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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Today the Swedish hair metal band, Europe, announce that it would once again be touring the world. The band has decided to go on tour until December 21, 2012. This is the date the ancient Mayans believed the universe would end. Europe will be playing, "The Final Countdown" on the tour, and has no plans to play anything else. "Why did we pick "The Final Countdown"? We just though it kinda is the final countdown, with the universe exploding and all, and that our song would go good with it. Plus I love that synthy riff!" says band member Joey Tempest. The band is scheduled to begin their tour on July 5, 2008. This make their tour approximately 3 and a half years long. When questioned on how they planned to play one song for 3 and 1/2 years, the band responded that they "had no worries about it".
"The Final Countdown" is a single off of Europe's 3rd studio album, The Final Countdown. The album was Europe's attempt to make several more dollars before they sank in to the nothingness that all hair metal bands sank into. You know, that bottomless hole? They sank into that.
Our reporters asked Europe why they decided to do this. "The way we see it, the Mayan's choose us to countdown until the end of time for them, says band drummer, Ian Haugland, "I mean, they added up all the birthdays of the members of the band, divided by 7.4, and got 2012! The must have been geniuses! We didn't even exist when the Mayans were around, in the 1930s."