Maria Mena - spotted

Maria had a pinnekjøtt dinner with the guitarist Tommy Kristiansen last night: instagram.com/p/-XLADsr8XN/?taken-by=tkristiansen

Pinnekjøtt is a meal consisting of salted and dried ribs of mutton that have been soaked and steamed - in Norway it's common to eat it during the Christmas season, and some also have it on New Year's Eve.

She posted the same picture as Tommy, with the caption: "Kjære venner og kolleger, Tommy og jeg har etterhvert behov for å fortelle dere at vi er fullstendig klar over at dere aldri noensinne har bedt oss om å legge ut bilder av hva vi har på oss. Selvinnsikten er intakt selv om det til tider kan virke som om vi har drukket av samme glass som Carola. Frykt derfor ikke. Vi vet vi konstant sitter i glasshus. God natt og god jul. M&T".

"Dear friends and colleagues, Tommy and I have, after some time, felt the need to tell you that we fully realize that you never asked us to publish pictures of our "outfit of the day". The capacity to have insight is intact even though at times it might seem like we've been drinking from the same glass as Carola [Swedish artist]. Therefore, fear not. We know we constantly sit in a glass house. Good night and Merry Christmas. M&T".

No - I don't make screenshots but I copied the caption because it sounded like she was having fun. The caption in itself is pretty jokeful. To make screenshots is useful though, if you have the time.

A picture from Solveig Selj's photoshoot with Maria in October: instagram.com/p/-grBdAvqOg/?tagged=mariamena

A picture of Maria and the Norwegian artist Live Foyn Friis, at the radio station Ordentlig Radio: instagram.com/p/-iv5YOuA4Z/?tagged=mariamena

(And also, a picture of Maria at Ordentlig Radio: instagram.com/p/-inFIsxR2o/?taken-by=ordentligradio. I know it's reposted to MMfans' account :).)

ETA: The Norwegian artist and radio DJ Sirius posted a picture from the live broadcast of Radio Norge, where it looks like Maria played with her guitarist Markus: https://www.instagram.com/p/-i3LyUC12J/

ETA2: The caption of this picture instagram.com/p/-jQryBJdO67yi32cC4vm-Kq9dRnx9koM1pW8A0/ says Maria played her Christmas hit and "I Don't Wanna See You with Her" at Radio Norge.

A picture from Night of the Proms in Luxembourg, taken by Tom Di Maggio: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1057113720987044. The caption goes: "Maria Mena opening with "The Hanging Tree" from the Hunger Games and then "With or without you" by a choir named "Scala & Kolacny" ."

There are a couple of pictures of Maria from last night's NotP concert in Luxembourg here: http://www.wort.lu/en/culture/night-of-the-proms-thousands-of-fans-gather-for-wild-mix-of-music-565d613e0da165c55dc4e74b

Another picture by Tom Di Maggio: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1057334687631614

Here's a picture of Maria backstage at NotP in Frankfurt: twitter.com/MarkusOthmer/status/671770482568466432

Here's a picture of Maria on stage tonight: https://www.instagram.com/p/-wt5HWr-Vy/?tagged=mariamena

@theresedrabloes posted a short clip of Maria singing "Just Hold Me": instagram.com/p/-w5DSWB8Kx/?tagged=mariamena

Here are some pictures of Maria and the other artists who performed at NotP in Frankfurt last night: hr-online.de/website/radio/hr3…22&key=mediathek_58133170

Well, so this isn't quite the traditional "spotted Maria somewhere"-post, but I've noticed that some artists have posted or commented to give their support to Maria's music. For example the UK artist Frances blogged about Maria's song "The Art of Forgiveness" (here: francesmusic.com/post/13453899…e-youre-all-dandy-as-some). Frances has been long listed for the BBC Sound of 2016 award, which artists and bands such as Adele, Ellie Goulding, Haim, Sam Smith and Years & Years have won in previous years.

Norwegian artist Ane Brun, who released the album When I'm Free in September this year, commented on one of Maria's Instagram posts, with the applause and the heart emoticon, and Maria replied. The video snippet where these comments are, is here: instagram.com/p/-6TQ2JReN2/

The singer-songwriter Rachel Furner tweeted about Maria's new album: twitter.com/rachelfurner/status/672752985282355200

Paul Potts (British singer who won the first series of Britain's Got Talent) commented on the page of Maria's official Facebook page: facebook.com/mariamenaofficial/posts/1081872808513812 - he thinks the album is great.

The Swedish artist Sarah Dawn Finer posted on Instagram (and the same post on Twitter) about "I Don't Wanna See You with Her": instagram.com/p/_HDw1gBtt1/

(I'll add to this post if I find more mentions from other artists. As for Sam Smith, there's a thread about his praise on the forum already.)

I spotted a row of plaques (gold and platinum records) on the picture of the wall in producer Arvid Wam Solvang's studio: viagram.no. Cause and Effect on the right, then "My Lullaby", Another Phase, Mellow, two plaques for Apparently Unaffected and then a third plaque for Apparently Unaffected. This is interesting, I think, it proves some certifications that are hard to find a source for on the Internet.

Today this picture was posted by the Norwegian photographer Lars Eivind Bones (instagram.com/p/_Cx1jcxN9X/?taken-by=lebones) - he works for the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, and he's in Berlin with the journalist Tormod Kvitshyld Åmotsbakken because they're doing a portrait interview for Dagbladet's Saturday newspaper (according to the information Maria gave with this picture: instagram.com/p/_CnQ1YReHg/?taken-by=mariamena_official).

"Home for Christmas" is included on Filtr Germany's playlist "Countdown to Weihnachten": filtr.com/de/spotify/playlists…-countdown-to-weihnachten

The Norwegian magazine Costume recorded Maria's a-cappella version of the song "Growing Pains" during the photoshoot for the magazine. The video is here: costume.no/mote/hor-maria-mena-a-cappella

It looks like Maria got a new tattoo on her arm: meinanzeiger.de/erfurt/kultur/…erding-m344018,55947.html (it's on the 3rd picture in the slides of pictures).

Perez Hilton (perezhilton.com) posted about Maria's new single "I Don't Wanna See You with Her" and linked to the MariaMenaVEVO-channel in this post: perezhilton.com/2015-12-13-mar…nt-wanna-see-you-with-her