Danish vocalist Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids, Nordic Union) is featured in a new interview with Duke TV, in which he discusses his 4 More Shots EP, Pretty Maids' 40th anniversary, his health issues, and more. Watch below.

In regards to his health, Atkins - who is battling stage four cancer - reveals: "I just decided to be open about it, because my family had cancer, and back in the day when my mother had it - she died from it 33 years ago - and it was like something you didn't talk about back then, you know.

When I was diagnosed with stage four cancer, I just kind of refused to say that - I don't want this to run my life, I still have things on my bucket list. I still wanna live. I still have a lot to give, a lot of music to sing, and I still wanna be around. And I'm in the same place now. I'm still here after a year and a half, and if you asked me a year and a half ago, I wasn't so sure. So it's been up and down, you know, but I decided to be open about it. And I had so much love from the social media, from the fans and stuff like that, so I'm just trying to pay back a little and continue to be open about it.

I'm not telling people everything. I try not to let it run my life, or at least not ruin my life. The diagnosis hasn't changed, but I feel good. And as long as I feel good, you know. I'm pretty much living day by day, or month by month, so to speak."

Atkins recently released his new EP, 4 More Shots (The Acoustics). The EP consists of one unreleased studio track, "Carry Me Over", and three acoustic tracks. All three acoustic tracks, "When Dreams Are Not Enough", "One Shot'" (Orchestra Version), were originally available as  bonus tracks in Japan with the album One Shot.

Order/save the EP on CD & Digital here. Please note, the CD version of the EP is available exclusively from the Frontiers EU and U.S. webstores and is limited to 500 copies worldwide.

The EP was produced and mixed by Chris Laney, co-produced and arranged by Anders Ringman, and mastered by Jacob Hansen. It was recorded during 2020 at Hansen Studios, Laneyland Studios and Platform CPR.

Tracklisting:

"Carry Me Over"
"When Dreams Are Not Enough" (Acoustic)
"Picture Yourself" (Acoustic)
"Real" (Acoustic)
"One Shot" (Orchestra Version - Bonus Track)

"Carry Me Over":

"Picture Yourself" (Acoustic) video:

The musicians appearing on the EP are:

Ronnie Atkins: Lead and backing vocals
Chris Laney: Acoustic guitars, Bass and backing vocals
Anders Ringman: Acoustic and lead guitars, Bass, Piano, Keyboards.
Allan Sørensen: Drums
Linnea Vikström Egg: Backing vocals

(Photo - Tallee Savage)