#joker out see you soon tour 2024

[mitamicah]

What it feels like rn 😏😆🥹

[damiannasworld]

Helitehas, Tallinn 05.03.24

📸 teedaep

[stealthywing]

Happy bojere day! ❤️💚

[luciawithoutj]

Another sketchbook dump ✨

Really love few of these and I will try to make them digitally.

[micahthemoon]

March 3 2024 Second day in Finland and the second Joker Out concert. Today I went as häärijä, yellow suit and everything. It became the source of many gender euphoria moments given the compliments people threw my way. Some even said they thought I was the real deal from behind. Others wanted photos and autographs (signed as Dojan – the Danish häärijä). Evn Bojan ‘puppy eyes’ Cvjetićanin held eye contact with me for 5 second smiling and nodding (my stomach dropped hard).

[vikersund]

Idk maybe I'm taking this differently but... I completely understand why there are also EE tickets that are more expensive? And not even thinking about from the fans side, apart from the queueing thing and etc.

They are getting bigger, the tour is bigger, longer. More dates. Renting a tourbus, planes, hotels, VENUES.

Guys you need to understand that the costs of the tour are massive and no, they are not money greedy, but everything is expensive and not treat them like they are only band in Europe who are acting like this. Their concert tickets are still cheap comparing to others, at least to the european musician I am listening to. Them increasing and making the ee in first place might be also a solution to not lose money on this tour, to even try to make it profitable. There are not only 5 guys in this, there are them and their team that contains extra few people, who are not doing it for free.

So I understand that you might be bitter, even mad, but they are as much people as we are and they doesn't deserve your backlash because they are trying to earn money.

If you don't want EE, that's fine, but also don't trash people who will do it.

[sareevibes]

Joker Out | See You Soon Tour in Munich 2024

In love with the colors 🪩

[jokeroutsubs]

[ENG translation] Joker Out: The destinies of "the Jokers" are linked

An interview with Joker Out published in the September 2024 issue of Pil magazine. Original article written by Jelka Šutej Adamič, photos by Vita Orehek. Translation by a member of JokerOutSubs, review by @kurooscoffee, proofread by IG GBoleyn123.

The band Joker Out is at the centre of the Slovenian music scene, they're travelling from concert to concert, and they also have more and more fans. Right now, they're still on a big European tour titled 'See You Soon', on which they will have, or have had, at least 22 concerts in 13 countries¹. They've announced the release of a new album in the autumn. We caught up with them during the hot July days and chatted with Jure Maček, Kris Guštin, Jan Peteh and Nace Jordan, whilst Bojan Cvjetićanin wasn't able to join the conversation.

¹This interview was conducted in July 2024 and published in the September issue of Pil; the See You Soon tour is now already over.

A question that has probably been asked a hundred times already: how and when did you get together and form the band?

We formed the band out of two pre-existing ones, the bands Buržoazija and Apokalipsa. We met at a concert and decided that we should form a band together. That was in 2016, when we got together for rehearsals for the first time and named the newly formed band Joker Out.

Last autumn you sold out Stožice Arena, now you're preparing the new album and have been on a European tour for several months already. Did you imagine that you would rise so quickly?

Maybe not that it would be so quick, but we've always been quite ambitious, because we had hopes and dreams. It's true, however, that we didn't know exactly what it was that we wanted.

What would you suggest to beginners who have similar ambitions to you? How should they get to work?

They have to practise a lot and persist, they have to find the people around them who complete them. Our friends and family members helped us out a lot in the beginning. Jan's dad, for example, constantly drove us around for the first two years. We wouldn't have gotten anywhere without him. Our advice would be to use (in the positive sense of the word!) anyone who can offer help. But of course, you primarily have to play as much as possible, including with various musicians who show up on your path.

Aside from hard work, another important thing is probably the producer, someone who gives you direction, takes care of your sound, gives you advice?

Our producer is Žare Pak, who is admittedly a "peculiar fellow", but Joker Out probably wouldn't sound the same without him. He is the sixth ear of the band who listens critically and determines whether something is good enough to make a recording. At the end he puts everything we record into one package and that's what we then listen to.

Who are the other people who are by your side professionally?

We have Niko, our driver, security guard, the dad of the band. We have Maša and Sanjin who always make sure that we look good and make a good impression in interviews. Also very important is Mark Pirc, who started out as a video producer, but our collaboration has expanded into general visual artistic co-creation and coordination. Mark is our main visual producer. All the people who help out, who make a concert happen, are also part of our team, and that's not a small number. Right now, we wouldn't be able to put on a concert on our own anymore, without help. We also have to highlight Andraž Drobnič, who takes care of our clothes, our stage costumes.

Do you currently live in Ljubljana?

In Ljubljana, Logatec, and Vrhnika.

You performed in various venues on the tour – from Helsinki to Istanbul, where you're yet to go². Were any of the performances abroad particularly memorable?

Whenever we go to Finland, we're thrilled. It's always top-notch there. Last year we played in Turku where 2800 people came to listen to us, which was something special for us. The venue was sold out.

²The Istanbul gig the interviewer is referring to was later cancelled.

How does a festival performance differ from one in a concert hall or a club? Do you prepare a different programme for one versus the other?

A lot of people who don't know us come to a festival, and we adjust our playlist accordingly. The advantage of being at a festival is that we can hang out with other musicians who are playing at the same festival, because at solo concerts, we stay backstage. The most important thing at a festival is definitely that you also get the attention of people who don't know you, whereas at your own concerts, you primarily have to satisfy the wishes of your listeners.

And the audience? How does it differ from country to country?

They don't speak Slovenian anywhere, so it doesn't matter. (laughter) They differ in energy, since each country has its own unique energy. At some concerts, the audience is more intense and very energetic, at others, they sing very loudly or participate in clapping and singing on their own... Each country is a little different. Finns are the most like us, while Lithuanians are the best of all at waving. We do have a lot of fans who are with us at most of the concerts. They follow along...

Are you perhaps planning a tour in the USA?

No. Of course we'd like to go, but it's not the right time for a tour yet.

What else do you like to do when you're not behind your instruments or the microphone?

I spent all day yesterday fixing my moped. (Jure)

I like to cook, I made a good lasagna the other day! At home, I often take a look at what's happening on the music scene: innovations, new releases. (Jan)

I have a small puppy and I spend most of my free time trying to raise him to be a nice dog. (Nace)

I go to Rožnik³ to cool off. (Kris)

Basically, we like to use our free time for ourselves.

³Rožnik is a small wooded hill in Ljubljana, a very popular place for the locals to go for a walk and exercise.

Do you also hang out privately?

Yes. We would probably do that more if we weren't together so much for business too. We also go for drinks together or meet up at our rehearsal place to chat and hang out.

How do you react when you get recognised on the street? Are you nice to your fans?

We are nice and we take photos with people if they wish to do so. There might be a problem after concerts, when there are really a lot of people and you can't please everyone. But otherwise it's not a problem to sign an autograph, but what's best is to have a bit of a chat.

You've opened an Openstage platform, which makes it easier for your fans to access your activity. What has the response been like? Has it "stuck"?

It has stuck, but it's true that we constantly have to promote it. We've reached ten thousand fans on Openstage, which means that more than ten thousand people have access to exclusive things like, for example, hearing a pre-premiere snippet of our new single 'Šta bih ja', which was released in July. Besides that, they're always the first ones who can buy new articles, CDs, vinyls, and they will often have a chance to buy concert tickets on pre-sale, and maybe have some discounts too. We also get a lot of information out of it, which helps us going forwards. The fans tell us where they are and where they want to listen to us, so we can plan a tour based on that as well.

In 'Everybody's Waiting', a very intimate song, you highlight topics like anxiety, success, individualism ... How has success affected your lives?

Ever since Eurovision, we often get the feeling that we're not in control of our lives anymore. We are more or less dependent on a bigger goal and at least four other people. It seems like our future, our destiny is irrefutably linked now, and we often have a feeling that the individual can get lost within that.

I'm sure you're sticking with rock'n'roll. Nevertheless, are you still tempted by any other music genres?

We're staying based in rock'n'roll, but we can always add rhythms from other musical genres to our songs – from a hint of world music to jazz chords, electronic music, samba rhythms...

What do you think of Pil⁴?

We read Pil and we were always excited about the posters. We hope we will get another edition of the poster. (laughter) We're glad that Pil still exists, that it's just like the one we knew from our childhoods. The fact that we were already on a Pil poster once means a lot to us.

⁴Pil is a Slovenian magazine for pre-teens and young teens which has been published since 1948 and has been an important part of many Slovenians' childhoods and teenage years.

[mitamicah]

Seeing all the stories from the Joker Out concert yesterday I have come to the conclusion that must be something in the Berlin water xD

[mitamicah]

I am split whether or not i am happy to have so many hopes for the Malmø and Gothenborg concerts - yesterday for instance i bought rainbow coloured bunny ears for the slight chance that I could gift them to kris. I have made a freaking sign that I hope to show when I hopefully get a barricade spot because I rescheduled the bus to hopefully arrive early for then hopefully have bojan see the sign and love it enough to do what I ask on it (that he write "are you" in my book so I can get it tattooed). On top of that I still have my little personalized packages for the boys in the chance i meet one or more so I hopefully can give them that and a hug and maybe get a pick or a setlist or a drumstick.

Can you guys see what I mean yet?

[mitamicah]

What a funny coincidence that one one of my most cat coded friends have their birthday on international cat day; Happy Birthday @j-restlessgeek 😸

[damiannasworld]

Kris' opinion about the 17min long UM. 😂

Trix, Antwerp 23.03.24

🎥 MavricaKonca

[damiannasworld]

Yes, Bojan, we know what you're thinking about. 😂

🎥 X

[mitamicah]

It's been six months since Malmö where does the time gooooooo

In honor of that and Bluza coming soon here's Bojan singing his heart out to the blouse song at the Moriska Paviljongen (picture reference)

[damiannasworld]

Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht 20.03.24

📸 welovejokerout

[mitamicah]

Joker Out in Helsinki sketches; SyS tour 03.02-03.03 2024