Sting plays on the Nobelkonserten – NRK

Hello, this is Stitch, and I am very happy and honored to get to play at this year’s Nobelkonsert in Oslo, ” says the artist in a video for the Norwegian broadcasting corporation.

– I have always had a strong belief that music is an important way to enhance the fredsbudskap on, ” says Sting on.

With that, he is the fourth artist that is announced to this year’s Nobelkonsert in the Telenor Arena in Bærum.

Player with Norwegian artists

From before, it is announced that Marcus & Martinus, Highasakite and Halsey are going to play at the concert and share the stage with talk show host and comedian Conan O’brien, who will be chairing this year’s show.

Together they should act for the colombian president Juan Manuel Santos, for his work to end the 52-year-long civil war in his country.

“We think this is absolutely brilliant,” says Nobelkonsertens officer Day Hvaring to NRK.

But he admits that it is not easy to book artists like this to the concert.

Play free

– The set the free, none of the artists get paid to play. Then take the time where many shall mean and besluttene, but ultimately so successful we are, ” says Hvaring.

He think Sting will be on the to get your eyes aimed at the concert, and also get spread their message.

It is clear that the reason why we want verdensartister that can really be with and get your message out and increase awareness, ” he says.

– having a great artist of international class with the right attitudes, such as Stitch, is on to greet the winner and the spread winner. It is it is the basis for artistvalget in the year.

Gjenåpent Bataclan

a few days ago, was Sting on stage at the Bataclan in Paris, one year after the terror attack against the concert venue, where a total of 90 people were killed.

tonight we’ll accomplish two things: The first is to remember those who lost their lives in the attack. And so we celebrate the life and music of this historic site, said the 65-year-old then, and opened the concert with a minute of silence.

BACK IN the BATACLAN: music fans met up one year after the attack against the Bataclan to commemorate the dead along with the Stitches.

Photo: STRINGER / Afp

One year before went to islamic extremists to the attack on the crowd with automatic rifles and bombebelter during a concert with the band Eagles of Death Metal.

the lead Singer of Eagles of Death Metal, Jessie Hughes, was among those who returned to the nightspot of the year-the day, but according to the musikknettstedet Pitchfork relax he does not enter.

It happened because of earlier statements in which Hughes has said that he suspected a link between the attackers and the staff at the Bataclan. His manager has responded that Hughes never tried to get in.