The Rasmus: Last News

The Rasmus have announced a series of ‘Weirdo’ tour dates, taking place across the UK and Europe next year – find ticket details below.Announced today (October 22), the new run of shows will see the Finnish rock band take their ‘Weirdo’ tour on the road across the continent throughout late 2025.Six new UK dates have been added to the schedule, kicking off with a night at the SWG3 Galvanizers Yard venue in Glasgow on November 30, and continuing the following week with shows in Manchester and Cardiff on December 1 and 2.From there, a show at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London is scheduled for December 4, as is a follow-up stop at the 1865 venue in Southampton the following night (5). The dates conclude with a final date at Nottingham’s Rock City on December 6.The UK dates come after a huge stretch of European shows The Rasmus have planned, beginning in Tampere, Finland on September 12.

Eurovision last month, The Rasmus have shared a new single, ‘Rise’ – check it out below.Speaking about the new song, vocalist Lauri Ylönen said: ”COVID was the last straw for many people having mental health issues, including myself. In the music video the dancers playing ‘the roots’ represent the evil force and they are trying to pull us down underground.“Still, the song has a positive message, which is not to give up no matter how hard life treats you.”Like their Eurovision entry ‘Jezebel’, the song was again co-written and produced by songwriter Desmond Child (KISS, Aerosmith).

The Rasmus are set to represent Finland at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest after winning a televised competition over the weekend (February 26).The band won in a landslide victory with their song ‘Jezebel’, which was co-written and produced by previous collaborator Desmond Child (KISS, Aerosmith). It was announced last month that the band were hoping to represent their country at the ceremony.Speaking after winning Finland’s selection process event – Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) – on Saturday night, vocalist Lauri Ylönen said: “We did it! We are so happy.

The Rasmus frontman Lauri Ylönen has opened up about the time the band were bottled off at Reading Festival in 2004.The Finnish outfit, most famous for their 2003 single ‘In The Shadows’, lasted just one song of their debut set at the festival after the crowd pelted them with bottles and mud.Speaking about the experience to NME in this week’s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!,  Ylönen said: “We only performed one song which was called ‘First Day Of My Life’. How ironic!” before adding: “It felt really bad.

The Rasmus‘ frontman Lauri Ylönen has joined forces with Blind Channel vocalists Niko Vilhelm and Joel Hokka for a cover of the band’s Eurovision entry, ‘Dark Side’.The Finnish musicians shared their bedroom-recorded re-versioning of the song, which earned Blind Channel the sixth spot on the final of this year’s song contest. Watch it below.Hokka from Blind Channel said: “Lauri and The Rasmus are hands off – one of the most legendary Finnish rock exports.