¤ Those of you with tickets to the San Francisco show tonight can stay at home. HIM has postponed the date until February 26th, 2005. The reason isn't quite clear, but Ville is possibly sick.

The other two US dates (Dec. 2 and 4) have yet to be postponed, but if he is indeed sick, these may be postponed too. Call the venues before you leave home.

¤ Note: For some reason our servers are having trouble sending e-mails out. Everything is being bounced. Hopefully this issue will be resolved soon and we'll reply as soon as possible.

¤ Here are the latest bootlegs that I've come across. Hopefully more to come soon. Check out the full list here.

Electric Factory DVD (11.13.04)

Electric Factory CD (11.13.04)

The Rock Club CD (11.18.04)

Quest Club CD (11.21.04)

¤ The Las Vegas Mercury interviewed Ville. It's an interesting article where Ville admits he collects "Do Not Disturb" signs. Entertaining as always, check it out here. (Credit: Daedalus)

¤ Here's a scan of the New York Post review of a drunken Valo having a grand old time. (Credit: him666forlove)

¤ Sac reader Ryan Scott sent these great pics of the Chicago show in to us for you to see. (Credit/© Ryan Scott)

1 ¤ 2 ¤ 3 ¤ 4 ¤ 5 ¤ 6 ¤ 7 ¤ 8 ¤ 9 ¤ 10 ¤ 11
12 ¤ 13 ¤ 14 ¤ 15 ¤ 16 ¤ 17 ¤ 18 ¤ 19 ¤ 20 ¤ 21

¤ Don't forget about Shane's lovely pictures from the Minneapolis show as well.

¤ Finally, we have another review of the Pittsburgh show. This one is a bit more in-depth, so check it out. (Credit: Warlock204)

¤ Hell yeah, it's the baby's first update. I decided to take control for a minute and let you guys know how awesome my time was in Minneapolis for the HIM show. You could look at it like The Sacrament went to HIM, but since only I went and not Jay, it's only half. Sad. Anyway, here's my review. If you're not interested in how the show went and just want to see pictures, then here you go.

¤ Like was cleared up on the forums, HIM only had those two Prince songs on the setlist as a joke, it was never played. People keep asking me about that. I don't think there's really any other news out there, except that you can pre-order the HIM Video Collection DVD on Amazon and Transition Store.

¤ Just a quick note to wish Ville Valo a happy 28th birthday. He has thankfully missed his deadline to be a legend.

Also, anyone who tells you HIM covered "Purple Rain" and "1999" is an idiot. Really, call them an idiot to their face. It's cool. Though the songs were on the setlist, neither song was played. It was a joke. Also thank those same people who steal reviews, yet forget to credit us.

¤ I had to reformat earlier in the week, so if you sent me an e-mail this week and I haven't replied...I can't. I lost all the mail. Sorry for the inconvenience.

¤ I have some reviews of the current US Tour. Credit to the individual authors for their reviews.

Nov. 13, 2004 - Philadelphia, PA - By: Kathy L.
Nov. 14, 2004 - New York, NY - By: Kathy L.
Nov. 15, 2004 - New York, NY - By: Lifted74
Nov. 18, 2004 - Pittsburgh, PA - By: Crucifixkiss

I know Valo was pretty trashed on Monday night. Poor guy, he's only human. It sucks for all the live HIM virgins out there who's first show was this one, but he's not going to be the next (insert young singer who died tragically). You were just the unlucky ones who got the horrible show in the line of hundreds of decent ones.

And no, it wasn't "Bam's fault." I've heard from several people close to the matter that everyone else was relatively sober. I'll step down from my soapbox now.

¤ The Skreppers will be the supporting act Dec. 30 at Tavastia, and Soul Tattoo will be the supporting act for New Year's Eve. (Credit: HimforFans.de)

¤ There will be another newsletter sent out next weekend, so if you haven't signed up, you're missing out. Now's your chance to be cool like everyone else.

¤ As you may or may not know, Ville along with the Rasmus guy (Lauri?) recently did a song with Apocalyptica called "Bittersweet." The video was recently released and you can view it here.
(Credit: SynninViemaa 66)

¤ You can also click here to check out Beyond Redemption from the Halloween show. (Credit: Ourdiabolikalclub)

¤ Here are some pictures from Friday night's show in Worcester.

¤ I'm confizzled fo'shizzle my nizzle about this whole HIM vs. Bam DVD nonsense. Here's the latest scoop: March 2005 some sort of DVD is going to be put out in Europe. What it has on it is beyond me. The people of the Forum seem to know what's going on better than I do, so ask them.

Did you see that cheap plug? Naawwice!

¤ I have some new bootlegs for trade. I should have some more soon, but in the meantime here's the latest two.

M'era Luna Festival VCD (8.11.02)

TLA (Philly) CD (4.16.04)

¤ I added some new wallpapers and a short review of the Halloween gig.

Also, YES, I know Ville played at a dildo release party for his friend. He played 3 acoustic songs from the new album. "Under The Rose", "Have No Fear" and "The Face of God."

¤ In a bit of a sidenote (or is that all we ever are?), Ville placed #13 overall among Finland's top 100 Greatest Finns Ever. I think it's fitting he got 13th (considering his love for evil, ha!) but he's 3rd when you remove all the dead guys. (Credit: Russian Heartagram)

¤ Click here to check out the new song, apparently called "Under the Rose", Ville performed at the Portsmouth gig when Linde's amp blew the fuck up. (Credit: Jamie and Cory of the Forum)

By the way, if you're having problems with registering to the forum such as not receiving your confirmation e-mail, it could be that it's getting bounced by spam blockers.

If you registered but have not gotten your password mailed to you, and I'll get you that information.

¤ There's yet another 2005 HIM calendar making its rounds. This one is Australian and contains some Metal Hammer shots. I don't have all the calendar, but here's what I do have.

Cover ¤ March ¤ April ¤ July ¤ October ¤ December

¤ Let's try to sort out this DVD business, shall we?

Here are the scoops:

November 1st, a UK only DVD will be coming out entitled HIM vs. Bam, which is a collection featuring Bam Margera's 3 "Making the Wideo (Video)" documentaries for "Buried Alive By Love," "The Sacrament," and the previously unreleased "And Love Said No." Bonus footage will include the video for "Solitary Man," an interview with Ville and TV ads and trailers.

December 1st, the US DVD will be released. This is going to be a video collection, featuring all but three of the band's videos. Some extras will be interviews and "Making of" type thingies.

March 2005, the promised HIM DVD that we've been hearing about since 2003 may be released. This is the big one with live footage and other crap that I forgot about.

That should clear up any confusion as to what's coming up.

Also, Love Metal will be released in the US February 1, 2005.