Thank You Japan!!!

Time flies again....been a great couple of months though...I was rehearsing with my band in Stockholm for a week before going back to Japan. It´s been a while......a long while...rather....something like 9 years. I was both scared and amused to to this tour. I mean..what can you expect?? When something has been so grand, as it has been in Japan for me, my major market in the world and all my wonderful fans over there.....that has been folowing me since the start back in 1996. Since we all know that time flies, and things constantly change...what could I expect really? Kinda scared to maybe face the reality that there is no one out there such long time after the hits...How crazy are you and all about the money in 1999. One can not take anything for granted. So yes, I was really looking forward to the tour, and at the same time battling the thoughts in my head. They are often the worse....."how can you think anyone will come and see you today?? to much time has passed, the world has forgotten about you" bla bla bla....my bass player says I am my worse enemy. He is so right. I would be so much better off without these stupid thoughts that pop up.

So, with these mixed emotions we leave for Japan. Landing in Tokyo on a tuesday. I can´t remember I was that jet lagged before.....we all went out and had a bite to eat in the afternoon, and I felt like I was on a rocking boat. The evening followed with a Sony Music dinner and my former japanese tour manager took us out in the late Tokyo night, to a funky rock bar where we sort of forgot that we were both tired and jetlagged.

It felt just like in the good old days. The following day we went to the venue, Billboard Live in Tokyo. It was a chic night club feel with great sound and the people working there were fantastic. So, the following 4 shows we did there were all fantastic. To my big surprise, there were so many people coming out to see the show, both new and old fans. So many people dancing, clapping, enjoying listening....... I had a blast and for the first time in a long time felt life was wonderful. I would give and receive back...and I was at the right place in the right time.

I was also touched by the fact that reality was the contrary of what my mind had created... My japanese fans had not forgotten about me......It was the complete opposite.....As an artist.that is the most valuable thing on earth. I mean, an artist without an audience is the loneliest creature on the face of the earth. So, thank you, all my lovely Japanese fans.....You Rock!!!