A-ha has a new website design to match their new album: http://www.a-ha.com/
Beware the autoplay music for those of you in quiet offices.

Check out the cover art for the new A-ha album "Analogue": http://www.a-ha.com/index.php?id=6152&cat=417
A-ha is also involved in a bit of a brouhaha over the video for the new single "Celice" due to "explicit sexual content". The clip was directed by Jörn Heitmann who is best known for his work with Germany's Rammstein. Read more and see (non-explicit) pics: http://www.a-ha.com/index.php?id=6153&cat=417

A-ha reports from their big NYC concert, the first on US soil in 20-some years: http://www.a-ha.com/index.php?id=6110&cat=417

The brand new A-ha album will be called "Analogues".

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
04. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
05. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
06. Musikal - Mamma Mia
07. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
08. Kina Jaarnek & Elvis Presleys Band - En hyllning till Elvis
09. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
10. Laleh - Laleh
11. Darin - The anthem
12. Robyn - Robyn
13. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
14. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
15. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
16. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
17. Carola - Störst av allt
18. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
19. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
20. Peter Jöback & Göteborgs Symfoniker - Storybook

Long-running Norwegian pop group A-ha has announced that they will release their brand new single "Celice" on October 4. The bands still-untitled eighth album, their first in 3.5 years, comes out November 7.

A-ha will be back in the US on September 12 for their first live performance on these shores in twenty years. The band will be performing at Irving Plaza in NYC and more information should be coming soon.

A-ha reports that they have now started mixing their new album in London with renown producer Flood.

A-ha are currently in London recording material for their next album. More info and studio pics here: http://www.a-ha.com/index.php?id=5869&cat=417

A-ha has started to confirm live dates for the end of the year in anticipation of their new album, due out in the fall. Here's what they've got so far:

11/13 - Forest National, Brussels
11/14 - Le Grand Rex, Paris
11/16 - AVO Session, Basel
11/19 - Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt
11/20 - Arena Treptow, Berlin
11/22 - Boerdelandhalle, Magdeburg
11/23 - Color Line Arena, Hamburg
11/25 - Olympiahalle, Munich
11/26 - Messehalle, Friedrichshafen
11/28 - Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart
11/29 - Messehalle, Dresden
11/30 - Stadthalle, Rostock
12/03 - NEC, Birmingham
12/04 - Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
12/06 - MEN, Manchester
12/07 - Wembley Arena, London

A-ha reports that they are currently working in the studio and should have a new album ready for release before the end of the year. Read more: http://www.a-ha.com/index.php?id=5669&cat=417

The top Scandinavian videos streamed last week at on-demand video service Musicbrigade.com:

01. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Late Night Version]
02. Gunther feat. Samantha Fox - Touch Me
03. A-ha - Take On Me
04. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Clean Version]
05. Gunther & Sunshine Girls - Teeny Weeny String Bikini

Requested Videos: 316,445
Total Streams: 502,668

Magne from A-ha will be collaborating with Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens on a special super-group recording to benefit orphans of the tsunami disaster. This event marks Yusuf's first pop music recording since 1978! Read more: http://www.a-ha.com/frames/a-ha.php?cat=417

The top Scandinavian videos streamed last week at on-demand video service Musicbrigade.com:

01. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Late Night Version]
02. A-ha - Take On Me
03. Gunther feat. Samantha Fox - Touch Mes
04. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Clean Version]
05. Gunther & Sunshine Girls - Teeny Weeny String Bikini
Requested Videos: 313,640
Total Streams: 498,390

A-ha will release their 20th anniversary singles collection on November 22. Check out the tracklist and artwork here: http://www.a-ha.com/index.php?id=5296&cat=417

The new book "The Swing of Things" chronicling the career of Norway's A-ha is now out and comes with a bonus CD containing 12 of the band's old demos. Read more: http://www.a-ha.com/?cat=417