Morten and Magne In The Media

2008-05-13

In the past two weeks, both Morten and Magne were prominent in the Norwegian press. Here are some highlights to keep you up to date.

Morten Harket in the Media

Song Samples

Universal Norway has added some song clips from Morten’s upcoming album, Letter from Egypt. You can listen to them here.

Backstage Webisodes

Beginning today, there will be a new backstage video posted on Morten’s MySpace site each day until May 19, when Letter from Egypt will be released.

Interview with Morten

There was a long interview with Morten in Dagbladet on May 3. Starting with a discussion of physical mass, and including topics such as his diet, his early interest in music, and the long pause between his last solo album, Wild Seed and Letter from Egypt.

Ask Morten a question!

Morten will do a live webchat with VG on Monday, May 19 at 12:00. Submit your questions via the form here.

Translation:
Tittel = title of your question
Spørsmål = your question
Navn = your name

Send spørsmål = send your question
Tøm skjema = clear form

Vote for Morten

• Vote for Morten on P4.no!

(you can vote once per day)

• Vote for Morten on German Radio SWR3:
  1. Click on “abstimmen” right next to Mortens name on No. 5
  2. Then you have to type the code “bitte obigen code hier eintragen” which is shown to you
  3. Click on “abschicken”
  4. If everything went well you can see “zurück zur charts übersicht”

Morten Article on VG Nett

On Rockman’s Musikkblog, you can find an extensive article, in English, about Morten and his solo career.

Other media links:

“Meg, som Morten” on Dagsavisen.no
“Harkets nykker” on Dagsavisen.no
“Harket gift i hjertet” on Seher.no
“Morten Harket alene” on Helgeland-Arbeiderblad.no
“Stjernestatus er noe ræl” on Aftenpost.no

Magne F in the Media

‘FAGMEN’
Magne played three unannounced, free concerts at Palace Grill in Oslo on May 5, 6 and 7.  The set list included songs from Magne’s solo albums a dot of black in the blue of your bliss and Past Perfect Future Tense, as well as two of Magne’s songs from a-ha’s Analogue album.

The concerts were a kind of rehearsal for the upcoming concerts at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo and Royal Albert Hall in London. The setlist changed each night, and over the course of three days the audience grew to capacity in the small Palace Grill.

Related links:

“a-ha-Magne som pubsanger” – on Nettavisen.no
“Første stopp på vei mot Royal Albert Hall” on Oslopuls.no

The Dead Parents Club
In this article in Aftenposten, Magne talks about the loss of his father when he was 6 years old and the impact of this on his creativity.  Other creative personages who lost a parent as a child, such as Bono, Madonna and John Lennon, are also mentioned.

Read the article here

Thank you to Milly, Frauke, Jakob and Locust for this information.