{"id":131022,"date":"2025-05-10T05:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T05:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-fans-there-are-very-faithful-news-culture-and-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T05:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T05:57:06","slug":"the-fans-there-are-very-faithful-news-culture-and-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-fans-there-are-very-faithful-news-culture-and-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"– The fans there are very faithful – news culture and entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

M2M is in the middle of its first Asia tour ever. And the fans receive them with open arms – after 23 years. In Manila, they had to set up extra concerts, and it was almost sold out at the other concerts in the Philippines and Singapore. – We both had to laugh when we went on stage. Everyone sang! Marion Ravn and Marit Larsen said to news after their first reunion concert in Jakarta. What is extra special is that they actually never played their own concerts in Asia, even though they were hugely big stars. Superstars: M2M was huge in the early 2000s. Especially in Asia, but also the United States, Europe and the rest of the world. Here they performed at Spellemann in 2000. Photo: Terje Bendiksby \/ NTB A lot of promotion, get concerts they were among the world’s most famous teens. Marit Larsen and Marion Ravn from L\u00f8renskog were only 14 and 15 years old when, almost overnight, they became world stars for their pop songs with the box guitar. M2M was active between 1999 and 2002, released two albums, and sold them a total of 12 million albums and singles worldwide in the four years. Oslo, 2002: Photographed by NTB on the occasion of their second and last album “The Big Room”. The same year they went apart. Photo: Terje Bendiksby \/ NTB They were wanted everywhere, but the record label had to decide where the teens should be physically. They decided to bet on the East. “That’s why we have now prioritized Asia, where they did a good groundwork last time,” CEO Mats Nilsson of Warner Music told Dagens N\u00e6ringsliv in 2002. But M2M himself tells of endless promotional tours to sell albums, not concerts. See the open -minded interview with M2M \ud83d\udc47 m2m is reunited in Asia after 23 years. – Knew that the comeback had to be in Asia but the Asian fans were going to be particularly patient and faithful. The tour “The Better Ending Tour”, which refers to a better end to the M2M adventure than the one that happened in 2002, has a total of ten concerts. Nine of them in Asia. – When we decided on a comeback, we knew it had to be in Asia, both explains. – It was bigger here than anywhere else. We see that they have kept the music alive. This was worth waiting for. When news meets the audience in Jakarta before the concert, some of them explain why they have come up: – We love the mood, their unity. And M2M is part of our childhood, said an excited friend. See slideshow from M2M’s first reunion concert in Jakarta \ud83d\udc49 Once Asia, always Asia:-They are very faithful Let’s emphasize that it is a matter of Southeast Asia. The fact that they play for full houses so long afterwards, in addition to the fact that they never had their own tour, is very special. This is the opinion of Helene Dolva Broch in Music Norway. They are called the Norwegian Music Square Export Office, and work to promote Norwegian music abroad. – I think this is a tour that both the artist and the fans have been dreaming of for a long time. She adds that many have grown up with this music. They are adults now, and are pleased to experience childhood music at a concert for the first time. – What is it about Asian fans who allow M2M to come back after so long and play for full houses? – They are very faithful. There is a strong idol and fan culture in Asia that makes you first have success, they will follow you, says Broch. Helene Dolva Brocksenior Advisor for Internationalization and Export in Music Norway Asia gives new life to several “old” artists but M2M is not the only ones who have got a slightly unexpected comeback. Maria Arredondo (39) does very well with the song “Then Burning” from 2004. It is flowed mass and allows her to go there to do interviews and play her music. At Maria Arredondo’s Instagram account (screenshot taken 5.5.25), she has one contact for Norway, and one for Southeast Asia. Photo: @mariaarredondo_official other Norwegian artists who have done, and do especially well in Asia during the day, Peder Elias, R\u00f6yksopp (mentioned in the same breath as M2M in the DN article a little over here) and Aurora. Aurora has a large fan base in China. – We lost each other M2M was dissolved in 2002 after Marion Ravn, quite surprisingly, signed a solo contract with Atlantic Records. Although Marion could appear satisfied at that time, it was all difficult and difficult in the merciless industry that was looking to make money. – Did you become friends? – Unvenders are the wrong word. We lost each other, Ravn replies. Together again: Marit and Marion are m2m again. Photo: Ola Hana \/ news ends in Oslo The last and tenth and final concert of The Better Ending Tour, is at the festival OverOslo this summer. It is the first own concert they have in Norway – except for performances that at Spellemann in 2000. – … who is absolutely crazy to think about, admits Ravn. Dolva Broch in Music Norway believes they are well received. – Here, too, many have grown up with these songs, she says. In addition, many in Norway have a relationship with both Marit and Marion as solo artists, Mascorama detective, and so on. – I think it will be a special experience to see them together again, says Broch. Published 10.05.2025, at. 07.50
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