MERRY NEWS FROM THE 69 EYES HQ:

"HOLLYWOOD KILLS - LIVE AT THE WHISKY A GO GO" LIVE ALBUM

COMES OUT IN JANUARY!!!

The one and only Helsinki Vampires will start the year 2008 in the best way possible:

by releasing their first ever live album in January 16th!

"Hollywood Kills- Live At The Whisky A Go Go" comes out through Virgin Finland.

The album tracklist goes like this:

1. Introduction by Bam Margera
2. Devils
3. Don't Turn Your Back On Fear
4. Betty Blue
5. Christina Death
6. Crashing High
7. The Chair
8. Hevioso
9. Feel Berlin
10. Gothic Girl
11. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
12. Sister Of Charity
13. Dance d'Amour
14. Framed In Blood
15. Lost Boys
16. I Just Wanna Have Something To Do
17. Brandon Lee

It's getting better all the time alright!

Winterish feeling at the end of this year we will enhance

by some of the best moments in 2007 - sort of a recapitulation of a

very successful year for The 69 Eyes!

For the first bite - gallery from Dresden in April as well as a video of "Angels" live

at the same place (Strasse E, 14.04.2007). Tour is also updated.

The cave also got decorated a bit, as a second part of the redesign,

and there's more to come - keep your fangs sharp! *evil grin*

† 29.10.2007. Helsinki Vampyyrit is celebrating its 2nd anniversary!!!

Entering the third year of the website,

I'd like to thank everyone who helped and supported

the "bosnian cave" of The 69 Eyes,

and especially to the band members themselves for everything!!! Kiitos, darlings!

Plenty of new material coming, as well as the 2nd part of the redesign

& much much more in the future...

Darkness 69

† 15.10.2007. Happy Birthday Jyrki!!!

May all your nights and days be filled with nothing but dark perfection...

Oceans of dark love from

Darkness 69

For all you trick-or-treaters hungry for some great music treat:

(click on image for full flyer size)

SONIC ROOTS (FI)

03.11.2007,  Saturday,  21h

Route 66, Paromlinska 47, Zagreb, Croatia

FINNISH ROCK POWER SONIC ROOTS IN ROUTE 66

Sonic Roots comes from Helsinki (Finland) and they are one

of the most interesting bands on European rock scene at the moment.

If you become a part of the happening that will shake Route 66' base

you'll find out Sonic Roots are more then just energetic rock band

grown from the roots of Danzig, The Cult, Black Sabbath, The Doors,

Alice In Chains, Black Level Society, Hanoi Rocks, Guns'n'Roses,

Audioslave, Soundgarden, Kiss, The Rolling Stones, The Ramones and AC/DC.

After they placed short German tour in 2006, they visited Germany

again earlier this year to play few shows with popular German glam forces The Pleasures. 

Before they will enter the studio to record their first album,

Sonic Roots are now coming in Zagreb, Croatia, to introduce their rock'n'roll!

Before you meet this incredible four, more about them

you can find out if you read two interviews on Venia-Mag  and also,

you can listen to their music or get in touch

with them on www.myspace.com/sonicrootsband.

Make your way to the Route 66, fellow vampires!

† 08.10.2007. Review of the gig in Vienna on October 3rd now in specials!

Special thanx to Ivy! Also, fly over to Croatian The 69 Eyes homepage

& check out the gallery from the gig, and - brace yourselves

- an exclusive video interview with Jussi shot in July in Helsinki!

† 06.10.2007.

"Ghost" single was released 3 days ago,

you can order it from Mirri Music by clicking below!

A special interview with Jyrki

can be find in UK rock'n'roll fanzine "Bubblegum Slut", issue #28!

Inside its 80 pages you can find an abundance of sleaze, goth,

punk and other material, covering all arts & more + a 20 track CD.

You can easily order it via PayPal, credit cards or other ways!

For more info & links for ordering - visit the myspace of the zine -

click the cover below!

Yesterday's autogramme session as well as the show

 in Leipzig, Germany had to be cancelled due to problems with the bus.

† 07.09.2007. An early Halloween present from The 69 Eyes:

next single will be "Ghost" featuring Apocalyptica!!!

A true "gothic masterpiece" as it is also described on the official website!

The CD single will also include "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" (2007 version)

and the video of "Never Say Die".

On October 23rd Caroline Records in USA will release

a deluxe limited edition of "Angels" & "Devils" double disc set plus DVD,

and following the release of "Angels" in the UK,

The 69 Eyes have featured in various British magazines like

Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Big Cheese and Rock Sound

in June/July/August issues.

† 23.08.2007. Bite the hell out of the competition!

Video of "Brandon Lee" from Pula uploaded to specials - fangs to Vee69!

Review of Viva La Pola! 2007 show - read it here!

More material coming soon - keep flying by!

† 17.08.2007. Vampires have taken over Pula, Croatia, on the 27th July,

and all of the vampires present there... an incredible night,

and an incredible performance - photos uploaded in the gallery of corpse!

(with more coming up!)

Tour also updated - shows with Within Temptation around Europe confirmed!

More news and exclusive material coming very soon... 

For now, once again, I'd like to thank Jyrki, Jussi, Archzie, Bazie and Timo

for an amazing performance and all the understanding & support...

fangs guys, next time the mayhem all over again & for a lot longer!

Thanks to all the friends and fellow vampires there, especially -

Ivy, my vampire sister (AngelsRising! will soon rise on another level! Hell yeah!),

Jelena, Vesna and Lidija - my fellow Zagreb vampires,

Helena and Martina - our swedish fangtastic connection and of corpse Vee69 -

dear hungarian vampiress-webmistress, thanx for the photos and videos,

not to mention everything else!

Thanx again to Mr. Uli Fisseler, Halbe Miete,

Croatian The 69 Eyes homepage, Venia-Mag and Mr. Tomi Phantasma.

With deep devotion from the bottom of my dark heart

& till soon somewhere very near, Helsinki Vampires!

Bloody yours, Darkness 69

† 10.07.2007. Win a Meet&Greet with The 69 Eyes!!!

Viva la Pola! festival, The 69 Eyes Croatia, The 69 Eyes Bosnia, Angels Rising,

Twilight-Mag and Venia-Mag together  rise with another competition!

This time the winner will chat with The 69 Eyes themselves in

an exclusive, never seen before Meet&Greet!

You only need to answer three easy questions

and just maybe you'll win the chance to vampire around

with the Helsinki Vampires themselves!

Correct answers send to angels_rising@yahoo.com

and the lucky vampire vampire will be notified via e-mail about the win on the 23rd July 2007.

1) What's the name of the festival where The 69 Eyes will for the first time perform in Croatia?

2) What's the name of the new The 69 Eyes album?

3) What famous finnish musician sang back vocal on The 69 Eyes albums?

Good luck!!!

† 04.07.2007. Days are getting closer to the first The 69 Eyes performance in Croatia!

Below is the program of Viva La Pola! festival 2007, in Pula, Croatia:

For the forth time, Viva La Pola! will be held in Pula, as already a traditional summer rock festival in Croatia,

this time taking over a great open air prostor Monumenti – Katarina Vallalunge (ex army barrack),

with two open air stages and one closed floor with over forty bands from eight different countries!

Besides that, a third, closed stage "Trip To Zyon Sound Revolution Floor"will be ready,

and also stands with vegetarian and other food, t-shirts, clothes, jewelery, music,

Supreme absinthe and other content.
Headliners of the first night are The 69 Eyes,

who are coming for the first time here in this part of Europe

and are promoting their new album "Angels" (Virgin/Dallas).

Tickets presale: 160 kunas (22 euros) 1 day, 280 kunas (38 euros) both days,

available on various shops in Croatia and online.

More information about the festival line-up and other related info you can find on:

http://www.viva-la-pola.com and Venia-mag.

Exclusive content from this great event you'll be able to enjoy here of corpse! *evil grin*

One other festival is being held as well, a bit before Viva La Pola!, and in Bosnia in Herzegowina!

Old Tower fest 2007 will be held on 18th July 2007

in the picturesque city of Velika Kladuša, in the surroundings of an old castle above the city!

(click on flyer for full size)

Read about this event in our "From Bosnia with Goth..." section,

and visit myspace of the festival on:

www.myspace.com/oldtowerfest

With dark wishes for a bloody summer,

D 69

† 16.06.2007. Photos from Meet&Greet and Aftershow in Monastery in Vienna are uploaded to the gallery!

Helsinki Vampyyrit has joined a noble action "Rawk the Cure!" -

for more about this action read in our myspace blog!

Jyrki had a dj show in London on 1st of June for all the british vampires, 

the "Angels Love Devils" US tour starts on 19th June to 10th July,

after which the Eyes are back on their home soil,

and continue with european summer festivals!

Tour also updated - date for Lithuania, Sweden and another one for Germany added.

† 17.05.2007. THE 69 EYES WILL PERFORM ON 27th JULY ON VIVA LA POLA! FESTIVAL IN PULA, CROATIA!!!

(click flyer for full size)

MORE NEWS WILL AWAIT YOU SOON!

Also, see tour for more dates!

This is a fantastic oportunity for the bosnian vampires to see The 69 Eyes the closest this summer!

Helsinki Vampires will daywalk for the first time in these parts of Europe!

 As a great warm-up for this event, be sure to visit (if you can):

20.05.2007. metal bar "Runa", Zagreb, Croatia

Twilight Bar - The 69 Eyes

"Angels" promotional party + "Helsinki Vampires" DVD projection

with DJ Tomi Phantasma

Goth'n'roll + Twilight Absinthe cocktails = killer night!

Gallery is updated! See photos from the austrian part of "Angels" tour: Vienna, Graz and Salzburg!

Specials are also updated - see videos about "Angels" album!

† 10.05.2007. Next week The 69 Eyes will start the last leg

on the "Angels" European tour - performances in Italy, Spain,

France and the UK, as well as Germany - see tour!

Also check it for the US summer tour "Angels Love Devils",

together with Wednesday 13, NIght Kills The Day and Fair to Midland.

Congratulations to The 69 Eyes! "Angels" has gone gold in Finland!

All 69 Eyes albums and the DVD "Helsinki Vampires" since 2000's "Blessed Be"

have gone gold in Finland, "Paris Kills" also platinum.

Angels will be released in the UK in 25th June by Albert Productions

(both video singles are included in the UK version).

 The album is out through Virgin/EMI elsewhere in Europe,

through Caroline Records in the USA and through Toshiba/EMI in Japan.

† 03.05.2007. Live videos from Angels tour added to specials!

Watch "Wings & Hearts" taken in Vienna on the 29th March,

special live version of "This Corrosion" with both

Maryslim and Jyrki 69 on stage in Postbahnhof in Berlin on the 14th April,

and "Feel Berlin" - where else, than in Berlin - bewitching performances!

Fangs to DarkPink/ Claudia!

Visit Croatian The 69 Eyes homepage for an exclusive interview

Jyrki 69 gave to the website and Venia-Mag!

More blood coming soon, keep flying by!

† 24.04.2007. Interview with Jussi 69 especially for Helsinki Vampyyrit,

which was taken in Vienna, on the 29th March can be read here!*fangs*

† 21.04.2007.

HEY NOW, HEY NOW NOW... AUSTRIA & GERMANY ROCKED LIKE FUCK!

Back from Austria & Germany, with countless photos, reviews and a special interview with Jussi 69!!!

I'd like to thank Jyrki, Jussi, Bazie, Archzie and Timo for great shows and hanging around afterwards,

especially to Bazie for tequilla madness, and was it Jim Beam in Dresden?,

anyhow, fangs for hanging around, thank you Jussi for the interview.

Then another round goes to Deathstars guys,

Skinny for his "modelling" for New Dead Nation, Andreas and the rest of the gang.

Fangs to Wednesday 13 bunch (as well as the ghoul himself of corpse)

for great shows and also hanging around afterwards,

blowing candles for birthdays (lol), weird things and a special danke to Ramon(E)

the cool fuck for taking care of us in Germany!

Thanx to Maryslim guys - Urrke, Kent, Patrik and Mats,

with a special greeting to Mats (Wild at Heart moments forever ;))!!!

I've had the best crew - in Austria rocking with Ivy (my partner in crime with AngelsRising! Hell yeah!),

Jelena, Vesna, Dragoncat, Martina, Daco, Claudia, Betty, Jeannine, Patriz, Des,

Vittu, Nora, Damir, Marianne, Sanela and her friends Sandra, Vesna and Maja!

Fellow vampires, we cleaned the streets with GOTH!!!

In Germany my faithful companion in all our wanderings around Europe - Claudia aka DarkPink,

my dear whore + all the friends we've met there,

especially Karin, Claudia, Ann and Scott - wasting the dawn in Berlin!

Special thanx to Mr. Matthias Sawitzky and an unknown mister for the rides!

 Fangs to Berlin Glampiress Corinna and DJ Glampire Tom

for a great night in Wild at Heart, as well as Kris for Monastery!

Fangs to Halbe Miete management and Mr. Uli Fisseler for all their help.

(Last but not least, thanx to Claudia's mp3 player for giving us our daily dose of "This Corrosion",

which is definitely the soundtrack of our daywalkings,

next to "Shit & Fuck" and "Vampire Bats" hehehe...

nice guy in Jugendgaestehaus in Dresden (as well as Robert in the hostel),

Feel Berlin feeling, legendary 5 cent leftover, Bacardi + cherrybanana mix,

Karin's corset and the s/m chain thingie, hot pants, good weather, my photo camera,

Salzburg antique photo shop, lollipops, train tracks, feather boas...) - GOTH'N'ROLL DARLINGS

If I forgot to mention someone, forgive me & have mercy!

Updates will follow in the next few days.

See you soon, Helsinki Vampires!!! *evil grin*

Darkness 69

22.03.2007. Fresh blood added to the photo section - check the promo shoot for "Angels"

and photos from the video shoot of "Never Say Die"!

(courtesy of www.69eyes.com)

Read an interview Jyrki gave to www.finpop.net!

Thank you for permission of publishing!

Note: this is the last update before my trip to Austria for the gigs.

More live fresh blood will await you very soon!

09.03.2007. "Angels" went up straight to No1 on the finnish album charts,

following the success of the first single release "Perfect Skin"! Congrats guys!

"Angels" is out through Virgin/EMI (March 5th, 2007) in Europe

and through Caroline Records (March 6th) in the USA.

Today is the official "Angels" Release Party in Berlin's K17 with DJ Glampire Tom!

Lots of giveaways, courtesy of EMI/Virgin await you there -

more info on K17 and on Cantus Infernum.

Enjoy the new video "Never Say Die" *fangs*:

More aftershows with DJ Kris Kylven around Europe - check the flyers:

Hannover, 04.04.2007.

Amsterdam, 06.04.2007.

Cologne, 12.04.2007.

Berlin, 15.04.2007.

info courtesy of www.69eyes.com & www.the69eyes.org!