Been to any good concerts lately?
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A friend of mine was working during his study as an intern in the music departement big radio station here in Berlin. And they send him to very many concerts for free. He just had to record some comments from visitors, sometimes interview the artists.
He sometimes took me with him when he thought this might be interesting for me. These were nice times for concerts.I’m going to the dentist soon too, like you, and yes — the amount for the Parsons concert is about the same.
If it would be the same as the ticket, rather a multiple of it 😉 Yeah, freelancing has its disadvantages for sure…
Of course I have a list over all concerts I have ever been to:
808 STATE – QUART 1993
A-HA – FROGNERPARKEN 2005/SØR ARENA 2010
MORTEN ABEL – ODDERØYA LIVE 2013
ÅGE ALEKSANDERSEN & SAMBANDET – SOMMERBRIS 2025
ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL – KICK KRISTIANSAND 2019
ALPHAVILLE – RAVNEDALEN 2023
AM AND THE UV – SLUDD FESTIVALEN 2002
TORI AMOS – QUART 1998
STEVE ANGELLO – ODDERØYA LIVE 2013
AVICII – ODDERØYA LIVE 2013
AXWELL – PALMESUS 2013
BASEMENT JAXX – QUART 2016
BEL CANTO – MARKENS 1992/VASKERIET 1993?/CANAL STREET ARENDAL 2015
BO KASPERS ORKESTER – CANAL STREET ARENDAL 2015
ANDREA BOCELLI – BYSTRANDA 2022
MARI BOINE – RAVNEDALEN 2017, RAVNEDALEN 2024
THE BRAND – HIA 2004/DARK SEASON 2004
KARI BREMNES – RAVNEDALEN 2016 & 2018, KILDEN 2024
BRISKEBY – HAVANA ETCETERA 2005
HELENE BØKSLE – RAVNEDALEN 2004, ODDERØYA 2025
THE CARDIGANS – QUART 1999
CC COWBOYS – KICK 2014
CHVRCHES – ØYA 2016
COLDPLAY – QUART 2003
THE CURE – ØYAFESTIVALEN OSLO 2019
D SOUND – BLÅ KORS KRISTIANSAND 2016
DELILLOS – SKALLDYRFESTIVALEN 2013
DELIRIOUS? – SKJÆRGÅRDS 2004
DEPECHE MODE – SPEKTRUM 2001/QUART 2006/TELENOR ARENA 2013
DONKEYBOY – KICK 2013, SOMMERBRIS 2025
DREAD ZONE – QUART 1994
DUM DUM BOYS – RAVNEDALEN 2022
BJØRN EIDSVÅG – FISKEBRYGGA 2009, RAVNEDALEN 2020, SOMMERBRIS 2025
FAITHLESS – PALMESUS 2013
PETER GABRIEL – OSLO SPEKTRUM 2014
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG – ØYA OSLO 2018
GARBAGE – QUART 1999
JAN GARBAREK GROUP – QUART 1997
DAVID GUETTA – ODDERØYA LIVE 2013
GÅTE – CANAL STREET ARENDAL 2019, KRS LIVE 2024
HAPPY MONDAYS – QUART 1999
MORTEN HARKET – ODDERØYA LIVE 2014
HIGHASAKITE – RAVNEDALEN 2017 & 2023, KRS LIVE 2024
THE HOOTERS – ODDERØYA LIVE 2013
SIVERT HØYEM – STAVERNFESTIVALEN 2012
INFERNO – ODDERØYA 2017/ODDERØYA 2019
JAGA JAZZIST – KICK 2010
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE – SPEKTRUM 2009
JERUSALEM – KRS LIVE 2024
KARI JOBE & CODY CARNES FEAT. MARTIN SMITH – KRS LIVE 2023
ELTON JOHN – BYSTRANDA KRISTIANSAND 2017
KA2 – KICK 2022
KATRINA AND THE WAVES – RAVNEDALEN 2022
KENT – QUART 1998/QUART 2002/STAVERNFESTIVALEN 2012/PALMESUS 2014
NIK KERSHAW – DARK SEASON 2012
KILLER QUEEN – SØR ARENA 2022
DANIEL LANOIS – QUART 1993
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – QUART 2016
LEFTFIELD – QUART 2016
STEVE LUKATHER – KICK 2009
LUSH – ØYA 2016
PAT METHENY TRIO – KILDEN 2022
MEZZOFORTE – KILDEN 2023
GIORGIO MORODER – ROCKEFELLER 2015
MERCURY MOTORS – MARKENS 1992/MARKENS 1993?/VASKERIET 1994
MERCURY REV – QUART 2016
MERMAIDS – QUART 1993
MINOR MAJORITY – KICK KRISTIANSAND 2019
NILS PETTER MOLVÆR/EIVIND AARSET/JAN BANG – KUNSTMUSEET 1999?
MOY – HALVØYA 2023
THE MUSIC OF HANS ZIMMER & OTHERS – TEATERET 2024
NEEDLEPOINT – VAKTBUA 2025
NEW ORDER – ØYA 2016
THE NORDIC FLOYD SHOW – KILDEN 2025
ONE DOVE – QUART 1994
THE ORB – QUART 1994, QUART 2016
PET SHOP BOYS – SPEKTRUM 2000
PINK FLOYD – VALLE HOVIN 1994
ANNE GRETE PREUS – CANAL STREET 2014
PULS – A TRIBUTE TO PINK FLOYD – VIGELAND HOVEDGÅRD 2011/KILDEN 2012/FJÆREHEIA 2014/HUNSØYA 2017
PULSE OF FLOYD – KILDEN 2023
KNUT REIERSRUD – ODDERØYA 2020
RETURN – KRS LIVE 2024
ERLEND ROPSTAD – SOMMERBRIS 2025
RØYKSOPP – SKRAL FESTIVAL GRIMSTAD 2015
JOE SATRIANI – ROCKEFELLER 2014
THE SCANDINAVIAN PINK FLOYD PROJECT – SØR ARENA 2022
SECRET GARDEN – DOMKIRKA 1997?/RAVNEDALEN 2008/KILDEN 2012/LINDESNES FYR 2013
SEIGMEN – VASKERIET 1995, RAVNEDALEN 2024
ØYSTEIN SEVÅG – ROCKEFELLER 1995/ROCKEFELLER 1996/BLÅ 2005/BÆRUM KULTURHUS 2009/BUEN KULTURHUS 2012
SGROW – SØRVEIV 2012
SIMPLE MINDS – ROCKEFELLER 2006/STAVERNFESTIVALEN 2010/STAVANGER KONSERTHUS 2015
MICHAEL W. SMITH – SARONS DAL KVINESDAL 2019/Q42 2023
SKATEBÅRD – HALVØYA 2023
ST. ETIENNE – QUART 2000
STAGE DOLLS- KRS LIVE 2024
STING – ODDERØYA 2015
STÅLE STORLØKKEN/EIVIND AARSET/AUDUN ERLIEN – CANAL STREET ARENDAL 2019
SUSANNE SUNDFØR – RAVNEDALEN 2023
TANGERINE DREAM – ØYA OSLO 2018
TOTO – RAVNEDALEN 2011
TWILIGHT/STEAM – MARKENS 1992/QUART 1993/MARKENS 1995/ODDERØYA 2019
TØNES – BLÅ KORS KRISTIANSAND 2019
U2 – VALLE HOVIN 1993
UGRESS – KRISTIANSAND TEATER 2025
UNDERWORLD – QUART 1994/QUART 2016
UTAH SAINTS – QUART 1993
SUZANNE VEGA – ODDERØYA 2015
VELVET BELLY – MARKENS 1993?/QUART 1994/QUART 1995/VASKERIET 1996/QUART 1998
ROGER WATERS’ THE WALL – TELENOR ARENA 2011
UNNI WILHELMSEN – HAUBITZ HALL ODDERØYA 2021
BERTINE ZETLITZ – KICK
HANS ZIMMER – HAMBURG 2016Wading through the FSM archives for possible new topics to ressurect, I stumbled on to a report on what seems to be my first ever film music concert, in 2005. Thought I’d share it here, even though it’s 21 years old:
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“Not counting the outdoors LOTR concert earlier this year, I just attended my FIRST EVER film music concert here in Norway on Thursday. As you may gather from my 15-year long interest in film music, this is an EXTREME rarity over here.
The orchestra of our biggest Public Broadcasting Corporation, NRK, arranged a concert in one of their studios called “American Movie Greats”, conducted by Nick Davies. It’s not a particularly big orchestra, nor a particularly skilled one (nowhere near BBC’s orchestra, for example), but it was still quite thrilling to be part of.
Brief comments on the program:
First was a suite of some company logos…I recognized the Fox fanfare and Goldsmith’s Universal logo. Then followed suites of THE BIG COUNTRY and GONE WITH THE WIND. Both sweeping enough, and quite close to the originals (albeit a bit too slow). Of course, you can’t have film music concerts without SONGS (sarcasm!) to catch non-score fans as well, so we were next treated to two famous film anthems….”Zip-a-dee-doo-dah” from SONG OF THE SOUTH and the eternal “Moon River” from BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S. These were performed wonderfully by a very capable Swedish singer named Evelyn Jons. Great range and powerful voice. First half(segment?) ended with one of the highlights of the evening – a long suite from Leonard Bernstein’s ON THE WATERFRONT. I had actually never heard this piece before, and was struck by the rhythmic, quasi-jazzy drive and flair. Certainly something I would want to check out on CD.
Intermission.
The second half was centered on John Williams, and started off with a HARRY POTTER suite. A really weird version, unlike anything I’ve heard. Tempo was off, and textural instruments were oddly more prominent than the solo instruments (like harp or percussion). Then followed a PSYCHO suite, decent enough, but nowhere NEAR Elfman’s brisk-tempered version of the remake. Two more songs with Evelyn Jons were next: “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from FUNNY GIRL and “Over the Rainbow” from WIZARD OF OZ. Once again, she delivered the goods and the arrangements were nice.
The strangest performance of the night, however, was the following JAWS suite (erroneously referred to as the first Williams/Spielberg collaboration by the conductor)…all-too brief, oddly orchestrated and almost completely unrecognizable. Geez. The “Adventures of Earth” suite from E.T. fared much better, as did the SCHINDLER’S LIST theme (although the violin soloist was sadly uninvolving). “The Raiders March” from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK got the blood pumping again, and the concert ended off with two selections from STAR WARS, “Luke and Leia” and of course, “Main Titles”. Quite a work-out for the orchestra and there were the occasional misses, especially by the brass.
Except for some of these minor quibbles, it was great to finally see what all you guys “over there” experience almost every day. Film music concerts! It was also great to have a few beers with our fellow FSM member Nils, who posts here once in a blue moon.”
Just came back from a concert with Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) at the Munch Museum here in Oslo. Uneven, but some good parts (when it’s not all crazy sound design and experimental). Alas, no selections from his excellent film work. I’ll see if I can muster up the energy to write a review/Lopatin profile in the coming days.
It’s been sooooooo long since I last attended a film music concert.
Just before Covid (what’s that…pre 2020?) they seemed every other week in London. I saw JNH, Michael Giacchino, Danny Elfman a few times (London and Edinburgh), Brian Tyler, Hans Zimmer, Craig Armstrong in Prague + attending MOSMA in Malaga every July, seeing John Powell, David Shire, Chris Beck, John Debney and others.
It’s been tumbleweed for me since then 😕
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Oops, I did see Elfman again in Liverpool last year for his Percussion concerto premiere. And we saw Nico Muhly premiere a piece in Liverpool too.Does Lopatin sing or is he just keyboards and experimental stuff?
I only know him from the two CDs I have by him (Marty Supreme and Uncut Gems).He doesn’t sing. This concert was just him at the console with various images and videos in the background. Thankfully, I was well aware there would be no film music this evening, otherwise I would have been disappointed, I think. It’s all very abstract art.
Concert-wise, it’s been very empty for me too, in the last few years. Last major concert was John Williams in Berlin in 2021, I think. I still hope to make Alan Parsons here in Oslo in June, but health & money in the way, as always (the tickets are very expensive). And time is running out.
So here’s my report on the Lopatin concert, as well as a profile on the film music work of the composer. It’s in Norwegian, because it’s a co-publishing thing with the film magazine Montages, but I’ve run it through Google Translate for you in the aforementioned link, if interested.
Alan Parsons cancelled his Oslo gig on June 18th. The festival cited ‘health reasons’ (I know that he’s been struggling with back issues recently), while Parsons cited ‘scheduling conflicts’ on his Facebook page. But it’s weird, because 5 new dates were added in Spain just a FEW DAYS LATER. What the hell is going on?
I’m bummed that I won’t be able to see him live now either. He’s one of the few top, top favourite artists of mine that I’ve never seen live. I wonder if he will ever come to Norway.
BUT…there is a silver lining. I hadn’t bought a ticket yet, as I struggle with money and health problems. I thought maybe I would buy one in the last minute, if there were any available (and there were). So that’s lucky, as there doesn’t appear to be any refunds to those who did (you had to buy a pass for the whole day, as he was part of a lineup during a festival). PLUS, it collides with another thing in my schedule. So ‘luck in unluck’, as we say over here. I believe a ‘blessing in disguise’ is the equivalent English expression.
Maybe they didn’t sell enough tickets to pay out with the venue and they don’t want to tell that… Read about that from some local artists over here several times.
Could be, I don’t know the sales numbers. But since it was a festival day, there are other artists that could attract instead. I believe ZZ Top is the big headliner that day now, of international names. The others are fairly famous Norwegian acts. But there’s definitely something fishy going on, given the circumstances.
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