Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling!

After a well deserved "Short" vacation, we are back on the net again. I must say, that vacation rocks, big time, even if it was short, it was a great one. Took a trip up north with the family, a really hot summer resulted in lots of swimming, water skiing, bath fun and some nice visits among old friends and acquaintances on the road. Got some real Kentucky Fried Chicken at my buddy in Kramfors, an old American that found his place in life up north in Sweden raising up Huskeys and driving a dog sled. Just before my "Short" vacation started I did some cool shows with Beyonce and Eminem, both that was good in their own way, Beyonce arrived with a huge stage, a lot of dancers and musicians and her husband Jay-Z. Good show with some great Pyro. Eminem used a local stage, not so many extras except for a huge Video wall and some nice Pyro effects ended up to be a really good show.
A few days ago I got a chance to work with Justin Timberlake again. An extreme layout of the stage, cool video layout on rolling screens, not much pyro, big smoke in "Cry Me A River" and some propane on "Campfire" section where the presentation of the band was made and some covers were played. Overall it was pretty good for a pop star, he can certainly entertain his audience.

The Man of the Woods Tour is the sixth and current headlining concert tour by American singer Justin Timberlake. It is in support of his fifth studio album "Man of the Woods" (2018). The tour began on March 13, 2018, in Toronto, Canada.

The tour was first announced in January 2018, and due to demand, additional dates were released soon after. On February 5, 2018, the day following Timberlake's Super Bowl LII halftime show, Timberlake announced European tour dates, as well as second and third North American tour dates. Timberlake will tour Europe after the first North American leg, they will tour North America again starting in the fall. The third North American leg will begin in January 2019.

During a portion of the concert, Timberlake and his band the "Tennessee Kids" sing around a campfire. The "Stage Bar" VIP Experience on the tour includes a bar near the center stage and a drink ticket. A disco dance floor is near the stage, where Timberlake performs "Rock Your Body"

Setlist The following set list is from the show on March 13, 2018, in Toronto. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.

"Filthy" "Midnight Summer Jam" "LoveStoned" "SexyBack" "Man of the Woods" "Higher Higher" "Señorita" "Suit & Tie" (contains elements of "Sho Nuff") "Soulmate" "My Love" (contains elements of "Blessings") "Cry Me a River" "Mirrors" "Drink You Away" "Flannel" "Until the End of Time" "Dreams" / " Ex-Factor" / "Come Together" / "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (each sung by a backup singer) "Morning Light" "What Goes Around... Comes Around" "Say Something" "Montana" "Summer Love" "Rock Your Body" "Supplies" "Like I Love You" "Can't Stop the Feeling!"

At selected dates, Timberlake performed "Like I Love You". On May 9, 2018, during the concert in Nashville, Chris Stapleton joined Timberlake on stage to perform "Tennessee Whiskey".

Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer. Born and raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child. In the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Timberlake began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album, the R&B-focused Justified (2002), which yielded the successful singles "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body", and earned his first two Grammy Awards.

His critically acclaimed second album FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), characterized by its diversity in music genres, debuted atop the U.S. Billboard 200 and produced the Hot 100 number-one singles "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around... Comes Around". Established as a solo artist worldwide, his first two albums both exceeded sales of 10 million copies, and he continued producing records and collaborating with other artists. From 2008 through 2012, Timberlake focused on his acting career, effectively putting his music career on hiatus; he held starring roles in the films The Social Network, Bad Teacher, Friends with Benefits, and In Time.

Timberlake resumed his music career in 2013 with his third and fourth albums The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2, exploring neo soul styles, partly inspired by the expansive song structures of 1960s and 1970s rock. The former became the best-selling album of the year in the US with the largest sales week, and spawned the top-three singles "Suit & Tie" and "Mirrors", while the latter produced the top-ten song "Not a Bad Thing". For his live performances, including the eponymous concert tour for the albums, he began performing with his band The Tennessee Kids, composed by instrumentalists and dancers. Timberlake voiced the lead character in DreamWorks Animation's Trolls (2016), whose soundtrack includes his fifth Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single, "Can't Stop the Feeling!". His fifth studio album Man of the Woods (2018) became his fourth number one album in the US.

Throughout his solo career, Timberlake has sold over 32 million albums and 56 million singles globally, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. Often cited as a pop icon, Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including ten Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Brit Awards, and nine Billboard Music Awards. According to Billboard in 2017, he is the best performing male soloist in the history of the Mainstream Top 40. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007 and 2013. His other ventures include record label Tennman Records, fashion label William Rast, and the restaurants Destino and Southern Hospitality.

Here are the remaining tourdates of his "The Man of the Woods Tour"

July 31, 2018 Stockholm Sweden Friends Arena
August 2, 2018 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena
August 4, 2018 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
August 5, 2018 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
August 8, 2018 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena
August 9, 2018 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena
August 12, 2018 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena TBA
August 13, 2018 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena TBA
August 16, 2018 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
August 18, 2018 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
August 20, 2018 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle
August 21, 2018 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle
August 24, 2018 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome
August 25, 2018 Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
August 27, 2018 Birmingham England Arena Birmingham
August 29, 2018 Manchester Manchester Arena

North America Leg 2

September 19, 2018 Lexington United States Rupp Arena TBA
September 21, 2018 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
September 25, 2018 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
September 28, 2018 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
September 29, 2018 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
October 2, 2018 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
October 5, 2018 Chicago United Center
October 9, 2018 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena
October 11, 2018 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
October 13, 2018 Quebec City Videotron Centre
October 15, 2018 University Park United States Bryce Jordan Center
October 18, 2018 Boston TD Garden
October 20, 2018 Albany Times Union Center
October 22, 2018 New York City Madison Square Garden
October 24, 2018 New York City Madison Square Garden
October 28, 2018 Buffalo KeyBank Center
November 4, 2018 Edmonton Canada Rogers Place
November 5, 2018 Edmonton Canada Rogers Place
November 8, 2018 Vancouver Rogers Arena
November 9, 2018 Vancouver Rogers Arena
November 12, 2018 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome
November 13, 2018 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome
November 16, 2018 Portland Moda Center
November 18, 2018 Sacramento Golden 1 Center
November 20, 2018 Anaheim Honda Center
November 27, 2018 Los Angeles Staples Center
November 29, 2018 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena
December 1, 2018 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena
December 5, 2018 Oakland Oracle Arena
December 8, 2018 Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha
December 10, 2018 Kansas City Sprint Center
December 13, 2018 St. Louis Enterprise Center
December 14, 2018 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse
December 17, 2018 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
December 21, 2018 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena

North America Leg

January 4, 2019 Washington, D.C. United States Capital One Arena TBA
January 6, 2019 Raleigh PNC Arena
January 8, 2019 Charlotte Spectrum Center
January 10, 2019 Atlanta Philips Arena
January 12, 2019 Memphis FedExForum
January 15, 2019 New Orleans Smoothie King Center
January 17, 2019 North Little Rock Verizon Arena
January 19, 2019 San Antonio AT&T Center
January 22, 2019 Houston Toyota Center
January 24, 2019 Dallas American Airlines Center
January 26, 2019 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
January 29, 2019 Denver Pepsi Center

Here is a clip from Eurovision Song Contest 2016, were actually I am doing back follow spot on Justin :)



The Official Video



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Jamala - 1944

Sunday, time to summarize the 22 days of Eurovision Song Contest that I have been stuck in a chair up in the roof. It has been long days during the rehearsals but pretty fun, lots of laughs, Bamse Stories, light sniping, strange clothes, flypaper, Finish glittering dinosaurs, Pepsis, paper clothing, pyros etc etc, the list could be endless. Anyway, it was a privilege to be part of this karaoke circus!

Photo Pär Källman/SVT

Here are some facts about the vast technical production that goes into Eurovision Song Contest.
First an pretty odd but fun fact is that the venue has sunk 35mm since work started on April 4!

The production features the work of technical director Ola Melzig, with lighting design by Fredrik Jönsson, set design by Frida Arvidsson and Viktor Brattström, video design by Mikki Kunttu, and pyro design by Markku Aalto.

Lighting programmers are Timo Kauristo, Danne Persson, Fredrik Stormby, and Calle Brattberg, with video programming by Neil Trenell, Pekka Martti, and Fraser Walker. Technical partners for the show and broadcast are Litecom, Pixmob, MA Lighting, Green Hippo, Cyberhoist, Live Media Group, Visual Act, and Barco.

The Followspots department where I was included in, are Fredrik Hill, Johan Ilve, Kevin Moorehouse, Robert Holm, Tina Strand, Anna-Maria Ericsson, Katja Aiha, Marcus Brandberg, Robert Löfgren, Victor Svensson, Rebecka Erixon, Michael Hultgren, Janne Sandsten, Stephanie Wennerström and the Followspot caller Q-Lan Wallertz

General

· Total amount of cable: 143km
· 220 people required to run the live broadcast

Lighting

· 1,828 fixtures
· Consumes 854,000W
· 25,300 control channels
· Takes five main and five back up lighting consoles to run the show
· 14 spot operators
· 45 people involved to run lighting during the broadcast

Video

· 900sq-m. of high-resolution LEDs
· 71,000,002 pixel resolution
· 19 media servers to handle all video content
· 12 HDQ 40 projectors (the world's largest video projector)
· 10 High End Systems Moving Mirror Systems (MMS)
· 37 people involved to run video during broadcast
· 3 operators

Sound

· 134 speakers
· 345,000W
· 64 microphones
· 18 IEM systems (In-ear monitor)
· 152 IEM receivers (In-ear monitor)
· 7 sound consoles
· 480 channels in the opto-loop
· 32 people involved to run sound during broadcast

Pyro

· 30 flame units
· 20 CO2 units
· 30 firing positions
· 6 heavy fog outlets

Rigging

· 109 tons of rigged gear in the roof
· 78 Cyberhoists
· 350 rigging points
· 1,397m of truss

Power

· 4,64 megawatts at full capacity
· 10 generators
· 10,000 liters of fuel used every day
· 15km of high-voltage power lock cables

Stage

· Stage weight 65 of tons
· 220sq-m. performance area
· Height 15.5m
· Width 50m
· Depth 32m
· 2,000sq-m. high-gloss surface
· The wall alone is built of 5 ,397 pieces of scaffolding
· 40 stage technicians will handle change overs during broadcast

Broadcast

· 40 cameras in total, 22 for Globe Arena broadcast
· 50 people involved in the broadcast
· 2 directors
· SVT will use CuePilot
· One 2d camera and one drop camera with a 70m drop

Production

· 172 trucks of equipment
· 70 stage hands for load-in, 98 for load-out

Venue

· 10,500 spectators
· Venue has sunk 35mm since work started on April 4

Georgia's contribution Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold, here you see all the back followspots in action.

Check out the Video and you can see us working :) I'm nr 4 from the left.

Russia and Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One, the white light on Sergey is my beam :)

The Winner Jamala performing the song "1944", also my beam on her!

Jamala performing "1944"

Jamala performing "1944"

Jamala performing with the prize

3 back followspots beams on Russia at the Semi Final

A nice view from the back

Jamala

The ESC Prize 2016 with a back followspot beam lighting it up!

Today's tune "1944" is a song performed by Ukrainian singer JAMALA (Ukrainian: Джамала, Crimean Tatar: Camala). It represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and won with a total of 534 points.

The national juries voted the entry by Australia first with 320 points, and the televote voted the entry by Russia first with 361 points. The televoting result for Ukraine, of 323 points, however, was sufficient, when added to their jury score of 211 points, to put them in first place, with a grand total of 534 votes, leaving Australia second and Russia third.

The lyrics for "1944" concern the deportation of the Crimean Tatars, in the 1940s, by the Soviet Union at the hands of Joseph Stalin because of their suspected widespread collaboration with the Nazis. JAMALA was particularly inspired by the story of her great-grandmother Nazylkhan, who was in her mid-20s when she and her five children were deported to barren Central Asia. One of the daughters did not survive the journey. Jamala's great-grandfather was fighting in World War II in the Red Army at this time and thus could not protect his family.

The song's chorus, in the Crimean Tatar language, is made up of words that JAMALA had heard from her great-grandmother, reflecting on the loss of a youth which could not be spent in her homeland. The song features the duduk and the use of the mugham vocal style.

Jamala represents Ukraine at the Grand Final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm with the song 1944



Jamala's performing the song 1944 at the Ukraine Eurovision




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Frans - If I Were Sorry

Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries) is the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter. In Swedish it's called Skärtorsdag :)

So behind, I find myself when it comes to reports about things that have happened recently. I'll certainly try to do better, so I start with one big thing that happens every year, it's the 6 weeks tour with "Melodifestivalen" Swedish tour version of Eurovison Song Contest. I participate in this Circus, not as an artist but as a hard working guy :)

It was a very fun journey, working with the best of the best, a tour were failures are so few that you almost not notice them as everything goes so smooth, fun tour indeed. Musicvise it's not my cup of thé, but I survived :) Anyway, here are some rare photos from the rehearsals.

Panetoz Flying

Heroes

Middle act in the finals

Afterdark

Dollystyle

My Partner in Crime, getting ready to slide in position.

Boris

Charlotte Perelli

Patrik Isaksson, Tommy Nilsson & Uno Sveningsson

Ace Wilder

Oscar Zia

Oscar Zia and the Dolphins

Mello Stage

The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 will be the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will take place in the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Sweden's victory at the 2015 Contest in Vienna with the song "Heroes", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. This will be the third time the contest has taken place in Stockholm, after 1975 and 2000, the latter also being held at the Globe. The contest will consist of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May 2016. The three live shows will be hosted by Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede.

Forty-three countries will participate, equalling the record number of participants set in 2008 and 2011. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine will return after absences from recent contests, while Australia will also return after débuting as a special guest in 2015. However, Portugal will withdraw. The contest will also be the first to implement a new voting system since 1975, with each country now awarding two sets of points: one from their professional jury and another from televoting.

Frans in Action

Today's tune "If I Were Sorry", enjoy!

Produced by Fredrik Andersson, Oscar Fogelström, Actors: Frans Jeppsson Wall & Ida Tjörnhagen, Directed by: Filip Iversen, Produced by: Maximilian Ekman & Caroline Ehrnström, Cinematographer: Rasmus Eriksson, Sound recording & Sound design: Viktor Iversen, 1st AC: Martin Mikitas, Gaffer: Fanny Linander, Grip: Oskar Lorentzon, Make-up: Johanna Hagenborn, Productionassistant: Freja Albinsdotter

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Avantasia - Mystery of a Blood Red Rose

Ghostlights is the seventh full-length album by Tobias Sammet's rock opera project AVANTASIA. It was released on 29 January 2016. The opening track, today's tune and first single "Mystery of a Blood Red Rose" is a candidate for the German representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, along with nine other songs. 

The song was between the three songs competing in the final of "Unser Lied für Stockholm". In the final round, "Mystery of a Blood Red Rose" received 21.6% of the public vote, finishing in third place. The song "Ghost", performed by Jamie-Lee, was chosen as the German representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

The Digibook Edition of the album includes a bonus track and a bonus CD entitled AVANTASIA Live, which features songs recorded during AVANTASIAs 2014 performance at Wacken Open Air and 2013 performance at Masters of Rock.

AVANTASIA is a German symphonic power metal supergroup project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy. It has been characterised as a rock opera, as it features various vocalists and musicians and it consists of concept albums. The name is a portmanteau of the words "avalon" and "fantasia" ("fantasy") and describes "a world beyond human imagination" (a quotation from the booklet).
 

Today's tune "Mystery of a Blood Red Rose" is taken from the seventh full-length album "Ghostlights", enjoy!



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Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes

Sunday and finally a six-week tour with the Swedish Melodifestivalen to its end.

Sundays usually mean that a classic of any kind is played here, but not this sunday, today I will do a short brief recap of the time that has passed and we will play the winner of course.

Six weeks with "Schlager" music, not really my cup of tea music wise, but it has been a great time as the peoples behind this Eurovision circus are the best Sweden can offer in all plans. I must say that it has been a real challenge, were the focus have to be 100% all the time where a small mistake will be notice and it's something you can't afford. 6 weeks, 6 towns were 7 acts performed in each town and 2 went straight to final and 2 to the second chance. The 5 week we were in Helsingborg for the second chance were 8 acts have to fight in a duel to get the last 4 spots to the final. The final was at Friends Arena here in Stockholm were 12 acts have to fight over the 1 spot in Eurovision. This year I have to agree that right song won the Swedish Melodifestivalen and I believe he will have a good change to win the hole thing with a bang :)

Only one "Rock" act NEVERSTORE participated in this contest, really bad. Last year there was 2 :)
Well the final "Middle acts" was a bit more rock than normal, were the Norwegian Comedy Rock band YLVIS did a pretty cool tune and the Swedish fusion funk band "DIRTY LOOPS" did the cover of last years Swedish winner "Undo". 

Måns during rehearsals!

One of the first rehearsals where some red pyro was tested but as you can see, I got pretty red to be able to use it in TV :)

Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish pop singer. He is best known for taking part in Idol 2005 finishing fifth, for winning the first season of Let's Dance, and for his 2007 song "Cara Mia," which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen. Zelmerlöw was the host of Allsång på Skansen from 2011 to 2013. He participated in Melodifestivalen in 2007, 2009 and won in 2015. He will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Heroes" in Vienna, Austria.

JTR

Filippa Bark

Helsingborg goes Schalger

Green Room at Friends Arena

My View!

Eric Saade

Dolly Style

Loreen

UFO

So time for todays tune. Måns Zelmerlöw performing "Heroes" at the fourth semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2015, the swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.



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