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Basshunter Announces Summer Tour - AngryApe


Basshunter Announces Summer Tour
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'Now You're Gone' star Basshunter has announced a brand new summer tour in the UK. During July, the Swedish dance artist (and ex Celebrity Big Brother house ...

Basshunter announces UK tour - Digital Spy


Basshunter announces UK tour
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The 'Now You're Gone' hitmaker will kick-off the jaunt in Aberdeen on July 12. The Swedish star, real name Jonas Altberg, ...

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Jonas Erik Altberg , better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish producer and singer-songwriter. Altberg describes his style of music as Eurodance; his earlier music is better described as Rave. He competed in Celebrity Big Brother, during January 2010 in the United Kingdom.

Jonas Erik Altberg was born on 22 December 1984 in Halmstad, Sweden. He lived with his parents and younger brother near Tylösand. He started to produce music under the stage name "Basshunter" in 2002 with the computer program Fruity Loops, and released his first albums, The Old Shit and The Bassmachine , through his own web site, and began working as a DJ. In April 2006, he signed with Warner Music, releasing his first single, "Boten Anna". In Scandinavia, the song became a hit instantly and was the first ever Swedish language song to reach number one on the Dutch Top 40 Chart. In 2007, Altberg released a recording titled "Now You're Gone", featuring entirely rewritten lyrics to appeal to a foreign market. The song charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for 4 weeks.

Throughout 2007 Basshunter worked on a new album, Now You're Gone: The Album, which was released in July 2008. Five singles were released from this album . A special edition of the album was released called Now You're Gone - The Album: Deluxe Edition on 5 April 2009. This featured all the content of the original album plus new remixes of I Miss You & Angel in the Night by Headhunter, along with a 7th Heaven remix of Walk On Water, and a megamix of the first four singles .He has recently brought out another single 'I promised Myself', which was released the 30th November 2009.

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