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.

September 22nd 2004 - "Blood Shot Adult Commitment" cover
The cover for the download-only UK "Blood Shot Adult Commitment" single has been posted at the official Madrugada page at madrugada.net, which is now back up and running:



The single is released next Monday through Music For Nations/Sony BMG, and will be available through iTunes, Napster, MSN UK and others. As reported earlier, the video should be finished in about a week, and it will apparently be posted online on the official webpage then.

Thanks to blaim and madrugada.net for the information.

September 20th 2004 - More "Blood Shot Adult Commitment" news
To co-incide with the release of the download-only "Blood Shot Adult Commitment" UK single, a music video will be released. The band shot a lot of material during the trip to New York earlier this year, and added footage of the band performing the song on the rooftop of a building. Originally this part of the video was filmed on top of the Ringnes building in Oslo, the same building where the band have their rehearsals, but that footage will not be used in the video. They decided to re-shoot it with "the same feel, vibe, shot set-ups, etc. but in a more controlled environment."

The video should be ready this week.

As mentioned earlier in the news, the version of "Blood Shot Adult Commitment" that will be released is an edited version of the original album track. The original plan for the release was to use a re-recorded version of the track, done with producer Head at Athletic Sounds in Halden, Norway earlier this year. The re-recorded version is a bit shorter, since the purpose was radio airplay, and apparently 'more like the live version of the song.'

But it was felt that the edit of the album version was better suited for UK radio, since it was representative of the full album version, whereas the re-recorded version might have confused people in the UK when they bought "Grit" and there was a different version on there.

September 16th 2004 - Problems with official page
The official Madrugada page at madrugada.net is currently not accessible at that address. Work is being done to resolve the problem. In the meantime, the official page can be accessed here: http://www.emi.no/madrugada

September 14th 2004 - Info on "Blood Shot Adult Commitment" single
As was reported here on this page on August 26th, "Blood Shot Adult Commitment" will be released as a single. The release date has been pushed back one week to September 27th. The song will be the same one that is available on "Grit," only in an edited version. The b-side will be "Higher," which most people will already have on "Industrial Silence" or "Higher EP," but which was not on the UK version of "Grit" and is such new to the UK fans, which is where this single is aimed at.

The single will be download-only, and will be available through iTunes, the band's official website and several other places, more information on this will be posted soon. The edited single-version of "Blood Shot Adult Commitment" was played last night on Radio 1 on BBC by the legendary Steve Lamacq.

Thanks to the band's manager Blaim for the information.

September 13th 2004 - Madrugada merchandise online
For the first time ever, Madrugada t-shirts are now available online. There are six brand new designs available at the merchandise section of the band's official page at madrugada.net.

All shirts are made by American Apparel and are Sweatshop Free. Each t-shirts costs 20 euro plus shipping, which is 2 euro per shirt, and payment can be done easily online via Paypal or the old-fashioned way by sending cash in the mail. More detailed information is available on the page.

Check out the merchandise page and support the band by letting everyone around you see which side you are on.

Older News: Most of the older news pages are also being stored and are available from this page. These news pages are no longer updated, so some of the links might be outdated.