"Dark Floors" - the Lordi Motion Picture will be premiered in Finland on on February 8, 2008. The film is already in production and the shooting takes place in Oulu, Finland. The first Finnish long horror film will be made for international audience. The language is English and all the lead actors come from the UK.
The original idea of the story comes from Mr. Lordi and Pete Riski, who is also the director of the film. The film features all of the Lordi members and Mr. Lordi has also designed the logo of the movie. A brand new song by Lordi will be heard during the end credits.

Source:	lordi.fi
Band profile:	Lordi

Finnish metal monsters Lordi have postponed their North American tour dates due to poor ticket sales and are now being rescheduled to take place around their Ozzfest dates here for those dates]. They are still confirmed for The Bamboozle festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 5 and 6.

The affected dates include:

April
20 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
21 - Hollywood, CA - Avalon
22 - San Francisco, CA - Slims
24 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
27 - Chicago, IL - Metro
28 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's

May
1 - Montreal, QUE - Le Spectrum
2 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
3 - Baltimore, MD - Recher Theatre

Also Lordi's concert on May 11th in Helsinki, Finland at Jäähalli has been cancelled due to scheduling problems.

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Source:	lordi.fi
Band profile:	Lordi

The following report is courtesy of Esctoday.com:

"As expected, Lordi ruled in the annual Emma Awards Gala in Helsinki last night (March 10). They also announced the concert date in Helsinki on 11th May, the day between the Eurovision Song Contest semi final and the final thus confirming that they will be performing also in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 final.

Helsinki Kulttuuritalo played host to the annual Emma Awards, the Finnish equivalent to the Grammys, last night and Lordi opened the show with 'They Only Come Out At Night'. They stayed in front line the rest of the evening collecting a total of five awards before the night was over. Lordi was the "Group Of The Year" and 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' was awarded the "Song Of The Year". The album "The Arockalypse" was the "Best Selling Album Of The Year" with 92,724 copies sold in Finland so far.

They also won Export-Emma for their efforts in Europe. "The Arockalypse" was the first ever Finnish act to top the Swedish album charts, and it has also sold over 100,000 copies in Germany alone, and around 500,000 worldwide. Last but not least they won e-Emma, awarded for an artist or group that has helped to sell and promote digital and mobile music.

Other Eurovision related winners was Vesa-Matti Loiri (Finland 1980 with Huilumies) who won the award for the "Best Male Artist" with his album Ivalo. Annika Eklund's Shanghain valot from Euroviisut 2006 was also nominated for the Best Song.

Lordi also announced they will be performing in Helsinki Ice Hall on May 11th, the day between the semi final and final and the day when city of Helsinki is planning a big party for everyone all over the town. "They only come out at night - one night only" concert features also Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O. and Accept fame, who already was featured on "The Arockalypse". Other guests are Thunderstone, runner up in Euroviisut 2007, Bloodpit and Carmen Gray.

Before that Lordi, who have been mainly performing in Spain and Baltics lately, will tour in Japan and the US in April."

A list of all the winners can be found at this location.

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Lordi

Some replacement dates for Lordi's Spanish leg of their Bringing Back The Balls To Europe tour have been announced. Some shows in Spain that were supposed to be played last month were cancelled because of some of the band members becoming sick. Four dates for March next year have been confirmed.

Here are the dates:

01.03.2007 - Apolo, Barcelona
02.03.2007 - Jam, Bergara
03.03.2007 - Heineken, Madrid
04.03.2007 - Gamma, Murcia

Source:	lordi.fi
Band profile:	Lordi
Event:	Lordi: Spanish Tour

Because some of the members of the band and the crew caught cold and became ill, Lordi had to cancel the Spanish leg of the "Bringing Back The Balls To Europe" Tour. The tour will continue at Antwerp, Belgium, October 22nd.

"We are really sorry and disappointed of the fact that we had to cancel dates", says Mr.Lordi. "but there has been a furious flu going around the band and the crew for few weeks, that has´nt left almost anyone unaffected. Our support band, The Dogma, already had to cancel one date as a result of the same flu, and now, unfortunately, we had to do the same... Kita was really sick but is already getting better, Amen is just now coming down with it, Ox even had the ear infection, and now, Awa and myself became seriously sick. I went to the hospital once already almost two weeks ago during our German dates and we were able to continue, but now the disease stroke back even stronger. We deeply apologise to our fans in Spain, and we´ll definately try and make it up to them!"

Source:	lordi.fi
Band profile:	Lordi
Event:	Lordi: Bringing Back The Balls To Europe Tour

Lordi will release their first DVD. The DVD will include performances from the Eurovision Song Contest and the afterparty which was filmed in the market square of Helsinki on 25.5.2006.

More details can be found here.

Tracklisting goes as follows:

Live At The Market Square:
# Bringing Back The Balls To Rock
# Devil Is AiLoser
# Blood Red Sandman
# It Snows In Hell
# Would You Love A Monsterman
# Hard Rock Hallelujah

Special features:
Eurovision Specials Live at Finnish Semifinal:
# Hard Rock Hallelujah
# Bringing Back The Balls ToRock

Live at Finnish Final:
# Hard Rock Hallelujah
# Hello Athens documentaries

Music Videos:
# Would You Love A Monsterman (2006)
# Who's Your Daddy?
# Hard Rock Hallelujah
# Blood Red Sandman
# Devil Is A Loser

Bonus:
# The Kinimovie
# Making Of The Kin
# Storyboard
# Gallery

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Source:	discshop.fi
Band profile:	Lordi

Swedish metallers Sabaton will support Eurovision Song Contest winners Lordi on the following dates:

Sep. 16 - Stockholm - Globen Anexet, Sweden
Sep. 19 - Göteborg - Lissebergshallen, Sweden
Sep. 20 - Malmö - Baltiska Hallen, Sweden

Sabaton's third full-length album, "Attero Dominatus", was released in July via Black Lodge Records.

Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Sabaton

Folk Metallers Turisas will be supporting Lordi in the UK on Lordi's 'Bringing Back The Balls To The UK' tour. The tour will occur in October this year. Turisas has just recently gotten a new booking agent: E.G.O. and they've just gotten them the Lordi gig.

Here is a posting on Turisas's official website:

"We are proud to announce our new worldwide booking agent E.G.O. and honoured to be part of their impressive roster. To celebrate the new partnership, Turisas sails out for five shows in the UK together with Eurovision 2006 winners Lordi. You will not want to miss this package!".

Here is the complete list of dates:

October 26th Nottingham - Rock City (UK)
October 27th Birmingham - Academy (UK)
October 29th Manchester - Academy (UK)
October 30th Glasgow - The Carling Academy (UK)
October 31st London - The Forum (UK)

Source:	turisas.com
Band profile:	Turisas

Finnish heavy-metal rockers Lordi, surprise winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, announced plans to make and star in a horror film, reports said Monday.

The band's frontman, Tomi Putaansuu, also known as Mr Lordi, told Finland's biggest evening paper Ilta-Sanomat about the plans.
'We are very enthusiastic about this. We have talked about this for months and the first version of the script has already been made,' Putaansuu was quoted as telling the newspaper.

The storyline is based on an idea by Lordi and director Pete Riski, who has directed several of the group's videos.
'It is not going to be a children's movie or a family film. I mean, let's face it, very few horror films are made that way. We don't play music on screen. We are just going to be monsters,' Putaansuu said, adding that funding was yet to be secured for the project.

Producer Markus Selin told Ilta-Sanomat that the decision about movie has to be made before November. That way the movie could hit European markets in May.

Source:	movies.monstersandcritics.com
Band profile:	Lordi

According to Oikotimes.com, Lordi mastermind Mr. Lordi has earned his first million euros (approximately $1.28 million), reports the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat. The group's "Hard Rock Hallelujah" single has been sold over 300,000 copies all across Europe. Meanwhile, Lordi's latest album, "The Arockalypse", spent 11 weeks at the top of the Finnish album chart and has shifted more than 70,000 units in Finland alone. In the rest of Europe, "The Arockalypse" is believed to have sold around 250,000 copies. On September 20, a new version of "The Arockalypse" will be released, including a special DVD featuring footage from the Eurovision Song Contest, which Lordi won in May.

There is also a lot of other Lordi merchandise on the market already, including books, clothes and comics, and soon there will be a softdrink called Lordi Cola. The drink is expected to be a huge success in Finland, where it is projected to sell over million bottles in the first year. Mr. Lordi will naturally collect his share of every bottle of Lordi Cola that is sold and he continues to receive royalties every time songs from "The Arockalypse" are played on the radio.

Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Lordi

The finnish band Lordi are to be honored with a cola named after themselves. The bands frontman Mr.Lordi has designed 5 different labels for the cola. There are one label featuring each member and one of the whole band.
"The Lordi phenomenon has brought togeheter the whole nation" says Ritva Sinisalo from the brewery Olvi Group.

Lordi Cola is due to go on sale next month in Finland.

Source:	metalcentral.net
Band profile:	Lordi

2006 Eurovision winners Lordi have about 15,000 of their fans demanding an appology from one of the French television hosts of the contest. The fans have all signed an internet petition at www.ipetitions.com

Alegedly, the French tv host said "Finland has been participating in the Eurovision contest for the past 44 years and has never won. They're certainly not gonna win with this." After Lordi's May 20 show. Another host said "It's fresh, it's light, it's sober. I didn't picture the Finns like this. They'll be at the Vincennes zoo in the fall."

Lordi ended up winning Eurovision with a record number of points and both remarks have greatly angered Lordi fans. And so they are demanding an apology. To sign the petition, visit http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/excuses_eurovisions/

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Lordi

The Finnish city of Rovaniemi says it will name a square after monster rock band Lordi, its surprise Eurovision Song Contest winners. The band was the first Finnish act to claim victory in the competition.

The mayor of Rovaniemi (the band's hometown) located on the Arctic Circle - said the town wanted to honour its sons for their success.
Both Finnish President Tarja Halonen and Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen have also congratulated the group.

Source:	news.bbc.co.uk
Band profile:	Lordi

Hell yeah! If that is not a great victory for hard rock/metal, I don't know what is. No, you're not hallucinating, Finnish metal monsters Lordi won the formatted Eurovision contest (known for its sloppy poppish radio tunes) HANDS DOWN!

They were 44 points ahead Russia (the mullet singer) and gave a fresh new start to the oh-so-boring Eurovision stuff.

We wish to congratulate the winners from the depths of our hearts. LONG LIVE METAL

Source:	deadsoulman in front of his tv
Band profile:	Lordi
Event:	Eurovision Song Contest

Finnish Hard Rockers Lordi were elected to perform for their country at the Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" and managed to reach the finals, which will take place on Saturday night, 8 p.m. local time, in Athens, Greece. It will be broadcasted in all countries that are part of the European Broadcasting Union. In the semifinals, which took place tonight (May 18), Lordi managed to be one of ten acts out of 23 to reach the finals, a fate more popular mainstream acts like Kate Ryan (for Belgium) haven't met.

Metal Storm congratulates Lordi on this success and wishes all the best for Saturday!

Band profile:	Lordi
Event:	Eurovision Song Contest