News on Manzana.fi

Manzana has started working on their third studio album in August and has therefore withdrawn from live shows for a while . Next gigs will take place in October, when Manzana tours some Finland with a Greek metal band Bare Infinity and with For Selena And Sin. In October Manzana will also be touring some Baltic countries and in January more Europe. The band is happy and excited about the new songs, and waiting to get back in the bus already ! The dates will appear on Myspace as soon as possible, stay tuned!!

Hi!

Us!! ( Radalle.com festival )

It´s been a while, since I wrote,

but we have strated recording the new album and we have a lot of writing to do....so, at the moment I sit on the studio floor , Tomi is on his way here to jam some stuff with Henkka and I think of stuff I wanna sing about ect.

After summer festivals we did play a show two weeks ago at Myllynkulma in August 8 th ; it was a Harley Davidson biker party with Musta Joutsen in the woods, and we had a hell of a lot of fun hehehe. We also played one new song, its called Everything But You, and during that a huge bike appeared on stage and I forgot the lyrics.... hehehe. It wasn´t the burning rubber that smelled, it was the burning wood of the stage floor ....

Anyway, we are alive and kicking, and back in the bus on October, when we tour some Finland with a Greek metal band Bare Infinity !!! We might get more songs out before that....maybe a single too ....=) well see...

But new album should be out around January...

Villieläin debut Julma Satu is out too, was released last week, so I had to go out drinking with them too, since I wrote the lyrics on the album...hard duty = )( the drinking, I mean ) . It was released by Universal Music, it came out real good, Produced by Aksu Hanttu of the Entwine & Hannu Sormunen. Check it out !

Finland is still warm and beautiful, it´s all cool here

I´m happy, hope you are too

love is in the air heheheh

Take care

Piritta

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Manzana- Panda Girl- Tammerfest 09

Mermaid - Tammerfest 09

Videos  by Frances / Northern Rockmusic

Review 

Hei

It is raining like hell in Finland...great.....

We´ll go practise tomorrow at 14, Klasu can´t come since he´s got like 9 gigs on Tammerfest heheh. He may be one of the busiest man on this festival.... Actually there is a few Tampere guys who seem to play in every bar this weekend, because they have shows with all line ups they work for, and of course don´t usually have a gig with all of them the same time...  And also many technicians run wild from place to place when it is really happening here in our little town....that´s cool....Tampere is alive... =)  

Lets hope it all goes well and we can enjoy a great festival ! And please, no rain tomorrow... I want to drink cider in the park.... heheh

and today, maybe just one, inside...maybe ...two...but no more...

See you tomorrow....

Hello!

   I  was performing as a guest artist at Henry´s Pub on June 21 st. here  in Tampere . I played with the great houseband Fisherman´s End, which was fun! Klasu was there too, he plays in the band =) . 

I covered the   Zombie of the Cramberries and What´s Up on the 4 Non Blondes, and I´m Only Happy When It Rains  and bunch of other stuff, like Janis Joplin, Skunk Anansie The Garbage....Thanks for the clips K. = ). Of course we also drink terribly a lot of Fisu after the show, and I met some great new people,  thank you everyone ! Now I also know why the backstage is called kusikellari hehehe  

about the set:

These songs were my teenage favourites, Zombie of the Cranberries was actually the first song I have ever performed live, and that was as real young....year 1995, with a Mellow- band, at the Klubi of Tampere ! The nite  was titled as  "angry dykes & some others" ,  because most of the songs I performed were composed by lesbian women.  It was just a funny co- incidence I realized, while  putting together this set, that most of my idols as a teen actually were lesbians; I loved bands like Skunk Anansie and 4 Non Blondes, but it´s not something that I meant to point out as a political statement here now....I just liked the way they sung. And maybe lesbians were just more likely to play "like men"  back in the 90´s, to rock it, and not just smile up there to show off their tits.... Not that there is anything wrong with tits either, but as an angsty teen, you just wanted someone to scream out for you....hmm...especially if you had no tits at all yourself, like me, heheheh. 

Thank God when people get older, they get fatter, some things get fixed by nature,at least a bit, and with money I suppose you could get just about anything big nowadays heheh. 

anyway, take care , all good to everyone, see you on TAMMERFEST! 

Piritta 

Train - 4 non blondes

Pleasanty blue - 4 non blondes

What´s up  - 4 non blondes

Stop - Sam Brown    

Twisted -  skunk anansie

Happy when it rains - Garbage

All that she wants - Wizo  / ace of base

Zombie - Cranberries

You ought to know - Alanis Morrisette 

Move over - Janis Joplin

Are you gonna go my way  - Lenny Kravitz 

Digging The Grave - Faith No More

Remedy - The Black Crowes

Brazen - Skunk Anansie 

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Manzana will perform at Tammerfest on July 10 th  Tammerfest

The show is not age limited & free. 

and  at the Radalle.com- Festival  at Motorpark on July 17 th

Check also Festarilehti

and also Myllynkulma Harley Davidson party in Hämeenlinna on August 8 th

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RADIO INTERVIEW  OF MANZANA BY  PIRITTA AND KLASU ON SWISS RADIO INDUSTRIE

Hei!

Piritta Lumous ( Pic Sanna Mikkola , Nitrobabe - click to enlargen )

Some new lovely dresses at Nitro Babe, check them out... =) ( pics below )

See you tomorrow in Henrys Pub, I´ll sing some no- Manzana stuff with Fishermans End! Klasu will be there too, he plays in the band, to boogie with his bass of course !!! We play some Skunk Anansie, 4 Non Blondes, Garbage ect.....Welcome...

with Manzana , we played at Sataman Yö last week, wich was great!! I will add some pics lower...with Manzana we will play the next show on July 10th at Tammerfest at KIRJASTOTALON PUISTO !! It is the park behind the old church at Keskustori....Get your beers in cold and join us in there for the rocks. .. the sun WILL BE shining, that´s been ordered well ahead hehehe. It is free, no tickets needes =)

Take care

Love

Piritta

( pics Nitrobabe, Sanna Mikkola. Click to enlargen )

Boogie & spirit forecast

           ( All pics owned by Karolina Pankova ) 

                    Klasu 

                     Annika and Pasi from Selena.... =) 

                  The return of the Moukku Brothers.... 

                More Selenas & Martti, Annika, Karoliina ....

PICS FROM SATAMAN YÖ  HERE ! 

hei!   

  We played in On The Rocks yesterday, it was cool, here are some pics from the gig !

PICS FROM ON THE ROCKS

otherwise we´ve been busy, other life stuff, and some new songs too.... we shoud start putting them on tape this summer again....next friday ,we play at Jyväskylä, Sataman Yö festival!!

SATAMAN YÖ

Poor Tomi plays there two gigs in a row, since his Kiss cover band plays right after. Hehehe. He might have to get a few drinks after that....

Finland  is rainy, but it´s been warm too...we´ll see how the northern summer progresses....

P. 

Check also Pirittas interview on MYSTIC METAL  /  AUSTRALIA

NEW TOURPICS ADDED ON MANZANA MYSPACE !