The first Valoa Festival will be held next weekend in Tampere. The line-up includes interesting Finnish acts, such as Joensuu 1685, Liekki and Viola, but on Friday the stage at YO-Talo will be taken by the Swedish greats Taxi Taxi!, Liechtenstein and The Tallest Man On Earth. I myself am very much looking forward to seeing the tall gentleman live for the first time.

The tickets to YO-Talo are 13 euros and the weekend pass for the festivals is 35 euros which entitles entrance to both venues, YO-Talo and Artturi, on Friday and Saturday.

The Tallest Man On Earth has been praised both for his debut album Shallow Grave and for his live performances around the world. It's no surprise really. Even on a recording his presence is really strong and you can almost imagine him sitting in your room, right where your stereo set used to be, so the gravity mush be even greater in person.

Here's hoping he'll play the wonderful Where Do My Bluebirds Fly from Shallow Grave.

The Tallest Man On Earth - Where Do My Bluebirds Fly

Update: I just realised that The Tallest Man On Earth will also be playin in Korjaamo, Helsinki; Lichtenstein will be playing in Klubi, Turku; and Taxi Taxi! at Bar Kuka, Turku the next day. Saturday that is.