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The first week of Melodifestivalen 2023 saw Jon Henrik Fjällgren with Arc North and Adam Woods going straight to the final as expected. And he will be joined by Tone Sekelius. The next seven contestants are up this Saturday in Linköping. Beside the actual qualification round, we can expect to see Linda Bentzing and Magnus […]
Can you believe it’s already time for Melodifestivalen?! The six-week music extravaganza is finally back on tour and the first heat of four is going to be held in Gothenburg on the 4th of February. So we will get to see the first seven of 28 entries competing for the Mello crown and for that […]
The 43rd edition of the Rockbjörnen awards was held during the Stockholm Culture Festival in front of a huge crowd gathered at Gustav Adolfs Torg. The readers of Aftonbladet had once again voted for their winners, and the spotlight was firmly on Cornelia Jakobs, who picked up two awards and gave an amazing performance to […]
Fletcher was supposed to play in Stockholm in March 2020, but her show and the whole European tour were among the first Covid cancellations back then. So Europe has been waiting for Cari Fletcher for a very long time, and the emotions were high at the European tour premiere in Stockholm. The sun was out […]
It was a very pleasant surprise, when it was announced (the day of the show) that Norway’s pop phenomenon Dagny would be opening for Miriam Bryant at her Stockholm show (as well as several other dates of the tour). Miriam had opened for Dagny at a couple of her headlining Norwegian dates, and now the […]
Live music has returned to Stockholm and Sweden in full force, as the dates postponed due to Covid are dotting the calendar. Miriam Bryant is one of the artists heading out on tour and she had her premiere night of the PS. Jag hatar dig tour at Cirkus. Miriam of course already did a couple […]
Cazzi Opeia had her big breakthrough for the Swedish audience at Melodifestivalen this year, in which she made her way very deservedly to the final and dazzled with her pastel colors, rainbows and clouds – and of course with that perfectly crafted pop tune. Cazzi Opeia, or Moa Carlebecker, has of course gained plenty of […]
Parallel with her successes on the big screen, like Becoming Astrid, and the small screen, like Knutby and Netflix’s The Rain, Alba August is now becoming a bona fide popstar. She released her debut album I Still Hide late last year and is now up for Swedish Grammis awards in two categories, Best Alternative Pop […]
After very deservedly winning Melodifestivalen with the help of international juries, Cornelia Jakobs is now one of the frontrunners for the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Turin, Italy on 10-14th May. We were lucky enough to catch her playing her first gig after the Melodifestivalen, at Musikplats Stockholm at the Radio House. […]
The five weeks of preliminary rounds have passed by so quickly again, and here we are at the final of Melodifestivalen 2022! Be sure to tune in on Saturday the 12th of March at 8pm CET on SVT 1 or SVT Play – also available with English commentary on the latter for the international viewers! […]
