My plan was to skip the middle 2 concerts, but fate had other plans, so yesterday I suddenly found myself in Halmstad again.
Before the show, Anders Roos put even more cameras on and off stage. Will be exciting to see the results. Åsa and BoJo checked the stage set and BoJo had his intro speech again. He was funny when he told it’s getting darker, so people who would have picnic on the grass part of Solgården should go to the middle of that area when they want to come down, because there are stairs with lights and after some drinks it’s easier to find the way down there. Haha.
Surprisingly, the concert started at 20:45. All of a sudden, the whole band appeared on stage, not waiting for the audience to get impatient. Everyone was in great mood, smiling, having fun while performing.
At the very beginning of the gig, something happened to Magnus’ setlist – either it was not updated or it got torn, he tried to move it away with his foot and later Micke N-S brought him a new one.
Before playing Småstadsprat, Per said it’s written on his prompter to set Capo 2 on the guitar. He added that it’s a low budget tour, so he has to do the job himself. Magnus said it’s not even a real tour. Everyone laughed.
Det hjärta som brinner sounded so good that Per said it was nice, best so far. Actually, the crowd was also very active from the beginning, singing along not only to Sommartider, so Per told it’s the 6th gig at Hotel Tylösand and it feels to be the best so far. I can only agree with him!
When Per got the ukulele from Micke N-S, first he had to sort out the cable and then talked about how cool it is to play the ukulele in a sold-out Ullevi. Then added it’s not bad to play at Solgården either. Tuffa tider sounded fab with the very loud audience.
Juni, juli, augusti also became a lovely sing along song and the reaction to the possibility of the concert ending with Min hälsning was the longest „neeeej!”-s and loudest „boo!”-s so far.
Mr. G wiped his nose with a tissue more often, so at one point he just said it’s pollen season.
Vandrar i ett sommarregn became the first song in the first encore and in the second encore now Honung och guld was the second song. This way the concert had the same order of songs as the 4th gig.
The crowd was really amazing! Clapping, singing along, shouting, cheering! All you need at a real concert – besides an awesome band on stage, of course! We had it all last night!
Setlist
1. Kung av sand
2. På promenad genom stan
3. Flickan i en Cole Porter-sång
4. Småstadsprat
5. Tycker om när du tar på mej
6. Det hjärta som brinner
7. Tuffa tider
8. Juni, juli, augusti
9. Pappa
10. It Must Have Been Love
11. Ömhet
Band introduction
12. Här kommer alla känslorna
13. Min hälsning
Encore 1
14. Vandrar i ett sommarregn
15. Listen To Your Heart (dedicated to Marie Fredriksson & Pelle Alsing)
16. Sommartider
17. När alla vännerna gått hem
Encore 2
18. Vid hennes sida
19. Honung och guld
20. Om du bara vill
Photos in the article are taken by Patrícia Peres.
Per about the gig:
Wow! What an evening we had last nite at Hotel Tylösand. Gig #6 and the best so far in my book. Relaxed band + a super crowd. Have to love that. Some days off now. And the sun is shining. Have a fab weekend y’all!