Media Archive

2001 Media Archive

a-ha in the media - December 2001

12-31-01 This month, we found some extra information and interesting links on these events that we don't want to withhold!

Savoy on Norwegian TV on December 8

12-06-01 Plan International Norway and Norwegian broadcaster TV2 combined forces to raise money for Plan International, with a live TV special that had Savoy as one of the guest bands.

a-ha in the media - November 2001

12-02-01 This month's press overview holds three 'messages in the margin' which are worth reading.

a-ha in the media - October 2001

11-11-01 As they are working on various projects and are asked to participate in many (and sometimes quite strange) events, Morten, Magne and Paul get featured in the sidelines of many a press article.

a-ha will perform at this year's Nobel Peace Concert!

11-02-01 According to several Norwegian newspapers, a-ha have confirmed that they will perform at this year's Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo.

Savoy inside out

10-10-01 These days, Savoy is omnipresent in Norway's showbizz coverage. Newspaper journalists are queuing to get an interview.

Morten sings on a new Christmas album

10-10-01 According to Østlandets Blad, Morten will be one of the soloists on the new Christmas album by the NRK choir Sølvguttene.

Reviews of Savoy's ‘Reasons to Stay Indoors'

10-09-01 Savoy has received good reviews on their latest album, and scores from four to five on the dice in the newspapers.

Reviews of Magne Furuholmen's 'Dragonfly'

10-05-01 Magne Furuholmen and Kjetil Bjerkestrand's ‘Dragonfly' receives positive reviews in the media.

a-ha on the radio and Internet!

08-27-01 The German radio station NDR2 will transmit the recorded material from the a-ha concert in July at Rock am (Nürburg-)Ring on Monday August 27th.

Savoy releases new album this fall

08-03-01 Savoy, with band members Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Lauren Savoy and Frode Unneland, have finished the work on their fourth album, titled 'Reasons to stay indoors'.

Positive to a-ha concert at the Quart festival next year

07-22-01 Morten Harket is brimming with words of praise about what the Quart festival has been able to establish in Kristiansand. Next year he would like to play there with a-ha.

Magne makes his debut as a solo singer in new movie

07-22-01 With the song 'Dragonfly' Magne Furuholmen makes his solo debut as a solo singer in the music score for the latest movie by Marius Holst.

Stuttgart on a-ha

07-11-01 The Stuttgarter Zeitung had no less than four articles about the festival and the band's performance there, and each of the journalists seemed eager to outdo his colleagues in the use of superlatives describing a-ha's deliverance.

Highlights from Rock im Park on German radio

06-05-01 Tonight, the radio station Bayern 3 will broadcast highlights from Rock im Park from 19 to 22h CET.

In Formula 1 category

06-05-01 VG´s reporter Espen A. Hansen went to Germany to see the two major rock festivals, and he reports of a great demonstration of Norwegian pop music including both Briskeby and a-ha.

Rumours of foul playback in Germany

06-05-01 A crop of rumours have been spread through some German newspapers after the two last shows.

a-ha pulls out the plugs for Lena and Stine Sofie

05-20-01 2001-05-20 Last night, a-ha performed a short, acoustic set at Fjæreheia's stone quarry, to support the Stine Sofie foundation and to commemorate the two girls. The newspapers all agree

a-ha plays live at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park in Germany

05-14-01 a-ha will appear on the center stage of Rock am Ring in Nürburg on Saturday, June 2. Rock im Park takes place at the Frankenstadion in Nürnberg, and a-ha will perform on the center stage on Sunday, June 3.

a-ha´s video Take On Me ranked as #8 as best music video ever

05-11-01 The music video channel VH1 has chosen the 100 best music videos ever, and "Take on Me" is elected as number 8.

'One Night at McCool's' premiere in USA on Friday April 27

04-25-01 The film carries the soundtrack of a-ha's song Velvet. Here you can find a list of links to a lot of interesting reviews and interviews as well as video clips from the movie.

"a-ha: forever drunk and young"

04-19-01 A Russian review says "So far, the best gig of the Moscow concert season took place at the Olimpiysky arena on March 18 - a concert by the Norwegian band a-ha.

"And these are the results from the Norwegian jury..."

04-19-01 Norwegian media pays a lot of attention to a-ha's Oslo concerts. We have collected the articles covering the days before and after the magical weekend of March 24-25, as well as the raving concert reviews.

a-ha headline two of the biggest summer-festivals in Europe

04-07-01 On 2nd and 3rd June a-ha will be headlining Germany's two biggest festivals Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park along with Guns N Roses and Limp Bizkit.

Russian Headliners

04-05-01 a-ha's tour through Russia did not go by unnoticed, and stirred quite a lot of press activity.

a-ha on radio P4

03-23-01 a-ha did a live interview on the Norwegian radio station P4. They even took a couple of fan questions!

"a-ha don't give in to hangovers - they're always drunk"

03-20-01 or: how Moscow media have their own interpretation of the press conference

From Russia with pop

03-19-01 Dagbladet reviewer blown away by a-ha's Moscow concert

"Hysteria for a-ha"

03-18-01 Dagbladet reports about a rather chaotic Moscow press conference...

a-ha.com is Best of the Web!

03-08-01 BBC´s WebGuide places a-ha.com on top of their Best of the Web list

Norwegian concert promoters doubted the band's popularity

03-05-01 According to Dagbladet's music journalist Håkon Moslet, who has spoken with Magne Furuholmen, a-ha wanted to do concerts in Japan, Germany as well as in Norway last year.

"Now a-ha are really old!"

03-03-01 The Norwegian media reflects on a-ha's Spellemann awards.

a-ha receives high scores in German music magazine!

02-22-01 The renowned German music magazine Musikexpress has just published the results of their music poll for the year 2000. a-ha ranked no. 5 on the list for the Best Album.

Monumental Magne in miniature

02-13-01 2001-02-13 Dagbladet, 29. Jan 2001 "Monumental miniatures in monotypes" says Magne Furuholmen, critically circling the gallery with pictures under his arm. He's coming down the home

"Better than topping the US charts"

02-13-01 Norway Post is proud to launch Magne Furuholmen as a postage stamp artist on 7.

Morten takes part in an anti-racism concert in Oslo

02-13-01 On Wednesday, March 14 - Valentine's Day - Morten will appear at an anti-racism concert which takes place at the Holmlia school just outside of Oslo.

Do you want to vote for a-ha?

02-13-01 You now can vote for the song you feel should win the Spellemann Prize in the category for Song of the Year.

a-ha will play at Spellemann

02-10-01 It has now been confirmed that a-ha will be ready on stage in Spektrum on 2nd of March to perform the hit "Minor Earth, Major Sky".

a-ha - The Comeback of the Year

02-01-01 To all of you who didn't get to see the ZDF a-ha special, we can now offer an English translation of the documentary.

Magne Furuholmen makes his stamp debut

01-31-01 Magne's work on experimental miniature art can now be found on a postage stamp which will get on sale from February 7, for Valentine's Day.

a-ha will be net pioneers

01-31-01 When on Saturday, March 24, two of Norway's absolute top pop bands will enter the stage of the new Valhall arena at Hovin, Oslo, the tickets will have been sold out for many, many months.

a-ha live on the net

01-31-01 On 24 March, Morten Harket's and a-ha's first concert together with Briskeby will be shown via the Internet to the whole world.

Magne Furuholmen, postage stamp artist

01-31-01 a-ha star Magne Furuholmen is about to debut as a postage stamp artist.

a-ha straight to the net

01-31-01 a-ha's concerts in Oslo in March will be broadcasted live on the internet, so that fans all over the world can experience the event - for free. This is a first for Scandinavia.