Eppu Normaali ends its 50-year journey this year.
The concert started from inside the cabin built on the stage. MATTI MATIKAINEN
Half a century of Finnish rock history is coming to an end when Eppu Normaali ends its 50-year journey this year. The band’s first farewell concert was organized on Friday at the Bolt Arena in Helsinki.
The legendary band started their gig With the Kaljanlanting song. After the first song, Eput entered the stage from inside the cabin, accompanied by resounding applause and whistles.
The Aku factory was heard as the second song. MATTI MATIKAINEN
In his interlude, Martti Syrjä returned to the 70s.
– Then there was a frenzy on the radio Anneli Tempakka. He held the program, the soloist primed and made the audience laugh.
– It pissed us off so much when he got nervous that today’s bands play and sing ugly things and use swear words. So we made a song without any swear words, he continued and introduced the song Let’s put it.
The atmosphere of the concert was boisterous and cheerful. Martti Syrjä entertained the audience with his interludes, which caused laughter in the audience. MATTI MATIKAINEN
Particularly Stains on paper got the crowd excited. Loud applause could be heard in the arena during the song, and several fans were excited to dance.
Stains on paper inspired the audience to dance. PDO
Next heard Land of sad songs raised the mood even more. The audience reacted to the song immediately with screams and a powerful chorus that carried through the arena.
– So to drink, to drink, it started to get hot in the Bolt arena.
After the interval, Eput moved to a smaller stage to perform a few acoustic versions. MATTI MATIKAINEN
The band ended the concert with a song Everything fades away, it’s just now. The song is also the name of the band’s farewell tour.
At the end of the evening, Eput bowed together to a loudly cheering audience of more than 15,000 people.
– Goodbye!
15,000 people watched the concert. MATTI MATIKAINEN
The evening taxed the wallet
Before the gates opened, fans also opened their purse strings to Iltalehte. Many people had spent several hundred euros on the concert trip and tickets.
Arrived at the place Laura said that the tickets for the whole family cost a little less than 700 euros in total.
– Just under 700 euros, he said.
Laura and Juha have been fans of Eppu Normaali for a long time. Riia Pakkanen
Raila has arrived for the gig all the way from Seinäjoki. He was a little nervous about whether the gig would start at the port. Above all, he expected a good atmosphere.
– Good music, good atmosphere, warm atmosphere, he listed.
No specific favorite song from him could be found.
– Everything is fine.
Finally, Raila states that it feels sad to end the band, but the music lives on.
Raila has arrived from Seinäjoki. Riia Pakkanen
Tendon and his son Max arrived all the way to Helsinki from Viiala near Tampere.
– Traditional Manserok. You could almost say that on the same line as Popeda, Janne states.
The duo arrived in Helsinki because they managed to get tickets for this particular gig.
– The small fight was about tickets, Max says.
Janne states that it was necessary to see the band live for the last time.
– Music never dies, he says.
Father and son arrived to watch the concert together. Riia Pakkanen
Eppu Normaali announced its closure at a press conference held in October last year. However, the band is not going to break up.
– We have this community that has been around for a long time and continues. Then we can make some music together, we can even record music, but we won’t go on stage anymore, singer Martti Syrjä said at the press conference.
– The band is not ending here. No one wants to. We had that conversation and everyone stated that Mr. Jestas didn’t. We don’t want to end the band, but we want to end gigging when the moment is right.
The band’s most famous songs include, among others Stains on paper, Land of sad songs and Bar fly.