Sweden

2023 is the second year of the Alive festival. However, the traditions of a festival are longer in Borlänge. The place is the same as Peace and Love was housed on for many years before they went under and then...

Just in time for Midsummer, organisers release a mix of five new artists for Storsjöyran! VIKTOR NORÉN is touring solo during the summer under his own name and will make a stop in Östersund during Yransöndagen. Sweden’s big future name...

As part of its vision to combine big international names with giving audiences the opportunity to discover new and interesting acts, South Ocean Festival is now announcing a second stage on the festival site – the Friends Stage – which...

South Ocean Festival is making its third artist release as the summer is fast approaching. The music festival now announces that British rock band THE LIBERTINES and American artist FATHER JOHN MISTY are ready to participate in what will be...

Sweden Rock Festival organIsers have now confirmed the last 8 bands who will play this summers festival! The eight acts completing this year’s line-up are German power metal giants POWERWOLF, American punk rockers RANCID, the brutal but melodic SOILWORK, blues...

The super legendary, American hard rock pioneers BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, melodic rock heroes H.E.A.T., grindcore godfathers NAPALM DEATH, the ever-depressive KATATONIA, radio friendly modern rockers SMASH INTO PIECES, PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS who will be performing songs from...

TOVE LO’S majestic entrance onto the scene was, much like her music, unapologetic and bold. With ‘Habits’, not only did she radically expand the narrative of female storytelling but also placed Lo in the forefront of futuristic, contemporary music. A...

Although winter has made a comeback, festival summer is fast approaching! On the 13th – 15th July, it’s once again time for the Gasklockorna in Gävle to open the gates to the Gefle Metal Festival and now the bands that...

A Melodifestival win, chart-topping album, sold-out tours, own TV program and several nominations in both P3 Gold and Grammys as well as three times named Male Artist of the Year at Rockbjörnen. BENJAMIN INGROSSO already has an impressive CV and...

MALMÖ ROCK FESTIVAL now presents the German power metal band FREEDOM CALL as the last band out and with DJ DREGEN who was announced recently, this year’s line-up is complete! ROYAL REPUBLIC is the headliner on home soil and they...

LITA FORD, RAISED FIST, KAMELOT, DEATHSTARS, MAMMOTH WVH, BRITISH LION, CONEY HATCH, MARDUK, TRIBULATION, CROWNE, JODDLA MED SIV, SKYND, PERFECT PLAN, SELF DECEPTION, GRIMNER, DEFLESHED and NAKKENKNAEKKER will all play Sweden Rock Festival this summer! LITA FORD made a name...

THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES are back! In a way, they have never been away! THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES are the kind of band that seems to exist outside of time. Even though it’s been over ten years since...

BOOM! Global star TIËSTO headlines Bonfire Festival 2023! TIËSTO is one of the world’s biggest EDM artists of all time and has collaborated with Coldplay, Katy Perry, Post Malone, Justin Bieber, The Chainsmokers and Avicii to name but a few....

BENJAMIN INGROSSO finally takes the plunge and completes his first real summer tour at festivals and concert venues in Sweden and Norway. It will be an extensive tour with over 20 stops between June and September. During the summer of...

First-time festival South Ocean Festival is making its second artist line-up featuring several top Swedish names. On Monday, BENJAMIN INGROSSO announced his participation at the South Ocean Festival. Now the music festival also announces the top Swedish names ALBIN LEE...

The third annual Lollapalooza Stockholm has released its 2023 lineup featuring TRAVIS SCOTT, LIZZO, MUMFORD & SONS, LIL NAS X, ZARA LARSSON, KYGO and many more! Lollapalooza Stockholm will take place June 29th – July 1st 2023, at Gärdet, a...

You can’t compete in creativity, but if you could, KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD would thrash the competition. Since forming in 2010, the eccentric Melbourne sextet released no less than 20 studio albums, 14 live records and 3 EP’s....

ALESSO is one of Sweden’s biggest international stars. He has billions of streams on Spotify and plays annually at the world’s biggest music festivals. ALESSO has a series of global mega-hits in the bag such as “Words” feat. Zara Larsson,...

With just over four months remaining, festival organisers are happy to announce another 13 acts for this summer’s festival! ALTER BRIDGE, fronted by singer Myles Kennedy, have received accolades in droves for their latest album “Pawns & kings”, released in...

CENTRAL CEE is one of the world’s hottest artists right now. The rap star from London followed up this summer’s biggest banger “Doja” with “Let Go”, which is currently dominating charts worldwide. The songs have generated over a billion streams...

Afrobeats’ biggest superstar WIZKID has played an essential role in spiraling the genre into a proper global sensation. With one foot decisively rooted in the music of his home country Nigeria and the other in R&B, hip-hop and pop WIZKID...

Pop, rock, Grammy-winning hip-hop, melodious hard rock, languidly beautiful folk music and experimental performing arts. The first names presented are a mix of broad and narrow, old familiar and new names – just as Storsjöyran should be! Here are the...

There are still quite a lot of bands left to announce for the coming festival, but to tide you over to the next bundle announcement organisers are happy to let you know that BILLY GIBBONS & THE BFGs are confirmed...

With great joy and pride, the first-time festival South Ocean Festival presents its first artist release consisting of two heavy international names – British indie band FLORENCE + THE MACHINE and Norwegian Electronic duo RÖYKSOPP. The Öresund region’s best music...

Unarguably one of rock music’s most enigmatic bands ever, DEVO has perplexed virtually everyone for 50 years now. With their man-as-machine concept the band used surrealistic, provocative humour to paint a dystopic picture of a future where people, rather than...

Los Angeles-based Australian rapper The Kid LAROI is one of the world’s hottest artists. The global mega hit “Stay” feat. Justin Bieber has 2.3 billion streams on Spotify and is the third most streamed song on Spotify in 2022 worldwide....

One of the world’s biggest DJ acts will play a Sweden-exclusive gig at Bayside Festival 2023 – THE CHAINSMOKERS from New York will take over Olympia Park in Helsingborg July 14th – 15th. The duo annually headlines the world’s biggest...

Festival organisers are are happy to announce another 13 acts: DEEP PURPLE, EUROPE, AIRBOURNE, WOLFMOTHER, SKID ROW, U.D.O., MONSTER MAGNET, TNT, MYRATH, MIKE TRAMP, CHRISTONE KINGFISH INGRAM, VENDED and CHEZ KANE. For the first time in 17 years, one of...