"Pirates Of The Baltic Sea" is now available for download in the following countries:

Sweden - http://music.nokia.se/IE/Product.aspx?id=OD2DI6472909
Singapore - http://music.nokia.sg/IE/Product.aspx?id=OD2DI6472909
France - http://music.nokia.fr/IE/Product.aspx?id=OD2DI6472909
Ireland - http://music.nokia.ie/IE/Product.aspx?id=OD2DI6472909
Italy - http://music.nokia.it/IE/Product.aspx?id=OD2DI6472909
Spain - http://music.nokia.es/IE/Product.aspx?id=OD2DI6472909
Australia - http://music.nokia.au/IE/Product.aspx?id=OD2DI6472909
Finland - http://music.nokia.fi/IE/Product.aspx?id=OD2DI6472909
Germany - http://music.nokia.de/IE/Product.aspx?id=OD2DI6472909
Holland - http://music.nokia.nl/IE/Product.aspx?id=OD2DI6472909

"Pirates of the Baltic Sea" single can be downloaded in Finland at
http://www.nokia.fi/musiikkikauppa

The video for the song is available at http://www.piratesofthebalticsea.fi

MICHAEL MONROE: PIRATES OF THE BALTIC SEA single released on the 19th of September

The Baltic Sea is the most polluted sea in the world. Worldwide climate change affects us all. "Operaatio Maa" ("Operation Earth"), a new series starting in November on Finnish TV channel 4, features three separate teams with different environmental causes. Rock stars Jyrki 69 and Jussi 69 from The 69 Eyes form one of the teams, that will man the barricades for saving the Baltic Sea: they have formed an anarchistic environmental movement called "Pirates Of The Baltic Sea" and invite everyone aboard the ship that sails under the green Jolly Roger!

Hanoi Rocks' frontman Michael Monroe joined the Pirates and created a powerful, anthemic call to arms that aims to wake people up from their apathy and to take action: every single living soul CAN take part in saving the Baltic Sea. Michael Monroe has always been an actively aware person, even back in the day: in the 80's he participated in the Sun City project, which was Bruce Springsteen's and Little Steven's worldwide musical protest against apartheid. Besides singing the song along with a bunch of other international rock stars, Michael Monroe can be seen in the legendary Sun City music video.

With the song "Pirates Of The Baltic Sea" Michael Monroe appears at his most aggressive, and punky for quite some while. The international band of misfits that recorded the song with Michael is a true rock'n'roll crew of the highest order: Jussi 69 behind the drums, underground legend Adam Bomb on the guitar, Warrior Soul's Kory Clarke singing backup, and Backyard Babies' Dregen on the guitar as well. A music video for "Pirates Of The Baltic Sea" - directed by Tuukka Temonen - was shot a short while ago on the Baltic Sea aboard the marine research vessel Aranda.

"Fight for what you love"

Hanoi Rocks keeps rolling after a pretty busy summer. Besides the biggest Finnish rock festivals, the band played at two festivals in Sweden; Peace and Love and Sweden Rock. They also visited Norway’s Lillehammer Metal Rock Festival. The next stop for Hanoi Rocks will be Spain on the 5th of September at the gigantic Azkena Rock Festival. The new Hanoi Rocks drummer George ”Jolle” Atlagic, who joined the band in May, has integrated quite nicely with the colorful group.

Hanoi Rocks' fall schedule includes three special shows in Finland. Probably the most internationally attended show will be on the 25th of October in Tampere at Pakkahuone where they will be headlining the Lost In Music Festival, taking place in Tampere 22.-25.10 as part of the international Music & Media industry expo.

The band is especially happy to please their younger fans by doing two club gigs with no age limit as well. The first one will take place in Helsinki at Tavastia on Saturday 18.10. and the second one in Turku at Klubi on Saturday 15.11. They will also play regular gigs in both clubs during the same evening after the no age limit-shows. Hanoi Rocks will also do a brief tour of some of the coolest rock clubs in the UK later in the fall.

Gigs in Finland, fall 2008 (as of 19.8. 2008)

18.10. Helsinki, Tavastia (2 gigs, no age limit and 18+), www.tavastiaklubi.fi
25.10. Tampere, Pakkahuone, (Lost In Music -festival, Music & Media expo) www.lostinmusic.fi
15.11. Turku, Klubi (2 gigs, no age limit and 18+), www.klubi.net/tku

The UK Tour 31.10.-5.11. 2008

31.10. London, Astoria
01.11. Nottingham, Rock City
02.11. Birmingham, Academy 2
03.11. Manchester, Academy 2
04.11. Glasgow, Garage
05.11. Newcastle, Academy

Hanoi Rocks active in virtual world!

Click here to create a Hanoi Rocks character into the virtual world of MoiPal.

Michael Monroe has finally given in and launched his myspace pages at http://www.myspace.com/michaelmonroeofficial

Feel free to visit!

Tour dates updated:
- Hanoi will play in Spain on 5th of September.
- Rock and Blues Festival cancelled.

Hanoi's show from Ilosaarirock can be watched tonight live on YleX TV at http://ylex.yle.fi/ylex-tv.

The live stream will take place at 10.15 PM - 11.30 PM Finnish time.

Hanoi Rocks will do a tour in the UK next november. In the first gig in London they will perform as special guest for Wednesday 13. The band just introduced their new drummer, swedish George "Jolle" Atlagic and released a new single Teenage Revolution/Self Destruction Blues. Hanoi Rocks is currently getting ready for summer festivals.

Hanoi Rocks in the UK on November 2008:

31.10 London, Astoria
1.11 Nottingham, Rock City
2.11 Birmingham, Academy 2
3.11 Manchester, Academy 2
4.11 Glasgow, Garage
5.11 Newcastle, Academy

Hanoi Rocks releases an exclusive Youzo - The Mobile Flyer™

Hanoi Rocks fans have now a chance to download an exclusive Hanoi Rocks Youzo - The Mobile Flyer™ to their mobile phones. Hanoi Rocks Youzo - The Mobile Flyer™ is completely new fan gift, including totally exclusive Hanoi Rocks material, a video greeting and a downloadable ringtone. Hanoi Rocks Youzo - The Mobile Flyer™ is a free java application, which requires only a modern mobile phone. You can use Hanoi Rocks Youzo - The Mobile Flyer™ free of charge. The band's fans can download Youzo free of charge via Hanoi Rocks website http://www.hanoirocks.info/ (standard operator costs for GPRS/3G data transfer applied).

Hanoi Rocks Youzo - Mobile Flyer™ implementation is published in co-operation with Backstage Alliance and technical partner Geniem LTD.

Read more how to get Hanoi Rocks Youzo - Mobile Flyer™.

Finland's legendary rock'n'roll band Hanoi Rocks will be performing a
special one-off warm up show for the summer festivals in Stockholm on
June 5th, 2008. Venue: Kägelbanan (at Slussen, Södermalm).

The band will also be presenting their new drummer George Atlagic live
in Sweden for the first time.

Special guests: The Other Flesh

Hanoi Rocks are finally announcing their new drummer!

Hailing from Sweden, the new member is George Atlagic, nicknamed ”Jolle” among friends.

More than 200 drummers applied and five of them were invited to audition with the band. George Atlagic stood out from the five candidates, not only for his talent, but also because of his personality and for being a kindred spirit with the band. Hanoi Rocks comment on the decision: ” Jolle is technically a very skillful drummer and his style is greatly in the vein of the former Hanoi Rocks drummers, Gyp Casino and Razzle. He also already looked like he was playing in a successful rock band.”

Hanoi Rocks are releasing a new single Teenage Revolution/Self Destruction Blues on May 28th, 2008. The single is already a collectors item since it includes the original arrangement of Self Destruction Blues, previously unreleased in Europe by Hanoi Rocks.

Hanoi Rocks’ summer is busy as always – the band will play at the biggest Finnish and Swedish rock festivals and will also visit Norway, Estonia and the UK.

Hanoi Rocks summer 2008 schedule:
06.06. Sweden Rock, Sölvesborg, Sweden
28.06. Peace & Love Festival, Borlänge, Sweden
03.07. Kuopio International Wine Festival, Kuopio, Finland
04.07. Simerock, Rovaniemi, Finland
05.07. Ruisrock, Turku, Finland
11.07. Ilosaarirock, Joensuu, Finland
12.07. American Beauty Car Show, Haapsalu, Estonia
18.07. Rukarock, Kuusamo, Finland
19.07. Puustock, Juva, Finland
26.07. Rock And Blues Festival, Walton-on-Trent, UK
02.08. Ankkarock, Vantaa, Finland
15.08. Metal Rock Fest, Lillehammer, Norway
16.08. Lahden Jazztori, Lahti, Finland

• Tour dates updated.

• Tour dates updated.

• Hanoi Rocks fans will be indulged with exclusive mobile flyer!
  
  Hanoi Rocks fans will have a chance to download an exclusive Hanoi Rocks Hypermobile flyer to their mobile phones during Hanoi Rocks’ acoustic gigs, which take place in Tavastia club, Helsinki, Finland on Thursday 20th of March. Hanoi Rocks Hypermobile flyer is completely new fan gift, including totally exclusive Hanoi Rocks material, for true fans only. Hanoi Rocks Hypermobile mobile phone service is a wireless java application, which requires only a bluetooth connection. The band’s fans are able to download the flyer to their mobile phones during the two Tavastia gigs only.
  
  Mobile Flyer™ is created by Backstage Alliance. It is a digital application, which works as a totally new tool in mobile marketing and promotion, being a fan product itself. It will bring a new, unique dimension to a live show occasion. Mobile Flyer™ is a new digital way to share interesting, versatile, up-to-date information which can always be tailored to artist’s and/or promoter’s needs. In the near future Mobile Flyer™ can be updated in real time.
  
  Hanoi Rocks will play a series of acoustic gigs during the spring under moniker ”Hanoi Rocks Steppin’ Out Acoustically”. Tavastia gigs on Thursday 20th of March will start 18.00 o’clock (no age limit) and 22.30 (18 years and over).
  
  Hanoi Rocks Hypermobile flyer implementation is published in co-operation with technical partner Geniem LTD, Backstage Alliance and Tavastia club.
  
  

• Kuopio International Wine Festival, Ruka Rock 2008 and Metal Rock Fest added to tour dates.

• Special Emma Award to Hanoi Rocks
  
  IFPI Finland (The Finnish National Group of IFPI) has decided to give the
  Special Emma Award to Hanoi Rocks for the band's pioneer work in exporting
  Finnish rock music and for Hanoi Rocks' unique charisma and rare vitality as
  recording artists.
  
  The yearly Emma Awards gala will be celebrated today 8th of March in Helsinki, Kulttuuritalo. Emma Awards is arranged and organised by IFPI Finland (The Finnish National Group of IFPI), the national trade association representing record producers in Finland. The members range from major international record companies (EMI, Sony BMG, Universal, Warner) to small independent record producers.
  
• Tour dates updated.

• "HANOI ROCKS Steppin' Out Acoustically" tour dates announced!

• Ruisrock added to tour dates.

• Sweden Rock added to tour dates.

• Tour dates updated.
  
• Hanoi Rocks will do a series of acoustic gigs in Finland once they return from their ongoing European tour. The idea of forthcoming acoustic tour, named "Hanoi Rocks Steppin' Out Acoustically", was thrown in the air in summer 2007 in Borlänge, Sweden where Hanoi Rocks played one acoustic gig besides their normal festival show. The feedback they got from the acoustic performance was absolutely stunned and amazed, leaving both the band and the audience graving for more.
  
  The first acoustic Hanoi Rocks gigs ever in Finland will take place in Helsinki, Hanoi Rocks' home venue Tavastia on Thursday 20th of March 2008. The band will play two shows during the evening, the first one for underage audience starts 18.00 o'clock and the second, age-limited gig starts 22.30 o'clock. Presale tickets are available from Tiketti, www.tiketti.fi
  
  "Hanoi Rocks Steppin' Out Acoustically" set list differs greatly from electric Hanoi Rocks gigs. The band will play rarities from Hanoi-archives, some carefully chosen covers and other surprising numbers. "Hanoi Rocks Steppin' Out Acoustically" is a unique opportunity for us and our fans, since we will play songs we usually never play live. There will be a special atmosphere in these gigs and we're very much looking forward to this! I can assure it will be worth seeing and hearing", Michael Monroe greets the fans straight from Hanoi Rocks tour, at the moment in Germany.
  
  Other "Hanoi Rocks Steppin' Out Acoustically" dates and places will be announced soon.

• Hanoi's venue in Frankfurt on Feb. 21st has changed. Hanoi Rocks will play at Nachtleben (Address: Kurt Schumacher Str. 45, 60313 Frankfurt).
• Brand new Hanoi Rocks merchandise is available at BSA Store. More additions coming soon!

• Hanoi Rocks will be having auditions for a new drummer.
  
  Please send an application with a brief bio of yourself and a photo or a video clip to: drummer@hanoirocks.info
  
  We'll inform the chosen ones about more details later.
  
  

• List of Hanoi Rocks Street Teams updated.
  

• Hanoi Rocks drummer to be replaced.
  
  Hanoi Rocks will end their working relationship with their current
  drummer Lacu.
  
  Lacu will leave the band after Hanoi Rocks’ European tour, which will
  start from Stockholm, 14th of February and will finish at the Astoria
  Club, London 7th of March 2008. The change behind the drumkit will
  not affect the forthcoming Hanoi Rocks gigs or tours.
  
  The new drummer will be announced soon.
  
  

• Tour calendar updated.
  
  

• Vote for Michael in "Vuoden turkulainen 2007" competition on Radio Sata website.
  
  

• Thanxx for all your support.
  Happy X-Mas and a Rockin' New Year 2008 From Hanoi Rocks!
  
  

• Tour dates updated
• Hanoi Rocks will play live on MTV3 MAX Stage on Jan 11th, 2008. More information availble at www.mtv3.fi/stage
  
  

Hanoi Rocks won the first Radio Rock Finlandia Award

The first Radio Rock Finlandia concert took place in Helsinki Ice Hall today, 5th of December. The event turned out to be a great celebration especially for Hanoi Rocks, as they won the first Radio Rock Finlandia award in history. The winner was voted by the listeners of Radio Rock in website www.radiorock.fi. The other nominees are also on the list of the most famous bands in Finland: Kotiteollisuus, HIM, Nightwish, Apocalyptica, Sonata Arctica and Amorphis.

Radio Rock Finlandia award, "A Rock Rooster" is an official recognition for a domestic group or artist, which has been actual and active during the past year. The award was given to Hanoi Rocks by the radio journalist of the year, Klaus Flaming. From now on, the award vote will be a yearly tradition.

Hanoi Rocks is without a doubt internationally the most well-known band in Finland. The latest highlight in their long and successful career is the new, already beloved album Street Poetry, which came out in September 2007. During the past year, Hanoi Rocks has played great number of incredible shows and amazed audiences throughout the world. They've toured for example in Sweden, Borlänge Peace and Love Festival, PopKomm Music Expo in Berlin and in Japan, where they played five sold out shows in October 2007.

During December 2007, Hanoi Rocks will play three shows with legendary Motörhead (UK) and three shows with stunningly rockin' female band McQueen (UK). After taking a short break Hanoi Rocks will head to a major European tour, starting from Sweden 14th of February, ending to London's mighty Astoria Club 7th of March.

The current Hanoi Rocks lineup, since 2004, includes the founding members singer Michael Monroe and guitarist Andy McCoy, guitarist Conny Bloom, bassist Andy A.C. Christell and drummer Lacu.

Radio Rock Finlandia concert can be seen on the whole in Finnish TV-channel JIM 9th of December 10.00 am.

The guitar solo from Hanoi's classic song "Underwater World" was voted for The Best Finnish Guitar Solo. Read more here.

• Very limited edition of Hanoi Rocks shirts available from their latest tour in Japan at BSA-Store!
• Nis Rock Festival date changed to May 31st, 2008.

Hanoi Rocks’ successful year 2007 will be completed with Radio Rock Finlandia nomination and gigs with Motörhead – 2008 begins with massive European tour.

Hanoi Rocks spreads tirelessly the good word of Street Poetry! The band has just returned from Japan, where they played five sold out gigs in Hiroshima, Osaka, Nagoya and Tokio, where they had their own club gig and they also performed in Loud Park Festival just before headline Marilyn Manson. ”The audience went totally crazy in our gigs and lived through every moment with the band. Japanese fans have incredible amount of energy”, Michael Monroe says amazed.

The rest of the year will be a great celebration for Hanoi Rocks in many ways. The band will play in Radio Rock Finlandia gala 5th of December in Helsinki Ice Hall as one the nominees of the prize. ”This kind of credit is of course flattering and nice. We’ve been doing our thing for so long and I think the result is not too bad”, satisfied Michael Monroe comments the nomination.

Besides Radio Rock Finlandia gala, Hanoi Rocks will play three shows with legendary Motörhead (UK) in December. The cities and places are following: 11.12. Helsinki, Ice Hall, 12.12. Tampere, Ice Hall, 13.12. Oulu, Club Teatria.

Year 2008 starts with long European tour, which takes Hanoi Rocks from Sweden via Germany to United Kingdom. The last gig of the tour will be in London’s notorious Astoria Club 7th of March. Michael Monroe is excited about the forthcoming months on the road: ”It feels really good to go to Europe with a brilliant Street Poetry album. The band is in great shape and the live chemistry works like a dream, so we’ll be happy to show what we got to the rest of the world!”

• German dates in February 2008 added to tour calendar.

• Tour calendar updated.

• Street Team information updated.

• Hanoi's Sweden tour dates in February 2008 announced.

• Michael Monroe gave 2 of his harmonicas on sale for benefit on Ylen Hyvä Red Nose Day. You can make an offer at www.turunradio.fi.
• Nis Rock Festival in Serbia added to tour calendar.
  

• Hanoi Rocks will tour the UK and Scotland in February & March 2008. Go to tour section for more detailed information and buy tickets on-line. Remember to check out this website for tour updates.
  

• Tour dates updated.
• Vote for Hanoi Rocks on "Radio Rock Finlandia" competition.
• Hanoi Rocks' record company in Finland, Backstage Alliance, has launched a brand new web store where you can buy the new album "Street Poetry" + a very limited edition of Hanoi' latest radio single "This One's For Rock'N'Roll". The single is not available anywhere else...
  

• Michael's interview on YleX Lista at 13.30 PM (re-run at 23:30 PM)

• Hanoi Rocks will be playing as "Very Special Guests" for Motörhead's upcoming shows in Finland:
  
  - December 11th in Helsinki, Ice Hall
  - December 12th in Tampere, Ice Hall
  - December 13th in Oulu, Teatria
  
  Lemmy and Motörhead have been very good friends with Hanoi Rocks since the early 80's. They've played great combined shows before and Hanoi Rocks are looking forward to playing and hanging out together again with the guys.
  
  Tickets are available in Lippupalvelu and for the Tampere show also in Tiketti.

• Win Hanoi Rocks prizes in a competition on Tuhma Magazine website.
• Hanoi Rocks in Bettina S on Monday on YLE FST5.
• Re-run of "Hanoi Rocks in Sziget" on Voice TV on Sunday the 30th at 12 - 14 PM
  

• Tour dates updated - Hanoi Rocks will play at Helsinki Ice Hall on Dec 5th at "Radio Rock Finlandia".
  

• Hello everyone! Last spring we searched street team leaders from all over the world and we received loads of applications.  Now we are activating the street team for real and we are looking for more street teamers to work for Hanoi Rocks. So now it's time for you guys to give your effort and send us mail if you're interested in this one.
  
  You can contact the street team via MySpace at www.myspace.com/hanoirocksteam or you can mail to
  streetteam (@) hanoirocks.info.
  
  Cheers,
  
  Official Hanoi Rocks Street Team
  www.myspace.com/hanoirocksteam
  
  
• Layout of Dist Box webshop is updated.

• Tour dates updated.
• As far as the prematurely advertised tour with the L.A Guns is concerned, it was never officially approved by Hanoi Rocks. It was only at a negotiation stage and no contracts were ever issued. Otherwise Hanoi Rocks would have been more than ready to do it.

Come and witness the extraordinary Rock'N'Roll extravagance of Hanoi Rocks at the release party for their brilliant new album "Street Poetry" taking place at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki on Friday the 14th and Saturday (2 shows) the 15th of September.

A guaranteed rock experince only a fool would miss!

• Band biography updated.

• Michael and Andy are interviewed in "Pasilan asema" at YLEX on Friday, the 7th. "Pasilan asema" will be aired at 21 - 23 PM.
  
  
• There have been premature rumours about Hanoi Rocks dates in the UK, Spain and Greece in November involving L.A. Guns.
  However these dates are not officially confirmed yet so please don't buy any tickets until we confirm these dates here on the Hanoi Rocks website.

• New website launched. Send feedback to
  
  
  
• Japan tour dates announced.
  
  
• Hanoi Rocks is celebrating the release of "STREET POETRY" by meeting their fans & writing autographs in the following places:
  - Wednesday, September 5th at 4 PM in Helsinki City Anttila
  - Thursday, September 6th at 4 PM in Tampere Anttila Megastore
  
  
• Michael's interview available on Vertigo net magazine's website (in Finnish).
  
  
• STREET POETRY IS HERE – SPREAD THE GOOD WORD!
  
  New Hanoi Rocks album is a confident and strong record from the grand band
  
  Street Poetry is a great proof what Hanoi Rocks’ steady three-year-old lineup is capable of in year 2007. The recognizable sound of the most legendary Finnish band ever is present throughout the record. The positive vibe of the songs reveal a lot about the attitude and determination Hanoi Rocks possesses today. The quality of compositions and production are in the level which can only be reached by a grand rock group as Hanoi Rocks. 
  
  The main composers are again lead guitarist Andy McCoy and singer Michael Monroe, but also guitarist Conny Bloom’s sharp songwriting skills can be heard in many songs. Self-produced album was recorded with sound engineers Petri Majuri and Mikko Poikolainen in Seawolf Studios, Helsinki during the spring 2007.

  Street Poetry includes thirteen new rock’n’roll masterpieces, each of them blessed with Hanoi Rocks’ magical touch. The stories of deliciously rolling songs vary from rock’n’roll life (Highwired, Power Of Persuasion, Transcendental Groove, Tootin’ Star), relationships (Walkin’ Away, Powertrip) to social awareness and soul-healing (Teenage Revolution, Worth Your Weight In Gold). One of the themes of the record is gratitude to true rock’n’roll and its main architects – the song This One’s For Rock’n’Roll raises the toast to Hanoi Rocks’ heroes from their long journey. Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, Little Richard and The Ramones are mentioned. The title song of the album is dedicated to a homeless poet Michael and Andy ran into back in the days when they lived in London. ”Street Poet” used to hang out in Ladbroke Grove tube station and make notes and poems about things he saw to the pieces of papers he found from the street. Prologue of Street Poetry describes the mystic poet: ”He had the ability to make people laugh and cry or play with any emotional strings of the kind, any old time. He did have what we’d call star quality. He would always disappear to the night.”

  Doesn’t it sound quite familiar?

  Hanoi Rocks celebrates the release of STREET POETRY with three gigs at Tavastia Club, Helsinki on 14th and 15th of September. Presale tickets can be bought from Tiketti, www.tiketti.fi

  ”This is just how rock music should be! Great feeling with a big smile”
  Miki Peltola, Sue-magazine, points 9/10