Heather Nova announced today:

Thrilled to announce that my brother Mishka will be opening for me on some of my European dates. 5th-19th February. Love him and his music so much. It's an honour, and we will sing some songs together for sure. www.mishka.com

Source: Heather on Facebook

Edit (19-12-2013): Mishka will start opening already on January 30. Source: heathernova.com.

Heather has made a collaboration with "The Recovery Position", a UK indie band with singer Ocean Reid.

Already known is the full band version: Soundcloud
Here you can now listen to the acoustic version: Soundcloud

The acoustic version is planned to be 2014 on The Recovery Position's forthcoming album "The Cold Silence".

Heather Nova performed two John Lennon songs at the annual Lennon Peace Day Concert in Bermuda on September 21st, 2013. You can watch both songs on Youtube:

1) Jealous Guy (Girl)
2) Don't Let Me Down

Thanks to Ride!

Heather Nova will take part in the "poetry in music" evening of the Baloise Session in Basel, Switzerland, on November 11, 2013. Tickets can be bought from September 4, 2013, on.

Source: Baloise Session website

Thanks to Heinz!

This is the current Heather Nova Winter Tour 2014 list from heathernova.com:

30.01.2014 - Theaters Tilburg - Tilburg - NL
31.01.2014 - Theater Heerlen - Heerlen - NL
01.02.2014 - De Goudse Schouwburg - Gouda - NL
02.02.2014 - Theater de Veste - Delft - NL
03.02.2014 - Robert Krieps Auditorium - Luxembourg - LU
05.02.2014 - De Oosterpoort - Groningen - NL
06.02.2014 - Schouwburg Orpheus - Apeldoorn - NL
07.02.2014 - Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden - Leiden - NL
08.02.2014 - Chassé Theater - Breda - NL
09.02.2014 - Laeiszhalle - Hamburg - DE
11.02.2014 - Passionskirche - Berlin - DE
12.02.2014 - Theater De Spiegel - Zwolle - NL
13.02.2014 - Dr. Anton Philipszaal - Den Haag - NL
14.02.2014 - Muziekgebouw Frits Philips Eindhoven - Eindhoven - NL
15.02.2014 - Stadsschouwburg Haarlem - Harleem - NL
17.02.2014 - Frankfurter Hof - Mainz - DE
18.02.2014 - Stadsschouwburg - Sint Niklaas - BE
19.02.2014 - De Roma - Antwerp - BE
21.02.2014 - CC De Schakel - Waregem - BE
22.02.2014 - CC Casino - Beringen - BE
23.02.2014 - Cultureel Centrum - Strombeek-Bever - BE
25.02.2014 - Het Depot - Leuven - BE
26.02.2014 - Gloria - Köln - DE
27.02.2014 - Ter Vesten - Beveren - BE
28.02.2014 - C-Mine - Genk - BE
01.03.2014 - Zwaneberg - Heist op den Berg - BE
03.03.2014 - Theatherhaus 2 - Stuttgart - DE
04.03.2014 - Wilmink Theatre - Enschede - NL
06.03.2014 - Redoutensaal - Erlangen - DE
07.03.2014 - Stadttheater - Konstanz - DE
10.03.2014 - Volkstheater - München - DE
17.03.2014 - Union Chapel - London - UK

Thanks to Sabsi!

[edit: 30-09-2013] The Amsterdam concert at DeLaMar on 27.01.2014 is cancelled. Also London is also now officially announced at heathernova.com.

Thanks to Lou!

Here is a link to Heather Nova's new Instagram profile:

http://instagram.com/realheathernova#

Free Your Creative Spirit onboard "Spirit of Bermuda"!

DATE CHANGE! Saturday, October 12th (9:30 a.m.) - Sunday, October 13th (5:00 p.m.)
Depart and Return to Hamilton
Only $895.00 for this awesome experience. Food & snacks included.

Come join us for a very special weekend onboard "Spirit of Bermuda".

Painter Jacqueline Alma, Singer/songwriter Heather Nova, and Singer/drummer Christina Frith will lead workshops in drawing, creative writing, singing and drumming.

Have fun, relax, unwind and find your inner creative self while spending a weekend onboard the Bermuda Sloop.

For more info about this event, and how to book it, please click here!

edited on 2013-07-04 with date change

There will be an Online Acoustic Concert by Heather Nova tomorrow on Saturday, June 1, 2013!

From Heather Nova's Facebook page:

LIVE ACOUSTIC FACEBOOK GIG ON SATURDAY

Hi Everyone

Thanks so much for voting for your favourite album tracks over the past few weeks. I hope you've enjoyed the clips. It's been an interesting ride for me and there have been some real surprises.

We've compiled the winning votes, and on Saturday I'll give my live acoustic Facebook gig, with the setlist consisting of the songs you voted for. Woohoo!

It's going to be low-key: Me and my guitar filmed on the laptop at home. It'll be nice to revisit some of the songs I haven't played in many years. I've never done this before, so I'm curious to know what it's going to feel like....playing "live" but without being able to see/feel/hear the audience.... but I think we can make it interactive - details to come - so you can still heckle me if you need to

[original time info deleted due to change, see below]

Big thanks to the Team for making this happen!!

See you Saturday
Heather xx


Update:

TIME CHANGE FOR PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY

We have now decided to do the online acoustic gig at 3pm EST, 8pm GMT, noon PST, as this gives us more light in the studio and means that European fans don't have to stay up til midnight. If you miss the live broadcast it will still be available to watch for the next week.

Here is the link for the gig -

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/heather-nova

We will also try to get it streaming directly on Facebook, but for now please go to the above link to watch.

Thanks, and see you tomorrow!

Heather Nova today on Facebook:

I wanted to let you know that Felix and I have a radio show on David Lynch's Transcendental Radio station. Our show is called "Get Out of Your Head"... and we play our favourite records and interview artists on how they get into their creative flow. Please tune in sometime. It's free of course, but the great thing is that in listening to the station you are supporting The David Lynch Foundation which is teaching meditation in schools and to at-risk social groups across America with an aim to decrease violence. Our debut show airs Monday (tonight) and Friday from 6-7 pm PST, and replays on Tuesday 2-3am PST and Saturday 10-11am PST. Heather xx

Link to the radio: http://transcendentalmusic.org/home

Thanks to Martin!

Here is a new find, a collaboration by UK indie band "The Recovery Position" and Heather Nova.

The singer Ocean Reid writes about this song: the collaboration song 'Call' will be released as part of the forthcoming 'Recovery Position' album campaign. There are 2 versions. One version is myself and Heather as an acoustic track and the other is the full band and Heather.

Listen to it here: Soundcloud

Thanks to Heinz and to Ocean Reid! Updated with Ocean Reid's statement on 2013-04-29.

Heather Nova has released today her new song "I See It All".

You can listen to it here: Soundcloud

Thanks to Martin!

Heather Nova wrote today this following announcement on her official Facebook account:

Hi everyone, As a celebration of the coming of Spring I am excited to announce that my team will be posting some of my acoustic performances from "300 Days". This will give people in N America a chance to see the bonus material that was included with the deluxe edition of the album in Europe. And for all my gorgeous and faithful European fans, we will be throwing in some exclusives, including a brand new song that no one has heard yet and a new cover song. So stay tuned! This will all lead up to a LIVE ONLINE REQUEST SHOW on Memorial Day weekend, for which you can vote for the songs you would like me to play - from any album. The performances will be posted every Friday, so keep an eye out for them, as well as for the announcement on how to vote for songs. Love and cherry blossoms to you all! xx

Thanks to Idefix!

Heather Nova has announced on Facebook that she will play at the Belgian Boombalfestival 2013 in Lovendegem (near Ghent). The festival will take place from August 22 till August 25, 2013. According to the program, Heather will play August 24, 2013.

Thanks to Idefix and Heinz!

On February 26, 2013, the new single "Save A Little Piece Of Tomorrow" was released on iTunes USA and iTunes Canada. The song is an edited version, compared to the song on her latest album "300 Days At Sea". There are no bonus tracks.

Many thanks to MiniCooper!

On November 21st, 2012, Heather Nova's recent album "300 Days At Sea" will be released in Japan on label "Daiki Sound". It will contain the bonus songs "Precious Thing" (was on the European deluxe version, and a download on iTunes in some countries) and "You're A Rainbow" (was an Amazon download in some countries, first time released here on CD). This is the first Heather Nova record in Japan since her 2001 album "South".

Amazon Japan

CD Japan

Thanks to Perry!

On September 21, 2012, the John Lennon tribute concert in Bermuda took place. Here you can watch two videos from Heather Nova's live performances at this concert: "Norwegian Wood" and "Because". Also on September 21, 2012, the double CD with her studio version of "Norwegian Wood" was released. You can order it here: Double Fantasy Bermuda Shop.

Then on September 25, 2012, the US/Canadian version of her album "300 Days At Sea" was released. You can order it at many online stores. It contains the same 12 tracks as on the European version, unfortunately with no bonus material.

On November 23, 2012, Heather Nova will play at the Bermuda National Gallery in Bermuda for "The Art of Music Series Reinterpreting the Biennial Exhibition". More information here: Bermuda National Gallery.

According to some online shops, Heather Nova's album "300 Days At Sea" will finally be released in US on September 25, 2012 on the "Entertainment One" label.

You can pre-order this item already for example on Amazon USA, Amazon Canada and Barnes And Noble. It will be Heather Nova's first album release in North America since South, ten years ago.

Also a Higher Ground promo single went to radio stations there on August 13, 2012, mentioning the album's release date on September 25, 2012.

In Europe, 300 Days At Sea is available since May/June 2011.

The John Lennon tribute concert will take place on September 21, 2012 at Bermuda's Botanical Garden. Heather Nova is one of the artists to participate at this tribute concert. Also on the same day, the John Lennon tribute CD will be released, including Heather Nova's cover of John Lennon's "Norwegian Wood".

See also:
Business Wire
Double Fantasy Bermuda

Thanks to Sabsi!

Heather Nova will play August 4, 2012 at the free Casa Blanca Festival, Hemiksem, Belgium.

The venue is approximately 10km away from Antwerp.

Here the homepage from this festival:
Casa Blanca Festival

Thanks to Johan!

Heather Nova's cover of John Lennon's "Norwegian Wood" premiered February 18, 2012 on the "BBC Radio Merseyside" show "On the best". The song will be also on a John Lennon tribute album, to be released June 21, 2012.

You can listen to the BBC show on the John Lennon tribute album website. Right at the bottom there is the player.

The 38 minutes broadcast contains the song (at the beginning) and an interview with Bermudian Tony Brennan, the executive producer, about the John Lennon tribute album and about John Lennon itself.

Heather Nova will play July 21, 2012 at the Acoustic Lakeside Festival, Sonnegger See, Austria.

The venue is approximately 30km away from Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, not far from the Slovenian border.

Here the homepage from this festival:
Acoustic Lakeside Festival

Here is how to get there (in German), with ticket information:
Oeticket

And here is a small article about it in an Austrian newspaper (in German):
Kleine Zeitung

Thanks to Ride!

Edit Bernd 27-03-2012: date fixed to July 21

Heather on Twitter:

January 27 : "flying to london tonight for press and promo. breakfast tv on tuesday."

Also, the album 300 Days At Sea will likely be released in UK in February.

This is likely the final concert list for the Heather Nova Spring Tour 2012:

Sat, March 17, 2012, The Zenith, Paris, France (support for Bryan Adams)
Sun, March 18, 2012, Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium (own concert)
Mon, March 19, 2012, The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands (support for Bryan Adams)
Tue, March 20, 2012, Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium (support for Bryan Adams)
Wed, March 21, 2012, Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany (support for Bryan Adams)
Thu, March 22, 2012 no concert
Fri, March 23, 2012, Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland (support for Bryan Adams)
Sat, March 24, 2012, Arena Nürnberger, Nuremberg, Germany (support for Bryan Adams)
Sun, March 25, 2012, Mezz, Breda, Netherlands (own concert)
Mon, March 26, 2012, Metropool, Hengelo, Netherlands (own concert)
Tue, March 27, 2012 no concert
Wed, March 28, 2012, Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart, Germany (support for Bryan Adams)
Thu, March 29, 2012, SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany (support for Bryan Adams)
Fri, March 30, 2012, Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany (support for Bryan Adams)
Sat, March 31, 2012 no concert
Sun, April 1, 2012, Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany (own concert)
Mon, April 2, 2012, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands (own concert)

Please note this date change:

Heather Nova's appearance at the French show "Taratara" will be already aired on January 13, 2012 on tv station "France 2" and on mytaratata.com.

The recording took place on November 7, 2011 in Paris. She performed "Higher Ground" and a duet (cover from Bruce Springsteen's song "No Surrender") with Belgian singer Milow.

Thanks to Rero for the new date!

Here is a message from Heather for the new year 2012:


to my fans - may the new year be filled with all that you hope for. thank you for all the support last year and always. love, heather xx


message was sent to me to forward to you. Thanks Heather!

Heather added a date in Breda, Netherlands, in her tourplan. She will play at venue Mezz on Sunday, March 25, 2012.

Thanks to Rero!

In addition to the spring tour 2012 dates that were known so far (Link), there will be a concert in Hamburg, Germany, on April 1, 2012, at Markthalle.

Thanks to Heinz!

The German TV station WDR will show Heather Nova at "Rockpalast: Rolling Stone Weekender" in the night from Saturday, December 3rd, to Sunday, December 4th, between 0:25am and 3:25am.

Likely from Christmas on, there will be a longer version of her concert in the Rockpalast Mediathek.

Thanks to Schwinn!

Like last year, Heather Nova stopped on her fall tour 2011 in hospitals, mostly in departements of psychiatry and psychotherapy, by giving free acoustic concerts (with Arnulf Lindner on cello) for the patients. These concerts weren't available for public.

In an "OpenMag" interview in 2007, Heather stated: "i have always had the idea to bring music into hospitals. they are supposedly places of healing, but i don't feel the energy of healing when i go into a hospital, in fact i feel small and fearful. healing takes place on many levels, physical yes, but also emotional and spiritual. i think music could help with the latter two."

Together with Thomas Hahn from the "Agency for social artists", who has already organized the hospital concerts last year, this idea could be fulfilled again.

Here you can see a short documentation made by German TV station "SWR" about Heather Nova doing a concert in the "Robert Bosch Hospital" in Stuttgart. Also Thomas Hahn is being interviewed.

ARD Mediathek (in German language)


Edit by Gerd (1/1/2012): Here is a clarification on hospital gigs by Heather:

"this is a project i have been thinking about for some time. i call it "living music" and my idea was to bring live music to those who are too ill to go to a concert. i feel that hospitals are places where people go to get well, but that often some of the elements needed to FEEL well on all levels are missing in hospitals. it is my feeling that music can relax and stimulate the senses and emotions in a way that is beneficial to the whole being and therefore it can play a part in the overall healing and wellbeing of a patient, even if it is in a small way.
but even if all it does is give pleasure to someone and allow them half an hour of enjoyment and a break from the stress of their situation, that is enough too.
so when i am on tour i stop in at hospitals in some of the cities i am playing, and give informal acoustic gigs to those who want to listen. it is all done on a volunteer basis, no fees involved, in the spirit of a simple sharing of music. "

Heather Nova's appearance at the French show "Taratara" will be aired on January 13, 2012 on tv station "France 2" and on mytaratata.com.

The recording took place on November 7, 2011 in Paris. She performed "Higher Ground" and a duet (cover from Bruce Springsteen's song "No Surrender") with Belgian singer Milow.

Thanks to Low!

Edited 02-Jan-2012 with new date: Thanks to Rero!