///  120 DAYS (NO)
Hot stuff coming through!
Is this the best Norwegian band right now? It sure is the hottest. 120 Days had a bit of a rough...

   ///  1990S (UK)
The name of the decade.
How far can you go before even releasing your debut album? Pretty far, if you’re the 1990s. But...

   ///  65 DAYS OF STATIC (UK)
Finally a band with a brand new sound
In a music scene dominated by bands all too keen on following tried and tested formulas, 65 days of static...

   ///  AKALA (UK)
Shakespeare of the 21. century
Akala is a 23 year old rap and grime artist from Camden. He read Malcom X when he was nine, started...

   ///  AMY WINEHOUSE (UK)
AAA at Hove.
What do you get if you mix soul, hip hop, jazz and healthy dose of alcohol? Some would say you get Amy...

   ///  ARCADE FIRE (CAN)
Eight musicians. A married couple. A bunch of instruments.
Who would name their debut album Funeral? The Arcade Fire...

   ///  BILLY TALENT (CAN)
Canadian punkrock-quartet
Billy Talent, a popular canadian punkrock-quartet, extends their european tour to play Hove.

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   ///  BITE (NO)
Bite is a norwegian band from Stord. They've created a large following with their west-coast inspired...

   ///  BRIGHT EYES (US)
One of the best and most prolific songwriters of his generation

Bright Eyes started as a side project of Conor Oberst's while he was the...


   ///  BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT (US)
Eerily beautiful and hauntingly soulful, Brightblack Morning Light conjure up genuinely southern...

   ///  CANSEI DE SER SEXY / CSS (BRASIL)
Brazilian electro punkers with a thing for Paris Hilton.
How many brazilian artists do you know? Tito Puente? Is he even brazilian? Well here's one to fit you...

   ///  CHAMILLIONAIRE (US)
The chameleon king of Houston, Texas.
The Mixtape Messiah, King Koopa, Color Changin’ Lizard, Chamillinator, Chamillitary Mayne, Cham...

   ///  CHIMAIRA (US)
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   ///  CLIPSE (US)
Griiiiiiindin at HOVE!
Brothers Malice and Pusha-T are well known in the mainstream for their hit singel Grindin' in 2002. And...

   ///  CYNIC (US)
reunion of a legendary death metal-band
The legendary death metal-band Cynic have been gone for over thirteen years. Now they have decided to...

   ///  DAMIEN RICE (IE)
Everybody's favorite
Damien Rice was born in Dublin and raised in Cellbridge. This irish singer songwriter was first...

   ///  DEVASTATIONS (AUS)
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   ///  DIMENSION F3H (NO)
Metal inspired by science fiction? That sounds like science fiction.
But it’s true! Dimension F3H is a neckbreacking cyber/black metal band from a shady town in Norway....

   ///  DJ MEHDI (FRA)
More info coming soon!
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   ///  FLYING CRAP (NO)
Utter madness from Kristiansand
Flying Crap is the closest thing to genuine punk the south coast of Norway has ever produced. So genuine...

   ///  GOJIRA (FRA)
More info coming soon!
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   ///  HATEBREED (US)
Moshcore veterans with trouble on their minds.
What is moshcore? It is basicly a stripped...

   ///  HATEBREED (US)
Moshcore veterans with trouble on their minds.
What is moshcore? It is basicly a stripped down version of metal core, with a little sing a long, some...

   ///  IAN STEVENSON
Our favourite artist
Ian Steveson designet the artwork for the first Hove festival. It blew us away!

Ian Stevenson...

   ///  INCUBUS (US)
Kings of alt-metal
Incubus rose to become one of the most popular alt-metal bands of the new millennium, setting themselves...

   ///  INGRID OLAVA (NO)
Young lady by the piano, people.
There are zillions of ladies by gazillions of pianos. Yet Ingrid Olava has something worth noticing:...

   ///  INTERPOL (US)
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   ///  KAISER CHIEFS (UK)
More info coming soon!
In the mean time, find more info at the following websites: http://www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk/

   ///  KATE HAVNEVIK
First Norway gig for Norwegian MySpace queen!
MySpace has received quite a buzz lately. London based Kate Havnevik was the first Norwegian to prove...

   ///  KEEP OF KALESSIN (NO)
1110 bpm? No problemo señor
    Keep of Kalessin is one of the greatest and most progressive black metal acts out there...

   ///  KLAXONS (UK)
More info coming soon!
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   ///  LAMB OF GOD (US)
Solid stuff out of Richmond, Virginia.
Just how many fat metal bands can we squeeze into our 2007 line up? Many more! Virginia band Lamb...

   ///  LIL’ WAYNE
Lil’ Wayne is getting grown.
Lil’ Wayne – your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper. It’s hard staying ahead...

   ///  MASTODON (US)
Post metal with prehistoric weighting.
The mastodon is an elephant-like creature that evolved out of North America about four million years...

   ///  ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES (US)
Say g'day to punk's prime cover band.
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes got together in the early 90's through the band members' appreciation...

   ///  MODEST MOUSE (US)

   ///  MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (US)
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   ///  MY MIDNIGHT CREEPS (NO)
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   ///  NELLIE MCKAY (US)
Jazzy lady with a big mouth.
Nellie McKay is a New York based singer-songwriter that is distributing her talents between Broadway...

   ///  NEUROSIS (US)
Apocalyptic folk metal unlike anything you’ve ever heard. True!
Neurosis started out as a hardcore punk band in the mid-eighties, but throughout the years they've a...

   ///  OH NO ONO! (DK)
More info coming soon!
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   ///  PATRICK WOLF
Multi-instrumentalist doing his own thing
Master of instruments as unlike as the harp, the piano, the guitar, the harmonium, the accordion, the...

   ///  PAUL WALL (USA)
The only white rapper with true self esteem?
He has done the blinging grills for Paris Hilton and Hulk Hogans daughter. He’s the guy that put...

   ///  PLEASURE (NO/UK)
Norways superproducer with a bunch of friends on stage.
Four years ago Fred Ball stunned the music world with his debut album “Pleasure”. Even...

   ///  QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (US)
More info coming soon!
In the mean time, find more info at the following websites:
http://www.qotsa.com/

   ///  REMY MA
All hail the new queen of hip hop.
It’s never been easy getting recognition as a female rapper, and in today’s hip hop it seems...

   ///  ROCKETTOTHESKY (NO)
Post-structual feminist theoretic erotics from Norway. Something like that.
Anyway, Rockettothesky sounds like a dream. Jenny Hval of Rockettothesky has a lot more than guitar...

   ///  SHE SAID DESTROY (NO)
More info coming soon!
Norwegian thrash, death, black metal band

http://shesaiddestroy.norge.cc/

   ///  SHE SAID DESTROY (NO)
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   ///  SIVERT HØYEM (NO)
The great gravel voice of Madrugada
Sivert Høyem is the lead singer of one of the biggest bands in Norway, Madrugada. His latest solo...

   ///  SLAYER (US)
Slayer? Slayer Slayer?!? Ohmygod!
The history of modern metal started in 1986, when Slayer unleashing an album that was rawer, harder,...

   ///  STEPHEN MARLEY
Bob's son and Damian's big brother.
So you’re into real reggea music? Well it doesn’t come more real than Bob Marley’s...

   ///  SUSANNE SUNDFØR (NO)
Folk pop like it's supposed to sound!
      Susanne Sundfør from Haugesund makes some of the most hauntingly beautiful...

   ///  THE GOSSIP
American post punk out of control.
Ever since they formed in 1999, the Portland based indie punk three-piece The Gossip has gained a steadily...

   ///  THE GOSSIP (US)
American post punk out of control.
Ever since they formed in 1999, the Portland based indie punk three-piece The Gossip has gained a steadily...

   ///  THE HOLD STEADY (US)
More info coming soon!
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   ///  THE HORRORS (UK)
The future’s got high hair and tight jeans.
Ever since their first gig back in the autumn of 2005, the London based psychobilly/punk band have made...

   ///  THE KILLERS (US)
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   ///  THE LIONHEART BROTHERS (NO)
The hottest, most energetic pop we've got right now


    The Lionheart Brothers is one of the hottest Norwegian bands at the moment. They're...

   ///  THE NEW VIOLATORS (NO)
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   ///  THE NOISETTES (UK)
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   ///  THE PRESETS (AUS)
Down under has come a long way since Kylie and Danni Minogue
We're getting more music from Australia than ever before. That's a good thing! All thanks to bands like...

   ///  THE TWANG (UK)
Powerfull britpop from Birmingham.
The Twang is a Birmingham five-piece britpop/rock’n’roll combining the music sensibilities...

   ///  THE VIEW (UK)
Scots with a view.
The View, a Scottish indie rock four-piece, has in a short space of time managed to be discovered by...

   ///  TOKYO POLICE CLUB (CAN)
Indie / Garage / Pop
Tokyo Police Club is an indie/art rock band from Newmarket, Ontario...

   ///  UNEARTH (US)
More info coming soon!
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   ///  VIOLENT YEARS (NO)
The Wild West ain’t what it used to be.
Out of Mandal comes a band that amazed its audience during an incredible concert at the Quartfestival...

   ///  WILLIAM HUT (NO)
Pop wonder from Bergen
The former frontman of Poor Rich Ones made his solo debut in 2002 with Roadstar...

   ///  X-QUEEN OF THE ASTRONAUTS (NO)
More info coming soon!
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