One of the great aspects of Lollapalooza, at least if you’re a parent, is Kidzapalooza. An area designated for kids, with a stage on its own, a playground, and various activities. As Sweden has rather strict age limits at festivals, 13 years, it seemed pretty far of to be able …
Read More »Lollapalooza Day 1: Friday
Lollapalooza entered the Swedish market with a bang, that´s for sure. The announcement back in May 2018 got significant media coverage and the hype leading into the festival grew by the hour. And why shouldn´t it? One of the major international festival were approaching a festival market that has been …
Read More »Countdown for Lollapalooza Stockholm
A new festival behemoth has set its focus on Sweden. The massive, American festival Lollapalooza with a quite long history, and with sister festivals in Chicago, Paris, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Santiago and Sao Paulo. The promotors are hyping it to be the big thing, and the last time a big …
Read More »Park Sounds Festival (Huskvarna, Sweden): Review
The festival landscape in Sweden has been heavily re-drawn over the last decade. Classic festivals like Hultsfred, Arvika, Peace and Love, Emmaboda, and also Bråvalla, have closed down (and some have resurged in new shapes, with mixed results), and the main competitors are stadium/arena shows, or concerts at amusement parks …
Read More »Interpol @Roskilde Festival (Denmark): Review
I think most people have a few bands that are impossible to be objective in relation to. You can understand intellectually why people might not like them and that everything they release is not revolutionary. But when people talk shit about them, or even sort of nicely criticize them, it …
Read More »Primavera Sound (Barcelona, Spain): Review
If you would ask someone to give an example of the FOMO-expression (Fear Of Missing Out), Primavera Sound might be a pretty accurate one. When the line-up for Primavera Sound is released it’s almost like Christmas. I can normally count 50+ artists that I want to see, and still there …
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