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!

We have more dates for the Heather Nova Spring Tour 2012! It seems she will do support for Bryan Adams, but also do own concerts!

Note: all concerts are not confirmed so far. It isn't official yet that she actually is support for Bryan Adams on all his concert days, but she said so.

For her own concerts, tickets are sometimes already on sale (look at livenation.be, livenation.nl or the venues websites).

For Bryan Adams concerts, tickets are on sale.

The timelime so far:

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 ?
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 ?
Mon, March 26, 2012, Metropool, Hengelo, Netherlands (own concert)
Tue, March 27, 2012 ?
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, Snowpen Air, Grindelwald, Switzerland (support for Bryan Adams) (edit: deleted on Jan-10-2012)
Sun, April 1, 2012 ?
Mon, April 2, 2012, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands (own concert)

Of course, she needs rest days / promo days between, so the days without concerts so far, may or may not be filled with other concerts. Also it is possible that there may added dates before March 17 or after April 2.

Heather Nova's concert at the Crossing Border Festival in The Hague (November 18, 2011) was professionally filmed by Dutch station VPRO and can be watched for free at

VPRO.nl

Due to the fact this was a festival concert, Heather Nova played a reduced set of 12 songs.

Heather was in Paris on November 7, 2011, to record the "Taratata" tv show there. She performed "Higher Ground" and a duet (cover from Bruce Springsteen's song "No Surrender") with Belgian singer Milow.

The complete program (with other artists, too) will probably be aired in January 2012 and streamed on mytaratata.com.

Heather Nova will play at Vooruit in Ghent, Belgium, on Sunday, March 18, 2012. This will be a full band show. Tickets can already be bought at Livenation.be.

Don't forget, the Heather Nova fall tour 2011 is starting tomorrow! The concerts will be with full band.

02.11.2011 - Rockefeller - Oslo, NOR
03.11.2011 - Göta Källare - Stockholm, SWE
04.11.2011 - Trädgår´n - Gothenburg, SWE
05.11.2011 - Kulturbolaget - Malmo, SWE
06.11.2011 - Vega - Copenhagen, DEN
08.11.2011 - Hard Rock Cafe - Warsaw, PL
09.11.2011 - Astra - Berlin, DE
11.11.2011 - Haus Auensee - Leipzig, DE
12.11.2011 - Rolling Stone Weekender - Weissenhauser Strand, DE
13.11.2011 - Ringlokschuppen - Bielefeld, DE
14.11.2011 - E-Werk - Cologne, DE
16.11.2011 - Frankfurter Hof - Mainz, DE
17.11.2011 - Effenaar - Eindhoven, NL
18.11.2011 - Crossing Borders festival - The Hague, NL
19.11.2011 - Crossing Borders festival - Antwerp, BE
20.11.2011 - Bataclan - Paris, FR
22.11.2011 - Theaterhaus - Stuttgart, DE
23.11.2011 - Theaterfabrik - Munich, DE
24.11.2011 - WUK - Vienna, AUS
25.11.2011 - Kaufleuten - Zurich, CH
27.11.2011 - Atelier - Luxemburg, LUX
28.11.2011 - Le Grand Mix - Tourcoing, FR
29.11.2011 - The Scala - London, UK

On heathernova.com, you will be able to download mp3's from the concerts for 10 Euros each. Paypal or credit card.

Heather Nova will be supporting act for Bryan Adams during his European tour in March 2012.

It is not fully clear at which concerts she will be supporting act yet (many? all?), but here is a list of all Bryan Adams concerts:

Bryan Adams European Tour 2012

On some online music stores, you can buy a mp3-download of the new single "Beautiful Ride" now:

For example:
Amazon.de
Amazon.fr
Musicload.de
iTunes Germany
iTunes Austria
iTunes Switzerland
iTunes France

If you know any music stores that sells the single to people especially in UK or US, please tell us!

The tracklist:
1. Beautiful Ride (Radio Edit, 3:44)
2. Drive Away (3:55)
3. Maybe Tomorrow (Acoustic live version, 3:42)
4. Ride (Acoustic live Version, 3:26)
5. Beautiful Ride (Album version, 4:26)

The song "Drive Away" was only available on Pledgemusic so far, it seems to be the same version.
"Maybe Tomorrow" is likely from Leiden, October 15, 2010.
"Ride" is likely from Breda, October 11, 2010.

For some fall tour concerts, there will be exclusive "VIP upgrades" available.

Please note that this time, the concept is different to the previous tour:

- only VIP upgrades are sold, they include NO ticket for the show. You have to buy a ticket for the show separately. Therefore the VIP upgrades do not include "premium seating" or such anymore.

- the VIP upgrades are limited to 15 per show

- the VIP upgrades cost 30 Euros (plus 3 Euros fee) and include:
1) A Meet and Greet with Heather
2) One Commemorative VIP laminate with keychain or caribiner.
3) One MP3 live recording of a Heather Nova show from the tour

- the website where you can order the VIP upgrades is still the same, please check them for details:

https://www.artistarena.eu.com/heathernova/

- the website for VIP upgrades in London is different, please check here:

https://www.artistarena.uk.com/heathernova/

- VIP upgrades are available for: Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Bielefeld, Cologne, Eindhoven, Paris, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, Luxembourg, and London.

On Amazon.de and Amazon.fr, you can buy a mp3-download of the new single "Beautiful Ride" from September 30 on:

http://www.amazon.de/Beautiful-Ride/dp/B005MY8UT2
http://www.amazon.fr/Beautiful-Ride/dp/B005N7I2XW

1. Beautiful Ride (Radio Edit, 3:44)
2. Drive Away (3:55)
3. Maybe Tomorrow (3:42)
4. Ride (3:26)
5. Beautiful Ride (4:26)

According to "Guerilla Music Promotion", there will be a new single "Beautiful Ride" on September 30!

Canadian singer/songwriter Sara Johnston will be the support act for Heather on the fall 2011 tour. Sara Johnston is a member of Bran Van 3000, and she is Heather Nova's cousin!

www.sarajohnston.com

www.myspace.com/sarajohnston

Today finally the tickets for the Crossing Border festival in Antwerp went on sale. Heather Nova plays there on November 19, 2011!

Tickets: Crossing Border Antwerp

The Heather Nova unplugged concert with Arnulf Lindner from May 26, 2011 in Saarbrücken was originally aired on German radio station SR1 on July 7, 2011. The show will be aired again on German radio station WDR2 on August 14, 2011, at 23:05h. So in case you missed it, you get have another opportunity to listen to it:

http://www.wdr2.de/musik/heathernova106.html

Heather Nova will play in Zurich, Switzerland, at club Kaufleuten on November 25, 2011.

Tickets are already on sale!

Thanks to rhope!

Don't forget that Heather Nova will play this week three times with full band in Europe!

Here are the dates again:
27.07.2011 - Blue Balls Festival - Lucerne, SWI
29.07.2011 - Garage - Saarbrücken, DE
30.07.2011 - Suikerrock - Tienen, BE

The second part of the TV Noir show with Heather Nova and Jonas David, recorded June 5 at "Heimathafen Neukölln" in Berlin, was shown on July 8 on the German TV channel "zdf.kultur".

Heather performed (with Arnulf Lindner):
- Everything Changes
- Tainted Love (by Ed Cobb, Gloria Jones and Soft Cell cover)
- Higher Ground

The second part is 43:18 minutes long and can now be viewed here:
http://tvnoir.de/tv-noir-mit-heather-nova-und-jonas-david-teil-2/
(unfortunately only with German IP addresses)

It is the same version as shown on television.

Please note that "TV Noir" intentionally airs its program in black/white format, so this is no mistake.

Today, the Heather Nova unplugged concert with Arnulf Lindner from May 26, 2011 in Saarbrücken was aired on German radio station SR1. The setlist: Walk This World / Beautiful Ride / Heart And Shoulder / Save A Little Piece Of Tomorrow / Everything Changes / Like Lovers Do / Someone New / Turn The Compass Round / London Rain / Burning To Love / Stop The Fire / Island / Higher Ground (faded out).

Don't forget: tomorrow (July 8) the second part of the television show "TV Noir" will be aired on German television channel zdf.kultur and on tvnoir.de.

UPDATE:

The unplugged Heather Nova concert from May 26, 2011 in Saarbrücken will be broadcast on German radio station SR1 already on Thursday, July 7 (not July 14!), from 9pm till 10pm.

You can listen to SR1 via webradio here: http://www.sr-online.de/sr1/349/

And here is some SR radio recorder that might be useful: http://www.sr-online.de/sr1/2918/1065629.html

Thanks to schwinn!

This is not an April Fools joke! Heather Nova has really made Drive Away part of her final PledgeMusic update.

As someone who has asked for this song for years now, I just want to personally thank Heather Nova for releasing this song. It's wonderful!

And in her own words:

final gift of thanks:

hi

i want to give you a final gift to thank you for your ongoing support and patience during my pledge campaign. i loved making all the exclusive items for you, and i hope you're enjoying the new album.

here are three previously unreleased recordings:

"flowers and blood" is a song i wrote during the "jasmine flower" period that never made it onto the album.
"drive away" is a song i wrote during the "south" period that never made it onto the album.
and i have also included my original demo of "motherland".

i hope you enjoy them, and thank you again for helping me get this record out.

hope to see you on the road!

love, peace and music

heather xx

These tracks are available only to Pledgers.

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/heathernova/updates/5307