It seems early for an end of year break but that’s what we now have, giving us plenty of time for other ventures before resuming in...

After a whirlwind tour of Germany there can be little doubt in the minds of those who attended regarding who is the real Smokie. Both...

Throughout the whole of my thirty five years in Smokie there has been one country where we could always tour and that is Ireland. We saw...

In 1989, after reaching the top of the charts in Norway, Smokie began touring Germany with the Oldies Shows. We were new boys on the...

It’s been a long time since we did a multi country trip but this is how we are ending our summer tour in 2023. Gone are the days when we...

Daylight, sunlight, eager crowds - what else can you possibly need to make concerts enjoyable? At this time of year I prefer to stay well...

It’s festival season and we have the best weather as an accompaniment. Just being back in Norway is enough to put a smile on your face...

Nowhere in Smokie’s history has been more important to us than Ireland. The disco trend of the late eighties led to a change in the way...

The success of Smokie’s albums in the late 1980’s in Norway laid the groundwork for other associated territories, Iceland being one of...

We have come to the end of a very intense working period that has seen us doing twenty percent of our year’s work in a single month,...

Success in Norway in the late 1980’s led to its Scandinavian neighbours taking notice of Smokie with our first stable line up since...

Back in 1998 Smokie played so many shows in Sweden that it looked like we were in danger of over playing a market that meant so much to...

It’s always good to get your feet under the table and that was the case as I checked in at the Scandic Falkoner in Frederiksberg, an...

Denmark has a special place in the hearts of Smokie. We have made four albums here at PUK Studio near Randers and played countless...

When Smokie re-formed in the 1980’s there was the question of where to start to rebuild popularity in the post punk and new wave era. One...

There’s nothing like a dose of cold air to make you feel alive. Not everyone gets to walk on a frozen lake but, for myself, I had that...

The air may well have been chilly in Sweden but inside the venues there was plenty of warmth in the reception the band received from the...

What can a twelfth tour of South Africa show you that the other eleven can’t? For a start it has proven that we have unwavering support...

Last week we turned our clocks back one hour but, if I could choose, I would happily turn them right back to 2019. Just think, there was...

These last four shows in Sweden, all on our regular circuit, are what remains of the bookings from 2020 when Covid put a halt to...