A-ha

Day on the Green review: a-ha return with a melancholy take on their 80s hits

The Norwegian band are serious, not overplaying for the fun of the revved-up crowd, unlike fellow 80s stars Pseudo Echo and Rick Astley

Kirsten Krauth

23, Feb, 2020 @3:04 AM

Drama at the deep end: leisure-centre play staged in pools and gyms

Dante or Die’s 80s-set touring show Take On Me celebrates community fitness centres and gives roles to locals

Chris Wiegand

20, Nov, 2018 @11:13 AM

Gimme Gimme Gimmicks: the innovations that changed music videos

Shaking Chains have created an AI-powered video that changes with every play, but how does their attempt rank in the pantheon of music video gimmickry?

Jemayel Khawaja

30, Mar, 2017 @5:44 PM

A-ha's Morten Harket: 'I'm not an entertainer, I'm an engager'

The A-ha frontman talks longevity, Kierkegaard, Uriah Heep, why John Barry rubbed A-ha up the wrong way, and an interesting metaphor about large breasts

Paul Lester

04, May, 2016 @10:04 AM

A-ha review – stylish comeback triggers unadulterated joy

Rejuvenated pop pin-up Morten Harket threatens to trigger a mass fainting as he delights in his reunited band

Dave Simpson

27, Mar, 2016 @2:45 PM

Peak box set: how Dylan inspired barrel-scraping of the most cynical kind

Completists might rejoice at the thought of Velvet Underground’s finest works receiving six-disc autopsies, but do T’Pau really deserve the same treatment?

Eamonn Forde

09, Oct, 2015 @12:40 PM

Cult heroes: Alan Tarney, the greatest British pop producer you've never heard of

Whether on A-ha’s Take on Me, Cliff Richard’s Wired for Sound or St Etienne’s You’re in a Bad Way, his signature sound, full of warm synths and smooth harmonies, deserves greater recognition

Bob Stanley

30, Sep, 2015 @8:57 AM

A-ha: how we made Take on Me

‘We were inspired by a Juicy Fruit advert and Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra’

Interviews by Ben Beaumont-Thomas

15, Sep, 2015 @6:00 AM

Ed Miliband's pop choices reveal a man of no musical taste

Pop critic Kitty Empire applauds the Labour leader for making his own choices … even if they are terribly naff

Kitty Empire

24, Nov, 2013 @12:06 AM

A-ha invest millions in Norwegian talent contest

Synth-pop veterans offering prizewinners 1m kroner and an opening slot on their farewell tour

Sean Michaels

07, Jul, 2010 @10:42 AM

Oslo: Norway's music and festival paradise

Oslo is heaving with quirky venues, record shops and festivals

Olaf Furniss

30, Jan, 2010 @12:05 AM

Coldplay and A-ha side project announce debut album

If you were expecting Apparatjik to sound like Viva La Vida meets Take On Me, then you are going to be sorely disappointed