Gyllene Tider arrived to Eskilstuna and played an amazing show for a very loud and loving audience.
Uno Svenningsson started at 20:00 and GT got on stage at 21:15. The only change in the setlist was that they skipped Billy in the first encore. That’s a sad alteration, but hopefully, Billy is back at the next gig.
When Per welcomed the crowd after Gyllene Tider igen, he said they have many fantastic memories from many concerts in Eskilstuna over the years, but they try to top them tonight.
During the „tribute to their favourite Dutch band” talk Per said he saw Ekseption live and it was absolutely not for him. Anders said it was the best concert in his life. Micke Syd played his George Baker Selection special. Then they got down to Shocking Blue and played Skicka ett vykort, älskling.
After Gammal kärlek rostar aldrig, PG said it was a brand new song from their brand new LP called Hux Flux. You can get it from this old record store you know from 1978. Picking up the ginger tea Per said this is his secret little drink. Micke Syd prepares some mix for him every day. He never really gets to know what it is, but today it tasted a bit of strawberry. Micke Syd confirmed that it’s strawberry with a twist. He got a hint on Facebook picked up a small pack outside Eskilstuna. Per was drinking that now. In 20-23 minutes it would show the effect.
During the talk before Flickan i en Cole Porter-sång, Marie was mentioned again and the crowd went loud. Actually, I found this song as the biggest highlight during the show, because of the loudest sing-along and the interaction between the band and the audience. It’s however, hard to pick only one song that worked really fine with the Eskilstuna crowd, because they were really singing along loudly to all songs.
At some point, a guy from the crowd was cheering for Micke very loudly, „Micke Syd is our king”, then a bit later he shouted, „PG, you are OK, too!” Haha. The same guy later shouted „Per, you look better than David Bowie”. Haha.
The band presentation started with the ladies, Dea and Malin-My, then PG introduced MP and Göran. Regarding Anders, the only thing he said was that he plays the bass. Someone in the crowd shouted „Sweden’s most handsome man”. Per said: „Sweden’s most handsome man 1931.” Anders reacted it was 1831. Introducing Micke, Mr. G said all good pop bands must have a fantastic drummer and they have one, thank God. Micke got his well-deserved cheering from the crowd and that guy started shouting again „Micke Syd is our king” in Swedish. Micke Syd introduced Per as the one in the band who has the best sense of the ball. No one knows it about Per, but he was damn good at handball and maybe he could have been signed by a team, but he became a pop idol instead.
Before Min tjej och jag, Micke said that this song is about love. He said his girl, his love whom he married, is not here tonight, but there is a couple, who are celebrating their wedding anniversary. The couple was Andreas and Riccardo, longtime Roxette and Gyllene Tider fans from Germany. They were also shown on screen and got a loud cheering from the audience. That was such a lovely surprise from Micke. Dea and Malin-My came to the front and they joined Micke in singing the song.
Both times the guys and girls went off stage, the audience was clapping and started singing Sommartider and screamed „en gång till”.
Per wished everyone a fantastic summer and said he hopes we meet again. „Take care of each other!”
Next stop is Lysekil on Monday.
Setlist
1. Gyllene Tider igen
2. Juni, juli, augusti
3. Det hjärta som brinner
4. Skicka ett vykort, älskling
5. Gammal kärlek rostar aldrig
6. Flickorna på TV2
7. Chrissie, hur mår du?
8. (Hon vill ha) Puls
9. En sten vid en sjö i en skog
10. Flickan i en Cole Porter-sång
11. Tuffa tider
Band presentation
12. Min tjej och jag
13. Kung av sand
14. Ljudet av ett annat hjärta
15. Ska vi älska, så ska vi älska till Buddy Holly
16. (Kom så ska vi) Leva livet / (Dansar inte lika bra som) Sjömän / Tylö Sun medley
Encore 1
17. Det är över nu
18. Gå & fiska!
Encore 2
19. När vi två blir en
20. Sommartider
21. När alla vännerna gått hem
All photos in the article by Patrícia Peres
Per after the show:
Tack Eskilstuna för en synnerligen angenäm afton!!! Är säker på att ni hade det lika kul som vi!
So when it was PG’s turn, there was no more rain. Per mentioned in his first talk that this is the last show on tour (well at least in Sweden) and the audience was loud and cheering. When Per was talking about looking for a song which he hadn’t played live before now he said he found 470 such songs and he thought to play them all at the show. The crowd gave him a loud woohoo and applause. Oh, how we would have loved it… if he played all those songs! But of course, it was ”just” the usual intro to Honung och guld. And this time Mr. G asked Good Harvest again to join him on stage for the song. After it ended they hugged each other and the girls went off the stage. 
When the show ended, Per pointed at the band to made the audience applaud for them, then they took a bow. Before they went off the stage, Andreas threw a drumskin to the crowd. I met the guy who caught it and could take a pic of it. See the photo what Andreas drew on it. Haha. While Per was walking off the stage, he pointed at the fans in the front rows, thanks for coming. It was lovely!
