Last week I went to the Norwegian Consulate in Manhattan, where all Norwegian musicians live when they play Bowery Ballroom (someone fact check that), and I ran into Sondre Lerche, the Bergen-born singer-songwriter who just released a lovely new album called ‘Acrobats’ on PLZ/Virgin. He’s on tour in the US this month before heading home for a run of shows in Norway.
Sondre was kind enough to teach me how to pronounce the names of some other Stereogum-beloved Norwegian artists I have apparently been saying wrong for many years. I even practiced saying [ˈsɔndrə ˈlærkə] before the interview and still got it wrong. Watch below and tell me if you already knew all this…
Tickets for Sondre’s tour are on sale now, and happy birthday a-ha frontman Morten Harket.
TOUR DATES:
09/15 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
09/16 Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar
09/19 Los Angeles, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium
09/20 Ojai, CA @ Ojai Women’s Club
09/21 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
09/24 Portland, OR @ Mission Theater
09/25 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door
10/01 Bryne, NO @ Hvelvet Scene
10/02 Stavanger, NO @Tou
10/03 Skien, NO @ Parkbiografen
10/07 Tromsø, NO @ Bryggeriet Scene
10/08 Hammerfest, NO @Arktisk Kultursenter
10/09 Alta, NO @ Rabagast
10/10 Bodø, NO @ Beddingen Kulturhus
10/14 Copenhagen, DK @ Rust
10/15 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene
10/16 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene
10/17 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene
10/22 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene
10/23 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene
10/24 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene
10/29 Kongsberg, NO @ Energimølla
10/30 Trondheim, NO @ Byscenen
10/31 Sogndal, NO @ Sogndal Kulturhus
11/02 Arhus, DK @ Train
11/03 Stockholm, SE @ Hus7
11/04 Gothenburg, SE @ Skeppet
11/12 Lisbon, PT @ Auditório da Reitoria da UNL
11/13 Aveiro, PT @ Teatro Aveirense
11/14 Arcos de Valdevez, PT @ Casa das Artes
11/16 Barcelona, ES @ Sala Upload
11/17 Madrid, ES @ Sala B
11/20 Vienna, AT @ Blue Bird Festival
11/21 Torino, IT @ Spazio211
11/22 Bologna, IT @ Baumhaus
11/23 Milano, IT @ Arci Bellezza
11/27 London, UK @ Lower Third
11/29 Utrecht, NL @ Vredenburg
11/30 Breda, NL @ Mezz
12/02 Groningen, NL @ Simplon
