]> Lene Marlin Italian Fan Club - News http://www.lene.it/ All last news from Lene Marlin Official Fan Club en webmaster@lene.it Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:05:00 +0200 Copyright 2010 - Lene Marlin Italian Fan Club 120 Lene Marlin Italian Fan Club http://www.lene.it/it/images/logoRss.gif http://www.lene.it <![CDATA[ Lene Marlin @ TV2 program "Fredag" ]]> Fredag, on the Norwegian national channel TV2. Thanks to our friend Tef Johs, we got to know that Lene talked together with TV program host Stål Talsnes and the musician colleague Inger Lise Rypdal on their ages, the reasons for getting into the pop industry business, and a little bit about their past and present doings. On this last point, Lene said she is working mostly "on behalf of others", likely referring to her recent studio work, which brought to the song "It's about time", written for Aleksander With and put on the Idol winner's latest album "Still awake".


]]> Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:05:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ "It's about time", the second song written by Lene for Aleksander With ]]> Among the songs she wrote, one of them has been included into Aleksander With's new album, "Still awake", released a few days ago. The song is called "It's about time" and is the second song Lene wrote for the recent work of the former Norwegian Idol winner. In "Still awake" we can also find the duet "Worth it", released as a single in the past months.
Hereunder, you can find the lyrics (from aleksanderwith.no):

It's about time

Would you say that you've done things right
That there's nothing that you would do different
That you've kept what is dear inside
That your conscience is clear
That you're good
That you've always understood

What's needed of the people around you
They'll always find you
No need to look far, that's who you are

You didn't hear him scream
No one to open the door
No one to let him inside
Don't say that you've tried
You know that's a lie
You didn't hear her call
No one to answer the phone
No one to make her come home

She's out there alone, and you know why
It's about time that you try
What's the reason for absence
Did you go to the moon, are you superman
Can you explain the intolerance
Is there something you know that we never can
I don't think you understand

What's needed of the people around you
They'll never find you
No need to look far, that's who you are
]]> Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:05:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ "Worth it" video premiére on p4.no tonight ]]> Twitter page, the long-awaited video of "Worth it", the Aleksander and Lene Marlin duet, will be premiered on p4.no between 9 pm and 10 pm CET tonight.
There will also be an interview on p4 at the same time.

Tune in!

... but, if you really can't wait, you can watch it here! ]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:46:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ "Worth it" videoclip recorded today ]]> Twitter page, today the videoclip for the duet "Worth it" has been recorded. Already back in October, Lene and Aleksander during a Q&A session on VG-nett told they were wainting for further decisions on videoclip recordings. Now, all the fans are looking forward to watching the video! ]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:45:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ "Twist the truth" out in Germany on November 27th ]]> EMI Music Germany website. On the net some reviews and an interview to Lene have been published; they are all signs of quite high expectations for the album, which we hope could reach the top of the charts.



]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:33:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ "Worth it", a surprise live at Asker ]]>

]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ New contest! ]]> As many of you already know, Lene.it just entered its tenth year and we want to celebrate this anniversary the best way. For this reason, we are happy to announce the first celebration event, a contest where all the winners will get one of the poster made by koletz for the "Twist the truth" meet and greet in Milan last May, signed by Lene!
It is very easy to take part to the contest. We set up four categories of works. All you have to do is make something for each category you want to apply and send your work to this email address: webmaster@lene.it. Each winner of each category will get a signed poster. If no one enters a category, that poster will be given by a lottery in which all the contest participants will be involved. For the other categories, the winner will be decided by the fans through a voting system of which we will give you the details later on. The winner in one category cannot be the winner of another one, so we invite you (in case you are going to take part to more than one category) to write us your "preference order" of the categories you decide to be in. If someone will end up to win in more than one category, he or she will receive the poster related to the one he or she pointed out as preferred choice.
Works have to remain anonymous. We therefore invite you to not make them public or talk about them on forum or guestbook. Should this rule be broken, the author will be banned by the contest. The contest starts today and the contest deadline is the midnight of Dicember, 1st.
In the end, please find below the categories:

1 song or poetry lyrics: often, there is no difference between the two. There are songs which are poetries and poetries which become songs. Choose the one which fits the best to you. Max lenght: 40 lines.
2 joke on Lene: no vulgar or offensive joke will be taken into consideration.
3 freehand drawing. Computer not admitted (just to email the drawing). Free framework, tecnique and dimensions. Theme: related to Lene.
4 cooking: are you a good chef? Just send us the recipe (with ingredients and how-to-make-it steps) and a picture of your handmade dish, with a Lene CD beside it. The final vote will take into consideration both the ingredients and the aesthetic aspect of the dish. ]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:28:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ "Worth it" at "Gullballen" show ]]>


]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:53:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ Lene Marlin and Aleksander With at Gullballen show tomorrow! ]]> NRK website, Lene and Aleksander With are scheduled to be among the musical guest stars. It will be the first chance to promote on TV the duet "Worth it". Likely, the show can be watched on NRK nett-tv. ]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:27:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ "Worth it" - Aleksander With feat. Lene Marlin ]]> "Worth it" will be digitally released also in Italy on October 16th and on IBS.it you can find the single cover. For a pre-listening check out amazon.fr (even though the clip doesn't contain the part where Lene is singing).
Thanks Andrea for pointing this news out. ]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:00:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ Happy Birthday Lene! ]]> It's 29 years since a wonderful little girl was born, a girl who 10 years ago lit up our hearts and is now still more radiant. On her birthday day she wanted to give us as a present a new blog on her myspace with 4 pics of her last trip to Italy, in particular at Fnac in Milan, where she released her new album in Italy.
In all the years we've been near to her, there are very few words of wishes we've not used yet, but we think feelings don't need many words to be shown. Facts count and we do believe that regarding the facts there's always been a strong mutual friendship, as the pics posted by Lene can only to some extent show.
So there's no need to use many words to tell Lene how much we love her and in such a special day we can't but wish her a world of happiness and thousand of these occasions to meet soon again.

Happy Birthday Lene! ]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:42:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ Interview to Roberto Casalino on lene.it Myspace! ]]> In the interview we got to know that one song of the record - "Mi manchi" ("I miss you") - has something to do with Lene. In fact, the inspiration for writing it came to Roberto while he was listening to Lene's "Another day"!
Quoting his words: "This song was born on a train. I was going to Tuscany to meet some friends of mine. I was listening to "Another day", a very gloomy and intimate album by Lene Marlin, on my Ipod. I was looking outside the window, it was raining and suddenly I got the urge to take the notebook I always bring with me. I turned my Ipod down and I wrote everything that came to my mind about a relationship ended a few months before. I immediately recorded the melody, suggested by words, on my mobile. And "Mi manchi" was born".

Read our interview (scroll down the page til the end of Italian interview). ]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:51:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ Lene Marlin at TV2 "Sommertid" ]]> After the interview, she performed live "Here we are", playing the guitar together with Tommy Kristiansen (second guitar) and Renate Engevold (violin).

A big thank you to Tef Johs for the English translation of the interview over at lene-marlin.info and to koletz for the performance video


]]> Sat, 1 Aug 2009 16:05:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ Lene Marlin at VG Lista Topp 20 in Oslo ]]> As usual, she brought her camera with her on the stage, and she took pictures and made videos of the audience attending the concert.
Hereunder a Lene-picture from the show.



]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:27:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ Lene Marlin at VG Lista Oslo show on 19th June ]]> VG website that Lene will take part to the VG Lista show at Rådhusplassen, Oslo, on the upcoming 19th June.
Besides Lene, some important Norwegian and international artists will be on stage. In the lineup we can find, among others, A-ha, Aqua, Fuentes/Lind/Nilsen/Holm quartet, Alexander Rybak (who recently won the Eurovision song contest), Yohanna, Karpe Diem, Timbuktu, Tone Damli Aaberge and Samsaya. ]]> Sat, 30 May 2009 11:47:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ Taiwan is getting ready to welcome Lene ]]> back; furthermore, our fans pointed out what seems to be the official Taiwanese site to promote the album and - as can be supposed by the video - "Here we are" is part of the soundtrack of the Taiwanese version of the movie "I've loved you so long", which already won several international awards in 2008 and is scheduled to be out in Taiwan on the upcoming June 12th.


]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 22:17:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ Lene Marlin at Milan FNAC store on May 15th!!! ]]> We wish that all fans, both Italian and international, will be ready to give Lene a very warm welcome!

FNAC store in Milan is located in the city center (via della Palla 2 angolo via Torino 45), just close to Duomo square (Milan main square) . ]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:06:00 +0200 <![CDATA[ "Twist the truth" and "Here we are" in Norwegian and Italian charts ]]> But good news come from Italy, where we can find the album at #13 of the iTunes Italian chart, also thanks to the ad published in the homepage. The result is quite outstanding, as "Here we are" still hasn't got a proper intense radio airplay and the album will be out only in one month. This shows how important a good promotion strategy is, but most of all how much Lene is still loved by Italian public.

HERE WE ARE
Norway:
#13   04 - Vg-Lista Singles Chart
#03   08 - Hit40
#07   06 - Radio Ung
#11   02 - P4 topp30



TWIST THE TRUTH
Norway:
#17   02 - Vg-Lista Albums Chart



HERE WE ARE
Norway:
#08   03 - Vg-Lista Singles Chart
#02   07 - Hit40
#25   05 - Radio Bodo3
#13   05 - Radio Ung
#09   04 - Radio 102
#12   03 - Radio 102



TWIST THE TRUTH
Norway:
#03   01 - Vg-Lista Albums Chart


Symbols order: current position, state (new entry, up, down, standing), weeks spent in the chart, chart/playlist name


TWIST THE TRUTH - iTunes Charts
Norway: #30
Italy: #13



TWIST THE TRUTH - iTunes Charts
Norway: #14
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	Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:10:00 +0200


	<![CDATA[ "Here WE are", a fans tribute video ]]>
	 
So, we started preparing everything, and fixed recordings for that day. The idea was to give to the single fan a couple of parts where Lene plays in the original video, with in between some recordings we have from previous meetings with Lene.

At the beginning everything started kinda funny and in a "light" mood, but, when recordings started, everyone tried to do his/her best and to be as "professional" as he/she could be.
The recordings went by faster than expected and everyone played his/her role in an almost perfect way.
In the following days, we chose the parts of our videos which fit the best and added some additional frames. We trusted on Andrea (speedfight) for the editing and frames synchronization and he got very quickly the final video ready, adding some funny backstage moments, and you can watch it via this link or hereunder.



We really had an incredibly good time during recordings and we would like to thank everyone who was involved and helped to make this idea become real. We know Lene liked very much the video and we hope it would be the same for all the fans! Enjoy!








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	Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:52:00 +0200


	<![CDATA[ Lene at MTV TRL Awards in Trieste (Italy) 16th May ]]>
	


- Arisa

- Marco Carta

- Niccolo' Centioni (I Cesaroni)

- Federico Costantini (I Liceali)

- Cesare Cremonini

- Dari e Max Pezzali

- Alesha Dixon

- Dolcenera

- Finley

- Gemelli DiVersi

- Giusy Ferreri

- J-Ax

- Lost

- Lene Marlin

- Nek

- Micòl Olivieri (I Cesaroni)

- Sonohra



More details to follow.
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	Fri, 3 Apr 2009 22:00:00 +0200


	<![CDATA[ "Here we are" on Italian radios from April, 3rd and video from April, 14th. Album out on May, 15th! ]]>
	
The album will be out in Italian stores on 15th May, while the video will be broadcasted from 14 th April. ]]>
	
	Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:44:00 +0200


	<![CDATA[ "Twist the truth" out today in Norway! ]]>
	
You can find hereunder the complete tracklist and the album cover, whishing Lene all the best from her last work. 



Tracklist: 

- Everything's Good

- Come Home

- Here We Are

- Story Of A Life

- You Could Have

- I'll Follow

- Learned From Mistakes

- Have I Ever Told You

- Do You Remember

- You Will Cry No More




Cover: 




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	Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:12:00 +0200


	<![CDATA[ Lene Marlin's web release concert on VG web TV ]]>
	link), registered at Malabar studio in Oslo.
The tracklist is composed by six songs:


- Everything's good

- Come home

- Do you remember

- Here we are

- You could have

- You will cry no more


We also point out that this morning Lene was guest at "God Morgen Norge" on TV2. 

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	Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:21:00 +0200


	<![CDATA[ Hectic Lene media days ]]>
	

Yesterday, Lene was on TV2's "Senkveld" where she talked with the two anchormen on her current life between Oslo and London, on the song she wrote for Rihanna and on when she came up on a stage in New York to sing "My love". Then, she performed live "You will cry no more" (click here to watch - thanks to nemar).


Furthermore, today all the main Norwegian dailies reported on Lene's upcoming new album, due out on Monday, the most with a review (average mark 4/6), but on Bladet Tromsø and Dagbladet Magazine Lene got a few pages with wonderful pictures dealing with her 10 years of musical career.


We also remind you that on Monday, March 30th  a web release Lene concert, composed of six songs from "Twist the truth", will be broadcasted on VG online Tv and, starting at 12 am CET, Lene will answer to some of the questions fans sent her. As last info, as pointed out by Domle, on Monday afternoon (from 4pm CET), Lene will perform at TV2 program "Waschera".


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	Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:10:00 +0200


	<![CDATA[ Ten years of Lene - Playing my game ]]>
	

This time we celebrate ten years from "Playing my game" Norwegian release, the CD with the blue cover featuring a young Lene picture with her bob hairdo.
 Still now, "Playing my game" is her most sold record, an international success with about 2 million copies sold, and one of the most sold album ever in Norway, with a record-selling of 50 thousand copies in just three days; it went straight to the top of VG Lista chart and it got the highest mark possible in the review. After just 2 month it already exceeded 100 thousand copies sold, and in the end it sold more than 160 thousand copies (notice that Norway is populated by roughly 4.5 million inhabitants).

In Italy, the album sold about 300 thousand copies, getting 3 platinums and stayed in the charts for an entire year. In France and in UK it sold respectively about 300 thousand and 250 thousand copies, becoming double gold in UK, even though it was released only in March 2000, when Lene already decided to "disappear" from the limelight and to stop promotion activity.

Beside Europe, the album was also released in Asia, where it got a huge success, especially in Japan and Taiwan, where Lene was awarded several times. 

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	Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:12:00 +0200