Love Shop

Love Shop live at Mantziusgaarden, Birkerød, Denmark. 2019

Love Shop is a Danish pop rock band. The band was formed in 1986 by vocalist/songwriter Jens Unmack and guitarist/producer Hilmer Hassig, later joined by harmonicist Henrik Hall.[1] They found great success in Denmark with their debut album 1990, which went on to win the Danish Grammy for Pop Album of the Year,[2] and are well known for songs such as "En nat bliver det sommer", "Love Goes On Forever" and "Copenhagen Dreaming".[1] The 1997 album Go! is widely considered their magnum opus.[3]

In 2004, the band announced an indefinite hiatus after struggling with internal disputes.[4] Hilmer Hassig was killed in a traffic accident in 2008,[5] and after performing two tribute concerts in his honour, the remaining band members reunited,[4] releasing the critically acclaimed[2][4] comeback album Frelsens hær in 2010. Henrik Hall died from cancer in 2011,[6] and Unmack has since continued performing and releasing new material as the only official member of Love Shop.[1][4]

Awards

Discography

  • 1990 (1990)
  • DK (1992)
  • Billeder af verden (1994)
  • Go! (1997)
  • Det løse liv (1999)
  • Anti (2001)
  • National (2003)
  • Frelsens hær (2010)
  • Skandinavisk lyst (2012)
  • Kærlighed og straf (2014)
  • Risiko (2017)
  • Brænder boksen med smukke ting (2019)
  • Levende mænd i døde forhold (2021)
  • Blues Europa (2023)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Husker du? Love Shop levede videre efter tragiske dødsfald". b.dk (in Danish). Berlingske. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  2. ^ a b c Jensen, Mads (2014-08-26). "Ny single fra Love Shop". gaffa.dk (in Danish). Gaffa. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  3. ^ a b Hansen, Thomas Søie (2009-02-23). "Ærespris til Love Shop". b.dk (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  4. ^ a b c d Heisz, Tommy (2015-10-01). "Sidste hyldest til livet". politiken.dk (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  5. ^ Christensen, Simon (2008-11-18). "I Hilmer Hassigs minde". gaffa.dk (in Danish). Gaffa. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  6. ^ Hansen, Thomas Søie (2011-01-27). "Nekrolog: Sympatiske Henrik Hall". b.dk (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
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