you guys an update on what’s going on with me. Recent tests at the hospital show that things are going my way and I can expect to be completely cured in the fall. In March I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease, which is a “lucky” version of lymphoma cancer (90% percent get healed, according to Wikipedia and other and more reliable health information sources). Since then I’ve been undergoing chemotherapy every 14th day. That has kept me out of business for a while now, not being able to tour, but things have gone a lot better than feared. Last week they found out that my cure has so far been successful and my chances are as good as it gets. Receiving the news that I had cancer, but not knowing which type and how bad, was of course a rough one. The situation soon changed to the better once I learned what it really was and I headed into therapy. When staying alive is all you care about, then things really can only go upward. I don’t have that much experience with health institutions (maybe except from the occasional meeting with Dr.Rock while on tour…) but I must say that the way I’ve been taking care of by the people at Radiumhospitalet, has just been fantastic. I expected the treatment to be a bit hellish, but it’s actually not that bad. Ironically, I was the first one I knew of to be “googling for wigs”, as we’re singing in Hell Toupee. But fortunately for a rocking cat like meself, I haven’t lost my hair (yet). It also looks like I won’t be allowed into the handicapped area, rolling in on a wheelchair, at this summer’s stadium concerts in Oslo. Seriously, the treatment doesn’t wear me out. I’m basically able to carry on as normal, just staying at home and taking it a little easy. The last two months I’ve rediscovered my record collection, been through 3 seasons of The Wire, getting to spend more valuable time with Marie (10 months) and probably been playing more guitar than I have in last ten years. I was very happy to do a couple of shows in Norway earlier this month. As I wrote earlier, it sucked to cancel the tours, especially the Coachella festival in Palm Springs, which we’ve wanted to play for years. Now I’m all set to play the festivals this summer and deliver the goods. Not long ago, Tom and me sat down to write some new shit. (Now we finally have the chance to take use of the old turbo working album-title “TUMOURS” with certain credibility). One of the new songs, entitled Destroy All Monsters, was recorded this weekend. It’s our first recording to feature our new drummer Tomas Dahl. The song is a dark, almost industrial-sounding mid tempo rocker, with a great chorus, if you ask us. It’s going to be used on the soundtrack for the Age of Conan online game. Even though I’m better than the average Joe at swinging my axe, I’m not too crazy about Conan. Hank, on the other hand, loves that stuff. The amount of support and love from fans, friends and family has been overwhelming and very touching. I’m very thankful for it, cause it warms and really helps you getting through stuff like this with an uplifted head. Thanks a lot to everybody for the encouragement! See you soon and take care! The notorious K.N.U.T. aka Euroboy PS. Before I got sick I had the pleasure of working with La Puma, a heavy and glamorous pop rock outfit from Stockholm, producing their debut album. It’s out in Scandinavia this week and I can recommend it. They write some fucking catchy songs. Their guitar player Torbjorn has a very cool style and is a bit of a sound visionary. His singing girlfriend Helena is both of Heart’s Wilson sisters in one. So, if you always wanted Tina Turner backed by Monster Magnet, you got it! NEW EUROPEAN FESTIVAL DATES ANNOUNCED! Check the tour dates for the latest info on which European festivals Turbonegro will be playing this Summer. We have just announced; 14th June - Hartera Festival, Croatia 17th July - Gurten Festival, Switzerland 2nd August - Putte I Parken, Sweden ØYA FESTIVAL DATE CONFIRMED! Last month we announced that to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Apocalypse Dudes, we will perform the album in full, live at this year’s Øya Festival in Norway. We can now confirm that this will happen on Thursday 7th August. We haven’t performed some of the songs live in years, so it’s going to be quite a party! You can go to www.oyafestivalen.com for more info and tickets. MESSAGE FROM TURBONEGRO It is with great further regret that we will now have to cancel our trip to the US in April to play the west coast shows, most regrettably ‘The Coachella Festival‘. A huge apology to the US fans and to the promoters, I’m sure that all will understand that this decision wasn’t taken lightly, but it is the right decision for Euroboy. He is in good shape, all considered, but his treatment makes it impossible for him be away for long periods of time and certainly not to be taking long haul flights. We are keeping the European shows from May 2nd forward in place, as this schedule works within the boundaries of his treatment. It’s a delicate situation we find ourselves in, our first priority is Euroboy’s health, we’ll look at everything else when we know that he is well. Turbonegro Oslo 28th March 2008 MESSAGE FROM THE MAIN AXE MAN Hi Everyone, I just wanted to say a few words about how sorry I am about the whole situation. First of all, I'm doing alright now, staying at home with my family and feeling ok, but I'll be going trough treatment in the near future. I was really looking forward to going on this tour and kicking ass night after night in true, classic Turbonegro style, together with two other great bands. I'm sure we'd all have had a real cool tilme. Now my life has suddendly almost turned upside down and I won't be able to tour or perform for a while. I can still play guitar of course, so I'll work on some new "hot licks" and maybe write a couple of new songs (some top-of-the-mountain emotional power ballads that is, no just kidding!). Recently there's been changes in the line up for the first time in 10 years. I don't want you to see what's going on now as another step in that direction. My heart is still pounding for the mighty Turbonegro and its fantastic Jugend, very much too. In the last month we'd been rehearsing and doing some one- off shows in Norway and Switzerland, where we blasted through some new songs and and some old ones that we haven't played for ages. I hope to be back on stage and deliver again later in the year. I think the band in 2008 fucking rocks. I miss Rune and Chris of course, but we're all still good friends; they visited me and showed great support yesterday. But I have to say it's very, very nice to have my old mate and super drummer Tomas Dahl as part of the engine. I know you're gonna like it too, next time we come by to rip your dorf. So, I hope to see you all again soon and have a rad rock'n'roll night together. Thanks for your kind words on the message boards, I really appreciate it. I love you. Knut IMPORTANT ANNOUCEMENT Dear All, Due to serious illness with Euroboy, Turbonegro will be unable to perform on the forthcoming European Volcom tour. We will work on rescheduling the dates to some point later in the year. Euroboy has asked that we relay to you that he is very sorry that he's unable to do the dates, and looks forward to seeing everyone later in the year, when he is well again. We'll do our very best to keep everyone updated as to how he is doing, but would ask that his privacy is respected at this time. Turbonegro APOCALYPSE DUDES TURNS TEN!!! To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the release of Apocalypse Dudes, Turbonegro will be performing the album in full from start to finish at Norway’s Øya Festival this August. The festival runs from 5th – 9th August. Check the link for more info on this World Exclusive! Oya Festival News ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE BAND Chris Summers asked to resign from Turbonegro It is with our deepest regrets to inform you that after his 6 month hiatus due to a damaged foot, personal priorities and a focus on other projects, we have been forced to ask drummer Chris Summers to resign from Turbonegro. Those of you who have seen the band during the last 60 shows have already been introduced to our new drummer, Tomas Dahl. Tomas - a drummer from the age of 6 - is also known as Caddy, a veritable one-man songwriting and recording machine of international reknown ("the son of Paul Stanley and Brian Wilson", according to a review of one of his two full-length albums) with two radio hits to his name and to quote Nick Oliveri (who scoped him out with intense interest nightly during our tour with Mondo Generator) "one of the best rock'n'roll drummers I have ever seen". The powerhouse that is Tomas has been part of the Turbo family ever since he at the tender age of 18 played drums on The Vikings' original recording of "Good Head" (Knut and Tom actually wrote the song about him; "sweeping floors at the mill all day", Tomas had recently dropped out of school to work as a janitor and driver at a local grain storage), contributing with backing vocals and vocal production on both Scandinavian Leather, Party Animals (during which an astonished producer Steve McDonald re-christened him "The Magic Truckdriver") and Retox. For a sample of Tomas go to http://www.myspace.com/caddymusic We wish Chris all the best in the future, and look forward to shifting gears into a new Deathpunk Era with Tomas behind the wheel! Sincerely, Turbonegro TURBONEGRO IN NORWAY!! Weds 20th Feb – Student UKA 08 – Bingo’n, Lillehammer, Norway On sale now from http://www.billettservice.no/html/venue.htmI?l=EN&venue=LBN Event website http://uka.hil.no/liste.asp?nid=441&lid=1 Fri 7th March – Studentersamfunnet, Ås, Norway On sale now from http://www.billettservice.no/html/venue.htmI?l=EN&venue=AAS Venue website http://samfunnet.umb.no/?pid=50 Sat 8th March – USF/Verftet, Bergen, Norway On sale now from http://www.billettservice.no Venue website http://www.rf.uib.no/ TURBONEGRO KICKSTART THE BIG EARTHQUAKE!! Both as the final seismic instalment to drop the North American west coast into the ocean and in celebration of said drop, Turbonegro will be playing their music very loud and thumpy along the San Andreas fault line in April. The quaky quintet will end their run at the brand new beaches of Coachella. Such are the wages of sin. Skål! Happy Tom Mon 21st April – El Corazon, Seattle, WA On Sale: Sat 2nd Feb – www.ticketswest.com Venue website - www.elcorazonseattle.com Tues 22nd April – Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC On sale: Sat 2nd Feb - www.ticketmaster.ca Venue website - HERE Weds 23rd April – Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR On Sale: Sat 2nd Feb – www.ticketswest.com Venue website – www.hawthornetheater.com Thurs 24th April – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA On Sale: Sun 3rd Feb - www.tickets.com OR www.gamhtickets.com Venue website – www.musichallsf.com Sat 26th April – Coachella Festival, Indio, CA Festival website and ticket info - www.coachella.com EXCLUSIVE – TURBONEGRO INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE DICKINSON!! Turbonegro were in London in December for their gig with Marilyn Manson at Wembley Arena. While they were there, the legend that is Bruce Dickinson invited them to the BBC 6 Music studios to do a feature for his Friday Rock Show. Go to the Audio Player to hear Hank and Tom in top form as usual! For more info on Bruce’s show, go to www.bbc.co.uk/6music NEW TURBO EUROPEAN TOUR DATES!! Hold on to your fucking tattoos! With riffs of steel, hearts of gold and brand new livers courtesy of the generous children of Turbojugend Calcutta, just back from a insanely successful tour of the sports arenas of Europe with Marilyn Manson and a sold-out North American tour supported by Nick Oliveri's Mondo Generator and new found friends Year Long Disaster the rock´n´roll beast that is Turbonegro continue ripping the world new ones on the back of 2007´s gold trophy winning album Retox. The 2008 Volcom Tour Europe kicks off in London on the 23rd March. See the tour dates section for more info and ticket links. SUICIDE GIRLS INTERVIEW WITH HANK!! Click here to check out the Suicide Girls interview with Hank von Helvete. TURBONEGRO & VOLCOM PARTY IN MUNICH!! Turbonegro are playing a one-off gig in Munich later this month. They will headline the Georg Elser Hallen on Sunday 27th January. The gig is in association with Volcom and coincides with the launch of the four day ISPO 08 Winter Sports Conference, also happening in Munich. Support will come from Year Long Disaster and Sexy Sexters. The gig is a precursor to a full Volcom Tour Europe 2008 which kicks off in March with Valient Thorr and Year Long Disaster. Full dates and ticket info will follow shortly. You can get tickets for the 27th January show in Munich from here. Useful Websites: Venue website, ISPO 08 website, Volcom website HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM TURBO!! A very Happy New Year to all you Turbo Freaks - contrary to the comments made by Kat Von D on her Myspace recently, Turbonegro have not split up. Not sure where the delectable Miss Von D got her info, but we are alive and still kicking ass. See you all out there in the darkness in 2008. Happy Tom, Euroboy, Hank, Pal Pot, Chris GUITAR CHARITY CONTEST!! Hi 'You Lot' Check the link below for info on an awesome guitar that Vestal Watches have provided, which is being auctioned for the very worthy Make-A-Wish charity. It's been signed by Turbonegro, as well as loads of other cool people from bands such as Eagles Of Death Metal, The Black Lips, Valient Thorr and Bleeding Through. All proceeds from the auction will go to the charity, so if you're feeling generous you can get someone a sweet Christmas present and do your bit for a great cause at the same time. It's win win dudes! Click here for Signed Guitar NEW TURBO INTERVIEW! Click here to see an interview from the most recent North American tour from a date at The Phoenix Theatre in Toronto. NEWS FROM HAPPY TOM - TURB INTO AMERICA!! New York, New York! We played at a very corporate venue named after Nokia, the Finn who invented the cell phone and Nightwish, SMACK DAB in the middle of Times Square and hey you know what the best part was that they showed moving images of us on a huge screen right there on Broadway!!! First junior college, then psychiatry and now Broadway!!! This deathpunk thing has been very good to us. We are joined by the great sounding powertrio Year Long Disaster, very cool dudes with a great vibe. The crowd was fun, especially The Dolan Brothers of Hoboken who opened a MAJOR can of whoop-ass on some kid who kept annoying them, NJHC IN DA HOUSE! The sweet people at The Motor City had a great after-show party for us, thanks Angie! Donald Trump's daughter whatshername showed up, I like a lot. Like father like daughter: her dad has a toupèe, she has the breast version of a toupèe HAHAHA (not a mattress of hair on her tits but fake tits). Then it was off to Washington DC, to play at the Black Cat, Dave Grohl's suave rock dive. The heat keeps following us (not as hepcat lingo "the heat"; i.e. cops, but actual heat). This would be our first show without Rune, as he had to fuck off back to Norway for three days to attend a business seminar at work. Pål pranced as only he knows how to do across to stage left and played guitar for the entire set, it sounded great, we almost sounded like a proper band HAHAHA. Hank told the crowd that Rune had died in his bunk on the bus that night from "a lethal cocktail of vomit and cancer", and that his last words were "tell...them (the audience)...to buy...more shirts..." and something about how he wanted the good-looking girls there that night to come backstage and suck our cocks after the show. Some people didn't get it and actually started crying! Knut was the man of the moment and saved the day by reminding them that "Hey, come on you guys, he was really OLD anyways!" We are Norwegian NIHILISTS, never forget that, please. It was classic. Ian MacKaye was nowhere in sight, as usual. WHY? Neither was his brother Alec. Does anybody remember that Faith/Void split-12"? That was the SHIT, people. Day off in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. We sleep like motherfuckers. I have to go to the hospital for bronchitis, thanks to the AC on the bus. Thanks ALOT, mr. technology. The next day we play at a funny place the looks like a chicken shack. It was moist and Southern in a sexy, tarantino-esque way, which suits us just fine. I could bring up the Blues Brothers-at-the-c&w joint-with-the-chicken-wired-stage analogy here but I choose not too. The Appalachians eat it up! Southern hospitality + Northern hostility equals YUMMY YUMMY. Oh, I shall never forget, I promise. Good times. Atlanta, Georgia is one sweet town! We play at The Dome just across the highway from the yuppie mall, a bunch of fights break out in the crowd and our buddies in Mastodon show up for good times, after that we go to the Turbojugend party at the discoteque next door and pose for a bunch of pictures w/ beer in exchange for beer. We drive into the Southern night gobbling local peanuts. We hit New Orleans like a Katrina of denim and brew! Nick "rides with us" in our bus and we get up in the morning to watch miles and miles of destroyed city, it's insane and spooky, it looks like Godzilla went there for spring break (SPRING BREAK FOREVER DUDE!) with the other destructo monsters in his frat. Some environmentally conscious and very wise person pissed in a Gatorade bottle and put it in the fridge of the bus, and as we are staring at the destruction rolling by I take a big sip and instantly start puking, so there I am, cruising through George Romero's cityscape, vomiting. Nick shakes his head at the sheer horror of it all. "Why did my eyes have to see this?" he says, as he tears out his eyeballs, throws them on the floor and starts stomping all over them before he shoves them back into his skull, bad bad eyeballs, they had that coming to them. To compensate for this we go to the empty Hustler club on Bourbon Street where we take turns at the pole. We play a fun show at a intensely cool ancient voodoo-ish vaudeville place. After the show we take turns raping this stupid Norwegian artist woman who stumbled drunk around on stage and nearly ruined it for everyone, while we listen to gang rape music (Limp Bizkit and Maroon Five), pretty hot stuff. WE WISH. Just kidding, relax, you party POOPERS. Speaking of hot, the next day the heat in Dallas makes our brains melt, so we just know that it's gonna be another great night in our favorite state Texas! Tomas Dahl The Substitute Drummer turns 30, so we all have a fancy-ass dinner across the street from the club at a swanky gourmet place, mmmmm...tastes good. Some of you already know Tomas from his drumming in The Vikings with Knut and me back in 95 ("Good Head" was written for and about him!), he has also done backing vocals on our last three albums and recently went to Japan with his very own very great powerpop quartet Caddy, in which he sings and plays guitar. Tomas is a songwriting genius and an instrumentalist of vast prowess who single-handedly saved our tour with his powerful and classically elegant drumming after Chris injured his ankle, THANKS TOMAS! I would recommend ANYONE with the faintest interest in great music to check out the Caddy record asafuckingp. Austin is – as ALWAYS – a sweet stop on the way westward and oboy is Emo's a great venue or WHAT! TJ Austin is out in full force, we have ribs at Stubb's and my cousin Kim who I haven't seen since I was a little kid shows up from Corpus Christi with her daughter Samantha and Samantha's boyfriend Ryan, we top off the night with a few mellow seltzer beers at a hipster bar down the street where the TJ are celebrating, SKÅL. We have a day off in El Paso, an extremely unhappening town. We sleep and walk across the bridge to Mexico to buy Viagra (not that we need it HOHOHO) and end up at a bar where Hank entertains the locals with dancing and heartfelt ballads about his heroes "los narcotraficantes", it's pretty fucking rad. Tomas IS a Ghostbuster and interviews the staff at our hotel about The Little Boy; a lot of people spend the night on the couch in the lobby after waking up after half an hour of slumbering with a little boy ghost next to them in bed. Wouldn't it be a much better world if NAMBLA could molest the little ghost boys instead of the living ones, ONE MIGHT PONDER. Consider it a suggestion from "downstairs". Across the desert to Phoenix to play an all-ages show, we don't hate the kids anymore. Next door is Alice Cooper's restaurant, which turns out to be a big-screen tv sports bar full of real estate agents and anti-abortion dads who jerk off to pornography full of women who have aborted. Hey mister casual friday: if you're so against abortion stop acting like you should have BEEN ONE YOURSELF. Let me abort you. I write a poem about Phoenix, called "Oh, Phoenix": Oh, Phoenix That's Corinthian for "penis" From ashes rise ...hotter than hell Oh, Scottsdale Where the clerks of Ceasar go to die Because the dry air keeps them alive yet one more day ...blood clouds the pool SKÅL! San Diego, California! We are HOME! Vestal send a limo to take us to their office. We stop at Volcom and bankrupt them, as usual, then we turn back to the venue, stopping only for a classy meal at a restaurant that belongs to a Denny. The limo sputters to a stop on the shoulder of the freeway and the driver (who looks like Stevie Nicks approximately 1986) turns around and says "At this point, my advice would be...TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE CAR!" We do as advised as smoke bellows out of the engine, standing by the road like retarded monkeys stranded in nowhere. The sheer drama of it all, it's too much. The little glamour we are afforded is taken away from us so suddenly, it makes you think about life and how fragile it is. We are not unlike the feather-like turd set adrift in the winds of a violent storm. Should write a song about it. Off to Los Angeles to play at a festival downtown by the court building, several of our famous friends show up but the highlight is of course meeting Don Bolles, who looks just like he looked 28 years ago. Now that's LA for you. A lot of people in this town bleach their anuses (ani?); they aryanize their assholes, so to speak. I go to the Turbojugend Rad Dudes party in Pasadena, very sweet (free beer). The next day we get to play at the Henry Fonda ("Hanoi Henry"), one of our all-time favorite venues. Wee Man does a cameo as mini-me, made up to look like H.I.V. Man HAHAHAHA. It is apparent that our LA shows have turned into major social and sexual events. That's hot. We celebrate Brian O'Connor's (the yeti looking early man in Eagles Of Death Metal) birthday, he turns 78. San Francisco opens its golden gate and is full of sailors, it's Fleet Week! We do two shows in one night at Slim's, the final one is interrupted when the barricade breaks and almost chops off the legs of some of the security dudes, whoa nelly, this is one wild-ass crowd! Jello and Blag join us for "Life Of Crime" before we drive into the night for a stopover in Bend, Oregon to rest and shoot guns with my brother. We are especially impressed by his Israeli one, the "Desert Eagle" which spews fire and vengeance LAMF. Our tour manager Dean goes on a killing spree against a beer ("lager") can in the woods. The Brits, man, give them a gun and they start oppressing everything in sight, it never fails. Seattle is always fun. And rainy. We spend the day sleeping, smelling the fish market and shopping for books. Our EXTREME SPORT buddy Ranquet takes us for dinner and we go shopping for sunglasses. The show is great and Eddie Spaghetti brings his awesome kid Quatro, who has turned into our mascot. Vancouver, holy cow! Must be the prettiest city in the world. This is what people in Oslo THINK Oslo looks like, damn fools. Some guy gives us a pizza box full of pot as we get off the bus, right next to some real Royal Canadian Mounties. Shad Jak takes Tomas and me sightseeing, the better you look the more you see, as we all know. We go to PDs Hot Shop where I buy a bikini and a bicycle, you never know when you might need them. The show is very nice, at a great venue with 2.000 canadians on a bouncing (no shit) floor. Nick somehow makes it across the border and him and his boys play a great show once again. Portland, the final show of the tour. We dedicate Fuck The World to our late great friend and mentor Pig Champion and feel the darkness throughout the city, it is magic and seriously touching. Sometime during load-out some "fan" (probably one of many junkies in this fucked-up city) sneaks back and steals Euroboy's officer's cap and my entire wardrobe, including my Jak's Team colours vest and my age old Turbojugend Follo jacket, thanks a lot. We go to a pretty lame go-go bar and then to a cool bar with some TJ and finally to Taco Bell with Thee Slayer Hippie before we wake up the next day and as we board the plane post-ejaculation depression sets in. What a tour. WHAT A TOUR. Thanks to the crew: Jerry, Rocky, Lars, Laura and Dean, hope we get the chance to exploit you guys again very soon. Thanks to Mondo Generator and Year Long Disaster, and to Vans, Vestal and Volcom. Last but not least thanks to TJ USA and TJ Canada for bringing the noise. Dear America, we kicked your ass, you licked our ass, let's call it even. Thank you. TURBONEGRO ON TOUR WITH MARILYN MASON, PLUS HEADLINE CLUB GIGS! Weds 21st Nov – NAVE 8, Alicante, Spain Tickets available from www.ticktackticket.com and in the following shops; Alicante: Tipo, Fnac, Pixies and Funk (Skunkfunk). San Vicente: Trisurco and El Sol. Elche: Sampler and Family Pop. Weds 28th Nov - LOWENSAAL, Nurnberg, Germany Tickets on sale now from www.eventim.de and www.mkartenhaus.de Sat 1st Dec - RINGLOKSCHUPPEN, Bielefeld, Germany Tickets on sale now from www.eventim.de and www.mkartenhaus.de Mon 10th Dec - LE TRABENDO, Paris, France Tickets available now from www.fnac.com EXIT REBELLION After 19 years in the service, time has come to announce that I will be retiring from Turbonegro, playing my last concert with the band Saturday Oct. 27 at Folken in Stavanger. The decision was made this Summer, realizing I hadn't had time off at all from work or touring for three years. I will continue to be involved with the band on the management side of things, as well as running Turbonegro's record label Scandinavian Leather Recordings. This will also give me time to put more effort into my day job at Universal, where I now have been given the opportunity to set up my own label. Leaving on a high note in the band's career, on the back of a very successful US-tour and even having a full on biography out in Norway, I would like to thank everybody we worked with through the years and made all of this possible. Special thanks to my band mates of course, for sharing the music and the best years of my life. And last but not least, a big hug to Turbojugends everywhere, you're the best fans in the world! Oslo, Oct 26th 2007 Rune Rebellion TURBONEGRO BOOK RELEASE AND SIGNING!! Turbonegro will be signing copies of the new biography by renowned Norwegian music critic, HÅKON MOSLET "TRBNGR - Sagaen om Denimfolket" (which translates as The Saga Of The Denim People) from 5:00pm this Saturday Oct. 20th at Platekompaniet, Oslo City. Go to www.platekompaniet.no for more info. "It's probably the most self-destructive band biography ever written..." says Hank. We'll let you be the judges. MORE TURBO DATES ADDED!! 21st Nov – Nave 8, Alicante, Spain 28th Nov – Lowensaal, Nurnberg, Germany 1st Dec – Ringlokschuppen, Bielefeld, Germany 10th Dec – Le Trabendo, Paris, France TURBO NORWAY SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!! Tuesday, 16th October - Dødens Dal, Trondheim, Norway Triple band event! Turbonegro Timbuktu Moneybrother Venue website – www.uka.no Tickets from www.billettservice.no NEWS FROM HAPPY TOM - TURB INTO AMERICA!! Hey guyth! How are you? After a non-eventful flight from Oslo via Frankfurt (except this one ol' geezer who had a heart attack) on Tuesday we hit The Windy City where it BLOWS alot and turned it all around to something positive by playing a good, fun opening night with the awesome Mondo Generator at the Metro the following night. There was a so-called "baseball game" across the street at a Wrigley Field, a team called the Chubs playing against another team called the Packers Of Dolphins. Alas there was no hooliganism involved, only fat people sucking on hot dogs, placidly. Great aftershow party at The Liars Club, it was electric. People in Chicago drink alot due to their Irish-German-Lithuanian genes. They drink to forget about the tragic fates of their ancestors. Rather successfully, I may add. The next day was Detroit, also known as Automobile Town. The club was called Small's and was small as hell. The Midwest in late September is very hot and humid, like an eager vagina in the industrial zone. The next day we were still in the vagina; Cleveland, Ohio. We went to the Rock'n'roll Hall Of Fame and looked at capes and hats, some of them looked familiar. We played at The Grog Shop for their 15th anniversary, and the consumers went bananers! Then it was off to Canada, America's little brother. Toronto treated us like royalty, but Nick was stopped at the border so no Mondo Generator tonight. Such are the wages of SIN, Nick. Journey into the center of the night, also known as the Homo Vilagge of Montreal, rainbows galore, where we did laundry, smoked cigarettes and inhaled amyl nitrates with the locals. Just a typical Sunday, so to speak. Tonight is Boston, which is not much of a college town anyway, so we do not feel entirely at home. Hope the blind guy from Mission Of Burma shows up, that would be awesome. It is hot again, like Hell. TURBO U.S. TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT!! Due to a recurring ankle injury Chris Sommers will not be performing with Turbo on the upcoming US tour. He has been advised by specialists in Norway that he needs total rest to remedy the damage that has been done. Stepping in on drums for this run will be long time friend Thomas Dahl. NEW TOWN KILLERS TRAILER!! See the trailer here for the new movie by Richard Jobson, The New Town Killers, which will include a concert scene of Turbo in Edinburgh! EUROBOY INTERVIEW IN CUTTING EDGE!! Check-out this killer interview with Turbo guitarist Euroboy, courtesy of Cutting Edge! MORE NORTH AMERICAN DATES!! The First is at Le National in Montreal on 23rd Sept! We have had so many requests to stop by in between our Toronto and Boston shows, that even though the band will probably die from exhaustion after playing 8 shows in a row, we couldn't let you down. Tickets are on sale now from www.admissions.com The Second is an afternoon show at Slim's in San Francisco on 8th Oct. The evening show has sold out, so good news for those who missed out on tickets. Doors will be at 3:30pm, go to www.slims-sf.com for more info. It's Columbus Day, so come celebrate with it with some Norwegians! TURBO + MANSON IN SPAIN!! Turbonegro have just confirmed three more shows supporting Marilyn Manson in Spain as part of a European tour this Winter. The dates are: Tue 20th Nov - Palacio Deportes, Madrid Thu 22nd Nov - Pavello Olimpic Badalona, Barcelona Fri 23rd Nov - BEC, Bilbao Go to www.iguapop.com for ticket and general info. MORE NORWAY TOUR DATES!! Turbonegro have just announced three headline club shows in Norway this October. The dates are: Thursday 25th October – Sentrum Scene, Oslo Tickets available now from www.billettservice.no. Friday 26th October – ByScenen, Haugesund Tickets go on sale on Sat 18th Aug from www.scanticket.no. Saturday 27th October – Folken, Stavanger Tickets available from Sat 18th Aug from www.folken.no. NEWS FROM HAPPY TOM - HAVE DENIM, WILL TRAVEL What a summer! Hot, crazy nights. Tropical rhythms. Sweat. Snakes. Big fires. War. Vampires. Cancer. AIDS? Ah, the spoils of youth (the youth, man, love 'em, skål). Hey amigos, festivals are like hemorrhoids: sooner or later, every asshole has one. They are everywhere and so are we and it ain't over yet! We've done every one between Hultsfred, Quart, Download and Wacken, and Pukkelpop, Lowlands, Reading and Leeds are coming up before we curve starboard across the Atlantic to penetrate (sexual/sexy metaphor) USA, starting with Chicago on September 19 (with a detour to Canada, America's sailor cap). What the fuck! We wrap up in Seattle a good three and a half weeks later, head back to Santa's factory (Norway, NOT Finland) to put in 16 hour shifts before we hit the sport arenas of Europe with Marilyn Manson (the son of Charles Manson and Marilyn Monroe) for a month! Phew, we ARE show biz and you people love it! Retox is now out in the US this week, and remember; downloading it is like jerking off to third-grade internet porn, but buying it is like having the entire band (including Rune) come to your house for some heavy petting. Besides, if you do download it we will send Lars Ulrich over to curse at your crotch in Danish. Mental note to self: drink 270 beers. Later, DAWGS! "Meng. Ey meng. Chit meng." (Tony Montana) MORE DATES WITH MARILYN MANSON!! We can confirm another four Marilyn Manson dates for December! They are: 14th Dec - Valby Hall, Copenhagen, DEN 15th Dec - Hovet, Stockholm, SWE 17th Dec - Scandinavium, Gothenburg, SWE 18th Dec - Spektrum, Oslo, NOR All tickets go on sale next week, so look out for details on how to get them in the show details on our MySpace page. TURBONEGRO ON FILM!! Turbonegro have teamed up with highly acclaimed Scottish film director and former singer of Scotlands greatest punk band 'The Skids' Richard Jobson and will be part of his new thriller called 'The New Town Killers'. Concert scenes will be shot at the show for T on The Fringe at The Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh on August 25th pull on your sailor suits and denims on and get down there and get yourself on film. Further scenes will be shot later in the year and extras will be required, sailors and denim demons from Leith and Govan unite. Get your ass down there. MORE UK AND EUROPEAN MARILYN MANSON DATES CONFIRMED!! The dates are as follows: Mon 19th Nov - Atlantic Pavillion, Lisbon, POR Weds 5th Dec – Wembley Arena, London, UK Thurs 6th Dec – GMEX, Manchester, UK Sat 8th Dec – Braehead Arena, Glasgow, UK Sun 9th Dec – NEC, Birmingham, UK Tues 11th Dec - Forest National, Brussels, BEL Weds 12th Dec - Brabanthalle, Den Bosch, NL The UK dates go on sale on Friday 10th August and the European dates go on sale Saturday 11th August. TURBO WITH MARILYN MANSON IN GERMANY!! We are pleased to announce that we'll be special guests Marilyn Manson on the German leg of the tour. 11/27 - Zenith, Munich GER 11/30 - Sporthalle, Boeblingen GER 12/02 - Sporthalle, Hamburg GER 12/03 - Stadthalle, Offenbach GER TURBO TEXAS MERCH!! Due to incredible demand, we have re-introduced the Turbo Texas merch line - see the online US merch shop here. US TOUR - SPONSORED BY VANS AND VESTAL WATCHES!! Turbonegro is coming to town and ready to kick some rock and roll ass with a new record in tow, RETOX, out on Cooking Vinyl Aug 14th 2007. They will be tearing a blaze through the US, kicking off a twenty date US and Canadian tour starting with Chicago on September 19th supported by ex-Queens of the Stone Age bass-player, Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator. As if this wasn’t enough for all those ever devoted fans, the bands full back catalog, including monster hit albums Apocalypse Dudes, Ass Cobra and Never is Forever, is also set for re-release on September 25th 2007. Turbonegro’s new album RETOX once again shows the six-piece riffin’ machine firing on all cylinders. RETOX is Turbonegro at its best - hard, heavy and hilarious. A record which, to borrow a lyric from its riotous lead-off single, 'Do You Dig Destruction', will hit you like "brass-knuckles and a 2 by 4". The tour will be sponsored by long time friends and allies at Vans and Vestal watches, they will be running on-line competitions and detailing meet and greets and after shows on there web sites – keep an eye on www.vans.com and www.vestalwatch.com. TURBONEGRO US DATES ANNOUNCED!! Turbonegro will embark on a 19 date US tour to support the release of the new album Retox, the tour will be supported by our great friends and partners at Vans and also Vestal watches. We are looking for Turbojugends in each territory to get to us via Camilla and start working on after shows parties for each city. We are all psyched about getting to so many cities in the US. TURBONEGRO VIDEO INTERVIEW!! FaceCulture, spoke to singer Hank von Helvete of Norwegian deathpunk band Turbonegro about the 1st years of Turbonegro, success, fans, losers, geniuses, idiots, Hank's addictions, the break up, the cover album, being a museum guide, levertraan, the reunion, Retox, musical influences, death punk, favorite Turbonegro albums and lots more!!  More... NEWS FROM HAPPY TOM!! "Ladies and gentlemen, germs and Germans! Retox hit the shelves of Scandinavia LAMF! and we like when that happens. Today we got the Norwegian Gold Record trophee and also hit number 3 on the Swedish album chart only beat by their national hero Per Gessle and some blind guys called The Traveling Wilburys who are flogging their dead horse by releasing a greatest hits album and by that RUINING our chance of a number one position. It fucken SUCKS man. These cripples beat us at it in Norway too, landing us a second place. We WILL bury the wilburys, mark my words. Hey! I'm throwing a fucking TANTRUM over here! We did a small club tour of Germany, Belgium and Holland and nearly destroyed the infrastructure, pretty cool, you know. We also played London (with our new favorite brothers-in-arms&beards Valient Thorr!) and had a great show at the Download Festival. We also did some Norwegian shows just to show people that we have not "forgotten where we came from". Don't be fooled by the cocks that we've got, we're still Turbo from the block, aiiight? Today there was YET another "scandal" in the Norwegian daily press about how much booze we demand from local concert promoters. HELLO? CAN A MOTHERFUCKER LIVE A LITTLE? Jeezus CHRIST. The asylum has been taken over by the insane! Norwegian media is the CABARET OF THE RETARDED. Which is kinda cool, actually. Håkon Moslet is currently wrapping up his extensive work on "The Saga Of The Denim People", the authorized Turbo biography due out in Norwegian in September on Gyldendal Publishers. So you better start taking Norwegian classes if you want the LOW DOWN & DIRTY on us wild and crazy guyz. Those who have seen the primary script claim that it is the most negative text they have ever seen. Poor eyeballs. Poor, poor eyeballs. Keep them peeled, though. This summer will be festivalville BIG TIME, before we head across the Atlantic for a RAD tour of North America in September. After that, it's Euro time and then sometime after that Australia and Japan. Stay tuned for global fun." - Happy-Tom RETOX IN THE CHARTS!! RETOX entered the album sales chart this week at: #2 in Norway, #3 in Sweden, #16 in Germany and #20 in Finland! TURBONEGRO CATALOGUE NOW ON I-TUNES IN EUROPE!! Turbonegro have put there catalogue up on iTunes in all of the Pan European nations. Check your iTunes store! RETOX AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER IN UK!! The album is available for pre-order from the Cooking Vinyl online shop here. NEW TURBO DATES ANNOUNCED! Turbo have been confirmed as the penultimate act on the Radio 1 Lockup stage at The Carling Weekender in the UK - and will play a headline show at Edinburgh's Liquid Rooms for the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Leeds - 24th August Edinburgh - 25th August Reading - 26th August TURBONEGRO - RETOX OUT NOW IN NORWAY, SWEDEN AND EUROPE!! Turn the day into night and the day into night again and again and see a police man cry into his coffee while eating his doughnut in the dark and a clown cry in the dark when everybody has gone home and the circus is empty and the lonely boy out on the weekend trying to make it pay but returns back to the rooming house empty-handed followed by a black dog (metaphorically speaking, though) When... all of a sudden... a light in the end of the tunnel... RETOX. Turbonegro about Retox: "We're back, with a record that hits you in the head like brass-knuckles and a two-by-four!" "If Retox was a colour, it would be a darker shade of BLINDING WHITE!" "Retox is a nihilistic homo punk metal bikermovie: Full of speed, power, humiliation and freedom!" "We survived Grunge, Britpop, House music, hip-hop, new rock revolution, dance rock, but maybe not new rave..? People say we've been making the same record for 10 years, that's not right. We've been making the same record for 4-5 years." "Retox is rock music that's been up for 5 days without sleeping, able to see more than most people, but not seeing anything exactly clear." "Retox is the sound of cold steel slashing through hot leather!" Retox - The Album We're Gonna Drop The Atom Bomb Welcome To The Garbage Dump Hell Toupèe Stroke The Shaft No, I'm Alpha Male Do You Do You Dig Destruction I Wanna Come You Must Bleed / All Night Long Hot And Filthy Boys From Nowhere Every Body Loves A Chubby Dude What Is Rock?! [Bonus tracks on ltd. ed: Back In Denim, Into The Void]   TURBONEGRO © 2008