Tonight was the first night of Helsinki’s Helldone Festival and as tradition demands HIM took the stage at Tavastia. While their recently released single Heartkiller was expected to be heard during the festival, HIM surprised fans with 2 more new songs from their new album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice. The songs ‘Love, the Hardest Way’ and ‘Scared to Death’ were part of tonight’s setlist, alongside classics such as Wicked Game, The Funeral of hearts and Your Sweet Six Six Six. A special thanks to HIM Norway who has kept us posted through twitter, revealing the setlist of tonights performance in realtime, and has put up a video of …. drumrolls… Scared to Death and Love, the Hardest Way!

http://www.youtube.com/user/HIMNorway

A big thankyou to HIM Norway!

Tags: Helldone 2009, Love The Hardest Way, Scared to Death, Screamworks Heartkiller

Tickets to Helldone’s New Years Eve concert were sold out almost as soon as they were put on sale. If you didn’t get yours, don’t worry… you still have a chance! Euro Rock Radio is giving away a pair of tickets during their next HIM Night show which takes place on November 10th. For more details about the contest check out their website.

Tags: contests, Euro Rock Radio, Helldone 2009

The info everyone has been waiting for! Line up and ticket information have been released. If you had any doubts that HIM would be playing, then you can rest assured that tradition prevails!  HIM takes the stage at  Tavastia on all 4 days of Helldone Festival.   Click here  for all the juicy details.

Tags: Helldone 2009

 Helldone Festival will once again take place at Tavastia Club in Helsinki, Finland, starting December 28th until the 31st – according to the Helldone Myspace  blog – “We are still working on the lineup but hoping to be able to give you new info in the near future…”

related news: Helldone 2009/2010 Line up and Ticket Info

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“Helldone 2008 marks the tenth anniversary of HIM’s New Year’s Eve shows at Tavastia Club – the tradition out of which the Helldone Festival was born.” – www.myspace.com/helldone. Helldone has become one of Finland’s most well known festivals. Every year, music lovers from around the world fly to Finland and toast the New Year at the sound of Love Metal. This year, due to popular demand, an extra date was added to Helldone making it four days of awesome music! For the “less fortunate” who didn’t have the opportunity to make it to Helsinki, many fans have posted videos on youtube that will make the true HIM lover turn blue with envy!  …

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Tags: Helldone 2008, live videos