VN-LINN, The International Vanilla Ninja Fanclub is organizing its first international Vanilla Ninja fan meeting. Meeting will take place on August 17, 2008 from 15:00 at the beach in Zvejniekciems (Latvia). No entrance fee, so just come - all fans are invited to join. If you are not able to come, no problem, there will be more such international events!
More informations about meeting you can find here.
 

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Statement Broken Records International / Music For Export
Santiago – Chile, July 28th, 2008

Rock Diva Promo Tour / Postponed till beginning of 2009.

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1. What does excite you easily?
In positive mind some unexpected and long-awaited event. For example supergood Summer weather, active holiday trip, meeting with some good friend, whom you haven't seen for a long time.
2. Would you live with 5000 EEK in month? If not, then why?
It depends, WHERE I have to live with this money. For example in India you could have a lot of fun with that amount of money.
3. Many people have something, what they are afraid of. For example: being in a lift or being in a room without windows. Do you have some fobias?
Yes I have, but I'm afraid to talk about them.
4. What kind of men don't you like? Why?
There's no reason... if I don't like them, then I just don't like them.
5. With which star from abroad or from Estonia would you like to make friends with?
I'd like to familiarize more with Madonna to do yoga with her! :)

Source: Buduaar. Translation by: Kätlin, thank you.

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Vanilla Ninja will participate in the annual "Tele2 Go Live!" concert in Tallinn (Tallinna Lauluväljak) on 06. September 2008.

Source: VN-Linn.

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If you want to take a look at Katrin's show called "Navigare" you can do it right now! In this website there are 6 episodes of this show. How do you like Kati as the TV host :)?

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"Crashing Through The Doors" is on 6th in Sky Plus Nokia Top 40.
Unfortunately the song is going down! Let's try to make it higher again ;)
Here in the "Küsi soovilaulu" box, type "Soovilugu" - Song title and below "Sinu nimi" - your name. Then click on "Saada" to send.

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Kalle and Piret are decotrating their new home and they visited an Indian store in Tallinn at Sossi Mountain. They were on Kroonika's first page, and one person saw that they bought a low golden table. And they said to elu24 that they moved into a new place, but they didn't want to say to which room the table goes. Piret Järvis plays the guitar in Vanilla Ninja and Kallervo Karu is the drummer in Slide Fifty. They have been together for 2 years and got engaged christmas last year.

Special thanks for news to Zuzia! Source: Elu24.ee, translation: Mari.

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Now you can download the girls' classic concert at Sound of Frankfurt 2004 on DVD, and also a high quality video of their performance of Dangerzone at the Sopot festival final in 2006. Just click on the thumbnails below:

Sopot Festival 2006


Sound of Frankfurt 2004

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"Birds of Peace" became the video of the day (17.07) on "My Crazy Music Blog". Moreover, soon there will be a little interview with Ninjas. This is a result of our VN-promoting campaign in web. If you want to help Ninjas and join our campaign, you need to know any good music blogs like this who could be interested in posting about VN. Please let us know by e-mail or in comments! We'll take care of all the rest :)
To visit the music blog, click the picture below:

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Here are the links to watch Lenna's perofmances from Tallinn:

Our gallery was updated with photos from Lenna's tour:

Tallinn (16.07.2008)

Tartu (15.07.2008)

Rapla (13.07.2008)

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Although Lenna's days are full of work, she managed to get her driving licence a month ago. ''I promised myself to make it almost one and a half years ago, but I had different work projects and had a lot to do'', said Lenna to Buduaar. ''Finally I have it!'', cheers Lenna, ''I even failed theory exam once in ARK, but I made driving from the first try!'' Lenna doesn't have her own car yet, but you can see her driving already. ''I sometime drive my brother's car and during restart tour I used to drive our band van'', Lenna is exited of her new rights.

Source: Buduaar. Thanks to Ramon for translation.

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Below you can see a second part of recording Slide Fifty's song "Vara":

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By clicking on the thumbnails below, you'll get to the album with scans from new issue of Kroonika magazine (Thanks to Suurprobleem).

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Ninjas finally opened their web shop.
All interested can see it here. They released new style clothes, as well with posters, keyrings or "Crashing Through The Doors" single. Bad news is that only people who live in Estonia can buy this merchandise and credit card payment is not possible. So ask your friends to buy it for you or wait till the shop of VanillaNinjaMusic.com is open ;) Moreover, in the pictures we can probably see Katrin as a model! How do you like it?

Source: VN-Vip.

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Piret wrote a message for fans:

"Dear all who still stick with us and take time to discuss our lives and music on the Vnboard! The fact that you care means the world to us and gives us a lot of power to continue the thing we are doing. Vanilla Ninja is really proud to have all of you as our fans. I think we have some of the most loyal fans on this planet and this is just cool! At the moment Lenna is on tour with Dago, but we still have meetings regularly to discuss the VN things, so don't worry - even if you are not able to read too many articles about VN these days we are very concentrated on our future plans and constantly work on them. But it all takes time and this time around we take things really carefully. Anyways
- at the moment I am enjoying my summer, visit my vocal-coach and practice my guitar. Also I try to work on my car licence, which means that I take car lessons. Hopefully our official page vanillaninja.ee will have more information on it soon. We're working on this as well. I wish all of you the warmest and funnest summer possible!
Hopefully You'll hear from us soon and I hope to keep hearing from you!

Love,
Piret"

Source: VNBoard.

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You have a possibility to join the Fanlisting again!
Those, who still haven't been added to our fanlisting can apply for their membership now. Just click here and visit our dedicated site to join it.
Sorry for all the unconveniences with a long break without adding new members, now the form is finally working :)

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You can watch the video about Piret and Kalle on the Reporter's site.

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Love started on the beach
Piret Järvis and Kallervo Karu's relationship is sweet as honey. The only drop of tears in their honeypot is Kallervo's hippy style moustache, which Piret cuts at night.
Vanilla Ninja's blonde beauty Piret (24) and Slide-Fifty's drummer Kallervo (22) got engaged last year during Christmas. It was a well kept secret, which came out in beginning of Summer.
Piret and Kallervo met for the first time 2 and half years ago in Saku Suurhall, where Slide-Fifty was Vanilla Ninja's warm-up band at their concert there. They then met again in Germany, when Piret lived in Cologne. Kallervo went there with a bigger group to a concert. There was no eye contact then, because both of them were seeing someone. The turning point in their love story was a party on the beach.

When did sparks begin between you two?
Kallervo: As a coincidence we both performed at the same time in Őllesummer. After the concert we happened to be in the same company, which was on the way to the beach for the afterparty. In the morning I woke up with Piret at the beach. Then half a year passed since we first met.

Piret: Yes, at that party sparks started to fly. It was a really beautiful and bright Summer night and really warm. We talked untill the sunset - it was an especially beautiful morning. After our time together, I was sure, that there was something between us.

Kallervo: And in the morning, sand in her hair, she went straight away to the band rehearsal.

You can read more in the new issue of Kroonika magazine.

Source: Kroonika. Translated by Ramon, corrected by Alice, thank you!

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On 12th July, Lenna performed in Kuressaare with Dagö and Chalice. Here are the links to watch Lenna's perofmances:

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What are imagined stories?
Chalice: Rumours come and go "I have lots of stories what I've made up myself, about four albums and more. But – there have been a lot of rumours about me. They come and go. They are funny but I can't remind any of them. I still fib."
(Then Lauri tells his story.)

Lenna Kuurmaa: For getting candies and sweets there was always some way getting them.
"There has been a lot of stories made up about me, but I wouldn't like to remind them – specifically negative things have been made up a lot. When I was a little girl, of course I fibbed. For getting candies and sweets somebody always made up something, but that was so long time ago."

Source: VNCity Thanks for translation to Mariliis.

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"I'm in a swivet," says Lauri Saatpalu. "Yes, I'm in a swivet too," says Jarek Kasari aka Chalice.
"It's kinda like before exams," says Lauri. On Thursday tour "Imaginary Tales" started in Viljandi.
"What's the time?" - asks Lenna Kuurmaa.
"20.54," looks Chalice.
"Then it starts now," knows Lenna.
Lauri gets himself up from a bed of a traveling bus which is parked next to the stage and enters in the performing pants and jacket. Artists enfold the nervousness in the conversation.
"People don't smile in Switzerland," tells Chalice.
"You haven't been in Switzerland enough," teaches Lauri. "They have so much money that they smile all the time. What they don't have, are computers - they bought at that time so expensive faxes that they work thus far."

They're singing on the stage with changes

Dished singing place in castlemountains of Viljandi fills slowly with people. Time is there.
Here and there the hands are doing clap-clap.
"Your area clapping like you've come to a concert," arrives Lauri with Dagö on the stage.
Clap-clap-clap, are doing the hands more boldly.
"You didn't see on the advertisment that you have to cart the benches closer?" asks Lauri. And starts the concert.
Benches, which are stuck on the ground, stay to their places. But in front of the stage gathers quickly firstly a bunch, then a group and finally a flock of concert people.
"I think it's not a surprise to anyone that the concert continues, so we'll perform the next song to you," says Lauri on the stage.
"Fucking good song," admits one concert visitor and stows the sleeping kid in the perambulator.
Change.
Maestro Chalice comes.
"Jarek does with his voice what he wants," comes from the public.
"Minu inimesed (My people)" achieved success, says applause.
"Next is ensemble Dagö," announces Chalice.
"Get ready, Chalice," comments Saatpalu.
"Teine Kadriorg (Second Kardiorg)" went very well, says aplaus.
Concert goes on. Lauri, Chalice and Lenna are singing backup vocals to each other in changing compositsions.

Who dances how

By the final, everybody is on the stage again dancing and singing.
Chalice dances like a plastic panda.
Lauri dances like a robot which is little bit out of order.
Lenna dances like a young woman who has a good mood and some sweet trouble in ther mind.
"Šveits (Switzerland)" is very normal song, says applause while becoming an ovation.
After the first concert of the tour artists admitted:
Chalice: "Stage chemistry was there. Even while being alone on the stage I felt that others where somewhere with me."
Lenna: "We had very much fun on the stage, we fit wonderfully."
Lauri: "Now we know that it works. Before we had a fear that... but now it's clear that in big part it's right."

Source: SL Ohtuleht. Big thanks for translation to Mariliis.

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"Is Finnish president Tarja Halonen a fan of Dagö, Chalice and Lenna Kuurmaa?" - we can read on Reporter's site. Halonen was at the Friday concert in Rakvere. Here is the video.

Source: reporter.ee. Thanks for translation to Mariliis.

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From 10th to 20th July, Lenna is on tour throught Estonia with Dagö and Chalice. Here you can watch the video from their rehearsal which was yesterday. Also, you can found photos from the rehearsal in our gallery.

Posted by Barshy •

Broken Records International wants to ask you for opinion about new edit of "Crashing Through The Doors".
Click the banner above and please write your own statement about the new version, it is really important for the label. Thanks!!!

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Today in the interview for VNCity, Katrin said that Ninjas will visit Latin America countries on Rock Diva tour in August.
And they are going to record their new music video there, as well. What is more, she added that she is going to be on the cover of "Stiil" magazine very soon :)

Source: VNCity, thanks to Kätlin for translation.

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"Crashing Through The Doors" on 3rd in Sky Plus Nokia Top 40!
We finally got VN to the top 3. So next week our task is to get them to the 1st :) Please keep on voting and let's show Ninjas how much we like this song!
How to vote? Here in the "Küsi soovilaulu" box, type "Soovilugu" - Song title and below "Sinu nimi" - your name. Then click on "Saada" to send.

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As you know, Lenna participated in this year's Õllesummer "Filmimuusika legendid" 2 days ago. Here are the videos from this event:

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Piret Järvis: I am not yet ready to get a child

In today's program "Open Your Eyes" of Radio 2, the reporters Maris and Sten tortured Piret Järvis mainly with questions about her wedding and marriage.

For example, it was interesting for the moderators, what colour Piret's wedding dress will have, and whether August 08 (08-08-08) was not a good date for the wedding and how much attention the groom paid for the wedding theme.

"On 08-08-08, I will not marry Kalervo for sure. This is so unoriginal," Piret said resolutely and she added, that the exact date for the wedding has not even been thought about with her partner. Piret reckons, however, that her wedding dress will be traditionally white.

[ Read more... ]

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Member of Vanilla Ninja engaged with her boyfriend, drummer of Slide Fifty Kallervo Karu. Young stars managed to keep their enagement in secret for half of the year.

When we ask member of Vanilla Ninja and VJ of Estonian MTV if the rumours were correct she answered honestly that it is true. First thing which Piret asked is: where and how it became known to media. As it turns out they had engaged already a while ago. At the end of last year... during Christmas!

[ Read more... ]

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You have a chance to see and hear how Lenna works in the studio :) The video below shows you work on the song "Vara", that she recorded with Slide Fifty.

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Good news! "Crashing Through The Doors" is slowly going higher in Estonian Top 40. Now it's on 27th. What is more, Lenna's song with Slide Fifty called "Vara" is just below it, on the 30th place! Don't forget to vote in Sky Plus list, Ninjas are on 5th place this week, so let's try to get them to the top! (instructions how to vote in news from 30.06)

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Broken Records International prepared a little gift for your help in voting for Ninjas!
On this website you can find a snippet with "Crashing Through The Doors" song, remixed by Broken Records. How do you like this version?
Remember that the more you vote, the more surprises you get! So now please vote for Ninjas in Chilean and Estonian radios ;) Just visit vnattack.com.

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Radio Sky Plus made a short video about Restart Tour. You can watch it below:

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From 1st July, Katrin has her own corner in magazine Kroonika which is called "Katrin Siska yoga school". There she will teach yoga and tell some interesting things about it. In yesterday's number of Kroonika was first article and there will be six more.
Watch the video here.

Thanks to Kätlin for info!

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Rock Diva Promo Tour: 22 July in México

"Hola México - Vanilla Ninja will visit México"
Vanilla Ninja will visit México at the end of July, because 'Don Luis De Llano' from 'Televisa' has invited the girls to be revealed in the 'azteca' country. Soon we will give details about the first visit of Vanilla Ninja to México, in the official Méxican website www.vanillaninja.com.mx.

Lenna, Piret & Katrin are coming to México soon, we expect the girls to perform in TV chanels of the country. This visit is the first part of the "Rock Diva Vanilla Ninja Latinamerican Promo Tour 2008".

Source: VN Official Mexico. Translation: Batio, thank you!

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