In early June 2009 I decided to create a new blog, which would be about a-ha and of course each member of a-ha solo.
As much as I liked hosting a blog about Morten I had too many other things going on in my life after a while to keep it updated. I now try and make time everyday to keep the new blog up to date so I won't be posting regularly on this site anymore.
If you would like to read the new blog, please visit:
http://thebandstand.wordpress.com/
Thanks for your support :)
Karen
2009/09/08
2008/07/03
Morten Harket - Setlists (May 2008)
I can't believe I've forgotten to post the setlist from the Rockefeller concerts in Oslo (May 2008).
I was at the 2nd concert on May 21st.
Here's the setlist of songs Morten and solo band performed:
1. Send Me An Angel
2. Darkspace
3. Movies
4. Shooting Star
5. There Are Many Ways To Die
6. With You - With Me
7. A Kind Of Christmas Card
8. Spanish Steps
9. The One You Are
again I was at Royal Albert Hall, London on May 24th and here's the setlist:
1. Send Me An Angel
2. Movies
4. Shooting Star
5. There Are Many Ways To Die
6. With You - With Me
I was at the 2nd concert on May 21st.
Here's the setlist of songs Morten and solo band performed:
1. Send Me An Angel
2. Darkspace
3. Movies
4. Shooting Star
5. There Are Many Ways To Die
6. With You - With Me
7. A Kind Of Christmas Card
8. Spanish Steps
9. The One You Are
again I was at Royal Albert Hall, London on May 24th and here's the setlist:
1. Send Me An Angel
2. Movies
4. Shooting Star
5. There Are Many Ways To Die
6. With You - With Me
7. Darkspace
8. Spanish Steps
8. The One You Are
8. Spanish Steps
8. The One You Are
We'll Never Speak Again [video]
Here's a live performance with Morten and his solo band at the Top 20 Concert in Rådhusplassen (outside City Hall) Oslo, Norway on 20th June 2008. The song is "We'll Never Speak Again" which is Morten's new single.
Other performers at the concert were Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen and Katie Melua just to name a few.
2008/06/05
We'll Never Speak Again
The second single from "Letter from Egypt" out June 6 (Norway).
Source: Marie B. for the headsup. As posted on MH's official facebook.
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Letter from Egypt (Norwegian) Tracklisting
Here's the Norwegian tracklist for the album:
1. Darkspace*
2. Send Me An Angel
3. We'll Never Speak Again
4. There Are Many Ways To Die
5. With You - With Me
6. Letter From Egypt
7. A Name Is A Name
8. Movies
9. Shooting Star
10. Anyone
11. Should The Rain Fall
12. The One You Are
*Darkspace doesn't have ("You're With Me") beside it, but it appears like this on the German release.
Track 9 "Shooting Star" isn't on the German release. This song is replaced by "Slanted Floor" (see below).
May 21: A dream of mine came true today!
On May 21st I flew to from London to Oslo and met up with an online friend (for a very short chat) and walk to Oslo City (shopping centre) before she headed off for her bus home and I was going to meet other friends at Morten's cd-signing. Once we discovered where it was to be held (the store has 2 floors directly above each other) we had a bite to eat and a chat, we shared stories, showed each other photos from the past few days and then we wandered around the centre for a while, but in no time at all it was 4:30pm so we went to a cafe on the same level as Platekompaniet (where the cd-signing was being held) and had an early dinner, there would be no time later - we wanted to get back to our hotels to change and be there early enough to queue for the concert being held at Rockefeller Music Hall.
At about 5:30pm we headed over to the store and noticed about 30 people or so queuing already, so we joined the back of the queue and waited for Morten. About 6:05pm Morten arrived and photographers for Norwegian newspapers like Dagbladet, VG and Aftenposten and fans went flash-bulb crazy taking photos of Morten and we also noticed NRK tv were there to do a story.
Whilst we waited our turn with Morten we noticed the album "Letter from Egypt" playing in-store. It was so nice to hear the full songs. I realised when I got there, the album, only a few days since release on May 19, was already No. 1 on the Norwegian album chart and it made me very excited!
Around 6:30pm we neared the head of the queue and each had our photo with Morten and our cd signed. I only managed to say to Morten that I'd come from England for his cd-signing and the concert tonight and mentioned I was really excited to listen to the album and really looking forward to the concert. Morten smiled and then he said "so am I" and said "thankyou". It wasn't very long to say anymore (I still find it hard to talk to my idol) even after being a fan of his for over 21 years - but I did manage to get the one thing I've always wanted - a photo with Morten and I don't know why I've never done it before!
It wasn't by any means stressful or pushy as the HMV signing in Oxford Street London (2006) and although security were there, they weren't in any way involved in moving fans along! I enjoyed it - it (along with the concert) was the highlight of my very quick visit to Oslo and I didn't get back to my hotel until about 12:45am and then had to be up early for a 1040am flight back to London.
Oslo's a great place to visit but I'll never do such a quick visit again - it wasn't planned too far in advance but next time I shall plan trips for a few days either side so I can see things I still haven't seen on previous visits.
I've loved every holiday I've had in Norway because it feels inviting, friendly, exciting and homely!
I'm the happiest woman in the World!
Check out my friend Sue's photo (she came from Canada) as well as a couple of my photos on a-ha.com!
2008/05/15
Pre-order LFE from the a-ha fan cafe
Locust from the a-ha fan cafe runs a store and ships items Worldwide, if you're interested in buying the [Norwegian release] (for a very reasonable) price of NOK149 +postage, please contact her. Its approximately GBP15.00 each plus postage. She's selling the jewelcase and the digipak versions for the same price.
Unfortunately, the deadline for ordering and payment is tomorrow morning by 7am (GMT).
I've bought from Locust many times and have always found her items are in very good condition (usually brand new), reasonably priced, posted quickly and she's polite, friendly and good with communication.
Photoshoot
Three new promo photos.
I currently have photo 1 on my desktop but I like photo 2 as well.
Let's hope for a few more promo photos.
Official MySpace Webisodes
Webisodes have been added to Morten's official myspace.
May 13
Writing in Morocco with Ole Sverre
May 14
Behind the Scenes photoshoot
May 15
Behind the Scenes of filming Sony Ericsson tv spot
May 16
Morten Harket On Location in Morocco
May 17
May 18
cd-signing (Oslo) May 21, 2008
I'll definitely go to the signing session and then go to Rockefeller for the 2nd solo concert.
See: www.a-ha.com
2008/05/04
Letter from Egypt (German) tracklisting
Letter from Egypt:
1. Darkspace ("You're With Me")*
2. Send Me An Angel
3. We'll Never Speak Again
4. There Are Many Ways To Die
5. With You - With Me
6. Letter from Egypt
7. A Name Is A Name
8. Movies
9. Slanted Floor
10. Anyone
11. Should The Rain Fall
12. The One You Are
on the Norwegian release the song *Darkspace doesn't have ("You're With Me") it is simply known as "Darkspace".
"Slanted Floor" appears on the German release but on the Norwegian release Track 9 is "Shooting Star".
2008/05/01
2008/04/23
Third Show added at Rockfeller
Volume 6 a-ha.com Newsletter April 23, 2008
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2008/04/22
aha on Lydverket
Previously, a short video clip was posted on forums of Magne and Paul listening to Morten's Darkspace single in a studio with Morten. Magne seemed to enjoy the song but I'm not sure about Paul. Anyway, they laughed and joked. Morten seemed to a little overwhelmed and his cheeks went red but they seemed in good spirits. This clip was a snippet of the full interview which will be shown on NRK 1's Lydverket programme April 23rd at 23.15 (Norwegian time).
Translation also provided by Mortyman:
They basically say that their solo careers serves as a breather between their a-ha sessions. They feel that the solo work is an important addition to the a-ha world and that they bring the best of their solo work into a-ha. They also say that the solo concerts together is in response to fans who have wanted to hear the different side to them AND more importantly they say that they are in full swing with their next a-ha album.
2008/04/21
Pre-order [German] Darkspace
Darkspace (You're With Me) is now available to pre-order from www.amazon.de. Click here for the direct link to the item in Amazon's store: There's no need to create a new account for Amazon.de (if you already have an Amazon UK account) just enter the same login information eg. email address and your password and off you go to the checkout. I'm not sure if its the same for Amazon.com account holders but please try it yourself.
The cost is EUR4.99 per cd-single plus postage and they should be able to ship it Worldwide.
The cd won't be shipped until May 16.
Morten Live on Grosvold
Morten was interviewed on Anne Grosvold's show Grosvold on 04/18/2008. Not only did he appear being interviewed he also sang his new single called Darkspace (You're With Me) at the end of the show. The broadcast was in Norway on NRK tv and also on the internet at NRK's website. Unfortunately, technical problems on Friday evening (via the website) only showed the video but the video had no sound. Fortunate for his many fans NRK fixed it this morning and you can now watch it via the following links:
New album: Letter from Egypt
I should've posted this blog earlier, but well here it is now...my excuse is I got sidetracked!Most of you already know Morten's next solo album is called "Letter from Egypt" and it was due to be released in March this year, but Morten decided to fine tune it, now its due out in Norway, May 19th and Germany soon-after.
From the album cover - can you notice the red symbols on the rocks? Someone on a forum pointed that out, I didn't notice it myself. I admit this isn't a very good picture of the cover but its the only one I've found. I'm not too sure why the lady is half-dressed by the phonebox and the pose seems like Morten's walking down (a hill) and to me he looks a bit lop-sided. I also don't understand why the cover of Movies and the Darkspace singles Morten appears to be wearing animal-looking eye contacts lenses. I'm pretty sure if I had a clearer picture of the album cover that his eyes would be the same as the other two single covers. I think photoshoot was done in Morocco.
I pre-ordered the album from www.cdon.com (check for it under Future Releases).
I can't wait to hear Morten's new songs!
2008/04/17
Darkspace single / Morten Harket Facebook (Fan) Group
Morten supporting Amnesty Make Some NoiseJust a quick one to let you know I've heard a download and physical cd of Darkspace (You're With Me) will be released in Germany from May 16.
I'm keeping an eye on Amazon.de and hope I'll be able to order it from them (once they list it). If not, I guess I'll have to ask a friend in Germany to buy it for me. I'll let you know where you can buy it from in a few weeks time. I wish I could buy the single now!
Please join my Morten Harket Facebook group (if you haven't already) at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2313218962
All Morten fan's are welcome to join.
p.s Only 33 days to go until I hear Morten's new songs Live!