Röd was released on 5 November 2009 and has an even greater touch of synthesizers than previous albums. On the release day of Röd , Kent played in front of a hundred specially invited guests at The Bowery Hotel in New York . The setlist consisted of 6 tracks from…
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On 2 November 2009, Kent auctioned off 100 limited physical copies of the song ” 2000 ” for charity. The song was also released as digital download. “2000” was used as the theme song for the Swedish TV-series Hemlösa , covering the homeless problem in Stockholm .
and the first single ” Töntarna ” was released on 5 October as digital download.
On 4 October 2009, Kent announced their eighth studio album Röd
On 23 December 2008, Kent released a new song, “På drift?”. “Kent wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year by offering a brand new song for free,” the band writes on their website (kent.nu). It was made available for download on their official website for a…
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Kent released the compilation Box 1991–2008 , featuring all their previous studio albums and previously unreleased material, in all Nordic countries on 29 October 2008.
In October 2008, their 2002 song ” VinterNoll2 ” was included in Guitar Hero World Tour , becoming the first and to date only Swedish-language song to be included in a Guitar Hero game.
At a concert in Norrköping on 1 August 2008, Berg said: “This is perhaps the best song that has ever been written in Swedish, it’s called “Mannen i den vita hatten”.”
Kent’s 2008 summer tour began on 27 June.
They were presented with Best Album and Best Group at the 2008 Swedish Grammy Awards .