This Sunday, June 21st, on the solstice and longest day of the year, Norwegian Blackjazz collective Shining played the world’s first concert on a narrow mountain ledge 700 metres above the ground.
The band flew up a PA system and a power generator, and blasted their patented Blackjazz music to a group of 300 fans and mountain hikers who had made the daunting five hour trip to the ‘Troll’s Tongue’ summit.
Shining frontman Jørgen Munkeby commented to Norwegian TV after the show: “This is the craziest thing I’ve ever been a part of! First of all, I’m happy that we’re all still alive! But I’m also happy that we got all the technical aspects of this to work, as it’s no easy task to plan a full rock and metal concert on top of a freaking mountain!”
The concert was filmed with one helicopter, one drone, plus several cameramen, and is planned to be released once the material is gathered and processed. Munkeby adds: “We have this video series called "Live on Location', where we set up our stuff in unusual places and test our musical strength against uncontrollable elements – and what’s more uncontrollable than a huge rock and a 700-metre straight drop to the ground in the middle of the Norwegian mountains?! I can’t wait to start working on the footage and getting it out there!”
A picture posted by the band on their Facebook page after the show instantly picked up profile around the world, and on Tuesday it had been seen by close to 400,000 people on their page, successfully reaching top trending post #1 on reddit.com’s front page; what’s more, a news report from the performance has been shown on TV and websites all around the world…
“I am happy for all the attention, but I’m not surprised. This is indeed an amazing and extreme setting for a concert. The only thing that would bring more attention would be if Dave Grohl decided to play up there. But I hope he doesn’t!”, continues Munkeby, jokingly referring to the accident the Foo Fighter’s frontman had in Stockholm last week, where he stepped off the stage during a show and broke his leg.
In the two days prior to the Trolltunga outing, Shining played to elated and jam-packed tents at both the Hellfest & Graspop festivals (in France and Belgium, respectively).
Shining recently signed a worldwide deal with Spinefarm Records, and will be releasing their brand new studio album later this fall.
A fan-filmed clip of the concert can be seen below.
Weblinks:
www.shining.no
www.facebook.com/shiningnorway
The band flew up a PA system and a power generator, and blasted their patented Blackjazz music to a group of 300 fans and mountain hikers who had made the daunting five hour trip to the ‘Troll’s Tongue’ summit.
Shining frontman Jørgen Munkeby commented to Norwegian TV after the show: “This is the craziest thing I’ve ever been a part of! First of all, I’m happy that we’re all still alive! But I’m also happy that we got all the technical aspects of this to work, as it’s no easy task to plan a full rock and metal concert on top of a freaking mountain!”
The concert was filmed with one helicopter, one drone, plus several cameramen, and is planned to be released once the material is gathered and processed. Munkeby adds: “We have this video series called "Live on Location', where we set up our stuff in unusual places and test our musical strength against uncontrollable elements – and what’s more uncontrollable than a huge rock and a 700-metre straight drop to the ground in the middle of the Norwegian mountains?! I can’t wait to start working on the footage and getting it out there!”
A picture posted by the band on their Facebook page after the show instantly picked up profile around the world, and on Tuesday it had been seen by close to 400,000 people on their page, successfully reaching top trending post #1 on reddit.com’s front page; what’s more, a news report from the performance has been shown on TV and websites all around the world…
“I am happy for all the attention, but I’m not surprised. This is indeed an amazing and extreme setting for a concert. The only thing that would bring more attention would be if Dave Grohl decided to play up there. But I hope he doesn’t!”, continues Munkeby, jokingly referring to the accident the Foo Fighter’s frontman had in Stockholm last week, where he stepped off the stage during a show and broke his leg.
In the two days prior to the Trolltunga outing, Shining played to elated and jam-packed tents at both the Hellfest & Graspop festivals (in France and Belgium, respectively).
Shining recently signed a worldwide deal with Spinefarm Records, and will be releasing their brand new studio album later this fall.
A fan-filmed clip of the concert can be seen below.
Weblinks:
www.shining.no
www.facebook.com/shiningnorway