Editing Kent (band) (section)

===''Röd'' and ''En plats i solen'' (2009–2010)===
{{details|topic=the albums|Röd|En plats i solen (Kent album)|}}

On 4 October 2009, Kent announced their eighth [[studio album]] ''[[Röd]]'' and the first single "[[Töntarna]]" was released on 5 October as digital download. ''Röd'' was released on 5 November 2009 and has an even greater touch of synthesizers than previous albums. On the release day of ''Röd'', Kent played in front of a hundred specially invited guests (mostly journalists) at [[The Bowery Hotel]] in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>[https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/a/7lPzrv/new-york-faller-for-kent New York faller för Kent], ''Aftonbladet.se'', Retrieved 20 April 2023.</ref> The setlist consisted of 6 tracks from the new album, and the whole thing was shown live on [[Aftonbladet]]'s website.

On 2 November 2009, Kent auctioned off 100 limited physical copies of the song "[[2000 (Kent song)|2000]]" for charity. The song was also released as digital download. "2000" was used as the theme song for the Swedish TV-series ''Hemlösa'', covering the [[homeless]] problem in [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/3164897|title=Kent engagerar sig för hemlösa|newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=13 October 2009|accessdate=11 August 2022}}</ref>

Kent's Röd tour started in Stockholm on 25 February 2010, with four shows in [[Stockholm Globe City|Globe Arena]] [[Annexet]] during that week.<ref>[https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/a/vm6O15/exploderar-till-slut Exploderar till slut], ''Aftonbladet.se''</ref> They did 18 shows in total around the [[Nordic countries]] (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland) for this tour. In May 2010, [[Sony Computer Entertainment Europe]], in collaboration with [[Sony Music|Sony Music Sweden AB]], released ''SingStar Kent'' on both the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[PlayStation 3]] games consoles, as part of the [[SingStar]] music video games.<ref>[https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/spela/a/rLzMol/nu-satsar-kent-pa-tv-spel Nu satsar Kent på tv-spel], ''Aftonbladet.se''</ref><ref>[https://kent.nu/2010/05/18/vinn-biljetter-till-releasefesten-for-singstar-kent/ Vinn biljetter till releasefesten för SingStar Kent], ''Kent.nu''</ref>

[[File:Kent-sthlm2010.jpg|left|thumb|Kent performing in July 2010]]
On 14 June 2010, Kent announced their ninth studio album, ''[[En plats i solen (Kent album)|En plats i solen]]'' (Swedish for "A Place in the Sun") due for release on 30 June, only seven months after the release of their previous studio album, ''Röd''. Berg has said about the recording of ''En plats i solen'': "We had a kind of idea that we were going to record an album very quickly this time, we had already some demos ready. We wanted to go into the studio, record and mix the album and then distribute it directly." Unlike the two previous albums, which were produced with Danish producer Joshua, ''En plats i solen'' is produced with Swedish producer Stefan Boman who worked with the band on ''[[Du & jag döden]]'' (2005). The band also released the first single from the forthcoming album, featuring the two A-sides "[[Gamla Ullevi / Skisser för sommaren|Gamla Ullevi]]" and "[[Gamla Ullevi / Skisser för sommaren|Skisser för sommaren]]".

Kent embarked on a summer tour in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark, starting at the [[Peace & Love (festival)|Peace & Love Festival]] in Sweden and finishing on 8 August at the [[Skanderborg Festival]] in Denmark.<ref>[https://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/kent-klara-for-sex-festivaler-2010/ Kent klara för sex festivaler 2010], ''Expressen.se''</ref>