The Thing has announced: 

“Dear friends. 
After some considerations The Thing wants to announce to take a break. Change is in the air and change is the only certain thing in life. 
Right now we don’t know what the future of the band will bring but let us celebrate the past 20 years of joy and holy madness together. 
Life and music will go on!”

Mats, Paal and Ingebrigt stay active as ever – feel free to contact me about the following projects:Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love on tour with David Murray, Mats Gustafsson with Fire!, Fire! Orchestra, THE END and Anguish – to name a few, Paal Nilssen-Love with Large Unit and New Brazilian Funk, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten with Atomic.