Some more photos from Sommerfestivalen. DDE is a norwegian band that are very popular, at least by some. They have played at this festival many times, and the audience was very excited. Especially since they this weekend released their 15th record.
There are always one foreign band among all the norwegian musicians. This year it was Iron Maidnem from Hungary, a triubute band that plays Iron Maiden-music of course.
Dance With a Stranger was back on the scene, with guitar player Frode Alnes, and Øivind Elgenes (“Elg”) as the lead singer.
Jahn Teigen were among the veterans playing at this festival this year. He has participated four times in the Eurovision Song Contest, among others with the song Mil etter mil, for which he got zero points in 1978. Rockheim, the norwegian museum for popular music just opened an exhibition about this musician.
There are more photos from Sommerfestivalen 2012 in my web gallery. There are also photos from Sommerfestivalen in earlier years in my gallery collection.
Bente Haarstad Photography 
Obviously, you enjoyed a lot, didn’t you 😀
( In case, if you haven’t seen my photo of Frank Zappa, please have a look =
Google [yoshizen zappa photo] 😀 )
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I enjoyed, Yoshizen. And wow, your Zappa-photo was really something special. Great. And it must have been such a very great event to attend a Zappa concert. Wish it was me.
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Love the green, yellow and blue tints/lights? And the creative hairdo. Super shots.
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You are right about the strange colours, on the audience. It is all from the different stage light. Thanks for your comment, Fabulous.
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Must have been a lot of fun to be there. Loud too, I bet!
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Fun, yes. Load, YES, and I forgot me ear protection in the beginning. But I will survive, don’t do festivals all the time.
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Fantastic photos.
The second last photo looks particularly striking and the type of shot that would make a good CD cover.
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Thanks, Victoria. Don’t know about the CD cover though… 😉
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Hi,
Very good photos, and you just have to love that wig in the 5th photo, he does stand out. 😀
I love the last photo, the big tent over the caravan and everyone really having a great time.
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I am happy people don’t mind to stand out, Mags. And on this festival there are all kind of creative tenting, and people having a good time. Few of them sober, but everybody happy.
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A great weekend for you all. At least you had some ‘good weather’ for your festival…….many here in the U.K. have been called off or are just mud baths.
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Great weekend, David, and a little bit of sunshine was well earned. Not the least since the last two festivals litteraly drowned: http://bentehaarstad.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Sommerfestivalen-i-Selbu/G0000yucHSTgYmcw/I0000HXS1AtQGjAM/C0000Mj2H8M0jWUg
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Great shots… 😉
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Thanks, Sorte And.
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the vikings – they´re still around! thanks for proving it (and for showing us what a fun-loving bunch they (you?) all seem to be) 😉
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Me too, Alessandro, fun-loving. But we (especially me) are not as brutal as the vikings used to be. 😉
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Impressive captures!!, your that you were within of the fences?
Tomas impresionantes!!, tu que estabas por dentro de las vallas?
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Yes, dentro de las vallas, Manoli. It is great, but also hard, because I have to concentrate all the time..
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Looks like a lot of fun! \M/
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Lot of fun there, M!
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That wig in the 5th photo indeed. 🙂
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Jag visste inte att Jahn Teigen fortfarande var aktiv… Men nog minns jag hans bidrag… Fast jag vet ju inte riktigt vad som sker i Norden nuförtiden, det är ju sà fjärran med tanke pà mitt franska vardagsliv… Fina bilder!
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Fantastic, wonderful images!!!!
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Wonderful photographs you captured dear Bente. Seems that it was a wonderful concert… Thank you, love, nia
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Everyone seems to be having an amazing time. Bring on summer! Great pictures. You really have captured the atmosphere. Thanks. Enjoyed them so much.
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Great photos!!
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Boy you must have a great camera. Your colors are beautiful. Great shots.
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amazing festival! a great documentary of the event, the luck to enjoy the event, a great vision and work samples. big congratulations for a great job. congrats
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Iron Maiden!! ……… Awesome! 😀 😀
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Beautiful photographs! These metal barricades look dangerous.
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Very good fan’s portraits, I love it!!
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