HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM, the undisputed heavyweight champion of Swedish music has done it all. Or close to it at least. Still on the list is a closing slot at Way Out West – a box which will be ticked this summer when he crowns our festival with one his unanimously celebrated live shows. Expect Slottsskogen to…

Swedish megastar SEBASTIAN INGROSSO from “Swedish House Mafia” and “Axwell Λ Ingrosso” needs no further introduction. With huge global hits like “More Than You Know”, “Don’t You Worry Child”, “Sun Is Shining”, “Dreamer”, “Greyhound”, “Save The World” and most recently “Moth To A Flame” feat .The Weeknd, Ingrosso’s various musical projects have been streamed several…

Festival organisers are insanely proud to bring you Malmö-based and frequently touring ROYAL REPUBLIC to Malmö Rock Festival next year on the 27th May! To those of you who have not previously experienced this charismatic bundle of energy live, we just say – you will be loyal fans when the gig is over. MOLYBARON! “Their…

The new additions to next summers festival line up taking place from the 7th – 10th June in Sölvesborg, Sweden are American thrash legends TESTAMENT, the oft-requested Gothenburg metal band AVATAR, classic punk / rock’n’roll band SATOR, sizzling THUNDERMOTHER who have just returned from a US tour with Scorpions, British prog metal institution THRESHOLD celebrating…

Fans rejoiced when BLUR announced that they were to return to the stage for a massive headline show at Wembley stadium next year… Well, Sweden’s Way Out West festival organisers have some more amazing news for you: BLUR IS COMING TO WAY OUT WEST! What was presented as a one-off luckily wasn’t, which means that the iconic London four-piece…

Swedish megastar Axel “AXWELL” Hedfors from “Swedish House Mafia” and “Axwell Λ Ingrosso” needs no further introduction! With huge global hits like “More Than You Know”, “Don’t You Worry Child”, “Sun Is Shining”, “Dreamer”, “Greyhound”, “Save The World” and most recently “Moth To A Flame” feat .The Weeknd, AXWELL’S various musical projects have been streamed…

NIGHTWISH is a symphonic metal band fronted by singer Floor Jansen. They are one of Finland’s most successful bands and have sold more than nine million albums. In total, they have more than 60 gold and platinum awards. Five of their albums have reached #1 on the album charts and 13 of their singles have…

In late August, it was announced that one of the biggest and most important bands in metal history, PANTERA, is set to reform for the band’s first tour in more than 20 years. It has now been confirmed that Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown will be bringing their PANTERA to this summer’s Sweden Rock Festival!…

Massive, modern, metal! These are the keywords for the band AMARANTHE. Signed by the Finnish label Spinefarm Records, they released their self-titled debut album in April 2011, which took the world by storm. The album received high rankings in both Sweden and Finland and became the 84th most played album within all genres on Spotify….

This summer Sweden Rock Festival is celebrating our 30th festival by hosting the biggest and baddest rock party in Swedish history!  And today organisers are presenting the first four acts in the 2023 line-up. As part of the celebration, the opening night is becoming a full festival day, making for four full days of festivities…

Saturday’s headliner has been announced as KREATOR! KREATOR was formed in 1982 in Essen and with records like “Pleasure To Kill” and “Terrible Certainty” they quickly established themselves as one of Europe’s biggest thrash metal bands as well as one of the first thrash metal acts to sign with a major record label. They are…

The German power metal band BLIND GUARDIAN was formed in 1984 in Krefeld, Germany and is one of the most innovative and influential bands in the power metal and speed metal genres. BLIND GUARDIAN is also considered one of power metal’s “Big Four” along with Helloween, Sabaton and DragonForce. From the beginning, singer Hansi Kürsch…

D-A-D was formed back in 1982 in Copenhagen under the name Disneyland After Dark. After their debut in 1986, the bands career progressed quickly and with the records No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims (1989) and Riskin’ It All (1991) they became incredibly popular in Sweden. This popularity has continued year after year and there…

The Swedish band EUROPE was formed in Upplands Väsby north of Stockholm in 1979 by frontman Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson and drummer Tony Reno. They broke through in Sweden in 1982 when they won the first edition of the “Rock-SM” competition. When they released their third album in 1986, “The Final…

Now in the sixth decade of his professional life, HERBIE HANCOCK remains where he has always been: at the forefront of world culture, technology, business and music. HERBIE HANCOCK has been an integral part of every popular music movement since the 1960’s. Currently, Herbie in the studio at work on a new album, and organisers…

Swedish singer songwriter THÅSTRÖM return’s to Way Out West for the first time in 3 years and will close biggest stage Flamingo on the final day Saturday 13th August! THÅSTRÖM is always in motion. That’s been the case for over four decades now. Always curious, always relevant, and always with an absolute presence. In a…

The biggest independent rapper in the world? Despite his refusal to conform to the current trends and having no major label affiliation, CHANCE THE RAPPER has earned a reputation as one of the most relevant and successful rappers alive. With his deep love for church music and his ridiculously talented wordplay, Chicago-born Chancelor Johnathan Bennett…

With just about two months to go to the festival weekend and tickets selling fast(!) – organisers can now announce the last 20 acts for Lollapalooza Stockholm 2022, together with a brand-new stage! Lollapalooza organisers are stoked to announce that Brazilian superstar ANITTA will perform on the first day of the festival! She is the…

Spring is here and it’s time for another artist announcement – Please welcome PERFUME GENIUS [US], ANE BRUN, BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN [US], FONTAINES D.C. [IRL], ALDOUS HARDING [NZ], YARD ACT [UK], INDIGO DE SOUZA [US], CHLOE MORIONDO [US] and GABRIELS [US] to Gothenburg this summer! Sadly organsiers also have to announce that MARGO PRICE won’t be making it over the Atlantic in August,…

THE SOUNDS was formed in 1998 by classmates Maja Ivarsson (vocals), Felix Rodriguez (guitar), Johan Bengtsson (bass) and Fredrik Nilsson (drums) in Helsingborg. Shortly afterwards, they came across the youngest member Jesper Anderberg (synth / piano / guitar) at the Hultsfred Festival. The debut album that came to be called ‘Living in America’ and was…

With billions of streams, countless awards and fans all over the world – the 25-year-old New Zealand singer-songwriter is one of the biggest pop acts of the last decade. With songs like “Royals”, “Team”, “Green Light”, “Ribs” and “Solar Power” from her latest album, LORDE has established herself as a bonified superstar. Music magazine NME…

In 2015 the mainstream was ready, TAME IMPALA’S third album ‘Currents’ ascended them from the fuzzy underground to the top in almost every way imaginable. Mastermind Kevin Parker – who writes, performs, and mixes all the music – had finally done it. Perfection. Critics, listeners and colleagues all agreed: ‘Currents’ was a flawless rock album….

Sweden Rock Festival organisers are happy to announce that SAXON, NATIONALTEATERNS ROCKORKESTER, ERIC GALES, DIRTY HONEY, BOMBER and ROCKKLASSIKER ALLSTARS are confirmed for Sweden Rock Festival 2022! And with these additions, this year’s line-up is complete. SAXON are perennial favorites with the SRF crowd. For good reason. These British heavy metal legends have maintained their…

VICTOR LEKSELL’S rocketing career can not be described as anything other than Swedish music history. The giant hit “Svag” is with its 160 million streams the biggest Swedish-language song on Spotify ever and with the acclaimed album “Fånga mig när jag faller” he has consolidated his position as one of Swedish pop’s biggest. When VICTOR…

THE DARKNESS is a British rock band formed in Lowestoft, England in 2000. Their debut album “Permission to Land” was released in 2003 and THE DARKNESS became a household name. The album was a success and sold over 1.3 million copies. The hit album contained monster hits such as “Love Is Only a Feeling”, “Growing…

Ever since its inception over 30 years ago, THUNDER has revolved around singer Danny Bowes and guitarist Luke Morley. They broke through with the debut album Backstreet Symphony in 1990, with their second album Laughing On Judgment Day also selling very well, especially in the UK. All nine singles from the first two albums made…

SCORPIONS is one of the world’s most legendary and successful hard rock bands. Ever since their debut with Lonesome Crow in 1972, they have belonged to the absolute elite of hard rock bands. They have had world hits both with ballads like Wind Of Change and Still Loving You and with rock songs like No…

American world star MACKLEMORE headlines Brännbollsyran 2022 in Umeå, Sweden on Sunday 5th June with his only gig in Sweden 2022. MACKLEMORE from Seattle in the USA is one of the world’s most popular and streamed hip-hop acts. Following the breakthrough and success of colleague Ryan Lewis, Ben “Macklemore” Haggerty chose to focus on his…

TIËSTO is one of the world’s greatest EDM artists of all time and annually headlines several of the world’s biggest festivals. The legend TIËSTO is more current than ever before with several billion streams on Spotify. The Dutch world star has in recent years thrown out global mega hits such as. “The Business”, “Don’t Be…

The second annual Lollapalooza Stockholm has released its 2022 lineup featuring PEARL JAM, POST MALONE, IMAGINE DRAGONS, THE KILLERS, DOJA KAT, VERONICA MAGGIO, MÅNESKIN, KACEY MUSGRAVES, POLO G and many more. Lollapalooza Stockholm will take place July 1st – 3rd, 2022, at Gärdet, a beautiful park in the heart of the city, and will feature…

Today festival organisers are happy to announce five new additions and re-confirmations for the 2022 line-up! Gothenburg’s HARDCORE SUPERSTAR are already well established favorites with the Sweden Rock crowd. This summer they play the festival for the sixth time, bringing their new album “Abrakadabra” with them (due in March). Shooting stars THE HALO EFFECT on…

A superstar artist who does not need an introduction – JUSTIN BIEBER is one of the world’s greatest artists. He is the most streamed artist on Spotify in the world and with over 200+ million followers on Instagram and 91+ million followers on Facebook, there is no discussion about who is the biggest! On August…

Bonfire Festival is a new glowing hot music festival arranged by Homerun Festivals – the creators behind blockbuster festivals Brännbollsyran and Bayside Festival. Bonfire Festival is held in the university city of Linköping during a time of year when the city is peaking in activity. Well known international and domestic artists within EDM, pop and…

Wolfgang Van Halen’s band MAMMOTH WVH will come to Sweden for the first time on the 4th June 2022 for an exclusive concert at Atlas Rock in Gävle. WOLFGANG VAN HALEN was born into one of the world’s most musical families with Edward Van Halen as his father and Alex Van Halen as his uncle….

Do you miss the 80´s fluffy hair metal music, Miami Vice TV-series or Samantha Fox´s… voice? Add to that some nice tongue in cheek humour and you get the feeling of NESTOR – Swedens latest addition to the heavy metal heaven. ”On the run”, NESTORS first single has nearly half a million streamings on Spotify….

NESTOR consists of five childhood friends who formed bands in their hometown Falköping just over three decades ago. Now the youth’s rock star dreams have been revived and once again honest 80’s influences are managed in their nostalgic rock, with a twinkle in the eye, a lot of heart and great passion. We are super…

The American band UGLY KID JOE is ready for the new festival Atlas Rock in Gävle, Sweden where ALICE COOPER, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and POWERWOLF will also perform on 4th June 2022! UGLY KID JOE was formed in California in 1989 and they broke through in 1993 with the song Cat’s In The Cradle. After…

Festival organisers are incredibly happy and proud to be able to present another world artist to the Törebodafestivalen! BILLY IDOL is a rock icon who has played on the biggest stages in the whole world for several decades and on Saturday 9th July he will take his place on the fantastic festival stage. I can…

The American band BLACK LABEL SOCIETY is ready for the new festival Atlas Rock in Gävle, Sweden where ALICE COOPER and POWERWOLF will also perform. SAVE THE DATE: June 4th, 2022: Gävle, Gasklockorna, SWEDEN BLACK LABEL SOCIETY revolves around Ozzy Osbourne’s longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde. In 1999 they debuted with Sonic Brew and in the…

SLIPKNOT “We Are Not Your Kind Tour 2021” lands in Sweden on August 1st next year – The place is Pildammsparken in Malmö, the festival is new and is called Rock Slap. SLIPKNOT released their sixth studio album “We Are Not Your Kind” in August 2019 which topped charts in the US, Australia, Canada, Japan,…

Following a very special year, we are more than thrilled to finally share some exciting news! After what will become a two-year absence, Way Out West will be back in Gothenburg 2022 and organisers have announced the first 18 acts to join the lineup. Way Out West 2022 will be taking place August 11th –…

The 2021 edition of Lollapalooza Stockholm has been officially cancelled. In an official statement Live Nation Sweden says – It is with great sadness we have to confirm that Lollapalooza Stockholm 2021 is cancelled. We would have loved to put on another memorable festival in the heart of Stockholm this year, however, with the uncertainty…

If the situation allows for it, we promise to be more than ready to realise next year’s festival. Many of you have kept your 2020 tickets, and with that in mind we’re happy to present all of the so-far confirmed acts for Sweden Rock Festival 2021! As you will see, many of them can be…

Surely we need some melodic death metal on the Sabaton Open Air line up this year, don´t you think? And has it not been a little rare with the early ”Gothenburg sound” on our stages lately? – organisers have decided to change this and now welcome DARK TRANQUILLITY to Falun this summer! Hopefully they arrive…

LUKAS GRAHAM belongs to the exclusive crowd of artists who have a song played over a billion times on Spotify. The single “7 Years” has topped the charts in 13 countries, the debut album has sold platinum 10 times and the group has been Grammy nominated three times in the USA. The breakthrough hit “7…

Sabaton Open Air welcome their favourite monsters back – LORDI got an appetite for the festival and return after four years! Rovaniemi in northern Finland seems to be the place to be if you like costumed characters. Santa Claus lives there, as does these horror rockers. Last time they were in Falun, they made a…

It’s been a while since we heard from one of the most important indie bands of the 2000s but finally, after almost a decade-long hiatus,  BRIGHT EYES are back. 2020 will not only bring them around the world for an extensive tour, the trio have also worked on new material in the studio. On August 15th they’ll…

Sweden Rock organisers are happy to announce the following twelve additions to this summer’s festival poster: One of Sweden’s biggest and most influential rock bands, THE HELLACOPTERS, reformed for SRF 2016 and will now return to Sölvesborg by popular demand. And so will the classic 70’s band 10cc, known for hits like “I´m not in love”, “Dreadlock…

A concept album about prison therapy, anyone? That’s what UK rapper DAVE did with his debut full-length, last year’s widely acclaimed and Mercury Prize winning Psychodrama. ”The boldest and best British rap album in a generation”, said The Guardian, and it was included on several best of 2019-lists. In October DAVE played at a sold-out Fryshuset in Stockholm, in…

More laid-back than a sunbed. More welcoming than a big bouquet of roses. More goofy than Goofy.  MAC DEMARCO is all that, yet so much more. Hyper-talented, for example. Even though he is fond of the anything-goes ethic, and may personify the slacker kind of indie singer-songwriter, his songs are often more thoughtful, sincere and refined…