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UNITED STAGE has put together a mini-festival in mid-August, bringing out some of the most interesting rising stars on the Swedish pop sky right now. If you would ask us at Your Living City to put together a wishlist of fresh new Swedish artists we would really like to see (and haven’t been able to […]
The ongoing pandemic has put the music culture and live industry on pause. However, recent figures and studies have shown, that the lack of cultural experiences is already putting high pressure on the upcoming concerts and festivals in 2022 – and that the audience is ready for action as soon as the restrictions ease. When […]
YLC’s Eurovision expert Rafi Uddin has been a real superfan of the Eurovision Song Contest for nearly 15 years. He’s got a great track record in predicting the outcome, getting almost every winner right since 2012. The exceptions were 2013 when his winner pick got third place, and 2018 where his winner pick got second […]
How quickly did that five weeks of preliminary rounds go? It is already time for the Grand Finale of Melodifestivalen, the Pandemic Edition. Be sure to tune in on Saturday the 13th March at 8pm CET – this year SVT is treating international fans to actual live commentary in English! Each show has had different […]
Sweden’s biggest pop star Zara Larsson drops her long-awaited album Poster Girl and is ready to play the songs live for the first time in a free online concert on the International Women’s Day. Stockholm’s own Zara Larsson is undoubtedly the biggest pop star we have in this country, with her big breakthrough hit Lush Life […]
Last week saw Tusse and Charlotte Perrelli advancing straight to the final, and now we are getting to see and hear the last seven of this year’s contestants. That means by the end of the evening we will have heard Sweden’s Eurovision entry – but we’ll still need to wait two weeks before finding out […]
Last week’s second heat gave us Dotter straight to the final, and that’s basically all we were asking for, as she was in a league of her own… She will be joined by Anton Ewald, in case you missed it. This week’s heat is looking slightly weaker, but if you are into schlager or rock, […]
Melodifestivalen made its highly anticipated return last week and things are naturally looking rather different than usual in the age of the pandemic. The music and the artists have taken the main role, as they well should, when there is no live audience. The first heat saw Danny Saucedo and Arvingarna go straight to the final, […]
We may still be in the middle of the pandemic, but the people need their entertainment, right?! Maybe now more than ever, when we can’t get to any live events… So Melodifestivalen will bring the party to the Swedish homes on six Saturdays, starting on the 6th of February and climaxing with the grand final […]
TV4 is showing a two-hour live gala in support of the Swedish music scene that has suffered in many ways during the pandemic. Don’t Stop the Music is airing on the 30th of January at 8pm and can of course be seen online via TV Play afterwards. The gala is arranged at Hamburger Börs by […]
