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Electric Summer video playlist

Posted by Jakob S on July 3rd, 2018

Ra’anana Park Amphitheater in Tel Aviv on 21 June
(Screenshot from YouTube video by Yuval Erel)

The Electric Summer tour resumes tomorrow night, at the unique Dalhalla outdoor venue in Sweden, followed by Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway on Friday.

Here’s a collection of good quality YouTube-videos from the Electric Summer tour in June. Includes all 19 songs performed so far, taken from all of the eight cities visited, from Canterbury to Tel Aviv:

1. Cry Wolf – live in Tel Aviv
2. The Blood That Moves The Body – live in Canterbury
3. Minor Earth Major Sky – live in Doncaster
4. Lifelines – live in Yeovil
5. The Weight of the Wind – live in Blackpool
6. Crying in the Rain – live in Cork
7. Foot of the Mountain – live in Tel Aviv
8. Analogue – live in Blackpool
9. Train of Thought – live in Doncaster
10. Stay on These Roads – live in Tel Aviv
11a. This is Our Home – live in Yeovil
11b. Sycamore Leaves – live in Blackpool
12. Manhattan Skyline – live in Cork
13. Hunting High and Low – live in Tel Aviv
14. I’ve Been Losing You – live in Tel Aviv
15. The Sun Always Shines on TV – live in Darlington
16. Scoundrel Days – live in Blackpool
17. The Living Daylights – live in Cambridge
18. Take On Me – live in Darlington

There are also a few compilation videos worth checking out; from Cork and Tel Aviv.

Thanks to the uploaders.

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a-ha in Israel: “We’re here to connect with people”

Posted by Jakob S on June 20th, 2018

a-ha interviewed by Walla News in Tel Aviv, 19 June 2018

After starting their Electric Summer tour with seven dates in the UK and Ireland, a-ha are now in Tel Aviv to prepare for tomorrow’s concert at the Ra’anana Park Amphitheater – their first ever show in Israel.

Yesterday they were interviewed in the studio of news website Walla. The 9-minute video interview is in English and can be seen at walla.co.il.

They also did a press conference at the Sheraton Hotel, from which a short video has been posted on YouTube.

There have been some protests from the BDS Movement against a-ha playing in Israel, urging the band to cancel the concert. But for the band, this was never an option.

“For us, we think the most positive thing we can do is go wherever, whenever and play to our fans. We’re not here to support or protest anything. We’re here to connect with people we’ve made music for, that has hopefully meant something to them. So for us it’s a very simple choice”, Magne told Walla News.

“We disagree with [the BDS’] way of doing things. If we were to boycott for reasons here, where do we stop? There are so many countries you would boycott in the end and I personally don’t believe it is right. It was not a difficult decision to come”, Morten added.

When asked if music can contribute to peace, Magne said:

“I think it can contribute to people talking together and people coming together. And I think that’s the primary function of music as a language, to bring people from different parts of the world together to celebrate that moment or that common bond.”

The setlists at the Electric Summer concerts so far seem to have been the same as the opening night in Canterbury – the only exception being “This is Our Home” being replaced by “Sycamore Leaves” since Cork.

Other links:
Jerusalem Post
Israel Hayom
10.tv

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Electric Summer tour opens in Canterbury

Posted by Jakob S on June 8th, 2018

The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury, 7 June 2018
(Photo by Sabrina Maria)

a-ha opened their Electric Summer Tour at The Spitfire Ground St Lawrence in Canterbury last night, the first of 31 concerts across twelve European contries this summer. They were joined by support acts Tom Bailey and OMD.

The 18-song setlist apparently included several new arrangements, of particular note “Minor Earth Major Sky” and “Train of Thought” both being played similarly to the early demo versions, and a more electric version of “This is Our Home”.

Additionally, “The Blood That Moves The Body”, “Minor Earth Major Sky”, “The Weight of the Wind” and “Train of Thought” were all performed live for the first time since 2010.

High-quality video clips of “The Blood That Moves The Body” and “The Weight of the Wind” have been posted on YouTube by Chris Fournier.

“You have to reinvent things. It has to feel fresh, so even the ones we always play, you try to give them a different spin or really bring it back to the way it was at the core. It changes with each song. We might have had a demo of one of the hits that we are fond of so we might play something like that”, Paul told The Northern Echo in an interview earlier this week.

The backing band was mostly the same as on the MTV Unplugged tour, only Lars Horntveth was missing. Production rehearsals took place at the LH2 Studios in London from 2 – 5 June.

Canterbury, 7 June 2018
Canterbury, 7 June 2018Photo by Lisa Sherriff
Canterbury, 7 June 2018
Canterbury, 7 June 2018Photo by Lisa Sherriff

 
Setlist:
1. Cry Wolf
2. The Blood That Moves The Body
3. Minor Earth Major Sky (demo version)
4. Lifelines
5. The Weight of the Wind
6. Crying in the Rain
7. Foot of the Mountain
8. Analogue
9. Train of Thought (demo version)
10. Stay on These Roads
11. This is Our Home
12. Manhattan Skyline
13. Hunting High and Low
14. I’ve Been Losing You
15. The Sun Always Shines on TV
16. Scoundrel Days
17. The Living Daylights
18. Take on Me

The tour continues at Huish Park in Yeovil on Saturday.

UK press:
– Review: A-ha, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Thompson Twin’s Mark Bailey play Canterbury
– 7 things we learned from A-ha’s Magne ‘Mags’ Furuholmen ahead of their show at Huish Park in Yeovil
– Fresh approach a hit for a-ha – Norwegian trio set for Darlington gig
– A-ha: ‘It’s like any marriage, we share this fateful bond’
– Audio: Magne interviewed on YO1 Radio

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Summer concert announced for Copenhagen

Posted by Jakob S on January 24th, 2018

a-ha will bring their Electric Summer Tour to Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens amusement park on Friday, 27 July. This will be the first a-ha concert in Denmark since 2004, when they played at the Rock Under Broen Festival in Middelfart.

It is also the 30th concert to be announced on the Electric Summer Tour so far.

Paying visitors to Tivoli Gardens will have free entrance to the concert, but Inner Circle tickets near the stage will cost extra. The Inner Circle tickets go on sale for season card holders on Thursday 25 January, and for everyone else on Friday 26 January via billettlugen.dk.

Press articles:
GOD NYHED: Legendariske a-ha giver sommerkoncert i Tivoli
Den norske poptrio A-ha optræder i Tivoli til sommer
A-ha tilbage på dansk jord: Indtager Tivoli
Norske koryfæer tilbage efter 15 år: a-ha kommer til København

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New tour dates in France and the Netherlands

Posted by Jakob S on December 14th, 2017

A second tour date in France was announced last week, while the first date in the Netherlands followed today:

14 July 2018: Bospop Festival, Weert, Netherlands

24 July 2018: Théâtre Jean-Deschamps, Carcassone, France
(as part of the Festival de Carcassone)

For a list of all 29 dates announced so far, visit the Electric Summer Tour page.

In Ireland, all 5000 tickets for the Live at the Marquee concert in Cork sold out within a few hours last week. While in Norway, all 8400 tickets for next year’s Parken Festival in Bodø recently sold out in only 17 minutes.

Several of the other a-ha summer concerts are also close to selling out. More info on how to get tickets is available on the official site.

Kongsberg Jazz Festival has announced that Anneli Drecker’s Bel Canto will be supporting a-ha on July 6th, while support acts on the MTV Unplugged Tour starting next month will be Alexander Knappe in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and Jess Morgan in Oslo and London. More info here.

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New tour dates in Ireland and Germany

Posted by Jakob S on December 1st, 2017

Ten new tour dates on next year’s Electric Summer tour have now been announced; one in Ireland and nine in Germany:

12 June: Live At The Marquee, Cork, Ireland
13 July: Domplatz, Fulda, Germany
21 July: Marktplatz, Balingen, Germany
22 July: Freilichtsbuhne, Freiburg, Germany
10 August: Almased Arena, Uelzen, Germany
11 August: Freilichtsbuhne, Lorelei, Germany
22 August: Schlossplatz, Coburg, Germany
24 August: Elbufer, Dresden, Germany
25 August: Domplatz, Magdeburg, Germany
27 August: ZFR Festival, Bochum, Germany

This brings the total number of tour dates up to 27, which means almost half of the dates have now been announced – if they’re really planning to do 60 concerts during next summer/fall.

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Twelve new dates announced for a-ha’s ‘Electric Summer’ tour 2018

Posted by Jakob S on November 13th, 2017

Another batch of ‘Electric Summer’ 2018 tour dates have been announced today, including a stadium tour in England, their first concerts in Sweden and Estonia since 2002, and their first ever concert in Israel.

07 June: The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury, UK
09 June: Huish Park, Yeovil, UK
10 June: Cambs Glass Stadium, Cambridge, UK
14 June: Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, UK
16 June: Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, UK
17 June: Mowden Park, Darlington, UK
21 June: Exhibition Gardens, Tel Aviv, Israel

04 July: Dalhalla, Rättvik, Sweden
16 July: Trakai Castle, Trakai, Lithuania
17 July: Sigulda Castle, Sigulda, Latvia
19 July: Tartu Song Festival Grounds, Tartu, Estonia
25 July: Theatre Antique de Vienne, Vienne, France

Support acts in the UK will be OMD and Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey. One exception is the concert in Yeovil, where Marc Almond will appear instead of OMD.

For more details and ticket info, visit the official a-ha site.

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