HIM: The Last Tour

An intense memoir of HIM’s global rise, international touring life, and the relentless pace of the rock business – and its consequences

✓ HIM is Finland’s most internationally successful rock band, over 10 million records sold worldwide
✓ Multiple No. 1 chart positions, and the first Finnish band to receive Gold record in the US
✓ The book offers an insider’s account of life on tour with HIM
✓ The band's former guitar tech Kimmo Aroluoma offers an insider’s account of life on tour with HIM with the unauthorized tour memoir

How did HIM, led by the charismatic Ville Valo, rise from the Helsinki underground to global stardom? What kind of pressure, and personal sacrifice are required to sustain success at the highest level—and what ultimately causes a band to fall apart?

In HIM: The Last Tour, the band's (former) guitar tech Kimmo Aroluoma takes readers behind the scenes of HIM’s farewell tour and across the band’s entire career, from the 1990s club circuit to sold-out international arenas. Moving between continents, green rooms, and moments of quiet collapse, the book exposes the hidden mechanics of international touring, the mythology of artistic genius, and the emotional toll placed on those who serve a singular vision.

At once a tour memoir, a study of power and loyalty, and a personal survival story, HIM: The Last Tour offers an intimate portrait of the modern rock industry—seductive, exhausting, and ultimately unforgiving.