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Praised for his wide-ranged voice and stylish originality, OSKAR HUMLEBO aka MOTO BOY has established himself as one of the great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation in Sweden. Since his debut in 2007 he has released four studio albums and three EP's, has composed music for theatre (Lubiewo 2012, Faust 2015), sung roles in operas (Monteverdi's L'Orfeo Wermland Opera 2014, The Feeling Of Going Malmö Opera 2017), toured as guitarist with The Cardigans and The Ark and has opened for among others Whitney Houston and Smashing Pumpkins. The 4th MOTO BOY studio album, recorded in Berlin with producer Niko Stoessl (Dave Gahan, Grau) was released in early 2017. Appearing on this album are amon others Swedish singer Nina Persson (The Cardigans), drummer Christian Eigner (Depeche Mode). The fall 2017 saw MOTO BOY starring a lead role at Malmö Opera in the hit modern dance and symphonic performance “The feeling of going” based on music by Jón Þór Birgisson (Sigur Ros). In 2018 OSKAR HUMLEBO partook in the political theatre play / musical revue “Vinnaren tar allt” with Nina Persson (The Cardigans), Thomas Öberg (Bob Hund) and many more. Finishing a Scandinavian tour to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the release of the debut album and a UK tour with the Cardigans celebrating the 20th anniversary of the album Gran Turismo, Moto Boy is now releasing new material, this time sung in his native tongue Swedish, beginning with the single “Min Stora Kärlek” on feb 22nd 2019.