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Kent have now released the official video for Idioter (the last video was an alternative version):4 March 2010: Kent's Helsinki Concert Moved to Sunday and the Idioter Video Released
Kent's concert in Helsinki, Hartwall Arena originally set for 5 March has now been moved to Sunday 6 March. The boat carrying Kent's equipment became stuck in sea ice today and had to be freed by an ice breaker. Unfortunately this meant it had to return to Stockholm and will not be able to make it to Helsinki in time for the 5 March concert. The new concert will now take place on Sunday instead at the same venue and at the same time and the original tickets will be valid. Kent have apologized and hope to see all their fans on Sunday.Although the Idioter Single is not yet released, Kent have already uploaded the new Idioter video to youtube which you can watch below:
2 March 2010: Kent Announce the Idioter Single and Begin Spring Tour!
This Monday Kent will release Röd's third single, Idioter. The Idioter single will be released as an EP with five tracks in total, including a demo of Idioter along with three remixes of other tracks from the album.
Idioter Tracklist:
1. Idioter (Single version)
2. Taxmannen (Andreas Tilliander Remix)
3. Ensamheten (Andrea Parker Remix)
4. Ensamheten (Erase Remix)
5. Idioter (Demo)
Idioter will be released digitally on 8 March followed by the physical release two days later on 10 March.
Starting last Thurday night Kent kicked off their Spring tour with four sold out shows at Annexet, Stockholm. In recent weeks several new shows have been added to Kent's tour plan for 2010 and you can view the complete list of concerts on the Kent Tour page.
Kent has also released a variety of new Kent merchandise to be sold on tour, including a 48 page tour book. You can view all the merchandise at kent.nu
Camela Leierth, who duetted on Generation Ex on Kent's last album Tillbaka Till Samtiden, also joins Kent on tour as a special guest. Camela will be at all Kent's Spring concerts except for Bodö. Camela's upcoming album "Morning Has Been All Night Coming" will be released later this Spring.
Another exciting new tour-related development is Kent fans can now twitter about Kent's concerts, sending in reports of shows along with pictures, allowing other Kent fans to follow the concerts from home in almost real time. The twitter tag is #kentnu and you can follow at kent.nu/live-twitter
Just before the start of Kent's tour last Thursday, the PSL Blog managed to get an exclusive chat with members of Kent. The interview (in Swedish) is in three parts and you can view them by going to kent.nu and scrolling down to the three videos posted under the heading "PSL pratar med Kent" ("PSL talks to Kent").
21 January 2010: Kent Win Two Grammies and P3 Guld
Kent have won two Swedish Grammies for their album Röd. Last Friday night Kent were awarded the prizes of Rock Band of the Year and Producer of the Year (along with Joshua) at the 2010 Swedish Grammy Awards.
Kent were originally nominated for six grammies and then became finalists for Grammies in five categories:
- Rock Band of the Year
- Producer of the Year (Kent and Joshua)
- Album of the Year (Röd)
- Artist of the Year
- Lyricist of the Year (Joakim Berg)
11 December 2009: The Hjärta Single to be Released by Christmas and Kent's Summer Festival
Kent have announced their new single Hjärta will be released just before Christmas as an EP with three remixes. Unfortunately there will be no new b-side songs.
Hjärta Tracklist:
1. Hjärta (album version)
2. Hjärta Alf Tumble Remix (radio edit)
3. Hjärta Alf Tumble Remix
4. Hjärta Housewives Remix
The digital version of the Hjärta single will be released 21 December and the single will be physically released two days later on 23 December.
Kent have also now announced six more live performances for the summer:
1 July - Borlänge, Peace & Love
7 July - Hultsfred, Hultsfredsfestivalen
15 July - Arvika, Arvikafestivalen
25 July - Mariehamn, Rockoff Festival (Åland)
30 July - Östersund, Storsjöyran
8 August - Skanderborg, Skanderborg Festival (Denmark)
Kent have said they will soon announce more concerts to add to these summer tour dates.
4 December 2009: Hjärta the Next Single and Kent Award Nominations
Kent have now announced that the next single from the album Röd will be Hjärta. Kent will soon release more information about the upcoming single.Kent have also been nominated for six Swedish Grammies this year in these categories:
- Artist of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Rock act of the Year
- Lyricist of the Year (Joakim Berg)
- Composer of the Year (Joakim Berg / Martin Sköld)
- Producer of the Year (Kent and Joshua)
Kent have been nominated for the P3 Guld awards too. Kent is nominated for Group of the Year at this year's awards. The P3 Awards will take place on 19 January in Gothenburg.
The video of Kent's launch party for Röd from the Bowery Hotel in New York has now been posted online at youtube. You can watch the video below:
16 November 2009: Kent Straight to Number 1 and Kent on American Radio
Kent now holds both prime positions in Sweden's album and singles charts. Kent's Röd has gone straight to number 1 as the current best selling album in Sweden. The Kent single 2000 also holds the number 1 spot for singles in Sweden.
On 10 November Kent played at the Soccer Awards which were shown on Swedish TV4. You can watch Kent's performance at TV4
On Sunday Kent was on American radio. The Spectrum is an American satellite radio station broadcast on Sirius XM. Kent joined the radio program Nordic Rox on The Spectrum to talk about their new album Röd and to pick 14 of their favorite songs to be played. The show was broadcast on Sunday, November 15 at 8:00 pm ET but it will be broadcast again on Wednesday, November 18 at 11:00 pm ET.
Here are the songs they chose:
1. Busy P - "Rainbow Man"
2. White Lies - "Death"
3. Aphex Twin - "Tha"
4. Editors - "Papillon" (Tiesto remix - long version)
5. The Big Pink - "Velvet"
6. MGMT - "Electric Feel" (Justice remix)
7. Maccabees - "Love You Better"
8. Friendly Fires - "Kiss of Life"
9. The Faint - "The Geeks Were Right" ( Boys Noize vs. D.I.M Remix)
10. The Killers - "Spaceman"
11. Massive Attack - "Teardrop"
12. Phoenix - "1901"
13. MSTRKRFT ft. John Legend - "Heartbreaker"
14. Spiritualized - "Run"
The show was recorded during the last weekend when Kent was in New York. The Spectrum put out a press release before the show. Below is part of it:
LEGENDARY SWEDISH ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND kENT TO BE SHOWCASED ON SIRIUS XM’S NORDIC ROX SHOW
WHO: Swedish Grammy®-Award winning band kent.
WHAT: The members of the Swedish alternative rock band kent will be featured during a special edition of SIRIUS XM’s Nordic Rox, SIRIUS XM’s Scandinavian music show. The band will sit down with Nordic Rox host Sven Lindstrom to discuss their music, including their latest release Röd.
The special will also feature the band members playing and talking about some of their favorite music during their guest DJ session. Listeners will be treated to a rare glimpse of the music and artists that inspired the Swedish Grammy-Award winning band as they created their newest album.
WHERE: The Spectrum, SIRIUS channel 18 and XM channel 45.
WHEN: The special episode of Nordic Rox with kent will air on Sunday, November 15 at 8:00 pm ET and will be rebroadcast on Wednesday, November 18 at 11:00 pm ET.
UPDATE: If you want to listen to Kent on American radio, 748 from the kent.nu forum has posted the audio at
http://www.hotshare.net/en/audio/199244-5733064eee.html
7 November 2009: Kent Live from New York
Kent.nu has some photos from Kent's live performance from last night's release party at The Bowery Hotel, New York.In other news, if you are looking to buy the deluxe edition of Röd you will have to wait a few more days as its release has been temporarily delayed until 11 November because of distribution problems.
5 November 2009: See Kent Live from New York
On Friday night, Kent will celebrate the release of their new album Röd, with 200 invited guests at The Bowery Hotel in New York. During the evening, Kent will play six songs from the new album live. These will be shown online on Saturday morning at 10am Swedish Time at Aftonbladet web TV.
4 November 2009: Röd to be Released a day Early at kent.nu!
It has just been announced that Röd will be released for download in digital format from kent.nu tomorrow at 8am Swedish time. Kent fans can purchase and download Röd by using the widget in the red title box at the top of the page. The physical CD of Röd will be released a day later on Friday in Swedish music stores.kent.nu also announces that Röd will be available in 320kbps mp3's as well as in FLAC format (lossless CD quality format) due to requests from Kent fans on the forum. Both formats are offered at the same download price.
On 2 November the new songs 2000 and Tuna 350 were released for digital download from kent.nu. You can check out the video of 2000 below:
30 October 2009: Kent Perform Svarta Linjer Live!
Today Kent unveiled a new track from Röd: Svarta Linjer (Black Lines) with a great performance on the Swedish TV show Skavlan.Also on 2 November Kent fans will get to hear two more new songs. The song "2000" was specially written for the Swedish TV series called "Hemlös" (Homeless). Although the physical release of 2000 will be limited to 100 auctioned copies, the song will be released digitally on Monday 2 November. All proceeds from both the physical and digital sales will go to the Stockholm society for homeless.
Martin Sköld and Markus Mustonen composed music for the town of Eskilstuna's 350th anniversary celebrations which happened on 25 October. The song "Tuna 350" is 22 minutes long and will be digitally released on 2 November also. Both songs can be purchased digitally at kent.nu through clicking the widget in the red and white heading.
On 6 November Kent will be having its release party for Röd at The Bowery Hotel in New York. Kent's official site has a few invitations it's willing to give away to some Kent fans who are in New York on the day. They suggest if you will be in New York you send them an email with you and your potential guest's full names and ages to try for a ticket.
Kent is also offering the chance to win a deluxe edition of Röd by remixing Töntarna. The remix tools are provided for you and the idea is to spread your remix through Facebook and other sites to get as many listens as possible. The mix with the most listens will win the deluxe copy of Röd. Entries that place between second and sixth will win a standard edition copy of Röd. The competition runs up until 15 November.
21 October 2009: Röd Available for Pre-order from iTunes Sweden
Today information about pre-ordering Röd from iTunes Sweden was posted at the home page of kent.nu. The following is the english translation of the post:
You can now pre-order the upcoming album Röd from iTunes Store Sweden.
As you can see in the picture Apple has decided to censor the title of "Vals För Satan (Din Vän Pessimisten)" and as you can also see, you will get a digital booklet with the album.
16 October 2009: Töntarna Single and Video Released and New Concerts
Today Kent's new video for the Töntarna single premiered. You can watch it at the homepage of kent.nu. On the same page there is also an interview that was shown on Swedish TV with the creator of the new Töntarna video, Johan Söderberg, about the making of the video.
On 12 October the physical CD version of Töntarna was released for purchase in Sweden and on 10 October the digital single version of Töntarna including the two remix tracks by Punks Jump Up and Familjen was released for purchase and download on kent.nu
On 12 October kent.nu released some new information about the Röd Deluxe Edition. The Deluxe Edition of Röd will be released on 6 November. It contains three 10 inch vinyl records, one CD with a special cover, a USB stick with mp3's and high resolution files and a 118 page book. The Deluxe Edition also comes in a special cardboard box.
Kent's official site kent.nu is also running a new competition for Kent fans. The winner of the contest will be invited to the release party of the new album Röd in New York, 6 November. They can take a friend and airfare and accomodation for 5-8 November is included. If you want to enter go to kent.nu and answer the questions (in Swedish).
On Monday, October 12 at 9:00 am Kent released tickets for their upcoming Spring tour. Originally tickets for 14 concerts were sold but because some shows have sold out so quickly Kent has added four more concerts:
27 February - Stockholm, Annexet
28 February - Stockholm, Annexet
20 March - Göteborg, Lisebergshallen
21 March - Göteborg, Lisebergshallen
Kent has created music for a new Swedish TV series on homelessness. The new song called "2000" which Kent has made for the series will have a limited release of 100 copies. These copies will be auctioned by a Stockholm association for homeless. You can hear part of the new song below:
5 October 2009: New Single "Töntarna" Released and Album "Röd" Info!
Today Kent released the new single "Töntarna" (The Geeks) for digital download. On 12 October Töntarna will be physically released on CD with two remixes of Töntarna by Punks Jump Up and Familjen included. Kent's new album called Röd (Red) will then be released on 6 November. A four CD deluxe version of Röd will also be released although it has not yet been revealed what the extra discs contain.|
Joakim Berg and Martin Sköld began work on Röd last year in New York and continued this year during April in Hansastudion/Meistersaal in Berlin. Kent then continued the work in Psykbunkern/Park Studio, Hyltinge Kyrka and various other places. Röd features 11 songs and is produced by Kent & Joshua. Röd Tracklist: 1. 18:29-4 2. Taxmannen 3. Krossa Allt 4. Hjärta 5. Sjukhus 6. Vals För Satan (Din Vän Pessimisten) 7. Idioter 8. Svarta linjer 9. Ensamheten 10. Töntarna 11. Det Finns inga Ord |
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Kent will tour Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway in the Spring of 2010. There are currently 14 concerts booked starting Stockholm on 25 February and ending in Örebro on 30 March. The tickets to Kent's tour will be released on Monday 12 October. | |
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Tourdates for Spring 2010: 25 February - Stockholm, Annexet 26 February - Stockholm, Annexet 3 March - Gävle, Läkerol Arena 5 March - Helsingfors, Hartwall Arena 10 March - Linköping, Cloetta Center 12 March - Århus, Kongresscenter 13 March - Köpenhamn, Tap1 14 March - Malmö, Malmö Arena 18 March - Göteborg, Lisebergshallen 19 March - Göteborg, Lisebergshallen 24 March - Oslo, Oslo Spektrum 25 March - Bergen, Grieghallen 27 March - Bodö, Bodö Spektrum 30 March - Örebro, Conventum Arena The digital version of the Töntarna single can be purchased for download at kent.nu or itunes. Update: I've posted the lyrics and translation of Töntarna: Kent - Töntarna Lyrics | |
21 April 2009: Album 8!
The World's Best Band have been busy working on their eighth album during the past year. Today Joakim Berg posted the following in the kent.nu forum:Just returned home from Berlin...
Session Number 1
We have started on the recordings for what will be our eighth album.
For two weeks we have been extremely focussed and recorded a huge number of songs.
The songs were written during last year and up until the beginning of April.
They are of course the best we have ever done.
However we don't know exactly when the album will be released.
In a few days we'll go back to recording in the Bunker.
Our musical year has started just fantastically.
Humble greetings from The World's Best Band right now.
kent.nu now also has a twitter channel at twitter.com/kentnu where you can read Kent news and announcements (in Swedish).
Mattias Edlund, ex-singer of the Swedish band the Motorhomes, released his debut album "I Am John" under his new solo name John ME (www.johnme.se) on 8 April. The second track, which is also the new single released on 6 April, "Run" was co-written by Joakim Berg. Jocke also sings backing vocals on the song and Markus Mustonen plays the drums.
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