Hello from Helsinki, this is Daryl Stuermer. I thought I'd give you a bit of an update. Last night we did our last run-through rehearsal. We ran through the whole show, and we did it outdoors here in Helsinki. We did find out that basically, we're going to be doing the show in the light, because although we're beginning our show at 7:45 p.m., it's sunny, and it's going to stay sunny – unless it becomes cloudy – but it's going to stay light until we're through with the show.

The trouble with that is that a lot of the effects will be lost with the light. We feel bad about that because the Helsinki fans have been waiting a long time for this show, but hopefully the music will win them over and we'll have a good show.

The weather and the temperature here has been very nice, it's 72 degrees Fahrenheit here, so I've been doing a lot of walking around the town, running into the fans and taking photos with the fans, and there's been fans outside of the hotel, and they've all been very, very nice and very polite.

So there's been a lot of walking, but now we're waiting for the show. Everyone's been a little anxious – we're always a little nervous before the first show – but we'll get over that after we do a few songs, and I'm sure the fans will actually give us that energy and that positive vibe that we need to play. So hopefully we'll have a great show tonight. Wish us luck and pray for no rain.

I guess I'll be signing off right now from Helsinki. I'll give you an update on the show we do, and I'll talk to you next time. Bye-bye.

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