The primary half of 2024 was busy with seven competition and severaal separate live shows. For the second half of the yr I attende 9 extra festivals and in addition a number of live shows, aneding with a complete of 345 photographed live shows at festivals and different venues. Listed here are my favourite photographs from the second half of 2024. (Picture above: Janelle Monáe at Øyafestivalen)
This a part of my favorite photographs from 2024 begins with the final competition I attended in June, Tons of Rock in Oslo. This yr it was the largest competition in Norway with a complete of just about 150.000 individuals attending the 4 days. My whole variety of live shows photographed at Tons of Rock was 29, and listed here are six of them: Alex Rosén from Go Go Gorillas, Rob Halford from Judas Priest, ZZ High, Joshua Kiszka and Jake Kiszka from Greta Van Fleet, Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven) from Satyricon and Nuno Bettencourt from Excessive.
After Tons of Rock Dropkick Murphys guested Oslo with a live performance at Sentrum Scene. The band is a whole lot of punk enjoyable!
In early July I attended one of many two days of a brand new competition in Halden, By The Border. The weatheer wasn’t one of the best, however this system was good. I photographed 4 artists, and listed here are two of them, Åge Aleksandersen and Hellbillies.
After By The Border I attended a competition that has been occurring for a number of years, however a primary time for me. Norsk Countrytreff is a rustic competition at Breim on the west coast of Norway. A really pleasant environment and a few nice artists. I attended the final day of the competition and noticed a church live performance with a number of of the competition artists, plus the primary venue with Asleep At The Wheel, Hellbillies and extra. Listed here are Ray Benson from AATW and the bluegrass band Get Rhythm from the church live performance.
From Breim the journey continued to Trondheim the place I noticed a live performance with Unni WIlhelmsen and in addition acquired to take some portrait photographs of her.
After Trondheim, I went to Bergen to {photograph} Bruce Springsteen and the E Avenue Band. Bergen is understood for its climate, and today was a document day of rain. I acquired miserably moist, however acquired just a few good photographs of the Boss and his band. Should you look intently on the photograph, you may see that Little Steven, Bruce and Nils Lofgren appears on the video digicam behind the stage, and my photograph is of the large video display behind the band with a part of the moist crowd.
The final competition of July was Månefestivalen, which can be one among my favorites for its good environment and nice photograph colleagues. I photographed 18 live shows, and listed here are Bob Geldoff, Dumdum Boys and Seigmen.
Yearly since 1994 (besides one yr plus the pandemic) I’ve attended Notodden Blues Pageant. So additionally in 2024, and I photographed 20 nice artists and bands.The primary day Paal Flaata performed a completely unplugged live performance in Heddal Stave church, which is 700 years outdated. The remainder of the photographs are Ana Popovic, DK Harrell, Joey Tempest from Europe, Vanessa Collier, Deep Purple and Rag’n’Bone Man.
From Notodden again to Oslo and Øyafstivalen. This has additionally been a yearly custom since 2000, and this time I photographed 28 completely different artists. The wonderful thing about Øya is the number of musical types. I acquired to see each PJ Harvey, Astrid S and Raye once more plus André 3000, Holly Humberstone, Bala Desejo, Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen, Arca and Janelle Monáe.
Pstereo is a Trondheim primarily based competition that I haven’t attended since 2015, however this yr I managed to come back. I just like the environment there, and so they do some nice reserving, I photographed 15 live shows, and listed here are Fay Wildhagen, crowdsurfing with the singer of Kvelertak, the singer of Anti-Lam Entrance and The Pixies.
My subsequent and in addition the final competition for the summer time, was Blues i Hell, outdoors of Trondheim, on the finish of August. That is additionally one among my “common” competition, which it has been for greater than 20 years. I photographed 18 live shows on the competition. Listed here are The Boogie Boys, Cat Squirrel with Mingo Balaguer and Carlos Moreno plus Mike Vernon, Angela Brown, Marco Cinelli from The Cinelli Brothers and Knut Reersrud and Rusty Zinn.
After Blues in Hell I went to Spain once more for six weeks, and the primary weekend I attended the Blues in Cordoba competition to see cat Squirrel once more.
In Alhambra, Granada they’ve had a live performance sequence, “1001 Músicas Pageant”, and I acquired to see the final two for the season. The live shows had been held on the lovely and outdated outside theatre Teatro Gerenalife, and the primary evening I noticed the sensational younger flamenco singer Maria José Llergo, and the Queen of punk Patti Smith the second evening.
I Nerja, like in lots of different Spanish cities they’ve a brief week with festivities within the fall. Moreover an enormous carneval and parades, additionally they have a number of live shows. I atended one among them, with the Spanish artist Marta Sanchez.
One other yearly occasion in Nerja is the Certamen de Joven Flamenco, the competitors for younger flaamenco dancers and singers. Right here is the winner of the dance half, Sara Luqe.
The Oslo World competition is held late October, and yearly they current a powerful program with artists coming from all elements of the world. I noticed Marisa Monte, Egberto Gismonti, Jorge Drexler and the quickest rapper I’ve ever heard, J Noa.
The primary week in November I noticed two good, however very completely different live shows. First Aqua of Babrie Woman fame at Oslo Spektrum, then Jason Isbell at Sentrum Scene.
My final competition in 2024 was Bluesheaven in Frederikshavn in Denmark. I heve attended the competition the previous couple of years and I prefer it quite a bit. I photographed 13 live shows, and listed here are Ronnie Baker Brooks, Mr. Zipp doing a walkabout and Large Daddy Wilson.
The remainder of November held a number of good live shows. John Grant, Tora Dahle Aagård, Jacob Collier, Dumdum Boys and Settle for at completely different venues in Oslo.
September began with Kvelertak at Sentrum Scene, Paal Flaata at Vålerenga Kirke, and my final live performance in 2024 was Seigmen at Sentrum Scene.
Lots of my live performance photographs in 2024 had been shot for Getty Pictures. You’ll be able to see all of them, plus photographs from earlier years right here.
