News: What is happening in the world of Madrugada and on this page? I try to stay as updated as possible, and I will try to bring you the latest rumours and facts concerning Madrugada. Of course, you will also be able to read all the interesting stuff about what has been updated or changed on this very webpage.

December 17th 2001 - Madrugada's second concert at Club 22 in Athens, Greece, two nights ago, was apparently an excellent show. It was the last concert of the band's European tour, Sivert said they had to go back to their girlfriends, friends and families, and the band was obviously to give everything on stage. During "Nightly Disease Part II" Sivert jumped into the audience and crowd surfed, and a girl stole his shoe. The show lasted for about two hours. According to Robert, they will start recording the next album in Spring and they are estimating a September release. Thanks to wase84 for this information.

Thanks to Kostas Papakotas for the following setlist:

Setlist Club 22, Athens, Greece - December 15th 2001:
1. Belladonna 2. The Frontman 3. Hands Up - I love you 4. Shine 5. A Deadend Mind 6. The Riverbed 7. Black Mambo 8. Tonight I Have No Words For You 9. Higher 10. Lucy One 11. Nightly Disease Part II 12. Two Black Bones 13. Salt 14. Vocal 15. Unknown Title #6 16. Sister 17. Beautyproof

December 16th 2001 - Madrugada played two concerts at Club 22 in Athens, Greece on the 14th and 15th. They were supposed to play at Club Gagarin, but the latter is a new club and was not finished for Madrugada's performances. Apparently it was a great concert that the band seemed to enjoy, as well as the crowd. They did a cover of "The Fire Of Love" by Gun Club. Thanks to Vagelis, wase84, Dimitris and Kostas Frangoudis for the information.

Setlist Club 22, Athens, Greece - December 14th 2001:
1. Black Mambo 2. Strange Color Blue 3. Belladonna 4. The Frontman 5. Hands Up- I love You 6. Shine 7. A Deadend Mind 8. Higher 9. Lucy One 10. Two Black Bones 11. Salt 12. Nightly Disease Part II 13. Vocal 14. Lord, Why Have you Left me? 15. The Fire Of Love 16. Beautyproof

December 14th 2001 - Apparently there have been some changes to Madrugada's touring schedule in Greece. According to what I have heard, they will be playing at Club 22 tonight and tomorrow night, as opposed to the shceduled performances at Club Gagarin. Thanks to Vagelis for this information.

A very interesting interview with Frode has been put up in the Articles And Interviews section. The interview, which can be found here, was done by Curt Keplin from alternativenation.de at Markthalle in Hamburg, Germany on December 2nd 2001. Special thanks to Curt Keplin and his editor for the permission to put the interview up on this page.

Here is some information from Madrugada's two concerts at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway on the 7th and 8th, thanks a lot to Raymond Hauger for all of this:

During "The Riverbed," Robert played bass and Frode played slide-guitar. Eivind from St. Thomas joined them on violin, while Jon played el-piano. Eivind also played violin on "A Deadend Mind," "Black Mambo," "Lord, Why Have You Left Me?" and "You Turned Me Away," while Jon also played el-piano on during the beginning and end of "Lord, Why Have You Left Me?" and during "You Turned Me Away."

At the end of "Black Mambo" Sivert sang parts of "Dirty Pants" by Smog; "So I dance in dirty pants, a drink in my hand. No shirt and broken tooth, barefoot and beaming" and "The crowd is stomping, stomping a song. For me to dance to, break glass and give in," which he has also been doing earlier on the tour. During "Higher" he sang parts of "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye; "Come on let's get it on, come on let's get it on."

A band called Hello Goodbye opened for Madrugada both nights, and a member from that band joined Madrugada on extra guitar on "Higher" and "Lucy One" during the last concert, where they also did a cover of "Here Comes The Sun" by The Beatles where soundman Lars Voldsdal played electric guitar and everyone in Hello Goodbye joined in on background vocals.

Setlist Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway - December 7th 2001:
1. Belladonna 2. The Frontman 3. Hands Up - I Love You 4. Shine 5. The Riverbed 6. A Deadend Mind 7. Black Mambo 8. Beautyproof 9. Higher 10. Lucy One 11. Two Black Bones 12. The Nightly Disease Part II 13. Vocal 14. Step Into This Room And Dance For Me 15. Strange Colour Blue 16. Lord, Why Have You Left Me?

Setlist Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway - December 8th 2001:
1. Belladonna 2. The Frontman 3. Hands Up - I Love You 4. Shine 5. The Riverbed 6. A Deadend Mind 7. Black Mambo 8. Beautyproof 9. Higher 10. Lucy One 11. The Nightly Disease Part II 12. Two Black Bones 13. Vocal 14. Step Into This Room And Dance For Me 15. Strange Colour Blue 16. You Turned Me Away 17. Lord, Why Have You Left Me? 18. Here Comes The Sun

December 6th 2001 - The Norwegian Internet portal Start.no currently features a Madrugada quiz. There will be ten winners who all get a Madrugada t-shirt each. Click here to go directly to the quiz. Thanks to Håvard Anthonsen from Start.no for the information. Keep in mind that the quiz is in Norwegian and that you probably have to live in Norway to take part in it.

The setlist from Det Akademiske Kvarter in Bergen, Norway on December 1st has been added to The Concert Chronology. Thanks to Christer Solstrand Johannessen for the information.

Setlist Det Akademiske Kvarter, Bergen, Norway - December 1st 2001:
1. Belladonna 2. The frontman 3. Hands Up - I Love You 4. Shine 5. A Deadend Mind 6. The Riverbed 7. Step Into This Room And Dance For Me 8. Black Mambo 9. Higher 10. Lucy One 11. Nightly Disease Part II 12. Two Black Bones 13. Vocal 14. Beautyproof 15. Oceanliner 16. Lord, Why Have You Left Me 17. Here Comes The Sun

December 3rd 2001 - Madrugada played an amazing concert at Folken in Stavanger, Norway on Friday. The sound was great, the band seemed in great spirits, their performance was tight and they did a very rare live performance of "Oceanliner." In addition they did a tribute to George Harrison, who passed away the night before. They did a cover of the Beatles song "Here Comes The Sun" with sound engineer Lars Rovedal on electric guitar. The performance of this song was far from perfect, as they had only gotten to rehearse the song for about an hour and a half at soundcheck, but it was a really nice thing to do.

Other than that they did a very re-arranged version of "Step Into This Room And Dance For Me," that was very low-key and sounded even better than the original version. Both "Two Black Bones" and "Black Mambo" were a lot longer, it seemed like the band was just jamming at the end of both songs. Before the only new song they played that night, "Lord, Why Have You Left Me?", Sivert said he hoped the audience was not angry because the band had talked so little to them, "but there is a reason why some people become rock musicians and not politicians or teachers." Jon played piano during the beginning and end of that song.

Setlist Folken, Stavanger, Norway - November 30th 2001:
1. Belladonna 2. The Frontman 3. Hands Up - I Love You 4. Shine 5. A Deadend Mind 6. Step Into This Room And Dance For Me 7. Strange Colour Blue 8. Higher 9. Lucy One 10. Nightly Disease Part II 11. Two Black Bones 12. Black Mambo 13. Vocal 14. Oceanliner 15. Lord, Why Have You Left Me? 16. Here Comes The Sun

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