The strings should preferably seek out the darkest and coldest corners, and bring out the underlying unease and dark melancholy that run through the early a-ha material.īut Kjetil Bjerkestrand’s bombastic, light romantic string arrangements did little else than rub the a-ha material with the hairs. (…) Adding string arrangements to cool and quite minimalistic synthpop is a challenge. There is also a review in Dagsavisen (5 out of 6) and an article at popsenteret.no.ĭagbladet’s reviewer Sven Ove Bakke gives the concert 4 out of 6, and is not entirely satisfied with a-ha’s collaboration with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra: The audience of 1300 people included Queen Sonja, Princess Märtha Louise and her husband Ari Behn.Īftenposten has an article about the concert here, while Dagbladet has a review here. On December 1st, it’s open from 1pm to 5pm.Ī-ha surprised the audience at Oslo Konserthus last night, by not only playing the Hunting High and Low-album, but also the entire Scoundrel Days-album – 20 songs in all.Īnother surprise was that Paul and Magne had decided to change sides on stage for the first time since 1994. There is also an exhibition at Galleri MAP, showing a-ha photos taken by Janne Møller-Hansen between 19, which is open from 1pm to 8pm on November 30th and December 2nd, 3rd and 4th. More info is available on Facebook.įor those of you going to Oslo, the a-ha exhibition at the National Library is open from 9am to 7pm Monday to Friday, and from 9am to 6pm on Saturday, December 4th. Some fans are planning a “fan action” moment during the last concert, where the audience should hold up “thank you”-signs. Hopefully it will be available on Blu-ray as well. There is no support band in Oslo, and the stage time will be 8:30pm – so don’t be late!Ī-ha.com also announced last week that the final concert on December 4th will be filmed for a DVD release. The last four concerts in Oslo next week are fast approaching. Most of the video introductions have been compiled by Chris into a 7-minute clip on YouTube, which can be seen here. MTV in the UK aired a special called “a-ha’s Greatest 80’s Videos” on October 31st, where the band introduced 40 music videos from the 1980s. The setlist was the same as before, but in later concerts “(Seemingly) Nonstop July” has been replaced by “The Swing Of Things” and the order of the songs has been changed around somewhat.įor some good video clips from Brighton, check out this playlist on YouTube by Chris.Ģ1 Nov: Bournemouth Echo (Paul/Magne – also includes audio interviews) The UK part of the tour started in Brighton last Monday, November 15th. (Photo by Elliott Wright – more on the gallery page)
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