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With over a billion streams, sold-out tours in record time, several platinum singles and albums and prestigious awards, MOLLY SANDÉN is undoubtedly one of Sweden’s biggest artists and songwriters. This summer she will be playing at Alive Festival. That MOLLY...

Brännbollsyran has revealed the first artist release of the year: the global supergroup BLACK EYED PEAS, led by will.i.am, will headline the festival from June 5th – 7th 2026. The group will play an exclusive gig on Sunday, when they...

Sweden’s largest festival organiser, Homerun Festivals, is launching a new grand summer festival in Gothenburg. 26th – 27th June 2026, Butterfly Festival will take over Frihamnen Arena. For two days, the hottest artists from the Nordic region will be crowded...

Sweden’s biggest pop star right now is without a doubt ZARA LARSSON. The other day she broke a new attendance record at Malmö Arena, and yesterday she performed at a sold-out Scandinavium in Gothenburg. Today we can announce that there...

“I”m Not In Love” may be 10CC’’s biggest hit, but contrary to what many believe, the sound of that song is not typical of the British band. 10CC was formed in Stockport in 1972 and, like their compatriots in The...

The Swedish summer air is about to be filled with the sweet sound of distortion! Sweden Rock Festival (SRF), Scandinavia’s premier hard rock and metal gathering, has unleashed its second wave of artists for 2026, solidifying its reputation as a...

Time to Rock organisers can now present six more artists that will play at Time To Rock Festival July 3-6, 2026. After this, three more bands remain to be released. Some real goodies are promised. All VIP tickets are already...

It’s announcement season! Way Out West Festival organisers have added four new acts to the bill: electronica pioneer MOBY [US] will play his first show in Sweden in over a decade, the British musical genius FOUR TET [UK] makes his...

It’s already confirmed that big names such as THE CURE, LORDE, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS and GORILLAZ will take the stage at Way Out West in Slottsskogen, August 13–15 next year. Early Bird tickets have already sold out...

On February 6th 2011 the world lost one of, if not THE best, guitar players of all times. Born in Belfast, GARY MOORE moved to Dublin in 1968 and joined the Irish blues rock band Skid Row where a certain...

The anticipation that precedes the annual gathering of the rock and metal faithful in the idyllic Swedish countryside is unlike any other. And this year, the excitement has been dialled up to eleven with the revealing of the first 20...

Way Out West returns to Slottsskogen in Gothenburg for the eighteenth edition, between August 13th – 15th next year! This summer’s festival was a record-breaking one, with two of the most attended days in the history of our festival and...

EASY ACTION was formed in 1981 and with the help of their image and artist name, the band became so much LA that the record company guys most likely didn’t even realise that it was a Swedish band. For album...

Time for the last artist release of the year – three new NEMIS bands ready for Rock Stage Malmö 2025! Rock Stage Malmö rounds off the spring artist release in style and sets the stage for the future! In collaboration...

Rock Stage Malmö continues to celebrate 10 years with another loaded artist release ahead of Malmö Festival 2025! This time organisers offer three bands that represent the breadth of rock, from melodic veterans to uncompromising metal and new Malmö energy!...

PET SHOP BOYS, consisting of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, have been listed in The Guinness Book of Records as the most successful duo in UK music history, having achieved 44 Top 30 singles in the UK alone, including 22...

Rock Stage Malmö continues its work to highlight both established and new talents in the rock and metal scene. This week, six bands are presented in collaboration with NEMIS – New Music In Sweden, Studiefrämjandet’s national platform for new music....

It’s time for more Rock Stage Malmö line up additions, as usual, gearing up with a new release for the summer’s big anniversary! BESVÄRET – Heavy, hard and damn good! Oskarshamn-born Besväret delivers modern steamroller rock with roots in stoner...

As we are approaching the biggest rock party of the summer, it’s time for a Rock Stage Malmö round up of the last couple of weeks, with 6 new bands added to the line up – including an exclusive reunion!...

Rock Stage Malmö continues to charge up – three new acts ready for the anniversary stage! As we head into Spring (finally) it’s time for another loaded artist release from Rock Stage Malmö, which this year celebrates 10 years as...

The celebration of 10 years of Rock Stage Malmö at Malmö Festival continues with another artist release. Three new names join this year’s line-up – and we’re talking pure quality! From iconic hard rock to melodic death metal, here’s the...

Rock Stage Malmö celebrates 10 years as one of Malmö Festival’s most beloved live stages – and the celebration continues with even more bookings for this year’s edition. This week, the organisers present three new acts that will strengthen the...

Last week, organisers announced that YUNG LEAN will follow up his acclaimed hometown performance at Avicii Arena by joining forces with his partner-in-crime BLADEE at Way Out West this summer. Now, it’s time to add even more to the lineup....

For a few years during the 90s, all eyes were on Umeå—at least for those who loved heavy music. The reason was the uniquely vibrant hardcore scene that filled the city’s youth centers with angry young people every week. At...

Sometimes things don’t go as planned. Last year’s highly anticipated concert with QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE had to be canceled due to health reasons, but now the singer, guitarist, and the band’s main architect, Josh Homme, is ready for...

No recent work of art has been more influential than CHARLI XCX’s lime-green coloured album ‘BRAT’. It has led to a rare kind of cultural domination that involves presidential elections, nine Grammy nominations, hedonistic party girls, countless memes and even...

With songs like “Josefin”, “Mamma” and “Elvis, I love you”, ALBIN LEE MELDAU captured the hearts of the Swedish people. In 2025, Alive Festival is part of his most extensive summer tour to date. With an enormous dose of joy,...

Way Out West is back! Next year’s edition will take place from August 7th – 9th 2025 and organisers are announcing the first four acts – CHAPPELL ROAN [US], KHRUANGBIN [US], FONTAINES D.C. [IRL] and WET LEG [UK] CHAPPELL ROAN’S...

IN FLAMES are the pioneers who shaped melodic death metal and put Sweden on the map as a global centre for hard rock and metal. This summer they make the big hard rock band Alive Festival one of the few...

BRYAN ADAMS has established himself as one of the world’s most exciting live artists and with his 17 studio albums selling over 100 million copies in total, he has captivated fans around the world for over four decades. Next year,...