Another summer concert was announced today; Morten will perform in Trondheim on 31 July, as part of the annual Olavsfestdagene festival.
“Trondheim is a special city with a completely different atmosphere than other cities. It’s good to perform up there every time, whether it’s with a-ha or on my own. I associate Trondheim with the Wild Seed album, which was partly recorded at the Nidaros studio”, Morten tells Adresseavisen.
Tickets are available now from Billettservice.
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On ITV, April 7th
Morten did some more promotion in London yesterday. He started by appearing on Lorraine Kelly’s show on ITV, which can be seen here.
Then it was time for radio interviews, which included BBC Derby, BBC Lincolnshire, BBC Merseyside, BBC Suffolk, BBC Devon and others.
Although Morten will do more touring in the autumn, he couldn’t promise any further UK dates when answering fan questions on BBC Derby:
“I hope so, but I haven’t planned – I mean, this is all I see now; the album is just coming out and it’s what I’m doing. The summer is also booked up, as for the first time I’m doing festivals in Norway. There are a lot of activities there, and I have decided to do that this summer. Beyond that I haven’t planned exactly what will happen.”
Morten’s concert at KüçükÇiftlik Park in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 2nd has been cancelled. This is due to poor ticket sales, the venue announced on Facebook.
Ticket buyers are now getting e-mails with refund details.
No one seems to have told Morten about it yet, though, as he keeps mentioning how he’s looking forward to playing in Istanbul in several UK live interviews today.
Update: The cancellation has later been confirmed by Morten’s management in a message on Facebook:
We are sorry to have to inform you that Morten’s concert in Istanbul has been canceled by the promoters.
Morten was disappointed to hear this, as he was very much looking forward to his first concert in Turkey.
We are sorry about any inconvenience caused by this, and Morten hopes to return to Turkey at some other time.
Morten with Terry Wogan
(Picture by BBC Radio 2)
Morten is now in the UK to promote his new album. This morning he was a guest on Weekend Wogan on BBC Radio 2, where he did two acoustic songs together with Dan Sunhordvik; “Do You Remember Me” and – as a tribute to Phil Everly – “Let It Be Me”. The performance is available here. More pictures here and here.
Later on he was a guest on Gaby Roslin’s show on BBC Radio London, where he did two more songs together with Dan; “Do You Remember Me” and “Safe With Me”. He also talked openly about being bullied as a child. The show can be heard here (for 7 days). Pictures here and here.
He also met Maajid Nawaz today, whose book Radical was a source of inspiration for the lyrics in “Brother”. “Just met A-Ha lead singer @mortenharket to thank him for writing new album-track “Brother” based on my memoir Radical”, Nawaz said in a message on Twitter.
The UK promo continues tomorrow with more radio interviews, plus a TV-appearance on ITV’s Lorraine. Check out mortenharket.com for the details.
Before going to London, Morten and Dan did another acoustic session for Radio Norge in Oslo on Friday. But I don’t know if it was broadcast live or recorded for later. Pat Sharp, who was also a guest, posted a selfie with Morten on Twitter. Additional pictures here and here.
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From Studio 1
Morten’s Studio 1 concert, which was taped in Oslo on February 24th, aired on NRK1 in Norway last night.
Six of the seven songs performed were included in the TV broadcast, which can be viewed online at tv.nrk.no: Whispering Heart / Brother / Do You Remember Me / Spanish Steps / A Kind Of Christmas Card / There Is A Place.
An additional song, Safe With Me, is available as a bonus video here.
Morten was joined on stage by Per Lindvall (drums), Christer Karlsson (keyboard), Peter Kvint (guitar) and Lars Danielsson (bass).
The concert will be repeated April 9th on NRK2.
The festival dates keep coming; Morten was confirmed for Elvefestivalen in Drammen today, where he will perform on August 22nd. The Ylvis brothers will also appear at the festival. The ticket sale starts via Billettservice on April 7th.
SWR3 Latenight, March 28th
Morten and Dan Sunhordvik’s acoustic performance of “Brother” on the talkshow SWR3 Latenight aired in Germany last night. The performance, which was taped in Baden-Baden on Wednesday, can be seen here (starts at 24:30 minutes).
Apparently Morten’s in-ear monitor couldn’t be used, so the odd-looking thing on his cheek was an improvised solution.
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Contest winner Bettina gets vocal coaching from Morten
(Picture from ffn.de)
Morten was in Hannover today, on the fifth day of his German promo tour for the upcoming Brother album.
On the radio station FFN another contest winner, Bettina, had the chance to get vocal coaching from Morten as she sang a duet with him on “Brother”. Two different video reports from the visit have been posted on ffn.de and sat1regional.de. He was also interviewed for several FFN shows, and there are extensive photo galleries on haz.de and ffn.de. While at the radio studio he also met this fan.
Morten also visited the studio of HR1 for more interviews. The HR1 website has posted a video clip of Morten speaking in German, inviting people to come to his concert in Offenbach in May. There is also a photo gallery.
In addition, more interview clips and acoustic songs were broadcast on both SWR1 Baden-Württemberg and SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz tonight. Here is an acoustic version of “Safe With Me”, recorded in Stuttgart on Tuesday:
And here’s another Instagram photo from the visit to Baden-Baden on Wednesday.
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Acoustic session on SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, March 27th
(Picture from swr.de)
Morten continued his promotional tour of Germany today. In Mainz he visited the studios of SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, where he was interviewed for two different shows. He also did another acoustic session together with Dan Sunhordvik. A photo gallery and a few interview clips have been posted on swr.de.
In Ludwigshafen he was interviewed by RPR1, where a lucky contest winner had the chance to ask him some questions. She asked if he’s going to play more solo songs on this tour, instead of a-ha songs, to which he replied: “More of me”. A picture with RPR1 host Inge Meyer has been posted on Facebook.
He also visited Radio Regenbogen in Mannheim, where he was met by a group of fans. A photo gallery can be found at regenbogen.de. Update: A video clip from the interview has been posted on YouTube.
Meanwhile on SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, another part of Barbara Scherrer’s interview with Morten was broadcast this evening. She asked him if he’s figured out the live versions of the songs yet:
“I’m not there yet, but I’m looking forward to warming up with the band and really starting to gel with the band. They’re very good actually, it’s a brilliant band.”
Even though he’s going on the road with a new backing band, Morten says that he’s hoping to play with Dan, Erik and Karl Oluf at some point as well:
“Dan Sunhordvik was part of the band that I had last time around, when I toured after Out Of My Hands. And that was also a great band, I was very happy with that band. Something else has happened this time around. The drummer that I played with on the Wild Seed album in 95, his name is Per Lindvall, he did sessions for this album, Brother, and he got so excited about the material that he said ‘I’m gonna play this. I’m gonna come with you live.’ And then he brought with him a couple of other guys. And that has been a tough decision for me, a difficult one. Because I want to play with both teams – and maybe I will. I’m kind of hoping I will. But this time around it’s with Per and a Swedish bunch. One guy is Danish – no, two actually. They’re two now.”
Oh, and here’s another acoustic version from SWR1 Baden-Württemberg – “Brother” performed with Dan Sunhordvik:
As for why “Did I Leave You Behind” was left off the album, Morten has told a German fan that it was because they only wanted to have 10 songs on the album, and it didn’t quite fit in with the others.
Morten in the studios of SWR1, March 25th
(Picture from swr.de)
Two additional interviews with Morten were broadcast on German radio today.
On Radio 7 he was a guest on Chrissie Weiss’ evening show, where he talked briefly about the upcoming tour:
“We have a shorter spring tour coming up in May, across Europe. A couple of weeks only, quite a dense tour. Doing a little of France, Belgium, Germany, England – even Turkey, for the first time. It’s exciting, as I’ve actually never been to Turkey. So that has its own merit in itself, to go and play in Istanbul. I look forward to that very much, also because this is an album that I am very keen on playing live.”
The 5-part interview can be heard on Radio 7’s website.
He also appeared on SWR1’s “Guten Abend Baden-Württemberg” tonight, where the album track “Whispering Heart” was played for the first time. In addition, Morten performed an acoustic version of “Do You Remember Me?” together with Dan Sunhordvik, which can be heard below:
The full interview doesn’t seem to available online, but another acoustic performance will be broadcast on SWR1 tomorrow night.
Morten and Dan also did an acoustic version of “Brother” on the TV-show SWR3 Latenight in Baden-Baden today. Some Instagram pictures have been posted here and here. When it will air remains to be seen.
