Tag: music
Metal stars shined on Easter Inferno
Dark forces from around the world gathered in Oslo for what's become an Easter tradition as solid as any: Norway's Inferno Metal Festival, with...
Norway bids ‘Lillebjørn’ good night
Norwegians of all ages mourn the passing of singer-songwriter Lillebjørn Nilsen, who died on January 27. He was 73. Nilsen was laid rest on...
Pressure grows on Eurovision entry
The Norwegian folk-rock band Gåte is hyped as having a solid chance of winning the even-more-hyped Eurovision song contest in May. The band's members are under...
Norway mourns singer-poet Ole Paus
Funeral services for singer-songwriter Ole Paus were held at Oslo's Kulturkirken Jakob on Thursday, attended by scores of his artist colleagues and friends. Paus,...
Money talked as Pink Floyd fans dumped tickets
Controversial rock star Roger Waters played two shows in Oslo this week amidst boycott calls, plunging ticket prices and public outrage over his remarks...
Norwegian black metal’s darkness falls at the National Library
A new exhibition at Norway's National Library in Oslo aims to track the rise and rise of Norwegian black metal music, from a little-understood...
Kygo ran into some tax trouble
UPDATED: Norwegian tax authorities placed a heavy tax claim this month on electronic music pioneer Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, better known as Kygo. Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv...
Meeting of minds, Munch and metal
Oslo's new Munch museum, now called simply MUNCH, has unveiled the rumbling result of an unusual encounter between artists: Norway's greatest painter, Edvard Munch,...
Norway ends 18th in Eurovision
Norway's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest had made it into Saturday night's "grand final," but only managed to win enough points to land...
‘TIX’ clicked with Eurovision fans
Norwegian singer-songwriter Andreas Haukeland, better known as "TIX," was the first to be named Tuesday night as a finalist in the Eurovision Song Contest...
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