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Planet Salem: the international Salem Al Fakir fansite!
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Welcome to the first international unofficial fansite, based in the UK, for the award-winning Swedish singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/musical genius Salem Al Fakir, my favourite singer in the whole wide world...and the world's best-kept musical secret! New album "Astronaut" out now!!

Weve come a long way since that day

Since I discovered Salem and his music almost five years ago, Ive wished for the day that Salem would have a bit record here in the UK.  It finally happened yesterday!"Silhouettes" ; by Av...

07 may 12

"Silhouettes& #34; release week - UK chart update 03.05.12

No.18 in the iTunes chart today :)

03 may 12

"Silhouettes& #34; release week - UK chart update 02.05.2012

No. 20 in the iTunes download chart today...moving on up in the right direction :)

03 may 12

"Silhouettes& #34; release week - UK charts update 01.05.12

Today, "Silhouettes" has climbed the UK iTunes chart to no. 26!  Further update to come later in the week.  Of course, the official UK chart isnt announced till Sunday so we wont kn...

01 may 12

"Silhouettes& #34; release week - UK chart update 30.04.2012

Time to start the regular updates on how "Silhouettes" is doing in the UK iTunes download chart. Today "Silhouettes" is at no.37.  These days it is very difficult to ge...

30 apr 12

"Silhouettes& #34; by Avicii featuring Salem is finally released!

Weve looked forward to this for a long long time - and now its finally here!  "Silhouettes" is Aviciis follow-up to the hugely successful "Levels" and of course its even better, ...

29 apr 12

Check out Pontus blog!

I meant to mention this a few weeks ago, but I have been very busy and havent had time to blog, so please forgive me!Dont forget to check out Pontus de Wolfes blog at http://nojesguiden.se/blogs/po nt...

17 nov 11

Salem to host the P3 Guldgalan!

It was announced this morning that Salem will present the P3 Guldgalan which takes place at Liseberghallen in Gothenburg on 21st January - make a date in your diaries!Read more about it here:http://w...

16 nov 11

Tekniskamuseet

If you missed the live appearance by Salem and Pontus at Tekniskamuseet you can watch it again at http://bambuser.com/channel/Te kniskamuseet/broadcast/2113571

11 nov 11

Salem & Pontus at Tekniskamuseet, 9th November

Salem and Pontus will be appearing at Nordcafe at Tekniskamuseet (National Museum of Science and Technology) in Stockholm on 9th November, to talk about the joys of music!The event takes place at 18:...

31 oct 11

Happy birthday!!

I just thought Id take the opportunity to wish Salem a very happy 30th birthday tonight, as I wont be on the internet for the next couple of days.Salem - have a fantastic birthday, and I hope its a v...

25 oct 11

News round-up - October 2011

Over the last few weeks, Salem and Pontus have been promoting their book "Vad är musik - och 100 andra jätteviktiga frågor" across the bookshops and book fairs in Sweden. The book has also be...

23 oct 11

New interview with Salem and Pontus

Stureplan.se has an interview with the boys about their new book and their love of music. Check it out at http://stureplan.se/artiklar/f olk/intervju/2011/10/05/bla

05 oct 11

Velodrone at the Umeå Jazz Festival

Remember H3FK? Following a line-up change they have now regrouped under a new name - Velodrone, and they welcome Salem back to the line-up for their appearance at the forthcoming Umeå Jazz Festival. ...

17 sep 11

Svansjön

According to this article in Dagens Nyheter today http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/m usik/al-fakir-gor-musik-till-s vansjon Salem has written music for a new street dance version of "Swan Lake" whi...

13 sep 11

Salem & Pontus TV4 Nyhetsmorgon interview

Here is the link to Salem and Pontus interview about "Vad är musik?" from this mornings show on TV4.http://www.tv4play.se/nyhe ter_och_debatt/nyhetsmorgon?ti tle=salem_al_fakir_slappar_bok _om_m...

12 sep 11

The release party for "Vad är musik?" took place on Friday at Kåken in Stockholm.Salem and Pontus will also be presenting their new book at an event at Pocket Shop, Götgatan, Stockholm this c...

11 sep 11

Disappointed :(

Over the last couple days we learned that Salem has teamed up with Pontus De Wolfe on a new music project which I believe is called Earpony. Salem and Pontus have of course written a new book about m...

01 sep 11

DTs Dalhalla review

http://www.dt.se/nojekultur/1. 3785423-hitfyrverkeri-med-sale mFridah Jönsson gives a 4-star review of Salem and his special guests at Dalhalla, although shes not so keen on Septembers performance. The...

07 aug 11

Avicii "Silhouettes& #34;: new vocal mix

Here it is, if you havent heard it yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =e7jLvhHiEzI

07 aug 11

Dala-Demokratens Dalhalla review

http://www.dalademokraten.se/N oje/Nyheter/Succe-igen---Salem -Al-Fakir/(the above picture is courtesy of Dala-Demokraten)Reviewer Bengt Pettersson awards 4 out of 5 for last nights sell-out concert to...

06 aug 11

A couple of pre-Dalhalla interviews

Firstly, Expressen http://www.expressen.se/noje/1 .2519250/salem-al-fakir-jag-be hovde-en-pausSalem told Expressen: "I felt I needed a break from myself". After a hectic 2010, he felt he needed...

05 aug 11

Finally....its Dalhalla time!!

This is my 1000th post on Planet Salem, so I wanted it to be something very special. And it doesnt get any more special than this.Its been eight months since Salems Dalhalla concert was announced, an...

04 aug 11

Salem in Finland (again)/Bergen in August

Hello to all Salems Finnish fans! If you live anywhere near where the Vaasa Rockfestival is taking place, then you will have a rare and very welcome opportunity to see him and the band playing at the...

15 jul 11

Salem hits the catwalk for J Lindeberg

Courtesy of http://www.stureplan.se/, here are a couple of pictures of Salem at the J Lindeberg fashion show on 29th June.Swedens best dressed man is looking very stylish and handsome as ever!

01 jul 11

Over 60,000 "like" Salem on Facebook!

A few days ago, Salem finally reached the total of 60,000 fans on his Facebook page, which is a great achievement, so congratulations to all the "Facebookers" who continue to support Salem ov...

21 jun 11

Salem in Finland (or not)

A few months ago I mentioned on this post that Salem would be playing the Popkalaset festival in Tammisaari, Finland this coming weekend - that information came from Ticnet, which is still advertisin...

16 jun 11

Soon 60,000...

Just noticed that Salem has reached the grand total of 59,000 fans on Facebook and is already heading towards the magic number of 60,000! If you are reading this and youre on Facebook, get along to w...

02 may 11

Södertälje: this Saturday night on P4

I previously mentioned that the Södertälje gig would be broadcast on SR P3 next Thursday night. Well, if you cant wait that long, then you only have to wait till this Saturday night, 23rd April. The ...

21 apr 11

Off Beat is back!

According to the website of legendary Stockholm jazz club Fasching on Kungsgatan, The Off Beat band will be performing there on Tuesday 17th May when theyll be celebrating urban hip hop dance culture...

21 apr 11

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