Costello Hautamäki remembers Pate Mustajärvi on social media.

Costello Hautamäki and Pate Mustajärvi in ​​2017. ATTE KAJOVA

Popeda legend Pate Mustajärvi died today on Boxing Day at the age of 69.

Guitarist Costello Hautamäki, who joined Popeda five years after its foundation, in 1982, writes Ion nstagram About the disappearance of Mustajärvi.

– A couple of million kilometers in the same tour bus. Suomiroki’s great voice has fallen silent. Songs remain in life. Have a good trip, Pauli, Costello writes.

There is a picture in the publication where Costello and Mustajärvi are leaning on a motorcycle on a sunny day.

Costello, who played a big role in Popeda, still plays in Popeda.

Mustajärvi left the band in 2023.

Pate Mustajärvi and Costello Hautamäki in 2014 at the Himos Iskelmäfestival. Jenni Gästgivar

Popeda on stage in 1983. Pictured is Pate Mustajärvi on the left and Costello Hautamäki on the right. HARRI PELTOLA



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