Morten Harket of the A-Ha reveals that it has Parkinson’s

The frontman of the A-Ha, Morten Harketrevealed that he has the Parkinson’s disease. The news was announced today, June 4, on the official website of the Norwegian Synth-Pop band, through an article signed by their biographer Jan omdahlwhich also revealed that the singer has already been subjected to Two brain surgical interventions.

Harket, 65, said about “have no problems accepting the diagnosis “adding: “Over time I made my father’s attitude, who is 94 years old, towards the way the body gradually gives up: ‘I use everything that works'”.

The A-Ha are known above all for their megahit “Take on me”taken from the 1985 debut album “Hunting High and Low”, which contains Harket’s famous falsetto. Jan omdahl, author of the A-Ha “The Swing of Things” biography, he then wrote: “You know him as the iconic A-ha Frontman, a singer with a divine way, a reluctant pop star, solo artist, author, eccentric thinker, father of five children and also grandfather, but in recent years Morten Harket has also been a man in struggle with his body. World, but here he is: Morten has Parkinson’s “.

Explaining that the condition of the singer has remained so far strictly privateknown only to a few people close to him, Omdahl therefore told how the unpredictable consequences And it stress related to making the disease public have brought Harket to postpone the announcement. “A part of me wanted to reveal it,” Harket said: “As I said, accepting the diagnosis was not a problem for me; it is my need for tranquility to work that he held me. I am doing my best to prevent my entire system from entering decline. It is a difficult balance between the intake of drugs and the management of their side effects”.

In the article, Jan Omdahl stressed that, although Harket will have to live with the disease for the rest of his life, the drugs and two surgical interventions carried out Mayo Clinic in the United States They have, according to what has been said, “attenuated the impact of symptoms”. The singer was subjected to an advanced neurosurgical procedure called Deep cerebral stimulation (DBS) in June 2024, during which Electrodes were implanted on the left side of the brain. In December 2024 he then suffered a Similar intervention on the right sidealso successful. Even if he still manages to drive the car, Harket feels less sure than your future as a singer.

“The problems with my voice are one of the many reasons for uncertainty about my creative future,” said Morten, while the biographer explained how, in good days, Harket It practically shows no sign of the most obvious physical symptoms of Parkinsononbut it must still perform a constant and continuous effort to balance drugs.

When asked if today I can still sing, Harket replied: “I don’t really know. I don’t know if I’m able to sing. I don’t want to do it and this is a signal. I am mentally open on what can work; I don’t expect to have full technical control. The real question is if I can still express myself with my voice. As things are now, it’s out of the question. But I don’t know if I will be able to do it in the future. I consider singing my responsibilityand in certain moments I think it is absolutely fantastic to be able to do it. But I also have other passionsother things that are a part of me as much as music, equally necessary and authentic “.