Hi all!

It's probably fair to give an update to you who visit us occasionally here in Vendlounge. The rest of us have been recharging our batteries while Olli has been rumbling in Bali for a month. Now he's supposedly on his way back to frosty Finland and we will kick off the new year by playing a private gig next Saturday. We may have some public gigs coming in March, but they are still to be confirmed.

While you are waiting for new music from Vend (patience, we are working on it!), we highly recommend you to check a new album "A Song and a Reason" from Kemopetrol (another band where Kalle is breaking the charts). We rate it to 5 stars! World-wide availability, check more details from www.kemopetrol.com

We're planning on putting on a rocking, yet wacky, yet cool, yet sweaty show next Wednesday Sep 07 at Bar Loose. Hey Heather will bring the heat at 21:30 and Vend will lift the atmosphere to a chaotic frenzy at 22:30. I think you should seriously think about joining our silly gang.

Today we can report that Vend is back in recording new music! Gig in Bar Loose also getting close, stay tuned.

Vend is back! We'll be rocking at Semifinal next Wednesday August 3 and y'all will be there, right? Tickets 6 euros, White Corona at 21:00, Vend at 22:00. More info at the Facebook event.

Be sure to listen to Olli ramble on about Vend and play some killer Vend songs on Lähiradio 100,3 MHz. The interview, which is in English, starts at 8pm.

UPDATE: The interview had to be postponed to next Sunday May 22 at 8pm!

What was the color of the wall in first ever Vend promo photos? How does it look inside their dense rehearsal garage? How were the amazing trick shots from "Speak Out" video made in reality? Find answer to these burning questions from "Vend History" video now in Vend-tv and you will be a king/queen of next music quiz! In the background you can hear demo of our new song "Mississippi". Give us some comments on the video and song!

Yesterday we had first Vend rehersal of this year and we wrote a new song "City Streets" that sounded awsome to us. You can for sure hear it if you come at our gigs later this spring. Show dates are coming...

Some of you were witnessing a special event before the end of year 2010: We played an electro-acoustic set in Helsinki's Bar Loose! Timo was not in town and Kalle had to cover him in a dual-role as a drummer and second keyboard player. According to audience reaction it all worked very well and we want to share you one tune from that night, please find "Hope is lost" from Vend-tv:

The three lucky winners of the Vend contest have now been informed. A big thank you to all participants, and of course: Stupendous congratulations to the winners!

Every band does a montage sooner or later, so here's one from us!