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05/08 2010: VIDEO FROM ESCHWEILER GIGHere is a video from the Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band gig in Eschweiler, July 30:02/08 2010: REVIEW AND PHOTOSCHRIS THOMPSON/MADS ERIKSEN BAND PLAYED TO 4500 ECSTATIC FANS I ESCHWEILERSee review and pictures from the memorable gig in Eschweiler in Germany on Friday July 30 29/07 2010: MORE GIGS AND REVIEWSNEW DATES FOR CHRIS THOMPSON/MADS ERIKSEN BANDJULY 30: Markplatz, Eschweiler (near Düsseldorf), Germany GOOD REVIEWS FROM GERMAN GIGS WITH LEO SAYER AND FISH The gigs in in Germany with Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band and special guests Fish and Leo Sayer went down really well, as this review (German, pdf) will show you. Here you can read about "Saitenhexer" Mads Eriksen and Chris Thompson's "gewaltiges Stimmorgan" (no, it's not naughty, it is in fact very, very good..) Review and pictures from the July 9. gig 31/05 2010: MORE GIGS FOR CHRIS AND MADSCHRIS THOMPSON/MADS ERIKSEN BANDThu 23 September: Elverum Culturehouse, Norway 05/05 2010: TONS OF GIGSTONS AND TONS OF GIGS - GUEST PERFORMANCES BY FISH AND LEOWe have a lot of new gigs to announce: Most of them with Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band who just finished a highly succesful tour of Germany and two sold-out nights at Bergen's Madam Felle last weekend. Leo Sayer was special guest on those nights as he was in 2005. CT/MEB have quite a few gigs lined up for them in Norway, Spain and in Germany, where Leo Sayer will once again be featured guest along with ex-Marillion frontman Fish, who participated int the annual gigs at Madam Felle in 2008. NEW DATE FOR NØTTERØY KULTURHUS, NORWAY A new date has been set for Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band at Nøtterøy Kulturhus. The show scheduled for April 8 had to be cancelled due to a severe throat problem for Mr Thompson, who has not cancelled a show for 40 years. The new date is October 15. CT/MEB AT GRESSVIK ROCKWEEKEND - AGAIN For the third year in a row CT/MEB will perform at the Gressvik Rock Weekend.The show last year drew 750 people and became the most succesful Friday in the festival's history. Here are the gigs so far (more TBA soon): June 5: Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band, Braunschweig (near Hannover), Germany June 11.-12: The Rolling Clones, Rick's, Bergen, Norway June 18: Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band, Valencia, Spain July 3: Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band, Open Air Sportgelände Allmed, Rathshausen, Germany August 6: Chris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band, Gressvik Rock Weekend (near Fredrikstad), Norway 04/05 2010: TV LINKSThese links are from the program "Førkveld" on NRK1 on Thursday April 29 at 18.00:http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/211535 http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/211553 27/04 2010: CONCERT AND TELEVISIONChris Thompson and Mads Eriksen Band plays at Madam Felle on Thursday April 29 (Friday April 30 and Saturday May 1 with Leo Sayer as special guest, as announced earlier).MADS ON NATIONAL TELEVISION THURSDAY APRIL 29 Mads will be profiled in the program "Førkveld" on NRK1 on Thursday April 29 at 18.00. Mads and the band will play music from Mads' new album and will be joined by Chris Thompson for one song. 12/04 2010: GREAT REVIEWS OF MADS' ALBUM!See musikkavisen.no and heavymetal.no11/04 2010: CONCERT OF THE YEARAnother great review (Norwegian), from the Friday April 9 show.01/04 2010: GREAT REVIEWGreat review (Norwegian) of Friday March 26 show19/03 2010: MINICONCERT/AUTOGRAPH SIGNINGMINI CONCERT AND AUTOGRAPH SIGNING AT 4SOUND BERGEN On Tuesday March 23 Mads and band will give a free miniconcert at the 4SOUND music store (Hagstrøm Musikk) in Strandtg. 197. Mads' new album Just what the world needs will be on sale, as well as his debut album Journey, which was released exactly 20 years earlier, in February 1990. It starts at 16.30. 15/03 2010: ACOUSTIC GUITAR WORKSHOPMADS ERIKSEN'S GUITAR SCHOOL ORGANISE WORKSHOP WITH TWO LIVING GUITAR LEGENDS We are proud to announce that Mads, together with friend and guitar afficionado Egil Kjerstad organise a 2-day workshop with two of worlds foremost acoustic guitar players on May 12 and 13 in Bergen. Stefan Grossman (from whose GUITAR PLAYER- columns in the 70's Mads learned the alternate thumb style as explored in songs like "Memphis-Elvis-Travis" and "Hopeless Romantic" on the Redhanded album) and John Renbourn will in addition give a concert in the evening of Thursday May 13 at Madam Felle in Bergen. 18/02 2010: NEW WEBSITE!After 9 years with the old website we have decided to brush things up a bit. The old site has served its purpose well, but frankly it was getting a bit long in the tooth. There is still some work to do, so if things seems to be missing, they will probably show up eventually.. 15/02 2010: 3 NEW SONGSfrom Mads' upcoming album on MySpace!!! One hard ("Destroyer"), one sweet ("In the streets and alleys of the town") and one strange ("Yukon River") for your listening pleasure. 10/02 2010: MORE GIGS MADS ERIKSEN ON ELM STREET 29/01 2010: RELEASE AND CONCERTSNEW RELEASE DATE - RELEASE PARTY AND PROMO GIGS! 08/01 2010: STARTING OFFChris Thompson/Mads Eriksen Band start off the new year with a show at a festival in Augsburg, Germany, Saturday January 9. Also playing that night are Slade, Sweet and Suzi Quatro. News archive 2009 |
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