Wath this funny introduction (MTV 2000): Youtube
Sunday, 31 October 2010
Friday, 29 October 2010
Monday, 25 October 2010
Red, white and blue balloons for a-ha in Germany
Here is an article encouraging everyone attending the a-ha concerts in Germany to bring along balloons in the colours red, white and blue (as the Norwegian flag). - This as a visual adieu.
Source
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Most played on Norwegian radio in 2009 (in Norway)
Most played artist:
a-ha! 383 hours, 5 minutes and 26 seconds = about 16 days
Never before has a Norwegian band/artist topped this statistics.
Most played song:
1. a-ha: «Foot Of The Mountain», 122:32:39 (hours, minutes, seconds)
2. Donkeyboy: «Ambitions», 122:02:18
3. Beyonce: «Halo», 118:03:28
a-ha! 383 hours, 5 minutes and 26 seconds = about 16 days
Never before has a Norwegian band/artist topped this statistics.
Most played song:
1. a-ha: «Foot Of The Mountain», 122:32:39 (hours, minutes, seconds)
2. Donkeyboy: «Ambitions», 122:02:18
3. Beyonce: «Halo», 118:03:28
"In a very special year to a-ha, where we are both celebrating a 25 year long career in an international music business and as well ending our cooperating, we are both happy and grateful to see a-ha is the most played of all last years artists", Magne Furuholmen says.
"It is especially nice we are ending our career on the single charts with such a huge hit as “Foot of the Mountain”", Magne Furuholmen says.
(Source: Dagbladet 24.10.2010)
Friday, 22 October 2010
Re-listen to a-ha at Royal Albert Hall (Radio 2) - official BBC link
Please mind, the link will be removed October 28. Listen
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Did you know... (some facts from the a-ha conference)
- Did you know that a-ha was in every edition of the magazine Smash Hits the year 1986?
- Did you know that the film “Altered States” was a huge inspiration for Steve Barron when making the “Take on Me” video? (The hand coming up from the comic book and Morten throwing himself onto the walls).
- Did you know that a song named “I Lost my Umbrella” is just another early a-ha demo we have never heard?
"They were the decent ones"
This comment was directed to Larissa Bendel who talked about fame and fandom at the a-ha conference in Oslo today, in connection with the opening of the a-ha exhibition. a-ha fan Larissa Bendel represented the German fan club that existed from 1988 to 1998. The comment was made from the audience, by no one else but Magne Furuholmen’s mother conveying Magne’s thoughts…
You can read more about the conference and the speaches here: MIC. Here are some articles about the a-ha exhibition at the National Library in Oslo. Apparently, a-ha will be visiting the exhibition some time during the autumn.
NB
NB
NRK
Aftenposten
Ditt Oslo
Budstikka
Ballade
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
More a-ha with orchestra...
a-ha performing "Differences" at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in 2001. The song was written by Magne Furuholmen for the occasion. Listen: Youtube
Monday, 18 October 2010
Friday, 15 October 2010
The media about a-ha in 1986: "Their faces are their fortune and their image is crucial"
Magne Furuholmen (1986): "In ten years time, if we're still around, people won’t judge you for the videos or looks or anything, it will have to be the music you’re playing."
a-ha - Rock N Roll Evening News 1986: Watch
Who was right? The media or Magne?
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
a-ha, Albert Hall, reviews...
Wonder why they all complain about a lacking encore - wasn't the entire "Scoundrel Days" album the encore?
Monday, 11 October 2010
Sunday, 10 October 2010
a-ha at Royal Albert hall 08.10.2010 (Reconstructed)
Hunting High and Low
1. "Take On Me"
2. "Train of Thought"
3. "Hunting High and Low"
4. "The Blue Sky"
5. "Living A Boy's Adventure Tale"
6. "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
7. "And You Tell Me"
8. "Love Is Reason"
9. "I Dream Myself Alive"
10. "Here I Stand and Face the Rain"
End of the show
Scoundrel Days
1. "Scoundrel Days"
Introduction of 2 half
2. "The Swing of Things"
3. "I've Been Losing You"
4. "October"
5. "Manhattan Skyline"
6. "Cry Wolf"
7. "We're Looking for the Whales"
8. "The Weight of the Wind"
9. "Maybe, Maybe"
10. "Soft Rains of April"
End of the show part 2
1. "Take On Me"
2. "Train of Thought"
3. "Hunting High and Low"
4. "The Blue Sky"
5. "Living A Boy's Adventure Tale"
6. "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
7. "And You Tell Me"
8. "Love Is Reason"
9. "I Dream Myself Alive"
10. "Here I Stand and Face the Rain"
End of the show
Scoundrel Days
1. "Scoundrel Days"
Introduction of 2 half
2. "The Swing of Things"
3. "I've Been Losing You"
4. "October"
5. "Manhattan Skyline"
6. "Cry Wolf"
7. "We're Looking for the Whales"
8. "The Weight of the Wind"
9. "Maybe, Maybe"
10. "Soft Rains of April"
End of the show part 2
Crisp bread is good for you....
a-ha at the Lorraine Show (ITV) 06.10.2010 - interview and live performance ("The Sun Always Shines on TV"). Watch
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Watch this - the French fans have made a video in honour of a-ha!!!
Look what the French a-ha fans have made! Absolutely fantastic! A fan video based on the a-ha song "The Bandstand" - This in honour of a-ha, and to say thank you for all they have meant.
Well done fellow fans! Let's have more of these!? Great idea, isn't it?
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