NEWS ARCHIVE 2003

23/12 2003: CHRISTMAS JAM AT GOL WITH MADS AND RONNIE

Mads and TNT guitarist Ronnie Le Tekro are invited to participate in the annual Christmas Jam at Per's Hotel at Gol on December 26. This is not the first time Mads has shared the stage with the legendary Mr. Tekrø, in August 2001 they teamed up with Stage Dolls leader Torstein Flakne, former Stage Dolls-now-Chris Thompson-Mads Eriksen drummer Steinar Krokstad, Frank Hovland and Harald Dahlstrøm for a loud nachspiel after Bryan Adams' Bergen concert. They have also played together on the Easter Rock days in Høyanger in 1995-96 and 97.

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

Just wanted to wish you all a happy Christmas! Thanks for visiting the site and for all your kind comments and support!
Mads

05/12 2003: CONCERT TONIGHT, MOBERGSVIKEN

Mad&Hungry will be playing tonight, december 5, at Mobergsviken

06/11 2003: RE-RECORDING, JUST FOR THE WEB

NEW VERSION OF "PIECE FOR THE WICKED"

This pseudo-flamenco piece, originally from the Journey album (1990), has been a favourite on Mads' live shows for years and is now re-recorded especially for this site. It has increased a bit in speed and length over the years. You'll find it in the albums section - enjoy!

BUY MADS' ALBUMS HERE!

We are glad to inform you that we finally can offer you to buy Mads' CD's Journey, Storyteller, M.E, Intermission Troldhaugen and Redhanded directly from us. Orders can be directed to mads@madseriksen.com We charge NOK 150,- ($20) per item, which includes shipping and handling - and a signature!

LONDON CALLING

Mads is off to London today for a songwritng session with Chris Thompson for the Rediscovery album that will be completed early next year and presented at the Bergen Music Fest (Ole Blues) in April 2004.

19/09 2003: NEW ACOUSTIC GIG

If you missed Mads' acoustic show at a packed Madam Felle last Friday, there's another chance on Sunday September 21 in Rosenkrantztårnet, Bergen at 13:00. This is part of a cultural festival arranged by Kulturavdelingen, Bergenhus bydel

02/09 2003: AUTUMN

Hi, hope you all have had a nice summer! Here's some news:

RERUN OF THE TV CONCERT WITH CHRIS THOMPSON/MADS ERIKSEN BAND

The concert we did in Tromsø last year that was broadcasted on NRK1 on July 11 is going to be sent again on NRK2 Sunday September 7 at 18.30 on NRK2. By the way, thanks for all the kind comments that you have e-mailed and texted me about the concert - glad you liked it! We are still in the progress of negotiating a deal for DVD release of the concert, so hopefully it will be out soon.

NEW ACOUSTIC SOLO CONCERT

I'm going to do an acoustic (almost, that is) solo gig on Madam Felle in Bergen Friday September 12. I will play songs from all my albums, and it will be pretty much like the one I did in March this year. I have added a couple of new things though - I'm also in the progress of writing an all-acoustic album which will hopefully be released next year.

OTHER GIGS

Due to all the hard work left on the New Zealand recording, Chris T. and I have decided to not do any gigs this fall. We would really have wanted to play, but we intend to do exensive touring after the release concert on the Bergen Music Fest (Ole Blues) next year. Then we'll also have a lot of new material to present, so I hope you will find it worth waiting for. These are the gigs I know of so far:
September 12: Madam Felle, Bergen (solo concert)
November 14-15: Den Stundesløse, Bergen (Mad&Hungry)
November 21-22: Madam Felle, Bergen (The Rolling Clones)
December 5: Mobergsviken
December 6: Madam Felle, Bergen (Mad&Hungry)
December 19-20: Rick's, Bergen (The Rolling Clones)

So far it looks fairly easy as far as playing goes, but there's tons of things to be done with the NZ recording, and Chris and I will go down there sometime during this fall and finish off the recordings.

CONGRATS!

To my buddy and partner Hungry John, who received the very prestigous Notodden Blues Festival Award this year! Well deserved - he's had a really unique 30-year long career as a blues musician in Norway, which is beyond impressive. Salute, bro'!

25/07 2003: CONCERTS THIS WEEKEND

Mads is playing at Nord-Hordaland Country Festival this weekend:
july 25: Samfunnshuset, Austrheim (M.E. Band)
july 26: Utvandrerkirken, Radøy (Church concert, Mads solo)

06/06 2003: SOLDIER OF UNFORTUNE

Sorry folks, the support performance for Ritchie Blackmore in Bergen on June 5 was not going to happen - it was a last minute descision that the opening act (me) was left out due to "productional difficulties". That's just life, I guess - nothing to do with me or the local organizers (Ole Blues). I must admit that my face turned, well, deep purple, when I first learned that we were not going to be on the gig, since I've done several interviews about it and done some serious rehearsing with my band -- but hey, that never hurts anyway. We'll keep on rocking in the free world!

NEW AMPS; NEW PICKUPS

Mads has started to use Laney amplifiers exclusively. After checking out several models, he stuck with the TT100H top with a TT412A cabinet as a main setup, and the TT50 combo with a 12"speaker for smaller venues.
Mads has also sacrificed his Seymour Duncan JB pickup in bridge position for the fat-sounding Seymour Duncan Seth Lover model. In middle- and neck position are now Fender Texas Special pickups.

02/06 2003: TV CONCERT TO BE AIRED JULY 11, NRK 1

Finally a TV broadcasting date for the long-awaited concert with Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band from Tromsø, Norway Nov 24 2002!!! The 1hour 30min. concert combines CT/Manfred Mann's Earth Band faves like Mighty Quinn, Blinded By The Light, Davys On the Road again, You're The Voice, Thompson/Eriksen collaborations like Burning Light , Back in your Arms and Mads' signature tune Suburban Cowboy. Add to that a healthy dose of Chris' later solomaterial, and you have tons of good reasons to stay up late that night! It starts at 00:05....The concert will be out on DVD/CD soon, and will be sent again on NRK1 sometime this fall.

MADS OPENING FOR RITCHIE BLACKMORE IN BERGEN JUNE 5

Mads Eriksen has been given the honour of opening Ritchie Blackmore's concert in the Peer Gynt Hall in Bergen Thursday June 5. Mads will be joined on stage by long time companion Frank Hovland on bass and Zsolt Mescaros on drums. They'll play some of Eriksen's more folky and subdued material, and as a tribute to the evening's main act, maybe a little piece by Edvard Grieg - due to mr. Blackmore's wellknown passion for the music of old Eddie...

08/05 2003: GET NOTIFIED!

We have had some request for an email service to notify people when the site is updated. Well, we're here to serve you; if you would like to get a mail each time the site is updated send an email to: webmaster@madseriksen.com
You can also join the mailing list at the contact section

07/05 2003: THE DOWN UNDER EXPERIENCE

Hi everybody,

I came back a couple a weeks ago from New Zealand, where I have been recording a new album with Chris Thompson and my musician buddies from Norway, Gunnar Bjelland, Steinar Krokstad and Frank Hovland. Chris, who grew up in New Zealand, have all the time since we first met gone on and on about what an incredible place New Zealand is, so it was my idea that we should go there and record an album one day. We have worked really hard for the last two years to make that happen, so it was a great pleasure when our project finally materilalized. Chris and I have worked on the music constantly over those two years, making demoes and swapping ideas. I was over at his place in Newport Beach, CA, in February, where we wrote a couple of new songs together and decided which of the things we had written that should go on the record.
We came to New Zealand on March 25, and spent the first week travelling around in a rented van on the North Island. On board where also Chris's longtime friend Andy Palace, and Anita Langthaller, who where shooting a TV documentary about the journey and the recordings. We saw a lot of incredible places, like Cape Rienga, the wild and windy spot up north, Roturua with the geysers and boiling mud, and the fantastic Waitomo caves with the glow worms - the sensations are to many to mention. After a week of travelling we arrived at the spectacular Piha Beach, west of Auckland city, where we stayed in a big house that we rented while we were rehearsing and recording.
The recordings took place in York Street studios in the Parnell area of Auckland. It proved to be a great studio, the sound was fantastic and the people were the best. We worked with technicians Clint, who is the most fabulous Pro Tools-guy I've ever seen, and Steve, who was 2nd engineer. They were great guys to work with. We recorded very intensively for 8 days and recorded a huge amount of music. It was a great recording experience. Working with Chris is such a thrill, as a singer he is second to none, and he is also a great songwriter and has a remarkable ability to get the best out of the people he works with. I'm really proud to be around great musicians like Frank, Steinar and Gunnar - they all play so incredibly well that recording with them is just a pleasure, so easy. We were also fortunate enough to have a lot of local mucicians guesting on the record, which really gave the recordings a great vibe. One night we had a maori culture group who sang backupvocals and sang some of their traditonal tunes.
We will do additinonal recordings at Chris's studio in Newport Beach and in Bergen, and the plan is to go back to New Zealand and do the final mixing in November. We are going to tour extensively in September, we're going to play probably in Germany, Austria and Norway. Hopefully we will have our live DVD/CD ready by then. This is from a concert that we did in Tromsø Nov 24 2002, which is soon to be broadcasted on NRK TV.
Rock on!
Mads

06/05 2003: PLAYING AROUND

The tour in Northern Norway with Mad&Hungry that were supposed to take place in may is postponed. Their gig at Madam Felle in Bergen on may 23 is rescheduled to may 9, and on may 10 they are going to play at the Balajazz festival. Here is, for the time being, a complete list over the spring/early summer gigs:
may 9: Mad&Hungry, Madam Felle, Bergen
may 10: Mad&Hungry, Balajazz, Balestrand
may 14: Mads Eriksen Band, Grieghallen (conference opening)
may 24: Mads Eriksen Band, Rekstensamlingene (private party)
may 25: Mads Eriksen Band, Damsgårdsdagene, Bergen
may 30: Rolling Clones, Madam Felle, Bergen
may 31: Rolling Clones, Madam Felle, Bergen
june 13-14: Rolling Clones, Rick's, Bergen'"
june 18: Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band, Verftet, Bergen (private party)
june 27: Mad&Hungry, Osterøy
june 28: Mad&Hungry, Osøren Bluesfestival, Os
july 4-5: Mad&Hungry, Den Stundesløse, Bergen

11/04 2003: ALL GOING WELL DOWN UNDER

A little piece on Mads Eriksen/Chris Thompson at NRK web: Thompson, Mads og Maori; in norwegian only.
The ME/CT Tromsø gig, recorded november last year, will probably be out on DVD in september this year.
The new record will probably be released in february 2004. Also check Chris Thompsons site for a more detailed description of the ideas behind the album.

05/03 2003: LOTS OF STUFF HAPPENING

Mads is doing his first soloconcert ever on Madam Felle in Bergen on thursday march 13. It will be just the man and his guitar(s), mostly acoustic material. The repertoire will cover his entire 15-year recording career. Mads has just come back from Newport Beach, California after an intensive songwriting session with Chris Thompson in preparation for the upcoming recordings in New Zealand, starting on march 25.
Live dates with different ME projects this year:

CHRIS THOMPSON/MADS ERIKSEN BAND

Ride This Train festival, Bergen january 17
The Harp, Newport Beach, CA february 17
New Zealand recording and probable live dates march 25 - april 10
Chris Thompson/ Mads Eriksen Band plan for an extensive tour in Germany and Norway in september. Details will be announced.
Concert from Tromsø 24/11-2002 is going to be broadcasted on NRK TV soon, as of yet no set sending date.... The concert is also coming out on DVD/CD....

MAD&HUNGRY

Tour in Northern Norway may 9-17 (details to be announced)
Madam Felle, Bergen may 23
Ole Bull, Osterøy june 27
Os Blues Festival june 28

ROLLING CLONES

Madam Felle, Bergen january 17-18
Madam Felle, Bergen may 30-31
Rick's, Bergen june 13-14

MADS solo:

Madam Felle, Bergen march 13

27/01 2003: NEW YEAR, OLD SONGS

As you all know, Mads' first four records, Journey (1990), Storyteller (1991), Intermission Troldhaugen (1993) and M.E (1994) has recently been reprinted. These are distributed in Norway through BareBraMusikk. As the nice and generous people that we are, we have put out 5 songs from some of these albums. They are all mp3's and you can find them in the albums section. Enjoy!

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NEWS CONCERTS BIO MUSIC EQUIPMENT PRESS LINKS STUFF GUESTBOOK CONTACT	NEWS ARCHIVE 2003 23/12 2003: CHRISTMAS JAM AT GOL WITH MADS AND RONNIE Mads and TNT guitarist Ronnie Le Tekro are invited to participate in the annual Christmas Jam at Per's Hotel at Gol on December 26. This is not the first time Mads has shared the stage with the legendary Mr. Tekrø, in August 2001 they teamed up with Stage Dolls leader Torstein Flakne, former Stage Dolls-now-Chris Thompson-Mads Eriksen drummer Steinar Krokstad, Frank Hovland and Harald Dahlstrøm for a loud nachspiel after Bryan Adams' Bergen concert. They have also played together on the Easter Rock days in Høyanger in 1995-96 and 97. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS Just wanted to wish you all a happy Christmas! Thanks for visiting the site and for all your kind comments and support! Mads 05/12 2003: CONCERT TONIGHT, MOBERGSVIKEN Mad&Hungry will be playing tonight, december 5, at Mobergsviken 06/11 2003: RE-RECORDING, JUST FOR THE WEB NEW VERSION OF "PIECE FOR THE WICKED" This pseudo-flamenco piece, originally from the Journey album (1990), has been a favourite on Mads' live shows for years and is now re-recorded especially for this site. It has increased a bit in speed and length over the years. You'll find it in the albums section - enjoy! BUY MADS' ALBUMS HERE! We are glad to inform you that we finally can offer you to buy Mads' CD's Journey, Storyteller, M.E, Intermission Troldhaugen and Redhanded directly from us. Orders can be directed to mads@madseriksen.com We charge NOK 150,- ($20) per item, which includes shipping and handling - and a signature! LONDON CALLING Mads is off to London today for a songwritng session with Chris Thompson for the Rediscovery album that will be completed early next year and presented at the Bergen Music Fest (Ole Blues) in April 2004. 19/09 2003: NEW ACOUSTIC GIG If you missed Mads' acoustic show at a packed Madam Felle last Friday, there's another chance on Sunday September 21 in Rosenkrantztårnet, Bergen at 13:00. This is part of a cultural festival arranged by Kulturavdelingen, Bergenhus bydel 02/09 2003: AUTUMN Hi, hope you all have had a nice summer! Here's some news: RERUN OF THE TV CONCERT WITH CHRIS THOMPSON/MADS ERIKSEN BAND The concert we did in Tromsø last year that was broadcasted on NRK1 on July 11 is going to be sent again on NRK2 Sunday September 7 at 18.30 on NRK2. By the way, thanks for all the kind comments that you have e-mailed and texted me about the concert - glad you liked it! We are still in the progress of negotiating a deal for DVD release of the concert, so hopefully it will be out soon. NEW ACOUSTIC SOLO CONCERT I'm going to do an acoustic (almost, that is) solo gig on Madam Felle in Bergen Friday September 12. I will play songs from all my albums, and it will be pretty much like the one I did in March this year. I have added a couple of new things though - I'm also in the progress of writing an all-acoustic album which will hopefully be released next year. OTHER GIGS Due to all the hard work left on the New Zealand recording, Chris T. and I have decided to not do any gigs this fall. We would really have wanted to play, but we intend to do exensive touring after the release concert on the Bergen Music Fest (Ole Blues) next year. Then we'll also have a lot of new material to present, so I hope you will find it worth waiting for. These are the gigs I know of so far: September 12: Madam Felle, Bergen (solo concert) November 14-15: Den Stundesløse, Bergen (Mad&Hungry) November 21-22: Madam Felle, Bergen (The Rolling Clones) December 5: Mobergsviken December 6: Madam Felle, Bergen (Mad&Hungry) December 19-20: Rick's, Bergen (The Rolling Clones) So far it looks fairly easy as far as playing goes, but there's tons of things to be done with the NZ recording, and Chris and I will go down there sometime during this fall and finish off the recordings. CONGRATS! To my buddy and partner Hungry John, who received the very prestigous Notodden Blues Festival Award this year! Well deserved - he's had a really unique 30-year long career as a blues musician in Norway, which is beyond impressive. Salute, bro'! 25/07 2003: CONCERTS THIS WEEKEND Mads is playing at Nord-Hordaland Country Festival this weekend: july 25: Samfunnshuset, Austrheim (M.E. Band) july 26: Utvandrerkirken, Radøy (Church concert, Mads solo) 06/06 2003: SOLDIER OF UNFORTUNE Sorry folks, the support performance for Ritchie Blackmore in Bergen on June 5 was not going to happen - it was a last minute descision that the opening act (me) was left out due to "productional difficulties". That's just life, I guess - nothing to do with me or the local organizers (Ole Blues). I must admit that my face turned, well, deep purple, when I first learned that we were not going to be on the gig, since I've done several interviews about it and done some serious rehearsing with my band -- but hey, that never hurts anyway. We'll keep on rocking in the free world! NEW AMPS; NEW PICKUPS Mads has started to use Laney amplifiers exclusively. After checking out several models, he stuck with the TT100H top with a TT412A cabinet as a main setup, and the TT50 combo with a 12"speaker for smaller venues. Mads has also sacrificed his Seymour Duncan JB pickup in bridge position for the fat-sounding Seymour Duncan Seth Lover model. In middle- and neck position are now Fender Texas Special pickups. 02/06 2003: TV CONCERT TO BE AIRED JULY 11, NRK 1 Finally a TV broadcasting date for the long-awaited concert with Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band from Tromsø, Norway Nov 24 2002!!! The 1hour 30min. concert combines CT/Manfred Mann's Earth Band faves like Mighty Quinn, Blinded By The Light, Davys On the Road again, You're The Voice, Thompson/Eriksen collaborations like Burning Light , Back in your Arms and Mads' signature tune Suburban Cowboy. Add to that a healthy dose of Chris' later solomaterial, and you have tons of good reasons to stay up late that night! It starts at 00:05....The concert will be out on DVD/CD soon, and will be sent again on NRK1 sometime this fall. MADS OPENING FOR RITCHIE BLACKMORE IN BERGEN JUNE 5 Mads Eriksen has been given the honour of opening Ritchie Blackmore's concert in the Peer Gynt Hall in Bergen Thursday June 5. Mads will be joined on stage by long time companion Frank Hovland on bass and Zsolt Mescaros on drums. They'll play some of Eriksen's more folky and subdued material, and as a tribute to the evening's main act, maybe a little piece by Edvard Grieg - due to mr. Blackmore's wellknown passion for the music of old Eddie... 08/05 2003: GET NOTIFIED! We have had some request for an email service to notify people when the site is updated. Well, we're here to serve you; if you would like to get a mail each time the site is updated send an email to: webmaster@madseriksen.com You can also join the mailing list at the contact section 07/05 2003: THE DOWN UNDER EXPERIENCE Hi everybody, I came back a couple a weeks ago from New Zealand, where I have been recording a new album with Chris Thompson and my musician buddies from Norway, Gunnar Bjelland, Steinar Krokstad and Frank Hovland. Chris, who grew up in New Zealand, have all the time since we first met gone on and on about what an incredible place New Zealand is, so it was my idea that we should go there and record an album one day. We have worked really hard for the last two years to make that happen, so it was a great pleasure when our project finally materilalized. Chris and I have worked on the music constantly over those two years, making demoes and swapping ideas. I was over at his place in Newport Beach, CA, in February, where we wrote a couple of new songs together and decided which of the things we had written that should go on the record. We came to New Zealand on March 25, and spent the first week travelling around in a rented van on the North Island. On board where also Chris's longtime friend Andy Palace, and Anita Langthaller, who where shooting a TV documentary about the journey and the recordings. We saw a lot of incredible places, like Cape Rienga, the wild and windy spot up north, Roturua with the geysers and boiling mud, and the fantastic Waitomo caves with the glow worms - the sensations are to many to mention. After a week of travelling we arrived at the spectacular Piha Beach, west of Auckland city, where we stayed in a big house that we rented while we were rehearsing and recording. The recordings took place in York Street studios in the Parnell area of Auckland. It proved to be a great studio, the sound was fantastic and the people were the best. We worked with technicians Clint, who is the most fabulous Pro Tools-guy I've ever seen, and Steve, who was 2nd engineer. They were great guys to work with. We recorded very intensively for 8 days and recorded a huge amount of music. It was a great recording experience. Working with Chris is such a thrill, as a singer he is second to none, and he is also a great songwriter and has a remarkable ability to get the best out of the people he works with. I'm really proud to be around great musicians like Frank, Steinar and Gunnar - they all play so incredibly well that recording with them is just a pleasure, so easy. We were also fortunate enough to have a lot of local mucicians guesting on the record, which really gave the recordings a great vibe. One night we had a maori culture group who sang backupvocals and sang some of their traditonal tunes. We will do additinonal recordings at Chris's studio in Newport Beach and in Bergen, and the plan is to go back to New Zealand and do the final mixing in November. We are going to tour extensively in September, we're going to play probably in Germany, Austria and Norway. Hopefully we will have our live DVD/CD ready by then. This is from a concert that we did in Tromsø Nov 24 2002, which is soon to be broadcasted on NRK TV. Rock on! Mads 06/05 2003: PLAYING AROUND The tour in Northern Norway with Mad&Hungry that were supposed to take place in may is postponed. Their gig at Madam Felle in Bergen on may 23 is rescheduled to may 9, and on may 10 they are going to play at the Balajazz festival. Here is, for the time being, a complete list over the spring/early summer gigs: may 9: Mad&Hungry, Madam Felle, Bergen may 10: Mad&Hungry, Balajazz, Balestrand may 14: Mads Eriksen Band, Grieghallen (conference opening) may 24: Mads Eriksen Band, Rekstensamlingene (private party) may 25: Mads Eriksen Band, Damsgårdsdagene, Bergen may 30: Rolling Clones, Madam Felle, Bergen may 31: Rolling Clones, Madam Felle, Bergen june 13-14: Rolling Clones, Rick's, Bergen'" june 18: Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band, Verftet, Bergen (private party) june 27: Mad&Hungry, Osterøy june 28: Mad&Hungry, Osøren Bluesfestival, Os july 4-5: Mad&Hungry, Den Stundesløse, Bergen 11/04 2003: ALL GOING WELL DOWN UNDER A little piece on Mads Eriksen/Chris Thompson at NRK web: Thompson, Mads og Maori; in norwegian only. The ME/CT Tromsø gig, recorded november last year, will probably be out on DVD in september this year. The new record will probably be released in february 2004. Also check Chris Thompsons site for a more detailed description of the ideas behind the album. 05/03 2003: LOTS OF STUFF HAPPENING Mads is doing his first soloconcert ever on Madam Felle in Bergen on thursday march 13. It will be just the man and his guitar(s), mostly acoustic material. The repertoire will cover his entire 15-year recording career. Mads has just come back from Newport Beach, California after an intensive songwriting session with Chris Thompson in preparation for the upcoming recordings in New Zealand, starting on march 25. Live dates with different ME projects this year: CHRIS THOMPSON/MADS ERIKSEN BAND Ride This Train festival, Bergen january 17 The Harp, Newport Beach, CA february 17 New Zealand recording and probable live dates march 25 - april 10 Chris Thompson/ Mads Eriksen Band plan for an extensive tour in Germany and Norway in september. Details will be announced. Concert from Tromsø 24/11-2002 is going to be broadcasted on NRK TV soon, as of yet no set sending date.... The concert is also coming out on DVD/CD.... MAD&HUNGRY Tour in Northern Norway may 9-17 (details to be announced) Madam Felle, Bergen may 23 Ole Bull, Osterøy june 27 Os Blues Festival june 28 ROLLING CLONES Madam Felle, Bergen january 17-18 Madam Felle, Bergen may 30-31 Rick's, Bergen june 13-14 MADS solo: Madam Felle, Bergen march 13 27/01 2003: NEW YEAR, OLD SONGS As you all know, Mads' first four records, Journey (1990), Storyteller (1991), Intermission Troldhaugen (1993) and M.E (1994) has recently been reprinted. These are distributed in Norway through BareBraMusikk. As the nice and generous people that we are, we have put out 5 songs from some of these albums. They are all mp3's and you can find them in the albums section. Enjoy! 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