Hi everyone!
We're back from the amazing experience that was playing in Mexico City! We certainly had a wonderful time.

We all arrived to the city on different days: Johan and I were there from Monday before the show, and had a few days to get to know the city and buy some souvenirs and Mexican-style accesories for the show (a million thanks to Karen, Faridee, Kain and Gerardo for showing us around!). On Wednesday we did a couple of interviews, one for radio and one on television for a big music station, Telehit. Coolness!

Arjen, Davy, Alex, Naomi (our tour manager), Pieter (our sound engineer) and René (who joined us for the trip to document everything with his camera!) arrived on Thursday evening and we gathered in the hotel to have dinner together. Although sadly we were not yet as a complete band it felt good to see the dutchies again! Food in the hotel was really good so we stuffed ourselves hehehe. We discussed a few things about the show and then went to bed early for everyone to recover from their respective jetlags.

Next day we drove in the morning for some sight seeing: the aztec pyramids of Teotihuacán! I'd never been there before so it was a very cool experience; we bought a few more things (including riddiculous hats), climbed quite a few steps and admired the lovely view from the top of the Sun Pyramid. The atmosphere is very relaxed and solemn, if you leave out the hundreds of salesmen trying to convince you buy an obsidian sculpture, a clay flute in the shape of a turtle and everything in between. Alejandro was sold though, and bought a very interesting looking flute which we later guessed could've been dedicated to the aztec rain god Tlaloc, because we were caught by the rain later on and decided to drive back.

So we traveled for about an hour (traffic in Mexico City is really heavy!), got back to the hotel to freshen up and then head to the Rock Shop for a signing session. We were surprised on how many people showed up, it was great! We greeted lots of very enthousiastic people, got some really sweet presents, and basically started to get really excited about the show the next day. That evening Diana and Lori arrived so the band was finally complete! It felt so good =)

On Saturday we spent most of the time at the venue, Circo Volador. We were expecting to have a long soundcheck to rehearse a little, since we didn't have any rehearsing time before this show except for Arjen, Johan and Davy getting together in Holland. Unfortunately due to a series of delays and problems with the equipment we had to wait a lot; on top of that we had a series of disastrous events: the keyboard stand Alejandro was using wasn't strong enough and caused his Triton to fall on top of a borrowed keyboard, breaking a few of the keys; plus Johan's wireless just didn't work, and neither did a second device brought over by the staff. Lori was kind enough to give up hers, and a few phone calls brought us a new keyboard for the piano parts; so once again, we pulled through the hard moments with great aplomb! We really appreciate all the people helping us out and borrowing us their instruments, thank you so much!

So we could only soundcheck a few songs, but everything felt good once again; the experience of the past tours showed and we really didn't have much problems getting the band together again. When it was time to go on stage our energy levels went back up immediately, because we could feel a tremendously good vibe coming from the audience. In Mexico we take pride on going totally wild when we go see a band perform, and this time was no exception; I just can't describe how amazing it was for us (and the Mexicans specially) to receive such a warm and enthousiastic response, which of course made us go even wilder on stage! We were giving it all we had, and then some; for me at least the headbanging hangover lasted for the next four days, hehe...

All I have left to say is: ¡¡MIL GRACIAS!! To the promotors, the staff, the fans and friends, all you people who traveled for so long to go see the show. This was truly a really special night for us all!! STREAM ON!!

Thanks so much for the support before, during and after the gig. We didn't know what to really expect, but you made us feel at home within a second! Viva Mexico! No, neta!

It was awesome to finally play in Mexico! Especially after all the inspiring Mexican emails I've received through the years. A lot of friends told me that the people in Mexico are among the greatest audiences in the world....I know now they were not lying!

Ok... Mexico City was AWESOME!
I was so excited to play with Stream of Passion for the first time in Mexico. It was something really special for me to play in my own country and receive such a great response like we did. Thank you to everyone who was there for that wonderful experience and thank you as well to all the soppies. I love playing with you guys! =D

Thanks to everyone who came out to see us in Mexico; the show was a blast, and it was great to get to meet some of you afterwards. I'd heard that Mexican audiences were really great to play for, but your warm and enthusiastic response were more than I'd ever dared hope for. Pinkie respect! m/

I've enjoyed every minute of being in Mexico. My very first flight wasn't bad at all (it was just very long), the people were kind, the hotel was good, the food was even better, the organisation was reliable, the venue was cool and the audience was far beyond expectations. It felt good to give our Damn Litlle Mexicans a chance to perform in their own country and it was an honor for us to be there with them. Thank you so much for the warm welcome you gave us.
iMuchas Gracias!

And a few words from our guest photographer, Rene!

It's kind of weird to be writing a little piece of text about the trip to Mexico here on this spot, but since I travelled with the band and documented everything, the band asked me to write a little something.

The Mexican crowd was amazing! I've never seen so many people get so excited about meeting the members of Stream of Passion. Some of the Mexican people were even to nervous to speak! Unbelievable. Every Mexican was very polite though and was always trying to help you with any kind of thing. So far I've had nothing but good experiences in Mexico.

The band was not only great on stage, but also backstage, where I was also allowed this time. They all treated me like I was one of the members/crew and I won't forget the nice conversations and trips we all had together. Thank you all for that! And for all the other fans: Pinkie on and Stream Respect (or something like that ;)).