Media Archive

2002 Media Archive

a-ha in the media - October 2002

11-29-02 In October, the international media provided once more unusual insights into a-ha's peripheral life.

a-ha in the media - November 2002

11-19-02 With the 2002 Lifelines tour as good as over and the upcoming live album mixed, the media are shifting their attention toward the band members' personal interests and solo projects again.

a-ha in the media - September 2002

09-05-02 September marks the beginning of the third leg of a-ha's Lifelines tour. Magne, Paul and Morten were also spotted at several press conferences and those are featured right here!

a-ha in the media - August 2002

09-04-02 A short press overview this month - against all odds, and Brazilian concerts. But the end of the month held a surprise or two and some intriguing news!

a-ha in the media - July 2002

08-04-02 July's PR efforts were focused on the UK, but we also bring an interview from Switzerland, news on a new art exhibition featuring Magne's work and more!

a-ha in the media - June 2002

07-03-02 In June, most of the media attention was focused on a-ha's European tour. However, now that 'Lifelines' has been released in the UK, the interviews from that country are coming in.

a-ha in the media - May 2002 (part IV)

06-03-02 Here are the most interesting interviews from Morten's trip to Japan, where he travelled the country to promote 'Lifelines'.

a-ha in the media - May 2002 (part II)

05-30-02 This second part of the May press overview brings a collection of German and Austrian interviews -as well as pictures from Paul, Morten and Mr. X, the Bass Player.

a-ha in the media - May 2002 (part III)

05-29-02 In this part, we bring you both a rather funny French TV interview and a long and interesting German radio interview with the guys.

a-ha in the media - May 2002 (part I)

05-23-02 Magne started it in April, and now all three guys have picked it up. In case you were wondering: a-ha are really not cool. They're just Norwegian. At least, that's what they themselves claim: "We're not cool."

a-ha in the media - April 2002 (part III)

05-16-02 In the second half of April, the result of the many interviews became visible when in the wake of the band's travel schedule, many articles were published. We collected as many as we could find and translated the most interesting quotes published - for your perusal.

a-ha in the media - April 2002 (part II)

05-15-02 This is a press overview unlike the previous ones, for it is based on two extensive interviews with Morten. We bring you excerpts from interviews in two Scandinavian newspapers; the Norwegian paper 'Dagbladet' and the Danish 'Ekstrabladet'.

'Lifelines' reviews

04-29-02 Here you can read what music journalists in different countries write about a-ha's new album.

a-ha in the media - April 2002 (part I)

04-26-02 As forecasted, a wave of a-ha articles and interviews is building rapidly... and we're talking a tidal wave with an attitude here! (Can someone throw us a lifeline?)

Lifelines is CD of the week at German radio stations

04-24-02 Lifelines is CD of the week at four German Radio Stations.

Watch a-ha's performance on Harald Schmidt show

04-04-02 SAT1 has made a-ha's performance on 'Harald Schmidt Show' on April 3 available as a RealMedia stream.

a-ha in the media - March 2002

04-03-02 The tension gradually rose throughout March. The beginning of the month was still reasonably tranquil, but as time passed, more articles and interviews popped up.

Music channels embrace the video for ‘Forever Not Yours'

03-21-02 The video for ‘Forever Not Yours' was put on the N1 playlist for VIVA this week, which implies a rotation of 16 times per week.

a-ha in the media - February 2002

03-17-02 Silence before the storm. The February press has been rather quiet on a-ha. Only Magne managed to catch some of the journalists attention - with the help of some tall ships and an interesting art anniversary!

Pictures from a-ha on the press pre-listenings for 'Lifelines'

03-12-02 2002-03-12Photo report from Hamburg and Berlin.

'Lifelines' presented to the press

03-07-02 The past few days, there have been a couple of 'Lifelines pre-listening sessions' for the press in Germany.

a-ha on television

03-05-02 a-ha has started their PR campaign for their new album ‘Lifelines', which is to be released in several countries on April 29.

Press release on the upcoming a-ha album 'Lifelines'

02-25-02 "Comebacks from the eighties, including our own, are the last thing anybody needs", says a dead serious Magne Furuholmen.

a-ha In Excellent Shape

02-21-02 a-ha receives good to great reviews on their first single from the forthcoming album 'Lifelines'.

Here comes a-ha!

02-07-02 Morten Harket, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Magne Furuholmen have just finished their brand new album. It is called 'Lifelines' and will be released on April 29.

a-ha in the media - January 2002

02-02-02 An overview of a-ha press coverage from January.

'Homecoming' spreads its wings

01-31-02 'Release', which is Norways video trade magazine, reviews the DVD 'Homecoming - a-ha live at Vallhall'.

'a-ha - Das Comeback des Jahres'

01-18-01 On Saturday, January 20, the German TV channel ZDF will air a half-hour special on a-ha - 'a-ha, Das Comeback des Jahres'.