Danish frengers may consider them quite lucky this summer. Mew have just announced their fifth festival show in Denmark (others being the ones in Jelling, Skive, Nibe and Skanderborg) and that will take place in the city of Aarhus on June 19th. Northside Festival’s lineup consists of some of the biggest Danish acts (including Nephew, […]

If memory serves, this is Mew’s first ever show in Poland. OFF Festival 2010 will take place in the city of Katowice in Dolina Trzech Stawów (Three Lake Valley). The festival is held on August 5th through August 8th, but we have no exact date for Mew yet. Still, it will be on one of

Let’s take a look at some recent Mew cover versions from YouTube. This is our third part of the series, check out Part I and Part II as well. 156 (piano/vocals), Bamse (piano), Behind the Drapes (drums), Circuitry of the Wolf (guitar), Comforting Sounds (acoustic guitar/vocals), In Time Do You Forget (Daydream) (acoustic guitar/vocals), Introducing

Ok, let’s wrap this up (this has taken us months to complete)… Jonas Bjerre’s favourite movie he saw in 2009 was the Swedish vampire masterpiece Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In, 2008) which will get its unfortunate “remaking” in the US very soon. He also listed two of his favourite Danish

As many had expected, Nibe and Skanderborg are now added for next summer. Nibe Festival will be held on June 30th through July 3rd and Mew will take the stage on July 2nd. Skanderborg Festival will be held on August 4th-8th and Mew will play on the last day. It is now pretty much a

We’re a little late with these Japanese setlists (February 20th-23rd), but here they are: As was mentioned before, Jonas Bjerre finished the visuals for Tricks of the Trade on their way to Japan. Images created by the Bacon team (above right), they look amazing and very weird. Very suitable for Mew who are now on

Mew are headlining this year’s Truck Festival in Hill Farm, Steventon. Truck Festival is one of United Kingdom’s longest standing (13th consecutive year) independent music festivals, and it’s as small as they come (with approximately 5000 attendees). The festival takes place on July 23rd to July 25th and Mew take the stage on the 24th,

Do you remember that the song Hawaii had completely different visuals when Mew first started playing it live? Then the animation quickly changed and became the one where the joyful reindeer skulled dancers fill the screen. Jonas Bjerre, now back in Copenhagen, explained us something about the replacement in Hawaii and about the new added

House of Culture / Helsinki, Finland (February 16th, 2010) Pakkahuone / Tampere, Finland (February 17th, 2010) After the two successful Norwegian shows, it was Finland’s turn once again. First up was the sold out show in Finland’s capital city Helsinki, and more specifically at the 1400-capacity Kulttuuritalo (House of Culture) where Mew previously played two

Mew played an amazing show in Helsinki, Finland last Tuesday and just before the last song (Louise, Louisa) they took a little moment to mention this website and how we are more up to date than any of their own sites. That was one glorious moment. What they couldn’t know then is that we have