This is what Aurora's life on tour is like
Jul 10, 2016 13:02:50 GMT
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Post by onelittlewarrior on Jul 10, 2016 13:02:50 GMT
(translated by onelittlewarrior )
- It's nice to play in a place where I kind of belong.
We're in the Hardangerfjord Hotel, in the heart of Øystese and the Bygdalarm Festival. Aurora has just flown in from the Palmesus festival in Kristiansand and she's now sitting in the reception trying to figure out how to find time to have dinner at her granny's. Both her mother and father are from Øystese and her granny lives just a few hundred meters behind the main festival stage. Aurora herself grew up in Os.
Small stages are the best
Aurora's currently on a long world tour where among other things she's already played at Glastonbury and Roskilde, festivals with up to 200,000 and 100,000 people.
- I'd rather play the smaller stages. And indoors. At Glastonbury, for instance, the stage is so large and high up, and the audience are almost three meters away. All in the band are suddenly so far apart. I can't really see the need for so large stages, she says seriously. And then she laughs somewhat nervously.
- Of course, it's great fun. But I'd rather play two smaller stages in the same city, than on one large one.
Saturday morning she got out of bed at five to catch the flight to Bergen, via Oslo. Almost every day she gets up early to catch a plane and get on stage. It can be quite tiresome in the long run, but the star from Os has learnt to cope with it.
- This is equivalent to being a professional athlete. I've found ways to disconnect completely. It's a survival strategy. You just have to.
Debut record
The 20 year old artist has become known the world over in a very short time. In January she was awarded the prize for Best Newcomer at the Norwegian Grammy Awards and in March she released debut album "All my demons greeting me as a friend to many people's relief. And the good reviews have been thick on the ground, also the one from Bergensavisen (BA):
"....it's become solid proof that the young girl from Os deserves all the praise that's been lavished on her for almost three years now", BA wrote in the review and gave the record five stars out of six.
From morning till night
So what's life like when you find yourself in a different city and on a new stage every day? Judging by Aurora's account of it you'd better be a Lark.
- We usually get up at five in the morning. Then we need to get all the gear into our van. While driving to the airport I try to get some sleep. At the airport we always spend time reserving our seats, everyone wants a window one, she says.
Yoga and banana on the flight
She laughs while looking out to the Hardanger fjord. This place gives her so much new energy, she comments, before coming back to life on tour.
- I always have to listen to music. Something crazy. Something with piano. On the plane I try to get some more sleep. I also try to do some yoga, no crazy positions, but ones I can do while sitting and that are only slightly odd. And then I need to breathe out. Eat a banana. That gives me energy.
At the airport they're picked up and taken to the festival. Aurora and her band eat dinner, do interviews and soundcheck. Sometimes she has a glass of wine after the show, but never before.
- Sometimes I go out and meet the fans if I'm not too tired. There are so many nice people coming to my shows.
Saturday night she's on home ground with her family in the audience. (also her granny, see picture. Translator's note). Quite fitting then to play her song Runaway which has had more than eleven million streams on Spotify. «Lord, take me home, home where I belong», the world star sings.
- Wow, look at the view! It's so nice to sing when you behold something so beautiful.
Original article at www.ba.no/hva-skjer-i-bergen/kultur/musikk/aurora-20-reiser-verden-rundt-slik-er-livet-pa-turne/s/5-8-383367
- It's nice to play in a place where I kind of belong.
We're in the Hardangerfjord Hotel, in the heart of Øystese and the Bygdalarm Festival. Aurora has just flown in from the Palmesus festival in Kristiansand and she's now sitting in the reception trying to figure out how to find time to have dinner at her granny's. Both her mother and father are from Øystese and her granny lives just a few hundred meters behind the main festival stage. Aurora herself grew up in Os.
Small stages are the best
Aurora's currently on a long world tour where among other things she's already played at Glastonbury and Roskilde, festivals with up to 200,000 and 100,000 people.
- I'd rather play the smaller stages. And indoors. At Glastonbury, for instance, the stage is so large and high up, and the audience are almost three meters away. All in the band are suddenly so far apart. I can't really see the need for so large stages, she says seriously. And then she laughs somewhat nervously.
- Of course, it's great fun. But I'd rather play two smaller stages in the same city, than on one large one.
Saturday morning she got out of bed at five to catch the flight to Bergen, via Oslo. Almost every day she gets up early to catch a plane and get on stage. It can be quite tiresome in the long run, but the star from Os has learnt to cope with it.
- This is equivalent to being a professional athlete. I've found ways to disconnect completely. It's a survival strategy. You just have to.
Debut record
The 20 year old artist has become known the world over in a very short time. In January she was awarded the prize for Best Newcomer at the Norwegian Grammy Awards and in March she released debut album "All my demons greeting me as a friend to many people's relief. And the good reviews have been thick on the ground, also the one from Bergensavisen (BA):
"....it's become solid proof that the young girl from Os deserves all the praise that's been lavished on her for almost three years now", BA wrote in the review and gave the record five stars out of six.
From morning till night
So what's life like when you find yourself in a different city and on a new stage every day? Judging by Aurora's account of it you'd better be a Lark.
- We usually get up at five in the morning. Then we need to get all the gear into our van. While driving to the airport I try to get some sleep. At the airport we always spend time reserving our seats, everyone wants a window one, she says.
Yoga and banana on the flight
She laughs while looking out to the Hardanger fjord. This place gives her so much new energy, she comments, before coming back to life on tour.
- I always have to listen to music. Something crazy. Something with piano. On the plane I try to get some more sleep. I also try to do some yoga, no crazy positions, but ones I can do while sitting and that are only slightly odd. And then I need to breathe out. Eat a banana. That gives me energy.
At the airport they're picked up and taken to the festival. Aurora and her band eat dinner, do interviews and soundcheck. Sometimes she has a glass of wine after the show, but never before.
- Sometimes I go out and meet the fans if I'm not too tired. There are so many nice people coming to my shows.
Saturday night she's on home ground with her family in the audience. (also her granny, see picture. Translator's note). Quite fitting then to play her song Runaway which has had more than eleven million streams on Spotify. «Lord, take me home, home where I belong», the world star sings.
- Wow, look at the view! It's so nice to sing when you behold something so beautiful.
Original article at www.ba.no/hva-skjer-i-bergen/kultur/musikk/aurora-20-reiser-verden-rundt-slik-er-livet-pa-turne/s/5-8-383367