Wig Wam are certainly proving to be one of the busiest former Eurovision Song Contest acts of recent times. Charity Single, Bygone zone has entered the Norweigan charts in 3rd spot this week, they are preparing for their first concert in the United Kingdom on Saturday, climbing the Japanese album charts, and for good measure, lead singer, Glam, will be making a guest appearance in the musical, Chess in Oslo next month. Find out all about Wig Wam's activities below, along with an exclusive esctoday.com competition. Stay tuned to esctoday.com for an exlusive interview with lead singer, Glam tomorrow!
WIG WAM IN THE UNITED KINDGOM
Wig Wam will be performing on stage at the Firefest III festical on Saturday 28th November at Nottingham's Rock City, United Kingdom. Their management company told us that the band are "really excited about their first UK concert". They will be performing at the festival in the early afternoon.
If you can't make it to the event, tune into digital radio station www.arfm.co.uk, where Steve Price will be doing an outside broadcast live from Rock City. We've been promised lots of music, interviews and news.
FireFest 3 Tickets:
Ticket sales details are available from the fire fest website. Click here to open the homepage. You can call the Rock City box office on +44 (0)115 958 8484.
WIG WAM IN JAPAN
Wig Wam's Japanese album Hard to be a rock'n roller… in Tokyo is climbing the charts steadily. They have risen to 24th place on the international release chart.
WIG WAM CHARITY WORK
Wig Wam's charity work has also been continuing. The charity single Bygone zone has stormed into the Norweigan charts in 3rd place this week. The single track CD is only available in Norway… or by winning one of three copies in our exclusive esctoday.com competition! See below for details.
The band played a part in raising a fantastic 190 million Norwegian Kroner (US$28.5 million) on Sunday, a new record, when they appeared on NKR's charity broadcast for Médicins Sans Frontiéres. The band left their traditional glam rock outfits and electric guitars at home, performing without make-up an acoustic version of the charity song with support from Kringkastningsorkesteret, the Norweigan broadcaster's orchestra.
GLAM IN CHESS THE MUSICAL
Lead singer Glam has been rehearsing in London for the past three weeks for a special invitation role to star in the musical Chess. The performances take place at the Oslo Spektrum and run from Thursday 7th November 2006. Performance times and dates are:
- 19:30 Thursday 9 November
- 19:30 Friday 10 November
- 15:00 Saturday 11 November
- 19:30 Saturday 11 November
- 19:30 Sunday 12 November
Click here to purchase your tickets to see Glam appearing in Chess through billettluka.no. Tickets are priced at 355 NKR, 495 NKR and 595 NKR.
WIGWAMANIA COMPETITION – send your answers to [email protected]
Glam has personally signed a copy of the band's DVD release,Wig Wam: Rock n Roll Revolution 2005! for one luckyesctoday.com member to win along with a signed copy of the latest album, Wigwamania.Two runners up will also win a signed copy of the Album. The three winners will also receive a copy of the Norwegian released charity single, Bygone zone.
To win these prizes, simply answer the following questions and send your answers, together with your mailing address and esctoday.com membership number (see the bottom of this article to find this), to [email protected] . Please mark the email subject with 'Wigwamania Competition'.
- How many points did Wig Wam win in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest Final?
- What was the name of Wig Wam's debut album?
- What was the name of lead singer, Glam's 1998 Norway Melodi Grand Prix entry?
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