a-ha releases exclusive ‘Hunting High and Low – The 1984 Demos’ vinyl for Record Store Day 2025
Just a few more days to go and it's Record Store Day 2025. Scheduled for April 12th, it has a...
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Magne Furuholmen (a-ha) interview: ‘Even imperfect rituals can have value during difficult times’
(Interview by Janos Janurik for Side-Line) Magne Furuholmen, the keyboardist, songwriter and former fun-maker of a-ha, has released his new...
Bel Canto announces brand new album, ‘Radiant Green’, 22 years after previous studio album
Update: Geir Jenssen has co-written two of the tracks on "Radiant Green". (Photo by Knut Åserud) Good news from Norway...
A-ha continues to lead the way in electric vehicle adoption now
(Photo: Viggo-Bondi) Norway is a global leader in electric vehicle adoption, with more than half a million EVs now driving...
6LP boxset for a-ha’s 1985 album ‘Hunting High and Low’
The Norwegian cult act a-ha have announced that their iconic debut album "Hunting High and Low" will be released for...
Official full trailer a-ha’s ‘True North’ film now available
Sony Music Entertainment Premium Content and Trafalgar Releasing today launched the Official Full Trailer for a-ha’s forthcoming film "True North",...
Watch video of a-ha’s newest single ‘I’m In’
The new single by the Norwegian act a-ha is out now. You can view the video for the track "I'm...
a-ha drops new single ‘I’m In’ on 8 July
The first single from a-ha's new album "True North" is "I'm In", and will be out this Friday 8 July...
Watch a-ha via livestream from Montreux Jazz Festival this Friday
The Norwegian act a-ha is performing at the Swiss Montreux Jazz Festival on Friday, July 1st. The concert will be...
Corona caused a-ha to cancel concerts
A few weeks ago we reported about a string of canceled concerts of a-ha. Whereas it was first said that...
a-ha forced to cancel a string of concerts after singer Morten Harket gets ill
Last week Friday, May 20th, the Belga-Norwegian editorial Side-Line team was present at the a-ha concert at the Oslo Spectrum...
New deluxe editions for a-ha plus a 2023 tour in the making so a Q&A with the band’s manager Harald Wiik reveals
In an exclusive Q&A for the a-ha mailing list members, a-ha's manager Harald Wiik responded to questions submitted by fans....
The 10 best synthpop / electropop albums of all times (and 5 more)
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. During the late 1970s bands such as...
a-ha’s Japanese tour canceled as Japan suspends all entries for foreign nationals
Omicron is causing a lot of tour and concert cancelations caused by lockdowns etc.. Today the Norwegian band a-ha is...
a-ha frontman Morten Harket discusses ‘The Sunshine Revolution’ – watch the video
Thirty years ago, architect and Professor Harald N. Røstvik and the lead singer of a-ha, Morten Harket, joined forces to...
Space March launches brand new 80s pop video for ‘Algorithm’
Out now is the brand new Space March video "Algorithm", which is also the title track of the 2021 album...
New a-ha film and album out in Autumn 2022: ‘True North’
"True North" is a filmed live-performance with all new music from a-ha. The film is made in collaboration with Bodø...
‘a-ha The movie’ opening all across the world – the director tells about the journey
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange/Motlys press info) ‘a-ha The Movie’ is scheduled for cinema openings this week in...
‘Click Interview’ with Transmission: ‘I Think That There Will Be More And More Female Electronic Underground Artists’
By the end of 2020 Transmission unleashed the debut album “Cosmos” on Wave Records. The French solo-project is driven by...
Blutengel – Fountain Of Destiny (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: While Chris Pohl last year released the debut album of his side-project...
Norwegian Album Classics on CD – and soon also LP – a corona initiated crowd funding success
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The crowd funding project ‘Norske albumklassikere på CD’ (‘Norwegian Album Classics on CD’)...
a-ha reschedule EU tour to Spring 2022
Due to the ongoing global Covid-19 outbreak a-ha have decided to reschedule their European shows once again, this time to...
Blutengel covers 80s hits on ‘Fountain of Destiny’
Out on March 12 is a brand new Blutengel album: “Fountain of Destiny”. The album holds ten iconic songs from...
Viking on Masked Singer UK appears to be a-ha’s Morten Harket (as if you didn’t yet know) – watch all the videos
Behind the Viking mask in season 2 of the Masked Singer UK TV show is none other than a-ha's Morten...
Magne Furuholmen’s ‘White Xmas Lies’ live concert available online
The live Facebook premiere of Magne's "White Xmas Lies" concert (recorded at Kulturkirken Jakob in Oslo on December 4, 2019)...
Magne Furuholmen (a-ha) launches live concert recording of ‘White Xmas Lies’ on Saturday 26th December
On Saturday 26th December at 5pm CET you'll be able to view the "White Xmas Lies" live concert premiere by...
Before a-ha there was Bridges – 2nd album ‘Våkenatt’ finally released to larger public 40 years after being recorded
Bridges were a Norwegian rock band formed in Oslo, Norway in 1978. It is notable for being the predecessor to...
A-ha shows in the USA, Europe and Latin America rescheduled (UPDATE 2)
It's raining press releases of rescheduled tours these days, after Front 242, now also A-ha has its USA, European and...
Exclusive – Alan Wilder talks about the PPG: It Was A Sensitive, Delicate And Bloody Difficult Beast!
Palm Products GmbH, a highly regarded manufacturer of audio synthesizers which was founded and owned by Wolfgang Palm, has been...
a-ha takes ‘Hunting High and Low Live’ tour to Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico
The Norwegian act a-ha have announced 9 more shows for autumn 2020 - in Peru, Chile, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil....
a-ha’s Magne Furuholmen releases brand new video for ‘This is now America’
a-ha's Magne Furuholmen has released a music video for his solo-single "This is now America". For the occasion Furuholmen has...
a-ha’s iconic video for ‘Take On Me’ gets the 4K resolution treatment – watch it now
“Take On Me”, a-ha's iconic debut video, has been remastered in 4K for 2020 and beyond. You can watch it...
a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’ hits n1 in the UK charts after 34 years (!) + first show in Singapore + first two parts ‘Take On Me’ rockumentary available
First some good news for our Asian readers, a-ha will be doing their very first show in Southeast Asia on...