Our final show was yesterday night. It was GREAT. Björk was wonderful and we did our very best. And the audience was splendid. It was a beautiful end to a fabulous adventure.
I started this blog, in April 2007, with a poem by Matsuo Basho:
“The moon and sun are eternal travellers.
Even the years wander on.
A lifetime adrift in a boat,
or in old age leading a tired horse into the years,
every day is a journey,
and the journey itself is home.”
I had planned to end the blog with another poem, but I never found one. The poem by Basho says it all.
The Volta Tour may be over, but new beginnings are in the cards
Today we go home and to other journeys.
Thanks to my companions on the tour. You have been awesome.
Thanks also to all who read the blog. I have enjoyed your presence immensely.
Goodbye everyone! What a journey this has been…
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August 16th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
The Journey Must Be Home now!
August 16th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
good bye! thank you! best wishes!
August 16th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
No, once welcomed by the children of the diaspora, you can never go home again. Today’s nomads don’t need a home. With a laptop and hotel room, or friends at which you can stay, you can conduct business, stay in touch, experience life, and embrace horizons. Home is what you hang your hat on.
August 16th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Thank you all for everything.
August 16th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
After this blog I want to iceland…:(
I ever wanted to iceland.
This would be my journey!
Your journey was exciting.
This Tour was great.
Thanks.
August 16th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Bless Bless.
August 16th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Thank you Jonas for your words, your photos, your videos, your notes that I had the chance to hear. I’ll never forget these two shows I’ve been to.
Thanks for everything, good luck for the coming journeys.
I hope I’ll see you again.
August 17th, 2008 at 2:58 am
Now we’ll just plague your myspace, Jónas!
August 17th, 2008 at 4:05 am
Thanks Jonas, it’s been a pleasure reading your blog. It’s been a great hobby! Take care!
August 17th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Many thanks, Jónas! Blessings, and all the best!
August 17th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Thank you Jónas for keeping the Volta tour fresh all the way!
It wouden t have been the same without you and your Blog!
I was lucky enough to be there for the last/Almeria show.
What can i say?
Afer being present in 9 Volta dates: Bjork still manages to surprise me nig time last night. I think this was the best show ever!
The improvising was very much apriciated it, what a night!
During the Tour the versions of you and Bjork i will always remember as speciall:
-Sidasta Eg in Segovia! When you came onstage and started playing the first bit of the song i personally was puzzeled at first (cauz i thouth it woud have been earth intruders) and i inmediatly started meltinhg, i was so moved by this performance (still am). Last night the “Cover me” version was the best, the organ sound together with Bjork scary/funny/trippy interpretation shoud be inmortalized somehow but since this song wasn t played in Paris… i doubt it will “what a shame”
Also “Mother heroic” played in Madrid 2007 i will never ferget it was so gorgeous.
There has been many great moments for me during this tour, thanks for being part of it. Hopefully in years to come Bjork will shorten up the tour dates and make the duration of the concerts longer as we have been used to since previous tours.
All the best to everyone in the Volta team and to the fans who has contribute on this BLog for the entertaining of everyone.
Peace
August 17th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Oh! i must not ferget to mention: You dancing/jumping on “Declare independence” last night
August 17th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
This was one of my favorite days from the blog:
http://blog.bjork.com/2007/07/22/ghostigital-in-udine/#comments
August 17th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
and this one…
http://blog.bjork.com/2007/09/09/a-smoking-harpsichord/
August 17th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
we want more! we want more! we want more! we want more!….
August 17th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Hello, this last show has been the second one I saw in the tour and it has been really really different. The first time in Madrid I was so eager for see you that I didn´t enjoy it as I did in El Egido,also I was nearer to the stage. It was good that you were looking this time to the audience!! And the changes have been a great surprise.great great great!
Thanks for writting this blog relating the tour!¡ take care!!
I have a question, does anyone know what music is played before the shows that sounds like chinese music?
Thanks!
August 17th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Romain
Present @ Arènes de Nîmes, France - Aug.23 2007
August 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
so long
farewell
auf wiedersehen
goodbye
i’m glad
to go
i cannot tell a lie
i flit
i float
i fleetly flee
i fly
December 1st, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Much too late as always,
I just wanted to say goodbye, and thanks for the blog Jonas, I think you did a wonderful job. I will try to always wait 30 minutes upon waking up before sharing my dreams in the future. I will leave it there on that, and sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart. I was always sad to not see bjork live in the past, and now that I have seen her just once, I am very glad it was this tour. wish I could go back to that night and cherish it a little bit longer, and maybe drink less :P). in all seriousness.. Such wonderful energy!!
Love to all, you rock my bones. Todd Mellon. aka Vahndehrlawst aka gu.