Author name: Tero Heikkinen

Mew will play at this year’s Skanderborg Festival in August. According to the festival (also known as Smukfest) and Gaffa magazine, this will be the band’s only Danish show in the Summer. Currently, the yet untitled upcoming album is widely expected to be released around the time of this festival which in 2013 will be […]

Here’s the first part from the Mexico Version of Sometimes Life Isn’t Easy… Watching lights flashing by From the truck stop Every now, every then Do they like somersaults? How’s the weather? Take enough medicine? Have a great 2012, what’s left of it. 2013 will be amazing!

Grattis, Sverige! This is the post where we predicted that Mew would play at Hultsfred Festival in Sweden and at Ruisrock Festival in Finland. We were a year too early – in one of these cases. Who knows when the other one takes place, but today the band and the festival announced that Mew would

As we VERY WELL know, next year Mew are releasing a studio album with 10-14 new tracks and many of them are going to be played live when they start touring again. They are anxious to have a chance to travel places they have missed over the years, but the usual suspects (Nordic countries, UK,

If there’s one Mew track that you need to single out as the absolute masterpiece, as the one song that people will remember decades from now, it’s definitely Comforting Sounds. Why, you may ask. The truth is out there. It’s already the song that is being ripped off by many bands, but – thankfully –

As we know, Mew are currently taking a break from live shows and concentrate on writing their yet untitled sixth studio album. As far as we can tell, the process really began in full force last January, but the band members have shared ideas for a long time before that. Over the last two or

Introducing Palace Players still absent (22.9.2012), but see what made a return… Stavanger Konserthus setlist Intro / Boy / The Zookeeper’s Boy / Am I Wry? No / 156 / Snow Brigade / Silas the Magic Car / Sometimes Life Isn’t Easy / Hawaii / Apocalypso / Saviours of Jazz Ballet / Bear / Comforting

Bornholm, Denmark (August 25th, 2012) It’s September. Yes, we are sometimes busy and late with these things. A week ago – exactly – I was at Kastrup airport ready to fly to Bornholm island which is geographically closer to Sweden and if you take a ferry there, you pretty much have to travel via Sweden.

Photo credits: Agata Kłusak Photo Gallery

Trondheim, Norway (August 18th, 2012) “I’ve been through Hell, I can take anything”. This became a little joke for us, because after you have landed on Værnes airport and you are on your way to Trondheim, the next town is called Hell. Seriously. Add your own joke here. Trondheim’s history goes back a thousand years