2012 - Out Of My HandsJanuary 2012 27 Magne is one of the coaches on "The Voice" (TV2 - episode 1).
February 2012 3 Magne is one of the coaches on "The Voice" (TV2 - episode 2). 10 Magne is one of the coaches on "The Voice" (TV2 - episode 3). 13 The first single "Lightning" from Morten's forthcoming album premieres on Norwegian radio P4. 17 Magne is one of the coaches on "The Voice" (TV2 - episode 4). 24 Magne is one of the coaches on "The Voice" (TV2 - episode 5). March 2012 2 Magne is one of the coaches on "The Voice" (TV2 - episode 6).
April 2012 6 Magne is one of the coaches on "The Voice" (TV2 - episode 11). 10 "Scared Of Heights" is released on amazon.co.uk. 11 Morten attends the opening of a new showroom of Tesla Motors (electric cars) in Oslo. Morten was due to perform on the German TV show "Gottchalk Live" (ARD), but the appearance is cancelled. 13 Morten's fifth solo album "Out Of My Hands" is released in Norway, Germany and in other European countries. It's released in other parts of Europe 16-18 April. In the morning, Morten is guest on the German TV show "Morgenmagazin" (ARD) in Cologne. He is interviewed and performs "Scared Of Heights" live. Whilst in Cologne, Morten also does an interview for the German TV show "Exclusiv" (RTL). Magne is one of the coaches on "The Voice" (TV2 - episode 12). 14 An hour long TV special " Morten Harket - mannenbak myten" is broadcast on Norwegian TV2. It features conversations with Morten and manager, Harald Wilk, around Rio de Janeiro, Brazil plus some private home movie clips from his childhood. 16 Palace of Sport, Krasnoyarsk, Russia 18 Circus, Novosibirsk, Russia 20 Palace of Sport, Omsk, Russia Magne is one of the coaches on "The Voice" (TV2 - episode 13). 21 Palace of Sport, Tyumen, Russia 22 Concert Hall, Yekaterinburg, Russia 24 Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia 25 Palace of Sport, Minsk, Belarus 26 Little Ice Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia 27 Magne is one of the coaches on the live show of "The Voice" (TV2 - episode 14). 29 Congress Centre, Hamburg, Germany 30 Kesselhaus, Munich, Germany May 2012 2 Volkshaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
June 2012 30 Morten and his band (Karl Oluf Wennerberg, Erik Ljunggren, Dan Sundhordvik) perform a 40-minute set as part of the Sommer Open Air festival, Dorsten, Germany, in front of a crowd of around 20,000 people. The concert is free of charge, presented by german radio station "WDR2". The show is streamed live online. Other acts include Rea Garvey (singer from the band Reamonn), Stefanie Heinzmann, Katzenjammer. Morten has problems with his vocal chords and as the result, the planned interview following the show does not take place. The set includes: Burn money burn; I’m the one; Keep the sun away; Move to Memphis; Forever not yours; Lightning; We’re looking for the whales; Stay on these roads; Scared of heights; Foot of the mountain. July 2012 9 The second UK single from Morten's "Out Of My Hands" album is the promo only release of "I'm The One". August 2012 2-11 Magne and Håvaried Vikhagen have a joint exhibition at the annual Peer Gynt culture festival in Vinstra, Norway. September 2012 1 Norwegian photographer, Stian Andersen, publishes his a-ha photo book. He worked with a-ha since 2000.
October 2012 25-25 Nov A jubilee celebration of Magne's works encompassing 25 years "Bouquet" opens at Galleri Trafo and runs until 25 November.
30 "If You Can, Solve This Jumble" is released on Itunes in North America. November 2012 16-28 Markus Lange and Falko Walter's Apparatjik graphic magazine is the focus of the exhibition "Should Not Be On Display" at min, in Leipzig, Germany. 23 Morten's single "I'm The One" is released as a download only on iTunes in Germany.
December 2012 11 The Oslo Boys' choir "Sølvguttene" sing Christmas in with a musical arrangement connected to footage recorded by security cameras at the Apparatjik/Audiokolor "Everybody is a composer" installation at the "I wish this was a song" exhibition.
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