Original Album Classics : New release date

Although it has been available via the American Amazon.com since February 2 2010, in Sweden the compilation box set "Original Album Classics" has been missing in action. Originally it was scheduled for a March 24 2010 release, then for June 2, but soon thereafter the release info was changed to TBA (to be announced). Now it appears that the compilation box it back on track, and scheduled for a January 24 2011 release.

The box includes three albums; "Främling" (1983), "Steg för steg" (1984), and "My Tribute" (1993).

Link: Pre-order the box from CDON

Swedish charts—w 51

The DVD "Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand" climbs one spot, from no 4 to no 3 on this week's Swedish music DVD chart.

DVD CHART
#3 (LW:4 / 5 w) Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand
COMPILATIONS CHART
#4 (LW:3 / 26 w) Absolute Christmas
#8 (LW:8 / 2 w) OKEJ—Tiden vi aldrig glömmer 1980-1989

Link: Buy 'Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand'
Link: Buy 'Absolute Christmas

Link: Buy 'OKEJ—Tiden vi aldrig glömmer 1980-1989'

Merry Christmas

Peace and Joy to all you readers of this blog this Christmas season! Despite nationality, religion (or lack thereof), Merry Christmas to All!

Photos from Stockholm

Photos: Peter Karlsson

These photos were sent to us by Peter Karlsson and taken at Carola's final concert at Cirkus in Stockholm yesterday.

You have photos you want to share, email them to carolainternational@yahoo.com.

Thank you Peter!

Link: Read article from Svenska Dagbladet

Link: Read article from Aftonbladet

Link: Read article from Expressen

Photos from Örebro

Photos: Petrus Johansson

These pictures are taken by Petrus Johansson at Carola's Christmas concert at Conventum in Örebro, Sweden. Click to enlarge them.

Thanks to Petrus for sending us the pics! If you want to share your pictures with us, email us at carolainternational@yahoo.com

Exclusive: Complete tour schedule

Exclusive News: This is the complete tour schedule for the upcoming tour "Elvis, Barbra & jag" (with reservations for changes, and possible dates outside Sweden). Fourteen cities in Sweden will have the chance to see Carola sing material from her upcoming album with Elvis and Barbra Straisand songs.

24.3 Gävle, SWE Gävle Konserthus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
25.3 Uppsala, SWE Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
26.3 Göteborg, SWE Lisebergshallen, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
27.3 Västerås, SWE Västerås Konserthus, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
30.3 Växjö, SWE Växjö Konserthus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
31.3 Kalmar, SWE Kalmarsalen, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
1.4 Helsingborg, SWE Konserthuset, TBA WEB | TIX NEW!
2.4 Linköping, SWE Linköping Konsert & Kongress, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
7.4 Halmstad, SWE Halmstads Teater, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
8.4 Karlstad, SWE Scalateatern, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
9.4 Norrköping, SWE De Geerhallen, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
10.4 Borås, SWE Åhaga, TBA WEB | TIX NEW!
16.4 Umeå, SWE Umeå Aula Nordica, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
17.4 Luleå, SWE Kulturens Hus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX

Tickets for some cities have not yet been released.

(Thanks to Peter Karlsson for the info)

Link: Buy tickets from Ticnet

"Elvis, Barbra och jag" tour grows

Carola's upcoming tour "Elvis, Barbra & jag" is growing by the day. Two more dates were added today: Linköping and Karlstad, and we're now up to 12 concerts:

24.3 Gävle, SWE Gävle Konserthus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
25.3 Uppsala, SWE Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
26.3 Göteborg, SWE Lisebergshallen, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
27.3 Västerås, SWE Västerås Konserthus, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
30.3 Växjö, SWE Växjö Konserthus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
31.3 Kalmar, SWE Kalmarsalen, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
2.4 Linköping, SWE Linköping Konsert & Kongress, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX NEW!
7.4 Halmstad, SWE Halmstads Teater, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
8.4 Karlstad, SWE Scalateatern, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX NEW!
9.4 Norrköping, SWE De Geerhallen, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
16.4 Umeå, SWE Umeå Aula Nordica, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
17.4 Luleå, SWE Kulturens Hus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX

All tickets are on sale now.

Link: Buy tickets from Ticnet

Photo: Örebro

Photo: Conny Sillén / Aftonbladet

Carola had her first Christmas concert in Sweden 2010 yesterday. She performed at Conventum in Örebro (see photo above). Tonight she performs in Jönköping, and on Sunday the tour comes to an end with two concerts at Cirkus in Stockholm.

Link: Read article in Aftonbladet (1)

Link: Read article in Aftonbladet (2)

Link: Read article in Expressen

Link: Read article in Nerikes Allehanda

Link: Read article in Meny (Nerikes Allehanda)

Swedish charts—w 50

This week the new 3xCD "OKEJ—Tiden vi aldrig glömmer 1980-1989" enters the Swedish compilation chart at no 8. The album contains Carola's 1983 hit "Främling".

DVD CHART
#4 (LW:2 / 4 w) Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand
COMPILATIONS CHART
#3 (LW:2 / 25 w) Absolute Christmas
#8 (NEW / 1 w) OKEJ—Tiden vi aldrig glömmer 1980-1989
#14 (LW:12 / 46 w) Hits for Kids—Greatest Hits

Link: Buy 'Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand'
Link: Buy 'Absolute Christmas

Link: Buy 'OKEJ—Tiden vi aldrig glömmer 1980-1989'

Link: Buy 'Hits for Kids—Greatest Hits'

Exclusive: NEW ALBUM RELEASE

Carola's new album, containing material by Elvis and Barbra Streisand will be released on March 23 2011.

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Three more "Elvis, Barbra & jag" concerts

Three more dates have been announced to Carola's upcoming tour "Elvis, Barbra & jag": Gävle (which will be the opening night) on March 24, Umeå on April 16, and Luleå April 17. Carola said recently in a Norwegian radio interview that she wants to take the tour to Norway as well, so that they get to see more of the rock'n'roll side to her.

24.3 Gävle, SWE Gävle Konserthus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX NEW!
25.3 Uppsala, SWE Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
26.3 Göteborg, SWE Lisebergshallen, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
27.3 Västerås, SWE Västerås Konserthus, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
30.3 Växjö, SWE Växjö Konserthus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
31.3 Kalmar, SWE Kalmarsalen, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
07.4 Halmstad, SWE Halmstads Teater, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
09.4 Norrköping, SWE De Geerhallen, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
16.4 Umeå, SWE Umeå Aula Nordica, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX NEW!
17.4 Luleå, SWE Kulturens Hus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX NEW!

Tickets for Norrköping have been released now, but Gävle and Luleå are not yet on sale.

Link: Buy tickets from Ticnet

One more concert in Norrköping

Carola's upcoming tour "Elvis, Barbra & jag" will play in Norrköping on April 9. Possibly there are more dates to be expected. These dates have been announced so far:

25.3 Uppsala, SWE Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
26.3 Göteborg, SWE Lisebergshallen, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
27.3 Västerås, SWE Västerås Konserthus, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
30.3 Växjö, SWE Växjö Konserthus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
31.3 Kalmar, SWE Kalmarsalen, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
07.4 Halmstad, SWE Halmstads Teater, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
09.4 Norrköping, SWE De Geerhallen, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX NEW!

Tickets for the Norrköping concert are not yet on sale.

Link: Buy tickets from Ticnet

Photo & video from Bergen

Photo: Eirik Brekke / Bergens Tidende

On top, a video of Carola performing "Himlen i min famn" at Haukeland universitetssjukehus. Above a photo from the concert in Bergen. The Norwegian leg of Carola's Christmas tour is coming to an end with two concerts in Oslo tomorrow night. She has continuously received good reviews--read more of them plus a long interview from VG by clicking the links below.

Link: Read interview in Verdens Gang
Link: Read article in Bergensavisen
Link: Read article in Bergens Tidende

Pilgrimage to Bethlehem

Carola is planning to bring fans on a pilgrimage to Bethlehem next year. Her team wants people to sign up if interested to join in.

Link: Sign up at Carola.com

New tour: "Elvis, Barbra & jag"

As we reported on November 17, Carola is going on tour during the spring of 2011. This will be a version of the Dalhalla concert featuring material by Elvis Presley and Barbra Streisand. The tour is named "Elvis, Barbra & jag" and is scheduled to kick off in Uppsala, Sweden on March 25. These are the dates announced so far:

25.3 Uppsala, SWE Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
26.3 Göteborg, SWE Lisebergshallen, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
27.3 Västerås, SWE Västerås Konserthus, 7.30 pm WEB | TIX
30.3 Växjö, SWE Växjö Konserthus, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
31.3 Kalmar, SWE Kalmarsalen, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX
07.4 Halmstad, SWE Halmstads Teater, 7.00 pm WEB | TIX

Tickets are on sale.

Link: Buy tickets from Ticnet

Photo from Haugesund

Photo: Alf-Einar Kvalavåg / Tysvær Bygdeblad

Carola performed her Christmas concert at Tysvær Arena in Haugesund, Norway tonight. Read reviews by clicking links below.

Link: Read article in Tysvær Bygdeblad

Link: Read article in Haugesunds Avis

Swedish charts—w 49

The 1999 album "Jul i Betlehem" re-enters the album chart this week at no 57. The DVD "Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand—En magisk kväll på Dalhalla" climbs one spot to no 2 on the DVD chart, and "Julkonsert" climbs two spots to no 13.

ALBUM CHART
#57 (RE / 36 w) Jul i Betlehem
DVD CHART
#2 (LW:3 / 3 w) Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand
#13 (LW:15 / 24 w) Julkonsert
COMPILATIONS CHART
#2 (LW:1 / 24 w) Absolute Christmas
#12 (LW:9 / 45 w) Hits for Kids—Greatest Hits

Link: Buy 'Jul i Betlehem'

Link: Buy 'Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand'
Link: Buy 'Julkonsert'

Link: Buy 'Absolute Christmas

Link: Buy 'Hits for Kids—Greatest Hits'

Three videos from Hamar, Norway

These videos are from Carola's free concert at Østre Torg in Hamar, Norway on December 6. The videos sometimes focus mostly on the performing children, but you still a feel of what this concert was like.

Listen to interview

Listen to an interview with Carola from Norwegian Radio2, where she talks about her concert at Tysvær Arena in Haugesund on December 10. Among other things she says her tour travels by four trucks, that she performs her Royal wedding song "Det är bara vi" along with her Christmas songs and an Elvis' gospel.

The interview is also available for download at the site.

Link: Listen to the interview here

Photo / video from free concert in Hamar

Photo: Hamar Arbeiderblad

Carola performed a free concert at Østre Torg in Hamar, Norway today. To see a video from the performance, plus a short interview, click the NRK link below. To Hamar Arbeiderblad she says she might be back in Hamar sometime during the spring—which is an indication that she's planning her upcoming tour not only play in Sweden, but in Norway as well...

Link: Read article / watch video from NRK
Link: Read article in Hamar Arbeiderblad

Photos from Ålesund

Staale Wattø / Sunnmørsposten

Today, Carola moved on to Ålesund for her third stop on her ongoing Christmas tour "Carolas Jul 2010—Från vinterskrud till morgonstjärnan". These photos are from the local newspaper Sunnmørsposten (read article below).

Link: Read article in Sunnmørsposten

Cover: "Jag vill alltid älska"

Norwegian artist Jan Werner has released a 2xCD titled "One More Time—The Very Best of" that includes a live recording of Carola's 2001 song "Jag vill alltid älska". Listen to the track below. He has a powerful voice and does the song justice. What do you think?

Link: Jan Werner's official website

Link: Buy the album

Exclusive: Free concert in Hamar

Exclusive News: The day before her scheduled Christmas concert in Hamar, Norway, Carola will perform a free mini-concert at Østre Torg (the city square). Carola will be joined by guitarist Andrew Ehrenzeller, a local children's choir and a ballet ensemble.

If you live nearby, don't miss the mini-concert on Monday December 6, at 5 pm.

Remember where you read it first!

Swedish charts—w 48

"Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand—En magisk kväll på Dalhalla" drops two spots on the Swedish music DVD chart to no 3 this week.

DVD CHART
#3 (LW:1 / 2 w) Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand
#15 (LW:12 / 23 w) Julkonsert
COMPILATIONS CHART
#1 (LW:2 / 23w) Absolute Christmas
#9 (LW:9 / 44w) Hits for Kids—Greatest Hits

Link: Buy 'Carola sings Elvis & Barbra Streisand'
Link: Buy 'Julkonsert'

Link: Buy 'Absolute Christmas

Link: Buy 'Hits for Kids—Greatest Hits'

Photos from Kristiansund

Photos: llen-Marie Pedersen-Gustad / Tidens Krav

These photos were taken at Carola's Christmas concert "Carolas Jul 2010—Från vinterskrud till morgonstjärnan" in Kristiansund, Norway, where she performed today, December 1.

Link: Read article in Tidens Krav