Anne Linnet Band was a Danish

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band with the singers

Anne Linnet Anne Kristine Linnet (born 30 July 1953) is a Danish singer, musician and songwriter. She has released a number of solo albums and has also been a member of the bands Tears, Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, Marquis de Sade and Bitch Boys. Ann ...

Sanne Salomonsen Susanne Salomonsen (born on 30 December 1955) is a Danish singer and songwriter, better known under the nickname Sanne Salomonsen. Salomonsen joined a local rock band in 1967, and her first solo album was released in 1973. She became one of the m ...

and

Lis Sørensen Lis Sørensen (born 28 May 1955) is a Danish pop/rock singer and songwriter. In the 1970s, she worked with Anne Linnet in Shit & Chanel, and they continued in the 1980s with Anne Linnet Band. In 1983, Lis Sørensen released her first solo alb ...

. Anne Linnet Band was formed in 1979, and recorded the all-time ballad "Det er ikke det du siger" with Sanne Salomonsen on vocals. Anne Linnet, Sanne Salomonsen and Lis Sørensen all had a successful solo career in the 1980s after Anne Linnet Band dissolved.

Career

Anne Linnet Band began its debut tour on March 27, 1980, at Skråen in

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. The tour was a great success and there were many subsequent concerts. The tour ended on April 12, 1980 in

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. The subsequent tour began in December 1980 in

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, and involved a concert on the

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. Anne Linnet's later band

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took some inspiration from this tour at

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. In 1981, Anne Linnet Band's first album of the same name ''Anne Linnet Band'' was released, followed by the final album ''Cha cha cha'' in 1982. The first album was certified for sales of 100 000 copies in 1982. Anne Linnet's then husband Holger Laumann played saxophone on both albums. Anne Linnet had stated in the 2018 documentary program ''Anne, Sanne & Lis'' that a reunion of Anne Linnet Band would "not be in this life". However, the same documentary program rekindled conversation among the three singers, which ended up convincing them that a tour would be fun and a party for the fans. Even though Anne Linnet Band only existed for a few years in the '80s, they were successful. They went on a reunion tour in May 2019 to perform at five concerts in total across Denmark. At these popular reunion concerts after a 37-year break from Anne Linnet Band, they were still regarded as some of the greatest singers of Denmark from the '80s. The sold-out concert at

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with 15 000 spectators received acclaim in the media.Anne, Sanne og Lis forædlede kroppens forfald ved en potent koncert i Royal Arena
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Discography

Albums

* ''Anne Linnet Band'' (CBS Records, 1981) * ''Cha cha cha'' (CBS Records, 1982)

Singles

* ''Måne, sol & stjerner / Det er ikke det du siger'' (CBS Records, 1981) * ''Cha cha cha'' (CBS Records, 1982)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Danish rock music groups Danish pop rock music groups