THE 69 EYES: Fall Comes With In Temptation...

05.09.2007

So long summer and festivals - get ready for the autumn tour with WITHIN TEMPTATION!!! Get your tickets NOW, see tour.

The 69 Eyes is proud to announce to support WITHIN TEMPTATION on tour in Europe in October and November - Angels will rise one more time...

The band finished their 2nd US tour this year in July, now headlining, the tour was entitled "Angels Love Devils" with Wednesday 13, Night Kills the Day and Fair to Midland on the bill. FANGS to all bands and angels & devils involved - see you soon...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2007: Caroline Records is releasing a DELUXE LIMITED EDITION "ANGELS" & "DEVILS" DOUBLE DISC set plus DVD in Oct.23rd in the US!!! MTV Headbanger's Ball has also taken "Never Say Die" for airplay now - vote it here to keep it on rotation!!!

The next single release from the album will be a gothic masterpiece "Ghost" featuring Apocalyptica. The CD single will also include "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" (2007 version) and the video of "Never Say Die".

The 69 Eyes' new album "Angels" was finally released in the UK in June by Albert Productions. The UK version includes the both video singles. The 69 Eyes also featured in various British mags like Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Big Cheese and Rock Sound in June/July/August issues.

The album is out through Virgin/EMI elsewhere in Europe, through Caroline Records in the USA and through Toshiba/EMI in Japan. The album is an Opendisc with a link to bonus material.

"Angels" has gone gold in Finland. It also went straight to NUMBER ONE on the Finnish album charts on its first week after release! Earlier "Perfect Skin", the first single release from the album, entered also number one on the singles chart. The next single "Never Say Die" was also for a long in the top 10 of the most played songs in the Finnish national radio airplay charts (#4, 16/2007). All 69 Eyes albums and the DVD "Helsinki Vampires" since 2000's "Blessed Be" have gone gold in Finland, "Paris Kills" and "Devils" also platinum.

"Angels" was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa and Johnny Lee Michaels - the same infamous team that brought you "Devils".

The first single pick from the album was "Perfect Skin" - the video was directed by Ralf Strathmann and filmed in Hollywood in the mid October 2006. The commercial release of the single was January/February 2007. The additional tracks on the single are live versions of "Devils", "Christina Death" and "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" (orig. by the Ramones) recorded at Whisky a Go-Go in Hollywood in March 2006. The single is an Opendisc with a link to bonus material.

The second single is "Never Say Die" - the video which includes a whole bunch of The 69 Eyes' Hollywood-inner-circle party people as well as mySpace's world famous sleaze queen Forbidden was also directed by Ralf Strathmann and filmed around L.A. in January 2007. You can watch the both videos on The 69 Eyes official mySpace! The commercially released single also includes a B-side "Only Fools Don't Fall Once More".

In the US "Angels" is released by legendary Caroline Records. The label that once brought you Misfits, White Zombie and Smashing Pumpkins. Caroline will also re-release "Devils" in the US later on this year with bonus tracks.

Yet another legendary label Cleopatra Records has now released the entire 69 Eyes' back catalogue in the USA: "Framed In Blood- The Very Blessed Of..." compilation CD, "Helsinki Vampires" DVD and the rest of the classic 69 albums are already out!!! The most recent Cleopatra 69 release is a 12" picture disc version of "Framed In Blood" and "Gothic Girl" and "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" 7"s - only on vinyl baby!

Meanwhile: don't forget to check out Jyrki's comic book "Zombie Love" and Ville Juurikkala's photobook "Route 69"! Both available limitedly at the shows and through mail order (see links).