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  1. Olof, here ya go.

  2. Finally, about time...
  3. Rumour has it he is even better than Bono.
  4. haha
    you are bad !
  6. Something that might be interesting for U2 fans:



    I think it's amazing how he uses two so very different voices in the sing. He's both Pavarotti and Bono
  7. I hope Olof is a bit schizophrenic, because otherwise no-one is gonna post here
  8. Originally posted by patou2[..]

    and now i want to know about his lifestory....


    Russell came out of school with no qualifications at all. In school he had been the class' clown with his ability to imitate voices. So he got a job in a factory, doing the same motion over and over again all day. Alas, the most boring kind of job. So he got kids and started making some extra cash my singing in working mens' clubs in Manchester's suburbs. That was how his life went for about 10 years from ages 20-30. The break came when someone told him that he thought he had the right voice for opera and asked him to learn Nessun Dorma. Russell, who had no training in neither opera or Italian, learned it phonetically and then the first time that he performed it, got standing ovations. He thought that he might be on to something.

    The second break came when a (I think) bar's manager arranged for him to sing on Old Trafford before a Manchester United match. The performance was very successful and he had started to make a name for himself. He then sang at some big rugby game and was very successful. After that performance he went to Decca Records in London completely unannounced and got signed immediately. He released his first record, The Voice (not named in an egoistical manner, the story is another one), which was very successful.

    His career went well until in 2005 when he was going to record a new record. He had had a pain in his forehead for a while, a doctor had told him it was stress-related. His producer suggested playing some tennis to relax. They did, but Russell couldn't see the ball. He went to another doctor who told him he had a pituitary tumor, he had cancer in his brain. The fight was hard but he beat cancer after a year. Then in 2007 he collapsed in the studio. The tumor had grown out again, to the size of two golf balls. He was rushed to hospital and was probably going to die. Before surgery he demanded to see his daughters for one last time. He says that he probably wouldn't have made it through had it not been for his daughters.

    The time after surgery was very difficult. The medicine made him gain over 20 kilos and lose his hair. This was very hard for him, a man who loved working out. He also thought that he'd never be loved by anyone again with the way he looked.

    Today he's recovered and is back, and probably better than ever. The operation, that went through his nose made new resonance areas open up and his voice is on fire. His latest album, La Voce, is amazing. And now, he's released a DVD of the perhaps most special performance of his life. The concert that he thought about during the dark days of his disease. Standing in the spotlight at the Royal Albert Hall As he says in his own foreword to the DVD: "I'm the guy who won the lottery, lost everything, and then won the lottery again".



  9. Let's keep this topic about Russell. Please.
  10. OK. I shouldn't have said that.

    What's your favourite song?
  11. Right now, due to special reasons (that I won't discuss publicly), it's probably the above Someone To Remember Me. I don't think I really have one favorite song though, it changes pretty often.
  12. Is there a link with live shows from Russell ?
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