This year’s best Christmas present is four very strong artists for next year’s Pstereo festival in Norway and organisers are pleased to present a wide range of genres and four powerful live acts that guarantee a great atmosphere and concert magic at the festival! AURORA returns with the steaming fresh, high-hanging P3 award in her…

Festival organisers have released 13 new and exciting names that are added to the Øya Festival 2023 programme. TV GIRL (US) – Wednesday 9th AugustAMYL AND THE SNIFFERS (AU) – Thursday 10th AugustGARD NILSSEN’S SUPERSONIC ORCHESTRA – Saturday 12th August Other new acts announced today that are yet to be given a specific show date…

Norway’s biggest festival served the audience a gift package with headliners GHOST and PANTERA recently and today they follow up with another wild Nordic artist release! Directly from a packed Oslo Spektrum just before the country closed again in autumn 2021, we find Finnish band NIGHTWISH, who make a long-awaited Tons of Rock debut. “We…

In 7 years, Tons of Rock has become Norway’s biggest metal and rock festival and the big, annual gathering point for all rock and metal fans in Norway. With over 80,000 visitors in 2022, Tons of Rock is one of Norway’s largest music festivals. Tons of Rock returns in 2023 from the 22nd – 24th…

On Friday 11th August, the Nordic region’s absolute biggest live artist will come to Tøyenparken and Øya Festival to end the evening. This will be HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM’S first concert in Norway since 2017 and the only one he will play for the whole of 2023. After a fantastic 2022 festival, organisers are delighted to start…

It is with great pleasure that organisers can finally present the first five names for Bergenfest 2023! Britpop legends SUEDE, musical phenomenon TASH SULTANA, folk rockers THE LUMINEERS, Swedish newcomers GIRL SCOUT and Bergen’s new rock hope KRISTI BRUD make up the first release for next year’s Bergenfest. It was with a bang that SUEDE…

MÖTLEY CRÜE and DEF LEPPARD are 2 of the world’s biggest bands and it is only fitting that they are the ones who bring Trondheim Rocks to life!   The fact that this global tour makes its Norwegian visit to Trondheim is great! says Martin Nielsen in Live Nation. The festival is resurrected and takes…

In 2019, just a few years after the BLACK PUMAS opened the doors to the concert halls for the first time, they were honoured with a Grammy nomination for Best New Band. Since then, there have been up to several, including this year’s album for the debut, “Black Pumas”. Now the psychedelic soul band, led…

On Saturday 13th August, KVELERTAK will end the festival on the large tent stage Sirkus. Now organisers add a three-leaf clover of heavy bands joining them – the French band ALCEST, American’s INTER ARMA and from Norway BLODKVALT! These are three very different quality bands that have developed their own expressions in hard, heavy and…

When A-HA climbed to the top of the world’s most prestigious hit list, the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA in 1985, the starting shot was fired for a career that is unparalleled in Norwegian music history. “Take On Me” was a mega-hit back then and still is – almost 40 years later. The song…

Today organisers add four names who will delight music-curious Øya audience members in August. Organisers look forward to presenting the hip-hop breakthrough artist LITTLE SIMZ, the desert blues comet MDOU MOCTAR, FRED AGAIN and Turkish-Dutch act ALTIN GÜN to a large audience in a summer green and warm park. The first mixtapes came in 2010…

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE headlined Glastonbury in 2015, and convinced 65,000 as the top name at BST Hyde Park in 2019. Now she will end Friday in Tøyenparken with an exclusive performance, as this will be one of the few European festivals this summer. Øya 2022 has already confirmed DAGNY, SUEDE, BRIGHT EYES, MOLCHAT DOMA,…

Today festival organisers add three more bands you should look forward to experiencing in Tøyenparken, namely the Irish band FONTAINES D.C., American rockers PARQUET COURTS and from the UK PORRIDGE RADIO. FONTAINES D.C from Dublin took Europe by storm when they released Dogrel in 2019, and it became one of the year’s most critically acclaimed…

You can and should expect a KVELERTAK in high gear when summer and Bergenfest arrives! Few dare to challenge the claim that KVELERTAK is the country’s rawest rock band – both on record and on stage! They have proven this again and again as the tours have become longer and bigger, and the catalog fuller….

Findings Festival organisers are giving it full throttle towards the summer of 2022, and have secured a good bunch of party-ready artists who know how to create atmosphere. The Dutch king of dance music, TIËSTO, has been responsible for genre-breaking trance, dance and club favorites since the 90’s, as well as an endless series of…

It tingles in the whole body when you imagine the atmosphere it will be when RÖYKSOPP ends Bergenfest 2022! The country’s most successful electronic music duo has continued to give concerts and write new music, rumours have also been swirling for a while that something big is brewing in the RÖYKSOPP camp next year! Exactly…

2022 is fast approaching, and the time has therefore come for the traditional Christmas release! The program is only getting better and better, and today organisers have announced that there will be an exclusive concert with THE LIONHEART BROTHERS who will perform the masterpiece “Dizzy Kiss”, which like Pstereo festival turns 15 in 2022. https://youtu.be/fM-7LMy6FBQ…

Today Øyafestivalen organisers can present a pre-Christmas package consisting of three fantastic guys, each with their own approach to hip hop! ARIF is finally back with his first announced concert in Oslo since he did three sold-out nights at Rockefeller in the autumn of 2019. ISAH has taken great career steps after he participated in…

Today organisers fill in with three British and a Norwegian name that all, in their own way, have at least one foot in jazz. SONS OF KEMET, NUBYA GARCIA and KAMAAL WILLIAM all come from the new wave of English musicians who mix jazz with various other styles. SKARBØ SKULEKORPS is a large group of…

FIRST AID KIT will play their first Oslo concert since they played in Spektrum in the spring of 2018, while it will be the first visit to Norway since 2017 for MARGO PRICE. Organisers look forward to finally showing Øya’s favorite KAMARA to a large audience. Johanna and Klara Söderberg aka FIRST AID KIT became…

Pop artist SIGRID has in a short time established herself as an international superstar with pop finesse. Most recently in August, she played in front of tens of thousands of hysterical fans at the twin festivals Leeds & Reading and live TV for the whole of the UK in October. She currently has over half…

Ticket sales show that Øya Thursday is very popular. It’s not surprising with NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, MICHAEL KIWANUKA, JARV IS… with Jarvis Cocker from Pulp, MUSTI and BEABADOOBEE already confirmed. Today we fill up with three very strong Norwegian artists, namely GIRL IN RED, MYRA and SIGNE MARIE RUSTAD. Marie Ulven has…

Norway’s great indie heroine is called Marie Ulven and comes from Horten. With her musical project GIRL IN RED, she has in a short time established herself as one of the most influential Norwegian artists worldwide. Her songs are unfiltered, short and direct with a free flow of thoughts and feelings about love, sorrow and…

Øya Festival 2022 is in the process of putting together a varied and content-rich program. Last week organisers released 11 names for next year’s poster. Now they cling to another highlight – GORILLAZ headline the first night in Tøyenparken and will be their first Norwegian festival performance. The animated band GORILLAZ was started as a…

AURORA signed an international record contract backstage at the Øya Festival in 2014. She is one of the biggest Norwegian pop successes in recent years abroad, where she fills large arenas. 2022 will be an eventful year for AURORA, the new album The Gods We Can Touch will be released on 21st January and on…

We have arrived in March and artist number 16 on the poster, and it is celebrated with a GREAT RELEASE of the rare – so rare that festival organisers have hired self-appointed superfan Jonas Skybakmoen (Johndoe) as a guest writer to explain why this is likely to be this years best concert in Central Norway!…

The hall of fame metal band METALLICA will visit COPENHELL with their only Nordic concert in 2022. METALLICA’s impressive achievements through time speak volumes. The band was formed in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist/singer James Hetfield and in the 40 years since, they’ve pretty much done it all. Ever since their great eighties…

Bergenfest organisers are very happy to announce that Scandinavia’s biggest pop icon will be with them at Bergenfest 2022 – ROBYN will headline on Wednesday 15th June at Plenen. Scandinavia’s largest pop icon in modern times will return to BergenFest in 2022. Eight years after the iconic “Body Talk”, one of the most original and…

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS will be headlining Øya on Thursday 11th of August 2022. During the history of Øya many living legends and organisers absolute favorites have played on their stages, and with this announcement they can tick off another name at the top of the wish list. Organisers are very much looking…

This year festival fans get a happy reunion with the Norwegian-British 23-year-old, ALAN WALKER at Bislett Stadium! The last time he visited Findings festival was in 2017 when he delivered fire and flames from the main stage. In 2021, he has guaranteed to come with lots of new music, as well as a brand new…

The Swedish 24-year-old makes his first Findings Festival visit in September this year! The young boy from Gothenburg has gained tremendous speed towards the starry sky during 2020. His debut album “Capture me when I fall” came in June, and, on the record, we got pearls such as “Tappat”, “Klär av dig” and last but…

Some of the absolute best Norwegian hip hop has to offer, namely LARS VAULAR takes the trip to Bislett Stadium for the first time in September. LARS (NESHEIM) VAULAR has been an audience favorite since he ruled the charts in 2010 with “Straight up and down”, and set a whole new standard for Norwegian hip…

International superstar JASON DERULO is visiting Findings Festival for the first time this September! Expect a cavalcade of mega hits such as “Swalla”, “Want to Want Me” “Coño” and “Talk Dirty” when the idol takes over Bislett Stadium in September. This will be the 31-year-old’s first visit to Norway since 2016. After writing songs for…

The Christmas holidays are approaching, but before organsiers head off for the holidays, they would like to tell you that headliners for all the festival days in 2021 are in place! Wednesday ends with ROBYN, BIFFY CLYRO rocks Thursday, ZARA LARSSON tops the Friday party and LARS VAULAR and MICHAEL KIWANUKA will be the biggest…

Bergenfest organisers take great pleasure to announce that Scandinavia’s largest pop icon will join them at Bergenfest 2021. So do most of the other artists from the 2020 poster! Today organisers confirm that ROBYN will join them for next year’s festival where she will headline on Wednesday 16th June. With her, she has a live concept…

After a summer that has been completely different than what was planned, organisers start working on creating the best Øya experience ever for next year. Their goal is to put together a big and varied line-up – Some of the artists will join from the 2020 program, while others will be brand new additions! BON…

The reigning #1 on DJ Mag’s ‘top 100 DJs’ is making a long-awaited comeback to Bislett Stadium, and Findings Festival – It’s been 4 years since the super duo last played in Oslo, but now DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE are finally ready to shake the capital again. With songs like ‘The Hum’, ‘Complicated’ and…

New British sensation SAM FENDER travels to Tøyenparken on Thursday 13th August to play Øya Festival! SAM FENDER, who topped the UK album list with his debut will play the same day as The Strokes, Michael Kiwanuka, FKA Twigs, Signe Marie Rustad, Parquet Courts and many more! Last year came the debut album of the…

Completing the program for Norway Rock 2020 are EXTREME, RIVAL SONS, STRANGLEHOLD, NOTHING, LUXUS LEVERPOSTEI, ANTHEM and CLEAR WATERS. The poster is now ready for full enjoyment of summer. 25 performers, three days and two scenes. EXTREME and RIVAL SONS top festival in 2020, both in their own genre that blends perfectly into the Norway…

Three new artists have been confirmed for Bergenfest 2020. When TOM GRENNAN and JORDAN MACKAMPA join the Friday poster, the program for this festival day is complete, and we also get a happy reunion with 9 DEGREES NORTH on Saturday. How do you follow up a debut album that made you a world star, with…

The party guarantor and the most popular rap group in the world – MIGOS – knows how to cook the dance floor with hits like “Bad & Boujee”, “Slippery” and “Walk It Talk It”. Now they’re ready to take on Bislett Stadium and Findings Festival in August! The hard-working and successful Atlanta trio, MIGOS, consisting…

Tons of Rock crowns an already packed festival program with 11 new bands for this year’s festival! Already several months before the festival launches, it has broken all of the previous sales records. Joining an already packed line up are MASTODON – STEEL PANTHER – SEIGMEN – RICOCHETS – BLACK DEBBATH – SPIDERGAWD FT JORN…

On August 13th, THE STROKES arrive in Oslo for the first time in over 18 years. This will be their first visit to Norway since 2011, and the occasion is that they will close the Thursday night during Øya Festival. In 2020, their much-awaited album will be number 6, the first since 2013. This summer…

The program for Wednesday, June 10th, with ROBYN topping the poster, is now complete! With today’s release of PRINCESS NOKIA, all 10 artists playing on the festival’s opening day have been announced. LEWIS CAPALDI, GIRL IN RED, BELLE & SEBASTIAN and PASSENGER are among the many highlights. Bergenfest starts (as always) with a bang of…

Scottish indie pop veterans BELLE & SEBASTIAN are finally ready for their first concert at Bergenfest! The seven-person strong band has been serving assertive indie with folk-rock roots and delicious’ 60s pops since the mid-90s. BELLE & SEBASTIAN’s ear for surrealism and playfulness makes their sound image forever recognisable. On Wednesday 10th June, you will…

With the album releases A Seat at the Table (2016) and When I Get Home (2019), SOLANGE has in recent years established herself as one of the most exciting superstars in modern RnB. She is known for powerful concerts that you will never forget and on Friday 14th August, she closes the main stage at…

The English folk-pop singer / songwriter Mike Rosenberg is probably better known to most by the artist name PASSENGER. In 2012 came the monster hit Let Her Go and PASSENGER experienced tremendous success around the world. At the time of writing, the song has 2.6 billion views on Youtube and over 1 billion streams on…

The Øya program is getting bigger and more varied. It is clear that many are satisfied with the artists organisers have released so far, because now half of the weekly passes have already been sold. Now three very good, but quite different rock bands are ready for Tøyenparken. The French band ALCEST gets an ever…

STORMZY’s Øya Open concert in February sold out quickly before Christmas, which says a lot about the interest in this album-relevant artist. Now you have a new opportunity, as festival organisers are pleased to announce that he will return to Oslo and Øya festival on Saturday 15th August. STORMZY made his big break with his…

In 2020, innings Festival will have a happy reunion with Norwegian-British 22-year-old ALAN WALKER at Bislett Stadium! To date, ALAN WALKER is one of the most streamed artists in the world, with over 9 billion streams across the platforms. In 2017, he was named the 17th best DJ in the world, in the prestigious DJ…