First Aid Kit have just released their first ‘new’ song since they brought out their ‘Tender Offering’ EP last September. The song ‘Home Again’ is being released as part of the soundtrack to the new Moonimvalley TV series. The new song draws heavily on the folk/country tradition. The track was originally recorded during the ‘Ruins’ recording session but was not used on the album. The complete soundtrack is now available on CD and Vinyl. ‘Home Again’ is also available as a digital download and can be streamed on Spotify and YouTube.
https://t.co/QZQwaXGs6e
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Moominvalley-Official-Soundtrack-Various/dp/B07NRTDT3B

First Aid Kit performed 3 songs at TED2019 TED Talks in Vancouver yesterday:

1. ‘King of the Word’
2. ‘Nothing has to be True’
3. ‘My Silver Lining’

Hopefully, TED will upload the performance in the next few days – watch this space!

Klara and Johanna are currently heading to Vancouver, Canada for their TED2019 appearance on Monday 15th April.

If you happen to be wealthy, you can stream the day’s events live for $100:
https://tedlive.ted.com/webcasts/t2019/purchase

TEDxPhiladelphiaLive is showing unedited recorded footage at World Cafe Live on Tuesday 16th April:
https://tedxphiladelphia.ticketleap.com/tedxphiladelphialive/

The rest of us will have to wait for edited highlights to appear!

Earlier this year we mentioned rumours of a possible live First Aid Kit DVD release. The concert in question was last year’s Halloween performance at the O2 Brixton Academy in London where the band dressed up as characters from the Wizard of Oz.

https://firstaidkitfan.com/2019/01/23/live-dvd-in-the-pipeline/

In the last couple of days, Klara and Johanna have made some Instagram posts which could be seen as further ‘hints’ of such a release.

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First Aid Kit have announced two new festival appearances for August.

They will be playing the Storsjoyran festival which takes place in Östersund, Sweden on 2nd and 3rd August 2019.

https://yran.se/lineup/

They’ve also announced is an ‘intimate set’ at the Way Out West festival in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival runs from 8th to 10th August 2019.

First Aid Kit are rumoured to be headlining the Working Class Hero Festival in Drammen, Norway on 15th June 2019. Can’t say if there’s any truth to this but I’m told an official announcement will be made next week. The band have already announced a date in Beitostølen, Norway on 14th June, so another Norwegian appearance on the 15th would not be that surprising!

Keep an eye on the festival website for details:
http://wch.no/

First Aid Kit are to play the Halifax Jazz Festival in Nova Scotia, Canada on Wednesday 10th July 2019.

Details below:
http://www.halifaxjazzfestival.ca/