August 8th Montreal, QUE - CANADA 
MEDLEY Arriving at the border around 9 in the morning we learned 
once again that the promoter had not taken care of business. Dreadful 
as it must be for Glen, we had to realize that both Canadian promoters 
gave us major trouble, and this time 3? hour of waiting for the necessary 
paperwork to be processed. We finally arrived in Montreal, and 
immediately went to load in, and set up equipment. Two local bands 
had been added to the bill at "The Medley" was packed close to limit. 
We have to apologize to the fans for not bringing enough of merchandise. 
Tour T-shirts, cap's and bandannas all were sold out by 8 o'clock - 
only 3 hours after the doors had been opened, and long before 
we went on stage. We can not justify this, but it's beyond ourcontrol. 
All tour-merchandise is sold by a company we have contracted, and as 
such licenser they are in control. They had simply  not sent enough stuff to 
Canada, for which we again can only say sorry !!! It won't happen again. 
Following the show, King spent 15 signing autographs at the parking lot; 
a rare occasion, considering this cold 'summer' night.  Montreal is a lively 
city, and we had a nice party going on at the hotel, together with members 
of the support bands. In fact the party went so well, that other guests had 
to change room around 4 in the morning. Of course we understood 
their problem getting enough sleep, and compensated them for the 
extra room charge. 
  

August 9th OFF / Travel back to USA. 
A nice and easy travel day where we slept most of the way, 
largely due to the lack of sleep the night before. We arrived in 
Waterbury in the early evening, and went out to dinner. 
  

August 10th Waterbury, NY 
CITY LIMITS is a place we visited with Mercyful Fate last year 
with little success. They had however made great improvements at and 
once again we had a very pleasant day, where the band again delivered 
a performance to be remembered. King left the venue quickly after 
the show, to get back to the hotel, but the band stuck around and 
signed autographs. We admired yet another piece of body art, 
a large alum tattoo on a loyal fan through 20 years. Unfortunately 
my camera was out of reach. Hope You'll forgive the missing 
illustration of this. We left town around 3 in the morning, spirits high 
on the bus, with a new  'Pink Panter' video delivered to us from one 
of our previous crew members who now lives up here. 

 
  

August 11th Rochester, NY 
WATER STREET MUSIC HALL. Once again we arrived in pouring rain. 
The daily routine makes the day look very much alike. Check in at hotel, 
go to load in of equipment, and deal with eventual problems. Nothing 
to mention at this place. To the contrary was all in perfect order, even 
a post office next door, which is very convenient, and a nice little Mediterranean 
restaurant only a block away. If every day could be like this, ( well just dreaming ), 
and another night on he bus. 
  

August 12th Centerridge - Long Island - NY 
VOODOO LOUNGE 
So we arrived at 10 in the morning and after some debate at the hotel got 
our rooms at 11 o'clock, and moved down to check out the Voodoo Lounge. 
This was the third location for our Long Island show - only show in the New 
York City area, and as such a rather important date. It takes some explanation 
for the fans and amazed bystanders, to justify this show. The New York 
metal scene has for several years been on a down slide; and it's very hard 
to find decent venues.  The original show was scheduled atTokyo Joe's 
- a place we have never seen or heard about - but was then moved to 
an unknown location in the vicinity, which was then made impossible 
to use for reasons beyond our control. A last chance to get the date in 
place was suggested, and although it was far from what we wanted, 
we went for it, provided the necessary equipment ( PA and monitors ) 
would be provided. For this show at the Voodoo Lounge it seemed an 
almost impossible task, and we were on the edge on a cancellation up 
to last minute. It was clear for us that we would never be able to present 
a "show" - more to the reality, it was King Diamond playing live 
for a small crowd of fans, on our backline and home stereo type PA, 
smaller than what we use in our rehearsal room. We know this is not what 
fans read about and expect from King Diamond, but the alternative 
had been a cancellation, and given the fact that attendees of the show 
know about the size of the Vodoo Lounge, I trust that nobody expected 
the 'grand scale theatrical show'. So in other words, we did it for the fans, 
hope you enjoyed the intimate performance. 
  

August 13th - Old Bridge,NJ 
BIRCH HILL  is always a pleasure.  We feel like coming home. When I find the 
dressing room set up like we like it, because they remember from last year 
and the year before and the year before that - then we know we're welcome. 
The room was packed to limit and a wild sweaty mob of bangers gave the 
security enough work for the wee to come - without any incidents though. 
Certainly one of the highlights of the tour. We had met up with old friends 
Jethro and Mini-Jethro who both had a great evening, introducing tattoo Tom 
to the band. As a true admirer, he offered free tattoo's for everyone, end light 
tech Niller immediately took up the opportunity, to improve on previous work. 
John also went under the needles, only 1?hour before he went on stage. 
After the show we enjoyed a couple of drinks before we turned in. 
  

August 14th Day Off 
Finally a real day off. Only a few miles to travel, and we were in Philadelphia. 
It was pouring rain, but a day off is always appreciated, specially when it's the 
last of only two days off on the entire tour.  We went different places. Some 
went shopping, other for better food, and eventually met up in the hotel bar for 
drinks, while " Tattoo Tom" came around for another couple of needle points in 
plain public. He simply set up in the bar, among other bar guest's and 
connected his machinery and went off on someone's arm. 
  

August 15th Philadelphia,PA 
TROCADERO 
No hang over, still plenty of time for load-in, and a sushi-bar next door. 
It's is another place we enjoy, and look forward to playing. "The Trocadero" is 
a great old fashion theater, with a large stage and nice balconies. Also here 
well packed for a great show. King handed out 'real' Christmas Presents this 
night. 

 
  

August 16th Springfield, NC 
GROUND ZERO is not the most impressive place, but the fans certainly made 
up for it. For the entire tour we haven't heard so much sing along. Following 
the show King invited a particular fan back stage for a good chat, before going 
back to the hotel. 
  

August 15th Philadelphia,PA 
TROCADERO 
No hang over, still plenty of time for load-in, and a sushi-bar next door. 
It's is another place we enjoy, and look forward to playing. "The Trocadero" is 
a great old fashion theater, with a large stage and nice balconies. Also here 
well packed for a great show. King handed out 'real' Christmas Presents this 
night. 
  

August 16th Springfield, VA 
JAXX is a small club. We have been there several times before, but never had 
such a great reception. Despite the somewhat limited conditions it turned out 
to be an excellent night. 
  

August 17th Spartanburg,NC 
GROUND ZERO is not the most impressive place, but the fans certainly made 
up for it. For the entire tour we haven't heard so much sing along. Following 
the show King invited a particular fan back stage for a good chat, before going 
back to the hotel, signing another number of autographs on the way. 

 
  

August 18th Atlanta, GA 
MASQUERADE 
Hot, hot, hot are the first thoughts about this city. Heavy traffic into town and 
the bus generator burned down, so we lost the air-condition. Outside 
temperature was probably way over 100F in the baking sun. The Masquerade 
is a great venue, ( on 2nd floor ) of a great entertainment building, with air 
condition. Load in was heavy, but reasonable, with a old fashion outdoor 
warehouse lift bringing all flight cases 30Ft up. Dressing rooms are perfect, 
food great, and the staff professionals who know how to handle a show. Had a 
short phot shoot before stage all, and had another great night in front of a rather 
wild audience. 
  

August 19th St. Petersburg, FL 
JANUS LANDING is our first out door show. It was hotter than hell when we 
got out of the bus, and the sun was shining merciless from a blue sky. Band 
members went for the beach while set up of stage commenced in the usual 
routine. There was a great atmosphere in this great place, and it was still hot 
as hell when the band entered into the final encore "No Presents For 
Christmas"