Christofer Johnsson of the Swedish metallers THERION has issued the following update:

"We're back in Europe and besides Kiev that will be the last show on this tour, we're pretty much done. Some words for our fans:

"Latin America: Thank you for being even more amazing than ever! We also made a new record here; we pulled almost 5,000 people in Quito, Ecuador, which is the biggest amount Therion ever pulled as a headliner so far. Next tour we can bring with us full European stage production.

"Japan: It took us 20 years to finally get over there and wow... it's been worth every second of waiting! The response we received was simply beyond our imagination and as for the country itself, each and everyone of us simply LOVED your incredible country. The very polite manners, the rich culture, the good traditions, the dicipline (never seen a more well organized festival!) etc etc etc. Seems like our performance there opened up for future possibilities for the band and it's for sure not the last time we saw The Land Of The Rising Sun!

"USA/Canada: Despite the somewhat dissapointing turn up for the shows, we indeed have some positive words. We sincerely want to thank everyone that showed up and supported the band and in perticular you people who travelled far and/or went to several shows. The crowds there really kicks ass in 4 of 5 shows, there were between 130 - 420 paying people showing up, but each show felt like there were much more thanx to your wild enthusiasm and rockin' hard approach!"