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Kent News16 November 2009: Kent Straight to Number 1 and Kent on American RadioKent 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. 7 November 2009: Kent Live from New YorkBelow you can watch Kent's live performance from last night's release party at The Bowery Hotel, New York. Kent.nu also has some photos from the concert.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 YorkOn 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 SwedenToday 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:
16 October 2009: Töntarna Single and Video Released and New Concerts
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.
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).
23 December 2008: Kent Gives Their Fans A Brand New Song For Christmas
30 October 2008: Kent's Box 1991-2008 Released
23 September 2008: Kent Announce 10 CD Box Set!Kent have announced they will release a 10 cd box set on 29 October summing up their entire career up until now. The set will also include 26 bonus tracks which include 15 previously unreleased songs. There will also be a 96 page book, photos, lyrics, and a history of Kent's tours included.
19 September 2008: Kent's Demo ContestKent in conjunction with the Swedish music magazine Studio has launched a demo contest to win five days in Park Studio with Stefan Boman and Sami Sirviö.Participants should send in their demo to be judged by the jury of Kent and Stefan Boman who will select which they think is the best. The winner gets 5 days in Kent's Park Studio together with Stefan Boman and Sami Sirviö. Rules: - The song should be original material. - The band/artist is unsigned (ie not related to any record company). - The contribution will be in MP3 or AAC format. - The size must not exceed 5MB. - Application deadline is October 31 2008. Participants should write a few lines about themselves and remember to leave contact information. Contributions should be sent to: demotavling@parkstudio.se Park Studio competition page: www.parkstudio.se/tavling 21 August 2008: Joakim Berg On Olle Ljungström Tribute Album
Among the participants are Jocke Berg, Thomas Di Leva, Lisa Miskovsky, Eric Gadd, and Bosse Sundstrom. No one can deny the influence Ljungström and Liljedahl have had on the Swedish music scene. Many of today's Swedish stars have been inspired and fascinated by Olle's highly distinctive way of expressing himself. To mention the relationship between some of the participants and Olle Ljungström: Joakim Berg (lead singer of Kent): One time in the beginning a person phoned my apartment in central Stockholm and claimed that he was Olle Ljungström. He further said that he wanted to thank me for a song I wrote that he loved. Of course I did not believe him because 1. Why would a living legend care at all about me and our still relatively unknown band? 2. How would he have gotten hold of my number? (I was not in the phone directory) 3. What could I write that would mean something to one of Sweden's few brilliant rock stars? When I realized that it really was Olle Ljungström, I suppose that I could only stammer out a pathetic thanks and that he had meant a lot to me. My memory failing, as it always does when you become stressed. There is a lot I should have said about his music. About why he is so extremely good, trend-setting and important. But what Olle said I will never forget and it is still the best compliment I have ever received. The album "Andra sjunger Olle Ljungström" includes: Joakim Berg - Nåt för dom som väntar Love Olzon - Jag och min far Thomas Di Leva - En apa som liknar dig Sara Isaksson - Som man bäddar Alf - Hur långt kan det gå Eric Gadd - Som du Ane Brun/Emil Jensen - Vissa funktioner Andreas Mattsson - Du och jag Uno Svenningsson - Kaffe och en cigarrett Tomas Andersson Wij - Med eller utan v Bosse Sundström - Tivoli Andra sjunger Olle Ljungström will be released on Warner Music September 24." 20 August 2008: Kent In Guitar Hero World TourA Press Release has been posted at Kent's official site stating that Kent will appear in the upcoming game Guitar Hero World Tour with the song VinterNoll2. Here is my translation of the entire press release:"Kent conquers the world together with Guitar Hero World Tour This autumn the long awaited television-game Guitar Hero World Tour will be released. Today, it is made official: one of the Nordic bands in Guitar Hero World Tour is Kent. The band is contributing with the song VinterNoll2. - "We are extremely proud that Kent is in the game" says Nikke Lindner, head of Guitar Hero for the Nordic region. "We had a long list of Nordic bands that we wanted to be included in Guitar Hero World Tour and Kent was at the top of the list. The band themselves have chosen the song that will be contributed, which makes it even better." VinterNoll2 will be included in every Guitar Hero World Tour, including the edition to be released in the United States and Australia. - "This is a different and fun way for the band to reach out to a new audience with their music. It is also fun for all the fans that can now play VinterNoll2" says Per Lindholm, A&R at Kents record company RCA / Sony BMG. - "Guitar Hero is the television-game that has reached one billion US dollars in sales, so we expect that several million Guitar Hero fans around the world will be able to enjoy VinterNoll2" continues Nikke Lindner. With the release of Guitar Hero World Tour you will be able for the first time to play as a whole orchestra with authentic drums (including pressure sensitive cymbals and drums), microphone, guitar and bass. Along with a recording studio, it will be possible to compose, record and edit and share your rock songs online via GHTunes. Other songs that have been made official are: Anouk - Good God Beatsteaks - Hail to the Freaks Coldplay - Shiver Hush Puppies - You're Gonna say yeah Lenny Kravitz - Are you gonna go my way Lost Prophets - Rooftops The Enemy - Aggro Mars Volta - L'Via L'Viaquez Michael Jackson - Beat It Radio Futura - Escuela De Calor Stuck in the sound - Toy Boy Tokio Hotel - Monsoon" 13 August 2008: Kent In 360 DegreesWhen Kent played at Strömsholmen in Eskilstuna on 12 July the concert was filmed using the "wec360" camera in a special technique known as spherical panorama photography. In this technique the photos are joined together to create a three dimensional view. The photographers were Per Hjalmarsson and Mattias von Corswant. Visit kent.nu to see the 360 degree views of Kent's concert.6 August 2008: Kent's Summer Tour CompletedKent's Summer Tour has now finished with the last concert being played on 2 August in Korso, Finland. In the course of about one month Kent played at 17 different locations in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. Now that Kent have finished their tour they have stated that they will immediately begin work on their next album.17 July 2008: Kent Summer Tour UpdateKent is currently performing their summer tour which began on 27 June in Borlänge, Sweden and will run until 2 August. Kent will visit a total of 17 locations in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. As well as Håkan Hellström and Thåström opening for Kent at several different venues, it has also been announced that Swedish musician Markus Krunegård (www.myspace.com/markuskrunegrd) will open for Kent in Norrköping, Sweden on 1 August. Previously the lead singer of the Swedish pop band Laakso, Markus recently released his debut solo album "Mark" in Sweden.Kent has also been playing a new song on tour called Håll Ditt Huvud Högt (Hold Your Head Up High). You can listen to the new song on youtube. I have added the lyrics and the English translation at the Kent - Håll Ditt Huvud Högt lyrics page. Joakim Berg has recently stated in an interview that Kent will begin work on a new album as soon as their summer tour for Tillbaka Till Samtiden is over. UPDATE: I have posted my translation of the interview in the Kent Interviews section. 7 July 2008: Stjärnorna i Psykbunkern PremiereToday the first of a series of videos clips called "Stjärnorna i Psykbunkern" (Stars in Psykbunkern) showing Kent in their studio, Psykbunkern, premiered. There will be 25 videos in total shown throughout the summer of about 2-6 minutes in length each. Visit Per Sinding-Larsen's blog PSL (blogg.svt.se/psl) to view the videos (in Swedish).On 2 July Kent physically released the single Vy från ett luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix). The release is a one track CD featuring just the title track. 26 June 2008: New Video Chosen For Vy från ett luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix) SingleThe new official video for the Vy från ett luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix) single has now been decided. The winner is "Gamla Filmklipp" (Old Filmclips) which you can view in the Kent Videos section.The video makers Lars Lind, Erik Lind and Kajsa Engdahl from Östersund have won a VIP pass to a Kent concert, a merchandise kit, and will meet Kent at a concert of their choice. Kent has said it was very close between finalists number 1 - "Gamla filmklipp" and 3 - "Kille med baseballträ" (Guy with baseball bat). You can view the five finalists in the previous post below as well as all 65 videos submitted. The Vy från ett luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix) single will be released July 2 as a one track CD single. On July 7, the first of a series of videos clips called "Stjärnorna i Psykbunkern" (Stars in Psykbunkern) showing Kent in their studio, Psykbunkern, will premiere at Per Sinding-Larsen's blog PSL at blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/06/24/arets-sommarfoljetong-pa-psl-stjarnorna-i-psykbunkern/ Such things talked about will be: should Kent make a new album and what happened when Kent met their idol Martin Gore from Depeche Mode. There will be 25 videos in total shown throughout the summer of about 2-6 minutes in length each. Per Sinding-Larsen was one of the makers of the Kent documentary "Så Nära Får Ingen Gå (Ett År Med Kent)". The Quartfestivalen in Norway has been cancelled and so Kent will not be playing the concert on 3 July. Instead Kent will play a new concert on 10 July at Skralfestivalen in Grimstad, Norway. 23 June 2008: Finalists Chosen For Vy från ett luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix) VideoKent has ended up choosing five finalists out of the 65 videos submitted for contention as the Vy från ett luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix) video. The band was impressed with the quality of the videos fans have submitted. Here are the top 5:1. Gamla filmklipp 2. Lillördag på Pappersvikningsfabriken 3. Kille med baseballträ 4. Animation av papper och tyger 5. Tecknade pappersfigurer You can view all of the 65 videos at youtube. If you are a member of the kent.nu forum you can vote for the video in the forum. The forum is in Swedish and to prevent vote doubling it is not allowing registration of any new members until the voting period is over. 15 June 2008: New Kent Single: "Vy från ett luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix)"
Visit Kent's youtube channel at www.youtube.com/user/kentchannel to enter the competition to create the video. 12 May 2008: Kent Tour UpdateIt has been announced that Håkan Hellström will also join Kent for the concert in Eskilstuna, meaning that he will play with Kent in Helsingborg, Strömstad and Eskilstuna.Swedish rock singer-songwriter Joakim Thåström will also team up with Kent for two concerts in Stockholm and Gothenburg. Thåström will open for Kent with concerts that are "almost acoustic." The Kent concert in Strömstad on July 11 has now been moved from the venue of Bojarkilen to Strömsvallen. 30 April 2008: Three Kent Singles In Norway's Top 25This week Kent has all three of the singles from Tillbaka Till Samtiden in the top 25 on Norway's singles charts:17. Ingenting 24. Columbus 25. Generation ex 11 April 2008: Kent 2008 Summer Tour UpdateKent have posted a press release announcing that the opening acts for their summer tour will be Håkan Hellström and The Storm. They will support Kent on three recently announced new July concerts: Håkan Hellström will open for Kent at the concert in Strömstad on July 11 and the concert in Helsingborg on July 23. The Storm will open for Kent in Copenhagen on July 26. These three new concerts have now been added to the Kent Tour section.Håkan Hellström has recently released the critically acclaimed album "För sent för Edelweiss". To view more information about Håkan Hellström you can visit his homepage at www.hakanhellstrom.com The Storm is the new Danish band formed by duo Johan Wohlert (from the band "Mew") and Pernilla Rosendal. Their acclaimed debut album "When the storm meets the ground" has already sold 35 000 copies in Denmark. To view more information about The Storm you can visit their myspace at www.myspace.com/thestormdk The opening acts for the concerts in Stockholm, Eskilstuna, Gothenburg and Norrköping will soon be announced. This Summer Kent will play 17 concerts: 10 festivals and 7 of their own concerts. 9 April 2008: The Generation Ex Single Released
The Generation Ex digital single was released for online download on 7 April, and the Generation Ex video also had its TV premiere on Swedish MTV on 7 April, after first being released on the official website on 4 April. You can view the Generation Ex video at the Kent Generation Ex Video page. The video is again produced by Popcore. 27 March 2008: Kent Announces Third Single "Generation Ex" For AprilKent has just announced that the third single from Tillbaka Till Samtiden will be Generation Ex. The single will be released online in digital format on 7 April and released in stores on 9 April.As well as the title track, the Generation Ex single will feature the B-Side "Det Kanske Kommer En Förändring" (There might come a change) and a remix of Berlin by Simon Brenting. 18 February 2008: Kent's 2008 Summer TourToday Kent posted a press release on kent.nu announcing they will play 14 new concerts for their Summer Tour. Here is the translation:Kent are currently on a Winter tour in Scandinavia and after the last concert in Malmö on March 23 they will have performed 48 concerts. So far over 130 000 tickets have been sold. Today it is announced that Kent will do 14 concerts this Summer. They will play at ten festivals, with three of those in Sweden. In addition to the festivals, Kent will play four of their own concerts in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Strömstad and Eskilstuna. At these concerts there will be support acts. The tickets to these four concerts will go on sale Thursday, February 21 at 9am. Kent's latest album Tillbaka Till Samtiden was the most sold album of 2007 in Sweden and was recently awarded prizes for Kent of two Grammis, one Rockbjörn and one P3 Guld. Update: The new tour dates have been added to the Tour section. 27 January 2008: Photos From Kent's Concert in BergenThere are photos of the 26 January concert in Bergen, Norway you can view over at Festivalfoto.no24 January 2008: Kent Wins Rockbjörn Award For Best AlbumKent has won their tenth Rockbjörn Award for Best Swedish Album of 2007 (Tillbaka Till Samtiden) at the Rockbjörnen Gala in Stockholm. The band was nominated for four 2007 Rockbjörn Awards in total: Best Swedish Album, Best Swedish Group, Best Song, and Best Live Act.Kent could not attend the ceremony as they were playing live in Arendal, Norway but they sent a pre-recorded acceptance speech which you can view at www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/article1695061.ab (in Swedish) Joakim says they are glad to win their tenth Rockbjörn Award, says "we love you" to their fans and thanks them for voting, coming to their concerts and buying their records. 23 January 2008: Kent Begins 2008 TourToday Kent kicked off their 2008 Spring Tour with a concert in Ås, Norway. The tour will last until July, with Kent playing 34 concerts in Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden. For the complete list of tour dates see the Kent Tour section.18 January 2008: Kent Wins P3's Best Group of the YearCongratulations to Kent for winning Best Group of 2007 in P3 Guld, the annual awards of Sweden's Radio P3.14 January 2008: Tillbaka Till Samtiden the Best Selling Album of 2007 In SwedenKent's new album Tillbaka Till Samtiden was the best selling album of last year in Sweden, with more than 145 000 copies sold. Here are the top five best selling albums for Sweden, 2007 (source IFPI):1. Kent - Tillbaka Till Samtiden 2. Paul Potts - One Chance 3. Bruce Springsteen - Magic 4. Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava 5. Markoolio - Värsta Plattan 9 January 2008: Kent Wins Best Group and Best Album GrammisCongratulations to Kent for winning Best Group of 2007 and Best Album of 2007 for Tillbaka Till Samtiden at the Swedish Grammis!13 December 2007: Kent's Columbus Video ReleasedToday the official video for the Columbus Single was released. Popcore is the video producer. You can view the Kent Columbus Video in the videos section.Also Kent yesterday announced four new tour dates in Norway for July 2008. They are the following: July 2008 3 Kristiansand - Quartfestivalen 17 Tønsberg - Slottsfjellfestivalen 18 Molde - Molde International Jazzfestival 19 Tromsø - Buktafestivalen 6 December 2007: Kent Nominated for Five Grammis and Wins Swedish Pop CupKent was up against Lars Winnerbäck in the final of the Swedish Popcupen and has emerged the victor with 61% of the votes.Kent have been nominated for five Swedish Grammies in the following categories: Album of the Year - Tillbaka Till Samtiden Group of the Year - Kent Composer of the Year - Joakim Berg / Martin Sköld Producer of the Year - Jon Joshua Schuman / Kent Lyric Writer of the Year - Joakim Berg The winners will be announced during the Grammis Gala at the Globe in Stockholm, on 9 January 2008. Kent has also been nominated for Group of the Year in P3 Guld, the annual awards of Sweden's Radio P3. 5 December 2007: The Columbus Single Released
4 December 2007: Lyrics for the New B-Side Tick Tack AddedJoakim today posted the lyrics to the new B-side Tick Tack from the Columbus single in the kent.nu forum. I have now added the lyrics and my English translation to the Kent Tick Tack Lyrics page. Also a big thanks goes to Rita who has been helping me improve the translations on this site.29 November 2007: Kent Announce 30 Tourdates for 2008From 23 January to 23 March Kent will play a 30 concert tour covering Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden. I have posted the tourdates and details in the new Kent Tour section. Tickets will go on sale Monday, 3 December.The support act for Kent will be "Familjen", the Swedish electronic one man group of Johan T Karlsson. Andreas Tilliander will help out playing instruments at Familjen's live performances. 20 November 2007: Columbus Is The Next SingleColumbus has been announced as the second single from the album Tillbaka Till Samtiden. It will be released on 5 December, here is the tracklist:1. Columbus 4:26 2. Columbus (Krister Linder Remix) 7:19 3. Vid din sida (Max Graham Club Remix) 7:11 4. Tick Tack 4:01 Also Tillbaka Till Samtiden has now gone triple platinum with over 120 000 copies sold. 17 November 2007: Kent News UpdateKent are currently touring in Sweden after playing their first concert on November 16 at Stockholm - Annexet. More concerts at the same venue will be played on the 17th, 18th, and 19th and then Kent will play three concerts in Gothenburg - Lisebergshallen from the 23rd to 25th before departing for Norway. Also there has been new Kent merchandise released which will also be sold in Swedish stores.As of 16 November Tillbaka Till Samtiden is at number 2 on the Swedish album charts, after previously spending four weeks at number 1 after release. The single Ingenting spent a total of five weeks at the top of the Swedish singles charts upon release. The tracks Ingenting and Berlin have been remixed by DJ Loubar. I've listened to them a fair bit and they're both very good. Incidentally Berlin is my prediction for the second single from Tillbaka Till Samtiden too. 4 November 2007: Kent Begins TourToday Kent began their tour with a concert at The House of Culture in Helsinki. It was reportedly a great show. The concert lasted for 1 hour 45 minutes and there was no opening act. Here's the setlist:Vy från ett luftslott Berlin Max 500 Kungen är död Columbus Berg & Dalvana Revolt III Pojken med hålet i handen Gravitation LSD, någon? Romeo återvänder ensam Generation Ex Musik non stop Kärleken väntar Ingenting Ensammast i Sverige Elefanter Nihilisten 747 Mannen i den vita hatten (16 år senare) 27 October 2007: Kent Interview at Release Music MagazineRelease Music Magazine has posted an interview with Kent in English. Some things Kent talks about are the new electronic sound and the reasons for going in that direction, the upcoming tour and the new touring guitarist Max Brandt as well as why they chose smaller venues, and potential remixes for the second single. The interview is at releasemagazine.net/Spotlight/spotlightkent2.htmI have also updated the picture gallery and I am adding Swedish lyrics to accompany the English translations in the lyrics section. Also the lyrics are now grouped by album, just click on the album title to be taken to the lyrics for all the songs on that album. The information and links pages have had some small updates too. 22 October 2007: Warm Reception for Kent in SwedenKent's new material has been very well received in Sweden with both Ingenting and Tillbaka Till Samtiden having gone straight to the top of their respective charts upon release.Tillbaka Till Samtiden was officially released on 17 October although early copies were being sold from 12 October, most likely because of the fact that the album had been leaked early online. According to an article titled "Kent totally dominates record sales" at musikindustrin.nu, Tillbaka Till Samtiden accounted for 40% of all albums sold in Sweden in the week 11 to 17 October. The album also sold double platinum (more than 80 000 copies) in this first week (despite not being "officially" released until the last day of that week). 21 October 2007: Tillbaka Till Samtiden Lyrics Translations AddedI have completed adding all the English translations of the lyrics to Tillbaka Till Samtiden to the Kent Tillbaka Till Samtiden Lyrics section.13 October 2007: My Review of Tillbaka Till SamtidenTillbaka Till Samtiden review now moved to the reviews section.11 October 2007: Early Copies of Tillbaka Till Samtiden Released
24 September 2007: New Album TracklistThe tracklist for Tillbaka Till Samtiden has been revealed through Sony BMG's Norwegian website:1. Elefanter (Elephants) 2. Berlin 3. Ingenting (Nothing) 4. Vid Din Sida (At your side) 5. Columbus 6. Sömnen (The sleep) 7. Vy Från Ett Luftslott (View from castles in the air) 8. Våga Vara Rädd (Dare to be afraid) 9. LSD, Någon? (LSD, anyone?) 10. Generation Ex 11. Ensammast I Sverige (Loneliest in Sweden) 18 September 2007: Video for IngentingThe new video for Ingenting was released today. It was created by Adam Berg and Mattias Montero. I have added it to the Videos section. I have also added the translation for Min Värld to the lyrics page.17 September 2007: New Kent Single "Ingenting" Released
1. Ingenting 2. Ingenting (Alex Dolby And Santos Remix) 3. Ingenting (Shieldster Remix) 4. Ingenting (Copyfokking Rmx) 5. Min värld I translated the lyrics into English below. The original Swedish lyrics are underneath. Lyrics now moved to the Kent Tillbaka Till Samtiden Lyrics page. 16 August 2007: New Single "Ingenting" To Be Released 17 SeptemberKent have today announced their new single "Ingenting" which means "Nothing" in English. The single will be released 17 September, exactly one month before the album Tillbaka Till Samtiden. Ingenting will be a maxi single and Kent is also making it available for download and available as a ringtone.
5 November: Helsinki - House of Culture 6 November: Helsinki - House of Culture 30 November: Oslo - Sentrum Scene 4 August 2007: Tour Selling Out. Extra Dates AnnouncedKent's upcoming tour has been met with overwhelming popularity, causing new tourdates to be announced with all but two of the concerts (1 December Trondheim, 9 December Copenhagen) now sold out.This follows all of the original tourdates in Sweden being sold out within 45 minutes, with the November 17 concert in Stockholm and the concert in Gothenburg taking just 16 minutes to sell out. After announcing one extra concert in each of these two cities, the tickets sold out in only 12 minutes, prompting Kent to add even more shows. Thus the revised tourdates and locations are as follows: November 2007 4th Helsinki - House of Culture 16th Stockholm - Annexet 17th Stockholm - Annexet 18th Stockholm - Annexet (Extra Concert) 19th Stockholm - Annexet (Extra Concert) 23rd Gothenburg - Lisebergshallen 24th Gothenburg - Lisebergshallen (Extra Concert) 25th Gothenburg - Lisebergshallen (Extra Concert) 28th Oslo - Sentrum Scene 29th Oslo - Sentrum Scene (Extra Concert) December 2007 1st Trondheim - Spectrum 6th Lund - Olympen 7th Lund - Olympen (Extra Concert) 8th Copenhagen - KB Hallen 9th Copenhagen - KB Hallen (Extra Concert) Of the above dates, only 1 December Trondheim and 9 December Copenhagen are not currently sold out. However Kent will also be playing more shows in February and March of next year in all the Nordic countries. 18 July 2007: Kent Announces Release Date For The New AlbumKent has issued a press release concerning the new album and tour. The album title is "Tillbaka Till Samtiden" (Back to the Present).Tillbaka till samtiden will be released 17 October. The tour dates and locations are as follows: 4/11 Helsinki Kultuuritalo (House of Culture) 16/11 Stockholm Annexet 17/11 Stockholm Annexet 23/11 Göteborg Lisebergshallen 28/11 Oslo Sentrumscenen 1/12 Trondheim Spectrum 6/12 Lund Olympen 8/12 Köpenhamn KB Hallen  Kent's website also now has a splash screen with a photo of the band looking very old fashioned, presumably a promotion shot for the new album. I've added it to the Kent Pictures section. 1 June 2007: The New Album Has Finished RecordingJon Schumann, the producer of the album, has posted on his myspace blog that they have finished recording and he will soon begin the mixing stage.23 May 2007: Official Kent Forum Back OnlineI received an email today letting me know that the official kent forum is back after being offline for a long time. The address is kent.nu/forumet and there is an English section as well as a Swedish. The old kent.nu forum was really popular having 760 000 posts so be sure to check out the new one.9 January 2007: Harri Mänty Leaves Kent
28 December 2006: Kent Announce New Album!Kent have announced they are currenty working on a new album which should be ready in Autumn 2007. They have been recording in Sweden since November 21, after having spent some time recording the album in New York. The new producer is Joshua Schumann.30 September 2006: New Lisa Miskovsky Album Co-written And Produced By Joakim Berg
21 June 2006: New Kent Song "Nålens öga" Released
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