My airplane neck pillow and I are fully prepared to start functioning. Excuse me while I listen to Norma Jean and The Chariot for the next fourteen hours in the sky.
I hope a furious kangaroo runs out onto the fairway while I’m playing nine holes of golf and challenges me to a fight of bare fists.
I’d own that silly little plant-eating marsupial like a boss.
We’ll be seeing ya!
Reallly wish I could be there to check it out! Good luck, Adam!
Stay safe. And stay in His presence. You’re doing great things, Adam. Continue to influence the world for His glory. Praying for you.
Have fun there! too bad i cant see ya there. good luck to ya! :) <3
THAT is a fight i’d pay to see. :)
Like a boss. Haha
Have fun! Also, I don’t doubt you’d own the kangaroo. Just don’t tangle with the snakes. I heard the ones in Australia have a bite with a nasty kick. :P
LOL, I’d pay good money to see you box a kangaroo! Have fun down there.
I……love…..neck….pillows.
I Hope you have allotttaa fun in Australia and New Zealand, and might I say, for a short entry, that was definitely interesting!
<3 Love ya man
-Lorelei AKA GalaxyGirl
PS-I wrote you a letter…I will of course send it in the mail, but if it never gets to you, I'd like to have other ways…..So a great, super nice (Australian, might I add) girl has posted my letter on her blog! We met over your blog also…so thanks!
http://www.orangeintheovercast.blogspot.com
It's a phenomenal blog, so you should check it out! She would be absolutely ecstatic, especially since she can't make it to one of your shows…anyway, I'll stop rambling now, so thanks again and I hope you find my letter! It would mean the world. <333(((you)))
OH! And good LUCK!
Why, I love airplane neck pillows. They make my neck comfy.
I hope a hyperactive koala comes up to you in the wilderness while you’re taking spectacular photos and challenges you to a thumb war.
The other animals would look on in jealousy of the magic of opposable thumbs.
Have a fantastic time!!! So wish I could be there with ya! Enjoy everyone’s wonderful accents!;) I love you Adam! If you read this email me! :)
Ahhh! I’ve always wanted to go there! Have fun! bless the people of NZ and AU with your amazing gift of beautiful music!! Iloveyouu!!! (: <33333
~Bethany
Can’t wait to meet you in three days, Adam! I hope you have a great flight. NZ loves you! The concert will be amazing. I hope you don’t injure andy Kangaroos…….. we have a good day!
Don’t diss us plant eaters.
You wanna know what’s hard? Knowing now that you’re halfway across the world, singing your little heart out, and I’m stuck here in the U.S. Come back soon?
God bless you on your journey to the land down under! Keep strong in the Faith, Mr. Young. I know every bit of encouragment would help me, so I hope every bit helps you!
Godspeed!
You need to do a show in Wellington, cause all of us Wellington people miss out. :(
It really is a fantastic city! :P
Dear Adam,
Wish I could come with! I hope you have an amazing time, and if you do chose to get into a fight with a kangaroo, make sure someone has a video camera pointed at you when you do (and then feel free to share it with us when at all possible). :) I’ll continue to pray for you, and God bless!
Love,
Madeline
:)
Enjoy your trip!
I’ve always wanted to go to Australia. And I wish I could go to your concert in Sweden in October. But that stupid age limit…*sigh* :(. Well, anyway, I hope you’ll come to Sweden next year, or at least soon, and I hope I can go to the show then. :)
Have a good time in Australia.
Erm…I had no idea you liked Norma Jean or The Chariot.
But that is bloody awesome.
I just bought The Chariot’s three-for-one CD a few weeks ago and I LOVE it!
And I love you, happy and blessed travellings!
I’m so jealous, Adam. I’ve wanted to visit New Zealand and Australia for so long. Are you going to visit Mordor whilst you’re there perhaps?
Have fun touring!
- Joel
Oh Adam I’m so excited I hope you have a blast visiting us down under! (oh and kangaroos do have a nasty kick so watch out!)
Dear Adam,
Knock ‘em dead, kid. New Zealand and Australia will be staggered by the sheer wonder that is Adam Young.
Still, I can’t wait for you to venture over to the ol’ U.K. and play at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, where I shall be situated!
Have fun!
Tom
Whoa! I am getting ready to get on a plane too! Cept I’m going to the Bahamas. Have a safe and pleasant journey! I pray that you will be able to shine God’s light in New Zealand and Australia. =)
U NO COME TO NORWAY ADAM? :(
We need you here in Mexico! :(
Be sure to take lots of pictures and keep us posted when you have the chance. Australia and New Zealand are beautiful places countries! Maybe if you have time you could visit Peter Jackson or the Shire or Mt Doom. :D
Get on the Plane on MONDAY and step off on WEDNESDAY :)
what a wonderful, weird, amazing thing!
Well that was a bit strange…? Have fun on an airplane and I hope things turn out well with the kangaroo!!
Australia and New Zealand, Wow! I’ve always wanted to go to Australia! But I can’t… oh well! Have fun anyways, and takes lot of amazing pictures and post them :)
Whoa. Norma Jean and The Chariot??
You make great music and you LISTEN to great music?!
*high five!*
HAHAHAHA Australia. Have fun there! I hope you don’t forget to blog for a long time, like in the LAST tour (O,o). Mentally scarred owl: the fireflies said farewell. Lol well have fun, and good luck with that kangaroo! (And watch out for thumbnail deadly jellyfish…(O,o) MENATLLY SCARRED OWL. Dennis is watching you.
14 hours, hmm? While I have taken longer flights than that, I would like to forget those experiences, particularly since I cannot, no matter how hard I try, sleep on planes. (I was awake more than 48 hours – yeah.) I hope you can sleep though, if for no other reason than 14 hours is a very long time to think/read/watch-a-movie/otherwise-occupy-yourself-while-remaining-seated. Unless you want to play with hotwheels cars in the isles, a rather fun thing to do on an airplane, but one that the flight attendants generally frown on. *sigh* No one appreciates hotwheels anymore.
See if you can get someone to film that fight. I wanna see it. Oh, and don’t hurt him too bad, you could get arrested, I think.
Have fun!
- Katie
Have fun! I wish i could see you on concert again! someday, I nknow it! And I alwas wanted to go to Austraila!! But i can’t, agin, someday. Have fun though! See ya soon!
God Bless
Have a safe trip!
~Lauranna
aww, i wish I could be at one of your shows, but not this time. I hope you have such a great time here that your tour loads more – and come to perth and adelaide :P
Basically, kangaroos are fun. I like it when they hang out in the middle of the road and I die of fright. They also taste amazing (but not off the road side, of course). …Anyway, I hope you lads and lasses will get to do some touristy things while here. G’day!? (I can’t think of a quintessentially/stereotypically australian goodbye)
HAVE AN AWESOME TIME! :)
Hope everything goes swell overseas and I bet everyone will love you.
Have a safe trip! :)
Hey Adam,
Australia is definitely beautiful, and the people are friendly too. I had the amazing opportunity to go and stay there for 8 1/2 months about ten years ago and the memories are fond. I did not have a chance to hop over to New Zealand but I am sure it is just as gorgeous. I wish you safe travels, pleasant dreams, and many opportunities to shine the light of Christ. If you get a moment, check out the photography of Ken Duncan(if you haven’t already), it is truly stunning. For kicks and giggles, try reading the poem “The Man From Snowy River” with your best Aussie accent. If nothing else, it will make the time go by! You have my prayers.
Matthew 5:14-16
You are a dork.
Have a safe trip, and have fun in New Zealand and Australia. :)
I’m crying right now. I lived a year in New Zealand. It was the best year of my life. I can’t explain how much I enjoyed being there. I wish I could go back there so badly that I’m saving every single penny.
New Zealand is just… Fantastic.. Their love for nature, the birds (you must go to a reserve to see Kiwis), plants (silver fern are beautiful). The sports -extreme sports,not just rugby. I don’t know if you are a fan of adrenaline, but you should jump from the sky tower in Auckland, or do a bungy jump, and if you have the chance, skydiving in Queestown, the view is amazing. The people there, they are so nice! I’m sure lots of them would be perfectly happy to make a pavlova for you, or invite you to a marae (Maori culture is so interesting!). I’m sure you would love to go for a walk on the beautiful and quiet beaches over there, no matter where you are, you will always be close to the ocean.
God, I could spend a year talking about that gorgeous country! I miss that place so much! I hope you enjoy your stay there as much as I did!
Best wishes, enjoy and have fun!
You know kangaroos are like 10 feet tall, right? Not so “silly little” after all.
Ok… You’re adorable… (please don’t take that weirdly…)
God has gifted you, Adam! Keep following His will and He will bless you!
-love in Christ, M
See you Friday night!! :)
:D i would love to go there…. Have fun! Post pictures :P and good luck with that kangaroo ;)
Ah, how I would love to live near Brisbane or Sydney or Melbourne. Alas, I am from the middle of nowhere, which is near nowhere, and hence I go nowhere.
You will be uploading live footage, shan’t you Adam?
and may I suggest NOT taking on a kangaroo with bare fists. 223s work MUCH better.
Have a great day, Randall (:
DUDE I AM SO JEALOUS!!!! YOU GET TO SPEND TIME WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE AWESOME ACCENTS! AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are on our knees before the Lord for your whole entourage … travel mercies, health & wellness, strength & quiet … The Light of the World, The Living Spring, The Heart of The Father … Our Bright Morning Star … may HE hold you in HIS Right Hand — Shine On for HIM as HE Shines Thru You! Blessings & All Honor Belongs to Our Gracious LORD & King! Thank you for blessing us with your love, humor, your joy! =)
Yes!!!If I could live in any country in the world I would move to Austalia in a heart beat.I totally wish I could go right now and see the two greatest things in this world:Owl City and Australia. Oh and you show that nutty kangaroo;crazy sasquatch got nothing on you(but you have to pity the poor fellas,I doubt they can be picky about their shoes).Hope you have a safe flight and a great time in the amazing Australia and New Zealand!!
Your in-flight music choice = commendable.
See you Friday.
Hi Adam! Hope you have a safe flight. I know you will enjoy yourself in Australia and New Zealand as much as the fans will enjoy seeing you!
The first blog of yours I ever read was “The Good Fight”. This blog put a knot in my stomach as I was blown away by your want to make the Lord proud, to spread his word, to be sure that whatever you did was in his name. You encouraged people to live “holy lives”, and to hold steadfast to their faith. What a beautiful disciple you are! You read your bible and I think it is wonderful that you carry it everywhere you go. Nothing is more powerful than the word of God.
I have to admit I do not always read the bible as often as I should. As Christians, we can learn from and inspire one another. Just as that fan caused you to think about doing what you do for Christ; you have inspired myself and others to read His word more faithfully.
I gave copies of “The Good Fight” to family and others that I know. My mother always listens nicely as I tell her Adam wrote this, or Adam said that.:) They think it’s nice, but they are not feeling you like I do or as excited as I thought they would be. So, I shut up and have been keeping you to myself.
I tried to find love before; kind of gave that up, and thought if God wanted someone out there for me, I would leave it to Him, or if He wanted me to stay single, then so be it. Stumbling upon you, I long to have a partner who loves Christ with all of his being, who is kind, humble, compassionate, funny.
I so admire your openness about your faith. Anytime anyone asks you about it; there is no hesitation. You shout it from the highest rooftop! Alot of artists have given praises to the Lord, but their videos/music or lifestyle do not reflect that.
There are people who disappoint me in this world by their attitude; the way they treat others, but Adam you do not disappoint at all. You are bright and beautiful; a shining star in a world full of sex, violence, immorality, hate. You are an inspiration to shy people, christians; old and young. You make me want to be a better Christian, person, woman.
To be continued…………………
Safe flight.envy u thou.Ruoth opaki.its luo for God b wit u
Don’t want to burst your bubble or anything, but I’m fairly sure the roo would own you. Aus is a great place :) You can get a tan in winter. Just watch out for the drop bears. And make sure you try some Vegemite!
@lorelei Aka galaxy girl: I read ur letter! It’s cute! Aren’t big families the best!?! I have six kids in my family and have friends who have way bigger families then that! I agree with most everything you said on in ur letter! :) you said you were gonna try and mail it to him too. Do you know an address to send it too? If so I would love to know! I wrote him a letter too! Anyway just thought I’d let you know I enjoyed reading it! :)
Whatever and who ever you decide to fistfight, please just take care of yourself! Have a wonderful flight=)
I’m extremely happy for you and all of the international Hootowls that get to see you! Good luck, be safe, stay awesome! We love you!
Have a wonderful trip Adam! :D Take care of yourself! Have fun in Australia! I hope you get more inspiration for your songs!
Have a wonderful trip Adam! :D Take care of yourself! Have fun in Australia! I hope you get more inspiration for your songs! :D
Can’t wait to see you on Tuesday!
Have a good trip, Adam!!
Stoked to be seeing you guys at long last!
The Sydney show is going to be a blast!
Wana see you singing so much..omg, i couldn’t believe it, you’re coming to Auckland again!!!
I really, really, REALLY hope you’ll be touring around there a year away from now!! That’s when I’ll finally pack my bags and fly from literally half around the world there, and it would be the coolest thing ever to see you play live in Melbourne city!! Plus, since your Europe tour is so badly arranged for my sake, those soon-to-be 8 months in Australia might be my only chance to see you live!
Hey Adam,
have a great time in NZ and Australia.I’ll see you in the UK in September! Safe trip :)
OWL HUGZ
Have a great time.
I am just a tad excited. :) have a safe flight!
Have a good time! Take a picture of a koala for me!
Love and hugs forever and ever,
Just another fan
P.S: Watch out for Golem.
P.P.S: Can you believe that when I woke up I had the LOTR theme music in my head? What a plate of shrimp…
Have fun down there, Adam! Sounds like you are looking forward to it!
Julie :)
That’s right.
BE THE BOSS.
YEAH!
Have fun beating up the kangaroos. Say Hi to a wallaby for me. ;)
Awwww :( I wrote a whole thing and then it went away. :( oh well…. Here we go again. So I had never heard of Norma Jean or The Chariot before so I looked it up on iTunes. It’s screamo music! Hahahaha! It’s ok if you like it! Everyone has different choices of music. ;) and I prefer owl city that’s why him liking screamo weirded me out so much I guess…. I for one could not stand listening to that for 14 hours straight! It all sounds the same and I’m afraid my ears would explode! Hehe! Well I guess what I’m trying to say is…… Adam,do you really like that music or were you just joking?
Have an awesome trip, Adam! Stock up on some Tim Tams while you are in Australia :)
Don’t make fun of Kangaroos! As a matter of fact, they are much stronger then one would say! You better leave the “Joey’s” alone, if you ever want to go back to America without having serious injuries.
By the way, although I’ve never been there, I’m sure I would love Australië, it’s so full of life! Not to forget about death, the most dangerous spiders live there, the one with the red back (don’t know the English name..) and the Black Widow (wow, that name sounds even scarier in English as in Dutch!!). But after watching tons of programmes about the dark sides of Australia, I still see it as the beautiful land where Steve Irwin made the world meet with Australia’s deepest treasures!
Anyway, have fun!
I saw you guys at the airport in Minneapolis, I was picking up my sister, and I almost died when I saw you! I was heading back to Owatonna actually!
Hahah, I bet you would own that kangaroo. I love you Adam. n_n
Enjoy your trip! By the way, Kangaroo’s rock! LOL ^_^
My last neck pillow smelled like peanuts. I still liked it, though.
I wish I could get to one of your concerts, but things didn’t work out that way so I can’t.
Anyway, have an awesome time Down Under!
I’d appreciate it if you’d ckeck out my blog. I posted a letter to you from a friend of mine on it and she’d be so happy if you’d read it.
http://orangeintheovercast.blogspot.com/
Hugs!
Madd :D
kangaroos are the 3rd best animal is the world, right after narwhals. Giraffes are #1.
HAVE FUN IN AUSTRALIA!!!
Never underestimate the silly little plant-eating marsupial. No matter how much like a boss you are, my country spends its time picking off those who dare to taunt it. ;)
I wish you luck, and I’ll be seeing you in Sydney next Tuesday. :3
Hope you brought nutella with you! I don’t know if they have it in Australia and New Zealand.
I know they have it in France. France is OBSESSED with nutella.
I’d love to see you box a kangaroo, that would be totally epic!
Have a safe trip and have fun in Australia!
Kangaroo boxing is one of my favorite activities. Truly invigorating.
I hope you had a nice flight and got to box a kangaroo ;)
Have fun with the marsupials… like a boss!
@ Kelly
We have Nutella in Australia. Vegemite isn’t the only thing we have down here. ;D
Butbut ;3; Kangaroos don’t run. They hop and bounce and leap and jump and move kangarooly! :D Australia and New Zealand sound awesome!!!
WHY AREN’T YOU COMING TO PERTH?!?!!!
WE MISS YOU! STAY SAFE!
Prayen for you!
WOOHOO GO KANGAROOS, AND PLAY LOTS OF GOLF!
CarrieLynn
Hope you are safe over there, Adam. God bless you. you are amazing. Keep us posted on your trip!!! Love you so much Adam!!!
The same year France gave America the statue of liberty they gave Sydney a pair of oranate toilets– they’re right under the harbor bridge. (Sydney-siders spent the late 1800s pissing in the street like animals)
Get used to peeing into a trough next to total strangers– that’s the uncomfortable fact about visiting Australia!
http://youtu.be/-sBnepbX1rY
Your distant friend,
Melissa
Have fun across the international date line!
You should check out the late, great Five Iron Frenzy or the soon to be late great, David Crowder*Band.
Have fun, eat a meat pie or some Australian junk food like that.
Oh my goodness…….that was my friend’s brain in blog form. I must inform him LOL.
PLATYPUS!
Did I catch your attention? Good. Now that you’re (hopefully) reading, I want to say that you are the coolest, wittiest, and downright WEIRDEST guy I’ve ever known. (in an odd, one-sided sort of way since we’ve actually never met physically and this is the first time I’m commenting on your blog but let’s not stress the details, shall we?) But we all know that weird is good, right? You’re only normal if you have a little bit of weird in you, and I like to think that everyone’s kind of a loon sometimes.
Anyways, good luck and enjoy your stay at New Zealand and Australia. If you have time, visit the Shire! (Lord of the Rings…good times, good times.) I hear that the sheep are pretty sheepy! (Whatever that means.) ;)
I have a request that you can shove into the dusty corner of your attic if you like, but if you have time, can you post a list of your favorite songs? I love your songs, but I want to know what songs YOU like!
Hearts, prayers, and virtual cookies,
E.
P.S. Oh, and another thing: have you ever considered becoming a fictional writer? Stephenie Meyer don’t hold a candle to you. In case you’re wondering, I fell in love with your post “I’ll See You in My Dreams”. It made me wish I could have a dream like that. :) Well, you got the sweatpants part right, at the very least. See ya.
Let us know what you think about the Auckland Concert Chamber as a venue.
Never underestimate those kangaroos. They’re actually quite powerful and have infamously powerful kicking strength with their hind legs. And they aren’t little either, even though they are plant eaters. Anyways whatever you do, have fun in Australia and New Zealand! I hope to be able to go there some day too it’s one of my travel goals before I die.
I have enjoyed all the songs you have sang tonight! It was epic!!! The best evening i have ever had!!! This is my first time seeing you so up close, live!!! I felt like i was in a dream…Thank you for letting me exprience your melodies of fantasy and serenity… I hope that you have enjoyed your stay in Auckland. I love the sound of crickets too!!! It was great to meet you in person though you might not have notice me in the crowd… i was two rows behind…=(… anyway… Take care and have many more great performances in days to come in Australia and for decades to come…
Karey^^
Adam,
Every new post I read I am constantly in awe of the creative genius that is also known as the brain. Thanks for posting this.
Keep writing!
Livy
LUCKY! I’ve always wanted to go there!! Have fun and be safe! Keep doing what you do best…even if it’s on the other side of the world!!! :)
TAKE WITH YOU! i hope you have a fantastical time at austrailia and new zealand, when you return, you should make a song about the kangaroos :D
Much Love, Sarah x <3
P.S l like liopleurodons :)
ITS MAH BURFDAY!!!! Thanks for a great Owlsome year, Adam! Good luck with those New Zealand dollar bills!
I am so incredibly upset that I wasn’t able to get tickets to the Brisbane performance ):
I know it would be amazing to experience, as your music is actually my favourite ever.
You make people so happy with your music, and we are so lucky in Australia to have you visit. Please make this a regular occurance.
May God be with you on your travels Adam.
Praying for you brother… that His peace may rest on you and give you strength!!
@Me:)
Thank you so much for reading my letter!!! It means more than you know, I
put a lot of thought and feeling into it! Now if only I could get Adam to read it as well…
There is a fan mail address that is very reliable thankI hear, and I am planning on sendin it there. It’s on fuckyeahowlcity.tumblr.com.
Thanks again to everyone who has been bostin Madd’s stats on http://www.oraPardon the swearing but is a great blog anyway…!
,Whoa!!! I just posted a whole bunch of gibberish!!! Woops! ANYWAY @Me:), there is a good address on fuckyeahowlcity.tumblr.com, despite the swearing. LOL
Also
Thank you to everyone who has been boosting madd’s stats at orangeintheovercast.blogspot.com!!!! If you haven’t checked this blog out yet please do!
Wow that is embarrassing eh? THERE ISNT ANY SWEARING AT ORANGEINTHEOVERCAST.BLOGSPOT.COM!! Darn this silly touch screen phone.
Praying for a safe trip, Adam! Have fun with the Kiwis :)
And go own that silly little plant-eating marsupial…like a boss. :D
~Katherine~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXFlnlrk2zg
i love owls!
this one is sooo cute…
you’re hurting our native wildlife? D:
they might not let you in :P
less than 24 hours to go!!!!
And to think I left New Zealand a week ago… Frustrating.
I thought that, if Adam Young ever sees it, and if anyone else here reads it, that they would be amused by the fact that although I’ve never seen a kangaroo punch anyone, I have in fact had a praying mantis punch me. It had its legs all bunched up, and I wanted to touch it, but like a boxer he suddenly lunged forward slightly, and his little arm shot out and hit my finger. I am a little awed to say that it actually stung. Although that was probably due more to the little poky things on his arm than the strength of his swing.
That’s awesome that you listen to The Chariot and Norma Jean!! Sweet!!! I just had to post this, even though I’m like a decade late to comment.
Thanks for the post, can I set it up so I receive an alert email every time you publish a new update?
Adam, enjoy your Trip! And get Some Merch ;)
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