The Furuholmen art exhibition is being prepared at Fjord Cadenza in Skodje, Norway. Official opening with mini-concert by Magne Furuholmen on Wednesday, August 28th, at 6pm. instagram.com/reel/C_F_sysIN…

Magne is at Ocean Sound Recordings in Giske, rehearsing for Fjord Cadenza together with Martin Halla, Tini Flaat and Dan Sunhordvik. Apparently the title of his new solo album is now "Living With Ourselves" and is set to be released before Christmas. instagram.com/p/C_LHvpfI2RC/

Magne has been interviewed by the Ålesund news site AESby, ahead of the nearby Fjord Cadenza festival. Exhibition opening with mini-concert tonight, and the main concert on Saturday. I have posted a translation of some of it here: facebook.com/groups/3708780… aesby.no/kultur/i/qPOVP…

Briskeby is releasing a new single called "Like The First Time" tomorrow - their first new release since 2015. On Instagram they are looking back at their time touring with a-ha in 2000/2001: instagram.com/p/C_OvMEHKafW/

Fjord Cadenza has posted pictures from the "New Song" exhibition opening and mini-concert yesterday, where Magne was joined on stage by Martin Halla, Tini Flaat, Dan Sunhordvik and the Animato String Quartet: instagram.com/p/C_QQn3UoOlZ/

Magne with his magnef-ied team at Giske: instagram.com/p/C_ShUamoIZI/

"Take On Me" live from the mini-concert on Wednesday, with Martin Halla on vocals: instagram.com/reel/C_Oa8YVMa…

"Stay On These Roads" live from the mini-concert on Wednesday, with Tini Flaat and Martin Halla: instagram.com/reel/C_OWh4Xsh…

I've been told this was Magne's set last night: 1. Living With Ourselves 2. Time Is On Your Side 3. You Have What It Takes 4. Stay On These Roads 5. Take On Me More info (plus a small clip of "Living With Ourselves", courtesy of Miyuki Ishihara) here: a-ha-live.com/2024/09/01/mag…

Fjord Cadenza has posted a photo gallery from yesterday's concert here: facebook.com/FjordCadenza/p…

I think I missed this when it was first broadcast - Magne interviewed on The Evening Show with Jackie Brambles on UK's Greatest Hits Radio on 9 September 2023: youtube.com/watch?v=wZ0pSz…

The two video clips on Instagram from Magne's mini-concert at Fjord Cadenza last Wednesday now seem to be unavailable. But here is another video clip from Saturday's concert, "Stay On These Roads" (courtesy of Miyuki Ishihara): a-ha-live.com/wp-content/upl…

And here is a clip of "Take On Me" from Fjord Cadenza, 31 August (courtesy of Miyuki Ishihara): a-ha-live.com/wp-content/upl…

Happy Birthday to Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, who turns 63 today, September 6th!

Magne has shared more info about his upcoming solo album "Living With Ourselves" on the official a-ha site. He's planning "a staggered release of songs later in the year", along with weekly podcast episodes that fans can now submit questions for. a-ha.com/news/living-wi…

Magne's fellow Apparatjik bandmate Jonas Bjerre will be leaving Mew next year, after a couple of farewell shows: "I have come to the realisation that it’s time for me personally to embark on a different journey, and focus on other creative projects." nme.com/news/music/mew…

Happy Birthday to Morten Harket, who turns 65 today, September 14th!

Magne appears to be doing full band rehearsals in Oslo this week, where he's been joined by Karl Oluf Wennerberg, Even Ormestad, Erik Ljunggren, Dan Sunhordvik, Tini Flaat and Martin Halla: instagram.com/reel/DAA_-i5qo…

Based on Tini's Instagram stories, it appears that Magne and his full solo band performed at a private event last night. She has posted a video clip of them on stage, playing "Stay On These Roads". instagram.com/tini_flaat/

Paul has posted a new set of photos on Instagram, for the first time in a while: instagram.com/p/DACxBFDRsM2/