This musical icon of the 1980s has just confirmed that Parkinson has

Morten Harket, who for more than 40 years has been the leader of the Norwegian pop trio nominated for Grammy A-H, confirmed this week that Parkinson’s disease has.

Harket, 65, made the announcement on Wednesday by sharing an article written by the music journalist and author Jan Omdahl on the official A-Ha website. In him, the singer and composer said he had been experiencing vocal problems as a result of his condition, and admitted that he was not sure of a return to the concert stage.

“The problems with my voice are one of the many reasons for uncertainty about my creative future,” he said.

Although Harket said that “I had no problem accepting the diagnosis,” he added: “I am trying the best I can to prevent my entire system from entering. “

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Originally from Kongsberg, Norway, Harket formed A-H with the keyboardist Magne Furuholmen and guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy in 1982. Three years later, the band catapulted international fame with its great success, “Take on me”. The success of the song was promoted by its now iconic music video, which combined images of live action action with sketch pencil animation.

Although A-Ha never replied the success of “Take On Me” on a global scale, the band continued to throw music during the 80s and 90s in 1991, they broke the world record for assistance paid at a rock concert when they acted before more than 198,000 fans at the Rock In Rio Festival in Brazil. His eleventh studio album, “True North”, was presented in 2022.

There is no cure for Parkinson, a neurodegenerative disease that can cause muscle stiffness, deteriorated discourse and un controlled movement. The disease can be revealed by mere tremor of the hand, according to the Mayo Clinic.

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Furuholmen reacted to Harket’s announcement with a sincere publication on Instagram. Recognizing that he had known about the diagnosis of his bandmate “for some time”, he said that the news “brings sadness”, but emphasized that “there is also a lot of gratitude: despite all surprising memories, for how our creative efforts combined as a band have been so generously adopted by the world, and by the fate that we are people continues to find meaning and joy in our legious musical shared musical.”

In his conversation with Omdahl, Harket said he did not expect to recover the “complete technical control” about his voice, but that, however, he had been working on new songs “in which I have a great belief, and I feel that the lyrics, especially, I look different from me.”

“I’m not sure if I can finish them for their launch,” he continued. “Time will say if they succeed. I really like the idea of ​​doing so, as a Parkinson’s patient and artist, with something completely out of the box. Everything depends on me, I just have to get this out of the way first.”