News Archive May 1/2006 - "Smile" on Pepper Dennis Hello Everybody! I hope all is well and that everyone has wonderful summer plans. The weather is sunny here in Ottawa. I am very happy to announce that "Smile" will be featured in the new Warner Brothers TV series Pepper Dennis which is aired Tuesdays at 9pm!!! Yay!!! There are some shows in the works so stay tuned! Apr 11/2006 Thanks very much to everyone who came out to the Ottawa Gala show last weekend. The event was a success. 30,000 was raised this year!!! There will be some pictures eventually posted at www.ottawagala.com. More summer shows are on the way. Stay tuned! Feb 22/2006 The site is almost fixed yay! We've had some problems with the server...Thanks to everyone for coming out to the Zaphods show! I'll post some pics soon. I've been writing some new material lately and its going good. Hopefully I'll have something to show soon...There will be a charity show on Saturday, April 1 for The Ottawa Gala. The event will be held at The Government Conference Center in the V.I.P. lounge @8pm. For ticket info visit www.ottawagala.com. Stay tuned! Jan 21/2006 - Barrymore's on January 28!!! A new show has been added with friends from Stuck On Saturn. The show is next SATURDAY, JANUARY 28th at Barrymore's Music Hall (Bank st. near Gilmore) at 9:00pm. Its gonna be a cool show so come out!!! Tickets can be bought at the door ($8.00). Hope to see you there!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 04/2006 - Happy New Year!!! Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had wonderful holidays and a good time. I've been writing some new material lately, just demos recorded at my home studio. No plan on any releases. I've been getting lots of emails requesting live shows. thank you! I am happy to announce that I will be playing with Jordan Knight (New Kids On The Block) on Thursday, February 2, 2006 at Zaphods. You can get tickets at ticketmaster. Thank you for all the support for the past few years and I hope to see everyone at my next gig! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Its been awhile since the last update...There was a last minute show last Sunday at Zaphods. I only found out about it a few hours before! I was asked to open for a really cool band from the UK - Athlete (you can view the band here: www.athlete.mu). Sorry there was no email about it cause it was so last minute. It was fun a night! There will be more shows coming this fall, so stay tuned! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Numb" has been holding the #1 position on Garage Band since January of 2005!!! Click HERE to view the charts!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- December 7/04 - More December shows Thanks to everyone who made it out to Zapphod Beeblebrox last night! Check out the LIVE section for more shows in December including Zaphod's Annual New Years Eve Ball! November 15/04 - Free show December 6!!! Come out to a free show at Zaphod Beeblebrox on Monday, December 6. The show is with TURNING INTO SALT and the doors open @8pm. I really hope to see you there and I can't wait to play you some new tunes. Visit www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com for more info and directions and if you haven't done it yet signup for the mailing list! October 31/04 - Happy Halloween! Its nice to be back home! Yay! The new tunes are done and just need to be mixed and mastered, which will talk take another week or two. I can't wait to play them live. Check back soon for show updates but meanwhile check out some new pictures. Stay tuned! September 26/04 - New tunes Thanks for coming out and supporting Phil and I at Zaphods last night! Julie Doiron was great. I've been writing a lot in the past few months and this week I will be going back to The Park Studios in L.A. to record some new songs. I love being in the studio and I can't wait to start work on the new tunes. I'm so excited! The new songs will be posted on a secret site, so if you would like to be among the first ones to hear them, send an email to nicolasjohansen@yahoo.com thanks for all your support:) Nicolas August 26/04 - September show with Juno award winner Julie Doiron Make sure to join Nicolas @Zaphod Beeblebrox on Saturday, September 25th. He will be sharing the stage with Juno award winner Julie Doiron and Toronto's Herman Dune. Doors open @8pm and looks like it's gonna be a good show! August 1/04 - Super Ex Big thank you to everyone who made it out to the Zaphods show last night! It was a lot of fun and UNCUT put on a rockin' show! Goin' to the Super Ex this year? Make sure to check out Nicolas perform on the opening night on Thursday, August 19 @8:30pm. View details...Hope to see ya all there! July 2/04 - SATURDAY, JULY 31 On Saturday, July 31 Nicolas will be supporting ISBA/BMG recording artist A PERFECT DAY @Zaphod Beeblebrox. The show starts at 8pm, don't be late! June 26/04 - Zaphod's Annual Canada Day Bash Big plans for Canada Day? Join Nicolas at Zaphod's for the Annual Canada Day Bash! Also on the bill are The Fully Down, Somatik, Flow 14 and The Bella Bombs...Doors open @2pm and tickets are $5. Come out and join the party! June 16/04 - Light Rock 103.9 KESC Interview with Light Rock 103.9 KESC in South East Oklahoma...more Goodbye Yesterday is #4 in the Pop category on Garage Band...more May 26/04 - Album review by Melodic.net (Sweden) "Canada Canada Canada... what is it with this freekin country? The country just continues to deliver artist after artist with well produced tunes. And here is another one to discover...Add the good voice of Nicolas and a production quite close to Matt Nathanson, John Mayer and the other modern singer songwriters and you do understand that you have another guy to check out...The opening track “Adrenaline” is one proof for that and there are another bunch of good ones on here like “Numb” just to mention one..." read full review May 24/04 - Zaphods on Monday, June 7 Tulip fest was fun! Thanks to all who made it out on both dates. Nicolas will be performing at Zaphods on Monday, June 7th with Brain Dunn, Tanya Janca and Dylan Shields. There is no cover! Doors open at 8pm and Nicolas will hit the stage at 10pm. Come and join the party!!! Check back soon for more dates in June and July... May 18/04 - Show added Thanks everyone for coming out to the Tulip Festival last night! We booked another show at the festival this Friday, May 21st. It will be sometime after 6 p.m. at the Dutch Pavillion at Major's Hill Park. Hope to see you there! And don't forget to check out Nicolas this Wednesday at Gracie's!!! Peace... May 17/04 Tulip Festival is tonight. Just in case you didn't know. Check back for some new shows in June and July. April 27/04 - Show cancelled The show tomorrow night has been cancelled. Stay tuned for updates. We've added new pictures from last week... April 26/04 The show at Gracie's last Wednesday has been cancelled due to Nicolas's cold. He's fully recovered now and will be back up next week. Nicolas made a special appearance at the Stuck On Saturn show at Barrymore's last Friday. SOS rocked the club! We've got some new photos and they will be up soon. More shows are coming up in the summer. Stay tuned! April 14/04 Greetings! Thanks to everybody who came out to Mavericks the other night! Hope you all had a good time. Threat From Outer Space came all the way from B.C. and put on a wicked show! You guys rock! Tulip Festival times are now confirmed and there will be more shows at Mavericks in May. Visit the "Live" section of the site for details. Grace O'Malley's is tonight! Join Nicolas for some beers! April 3/04 - More shows added... Join Nicolas this Wednesday, April 7 at Grace O'Malley's - West. The show starts at 9:30pm. and there is no cover! You have to be 19+ and if you are under age contact Nicolas to find out the details on how to get in. Join the Mailing List for updates and don't drink and drive! March 30/04 - Tulip Festival Nicolas has been added to this years Canadian Tulip Festival and will be performing downtown Ottawa on May 17th. Location and time are unknown at this point, but will be posted here. We just added a Guestbook. Sign away! And don't forget to check out Nicolas this Wednesday at Grace O'Malley's - West @9:30pm. Drive safe. March 25/04 Hi! I hope everyone had a good time at the Ferg the other night. We just added another acoustic show next week. Its gonna be at Grace O'Malley's - West on Wednesday. Be there at 10pm! The album is now available at all CD Warehouse stores in Ottawa. See you at my next show! March 19/04 Greetings everybody and welcome to the brand new site! Special thank you to Fabien Melanson at FM Designs for doing such an amazing job! Feel free to browse around and give us your comments and suggestions. The self-titled full length debut album is finally ready. It's on its way to CDBaby.com and all the CD Warehouse stores here in Ottawa. It will be available for sale next week. You can also pick it up at the next live show: at The Fergus Inn on Tuesday, March 23 and March 30. Be there at 10pm to join the party! Join the mailing list for all the updates.
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