New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Finnish rockers THE RASMUS formed 30 years ago, led by founding frontman and songwriter
Lauri Ylönen, immediately inked a major label deal after the release of their first EP in 1995. The band's fifth album Dead Letters solidified them as a global force, achieving 8 Gold and 6 Platinum certifications with over 2 million copies sold worldwide and breaking the record for performance royalties received abroad on a Finnish composition. Its lead single "
In The Shadows" received 6x Gold and 2x Platinum certifications, selling over 1 million copies and was nominated for Kerrang! Awards "Best Single" in 2004. The album won in five categories at the 2004 Finnish EMMA Awards, earned the band "Best Nordic Act" honors at 2003 MTV
Europe Music Awards and garnered two awards for "Best International Artist" and "Best International Newcomer" at the 2004 MTV Russia
Music Awards.
Since then, THE RASMUS have continued to evolve their sound with the perfect mix of melody, edge and showmanship; they also possess the ability to perfectly blend across genres—from mainstream pop and electronica to explosive rock and hard-hitting metal. THE RASMUS are now excited to announce that their upcoming track, "Rest In Pieces," will be released on October 25. The irresistibly heavy, dark, and melodic song introduces their new partnership with premiere independent record label BETTER NOISE MUSIC who will jointly release the new music alongside Nordic indie label PLAYGROUND MUSIC.
"The
Rasmus have never chosen to rest easy on previous success, but are always striving for new achievements with great dedication and energy," says Playground Music's CEO Mårten Aglander. "With Better Noise
Music we've found a most skilled and powerful partner who also fully matches their ambition. I'm really happy for us and for the band that this cooperation can happen."
"We are very excited to work with Better Noise Music, I can't think of a better international home for The Rasmus," says Lars Tengroth, The Rasmus' A&R man at Playground
Music since 1999. "The band's new material is harder and darker and fits the label perfectly."
"Better Noise
Music have been watching and waiting in the shadows for an opportunity to work with The
Rasmus and Antti Eriksson of Backbone Management and Lars Tengroth of Playground," exclaims Dan Waite, CEO of Better Noise Music. "The
Rasmus are a band that elicit a strong warm and positive response from everyone we talk to, and we can't wait for people to see what they have planned for 2025."
THE RASMUS will support the new music with a world tour and today, October 22, have announced dates for their "Weirdo" tour across
Europe from
September 12 to December 6, 2025. See shows listed below. An artist exclusive pre-sale will begin tomorrow, Wednesday, October 23 and tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 25 via https://therasmus.com/. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for further show announcements.
"It's been a while since we went on tour, so we're really excited to be heading out all over the world in 2025," shares vocalist
Lauri Ylönen. "It's shaping up to be a massive tour and there's more dates to come. We can't wait to hang out with our fans. It's going to be fun to see them again, we're like family."
THE RASMUS "WEIRDO TOUR" 2025 DATES:
9/12 Tampere, FI - Tavara-Asema
9/13 Turku, FI - Logomo
9/19 Kuopio, FI - Sawohouse Underground
9/20 Oulu, FI - Tullisali
9/26 Seinäjoki, FI - Rytmikorjaamo
9/27 Jyväskylä, FI - Lutakko
10/3 Lahti, FI - Möysän Musaklubi
10/4 Joensuu, FI - Kerubi
10/18 Helsinki, FI - Tavastia
10/23 Limassol, CY - Monte Caputo
10/25 Athens, GR - Floyd
11/11 Hamburg, DE - Markthalle
11/12 Berlin, DE - Metropol
11/13 Warsaw, PL - Stodola
11/14 Brno, CZ - Sono Centrum
11/15 Budapest, HU - Barba Negra
11/16 Vienna, AT - Simm City
11/17 Munich, DE - Technikum
11/18 Milan, IT - Alcatraz
11/20 Zurich, CH - Komplex 457
11/21 Karlsruhe, DE - Substage
11/22 Saarbrucken, DE - Garage
11/23 Frankfurt, DE - Batschkapp
11/25 Cologne, DE - Live
Music Hall
11/26 Utrecht, NL - Tivoli
11/27 Antwerp, BE - Trix
11/28 Paris, FR - La Cigale
11/30 Glasgow, GB - SWG3 Galvanizers
12/1 Manchester, GB - O2 Ritz
12/2 Cardiff, GB - Great Hall
12/4 London, GB - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
12/5 Southampton, GB - 1865
12/6 Nottingham, GB - Rock City
