Author name: Tero Heikkinen

Osaka, Japan (November 27, 2015) Let me start by saying that “soma” is also a Finnish word – meaning something sweet, cute, pretty. Soma, the venue, was really not that “kawaii” to be properly named such in my home country, Finland. Jonas Bjerre had just said in a Tokyo interview that Japanese words often sound […]

It is extremely rare that Mew is announced to play a show on such short notice, though this had been rumoured for weeks now. The band will play Korea once again and the venue will be AX Hall in Seoul. It is a hall that they are already familiar with, as they have played there

Helsinki, Finland (October 29, 2015) Mew have always sold out their shows in Finland and last week’s gig was no exception. This time it took weeks to sell all 1.500 tickets though. They had sold twice as many tickets in a matter of minutes when And the Glass Handed Kites was hot and new. This

Here are the setlists for Beijing, Shanghai and both Japanese shows. Osaka and Tokyo setlists for Summer Sonic were identical. Setlist: Tango (Beijing, China) Witness / Satellites / Special / The Zookeeper’s Boy / The Night Believer / Beach / Water Slides / Snow Brigade / She Spider / Medley / Making Friends / Rows

  Produced by Kestrel Media Film by Will Hodge and Lianne Pierce.

Konnichiwa. Mew are at Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo right now. As was expected, the Australian live dates will not be the only ones around that area later this year. After Mexico, Mew will play three shows in Japan and after these dates there’s almost a week-long gap before the show in Sydney, so expect

A lovely photo gallery coming up in a bit… EDIT: Photo gallery is up now. Click here. Here’s the South Korean setlist (August 9th, 2015): Photos by Hyunji Choi

This has been a long project for Mew to perform in Australia where fans have been waiting for years. Frengers from down under even started a campaign for this cause about six years ago, but the shows never happened, even when they were playing somewhere “nearby” in Southeast Asia. This seemed to bother the band as

“Then there was Oslo, which in time has come to feel like a home to us – you guys rock! And though you are most often substantial purveyors of that magical potion Jägermeister (at Mono bar, of course), I myself (on two kinds of antibiotics) had to miss out on the glorious nights and retire

“Helsinki! You are some kind of generous galaxy of pure warmth and glowing excitement in spite of your -24 C temperature (a reverse fever). I can’t believe how much people have taken notice of our subtle magic! Every time we go to Finland it is like some strange wonderful dream.” – Mew journal (March 2006)