Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun finally arrives...

Great news! We tried hard to get Empire of the Sun to Hove 09, but since they weren't touring at the time we had to come up with a fresh idea! How about inviting them back this year? The Australian pop phenomena said yes, and here we are, celebrating in our offices! Empire of the Sun promises a live show like you've never seen before, click here to read more(*), and will be a great closing act on the idyllic Amfi Stage on June the 29th.

(*)Artists 2010

The empire strikes back!

The Australian pop sensation Empire of the Sun promises a live show like you've never seen before. The Empire is bringing more than 2000 pounds of costumes, 1,2 gigawatts of lights and effects, a dancing swordfish, four pink guitars and more than a dusin dancers and other colouful people onto the stage! Just look at their live show in the video below. Just look at it. This dreamy electronic music duo formed in Australia in 2006. Empire of the Sun achieved massive chart success with their first single "Walking on a Dream" which peaked at number ten on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and climbed high on the UK Singles Chart. Their debut album also titled Walking on a Dream, released in October 2008, to date has been certified platinum in Australia and has spawned the top 25 hit "We Are the People". Empire of the Sun has gained mainstream media attention for gaining fourth position on the BBC’s annual Sound of Music poll 2009. We're walking in a dream!



music festival link: http://www.hovefestivalen.no/

festival program link: http://www.hovefestival.com/uploads/Dagsprogram2010eng.jpg
Amphi Stage Night 24:00 - 1:00 Empire of the Sun (Aus)

About the Festival

Q: Why are we doing this?

A: The Hove Festival is a festival for those people who believe that combining the best artists with on site camping, nature, beaches and idyllic suroundings form the ultimate festival experience.

We started this festival because we live and breathe music.
We believe that important and beautiful things can happen when
people get together to have a good time. Hove Festival mixes
large international acts with Norwegian bands in the unique setting of an
island outside Arendal city. The festival is five days filled with bands you love,
and ones you may never of heard of before, but will learn to love.

Besides the music, you'll share experiences from the quirkiest art
scenes, watching yet-to-be-released movies and eating delicious
ecological food.

Hove Festival sets new standards for environmental
awareness. Not only because we want to preserve the beautiful nature
that surrounds the festival, but because we believe that a music
festival can make for an interesting way to increase enviromental
awareness, both with our audience and our partners.

We're so proud to be able to invite you all back to the pearl that is Hove,
and we're looking forward to greeting you at the gates on the 30th of June!

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Q: How to get there.


A: Getting to Hove is easy!

If you're travelling by plane, you're most likely to land at an airport which is located in a place called Gardermoen, outside of Oslo. However, there are two other airports much closer to Arendal. One is called Kjevik, and is located outside the city of Kristiansand, and the other is Torp, located outside a city called Sandefjord. If you can get to either of these two airports you'll save some money, a lot of time and maybe even spare the environment some unwanted CO2. Kjevik Aiport is the nearest airport.Buses and trains go direct from all three airports to Arendal city.

If you can get yourself to Oslo Central Station and jump on a train to the city of Arendal. After a few hours, get off and jump on the bus to Trømoya. There will be a Hove Festival info stand, both at the train station and the bus station, to point you in the right direction. The bus from Arendal will take you all the way up to the festival gate.


Most Norwegians speak fluent English, so just wave your hands and ask them for directions and you'll be fine. Really!

In line with our environmental focus, we hope you will all select the most environmentally friendly way to get to the festival.

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My Note: all above borrowed from webpage for the Music Festial, like the art -

reminds me of Beatles albums, Yellow Submarine (aka Peter Max Art?!) -

& esp love they're trying to be Environmentally Friendly...You Go Norway?! :oD