In Half 1 I’ve posted pictures from the concert events I photographed the primary half 12 months of 2025. Listed here are pictures from the second half 12 months. July is normally a sluggish month for concert events, however there are some large festivals that I normally don’t attend. However one competition is a should yearly on the ene of July. (Picture above: The group at Kneecap’s live performance at Øyafestivalen in Oslo.)
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Yearly a number of of us live performance photographers collect for Månefestivalen within the city of Fredrikstad. The competition is low key, cosy, and with an ideal ambiance, and with principally Norwegian artists. My favourite pictures from the competition are of Jonas Benyoub, Vamp, Odd Nordstoga, Danko Jones, Tora Daale Aagaard and Briskeby.
One other competition that may be a should for me, is the Notodden Blues Competition. I’ve attended it yearly since 1994, besides two years. This 12 months, I noticed – amongst others – DK Harrell, Jimmie Vaughan, Walter Trout, Lita Ford, Uriah Heep, Hellbillies, Mavis Staples and Johanna Demker.
From Notodden again to Oslo for one of many greatest occasions this 12 months, AC/DC. They performed a offered out Bjerke Race Area and delivered an ideal present.
The day after AC/DC was the primary day of Øyafestivalen in Oslo. That is 4 day festuval that began within the 90’s and remains to be an vital competition in Norway. Among the many bands I photograohed right here have been Refused, Heartworm, Moist Leg, Kneecap, Queens Of The Stone Age, And Brun, Danel Romano, lady in pink, Honningbarna and Arp Frique and the Perpetual Singers.
I photographed two nice concert events within the final half of August: Silje Nergaard and after that Lyle Lovett with two of my favourite musicians in his band, Lee Sklar and Russ Kunkel.
Blues in Hell outdoors of Trondheim is normally my final competition yearly, and so additionally in 2025. This 12 months the brand new Norwegian artist Adama Janlo, the Norwegian and European “tremendous band” Blues In opposition to The Machine and the Swedish kids, Blue Benders have been among the many highlights for me.
The week after Blues in Hell I went again to Trondheim for the definitive final concert events from Åge Aleksandersen and Sambandet. He performed three offered out stadion concert events at Lerkendal Stadion, and I attended the primary of them.
In mid September I normally go to Spain for 5-6 weeks of prolonged summer time. Throughout my keep tey have the feria in Nerja, and this 12 months I noticed the Spanish artist Maria Pelae plus a flamenco occasion with Belén Heredía and her college students.
My final concert events of 2025 have been a mixture of totally different genres at totally different venues. Eivor at Sentrum Scene, Todd Rundgren at Cosmopolite, Zara Larsson at Unity Enviornment, Kraftwerk at Sentrum Scene, Cradle of Filth at Rockefeller and lastly Sabaton at Unity Enviornment.
If you wish to see extra of my pictures from 2025 and earlier than, you may see them at Getty Photos.
