Lysekil

Gyllene Tider – Hux Flux – Lysekil – 17th July 2023 – #7

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The last time Gyllene Tider played in Lysekil was exactly 4 years ago, on 17th July.

During the day, Micke Syd posted about a patisserie and bakery where they prepared Hux Flux cakes for the day, with the album sleeve as the decoration on top. So we thought we would check it out. It was very delicious. After leaving Björsells Bageri & Konditori, we got mail from Live Nation. It was about changing the schedule for the evening. Probably, because of the heavy wind. So the doors would open at 17:30, Uno on stage at 19:00 and GT on stage at 20:00.

When we arrived at the venue, we could see from afar that the side drops were missing on stage and the Hux Flux sign was not placed on top of the stage, but Hux on one side and Flux on the other. We realized it only inside that the LED wall was completely missing and the cameras too, since there was no screen to show the cam recordings on. We felt sorry for Göran and Micke, because the black backdrop on stage was rolled up behind their spots. So it was even more windy for them during the concert.

The show started with the music they usually play while the cartoon is shown, but now of course, without the cartoon itself. The guys and girls just entered the stage towards the end of this music.

Since Uno played one song less vs. his usual setlist, we were afraid that maybe the GT setlist gets shorter too, but it didn’t change vs. Eskilstuna, which means they didn’t play Billy, but all other songs remained stable on the list. Hopefully, Billy is not away for the rest of the tour.

After greeting the crowd, Per said they had many great shows in Lysekil over the years, but they try to top them tonight despite the wind.

After Gammal kärlek rostar aldrig, PG picked up his mug of ginger tea. The mix Micke Syd prepared for him tonight felt a bit minty.

Before Tuffa tider, Per said ukulele is the world’s sexiest instrument. He said if you go to Marbella during winter, you can easily find Micke Syd in a park playing ukulele. Micke said „the world’s sexiest instrument played by the world’s almost most unsexy guy, sounds like a success”.

The band presentation was for their ego’s sake, Per said. Haha. Everyone got a very loud round of applause and Micke even got a loud „Micke, Micke, Micke” from the audience. Micke Syd said Per promised he would go waterskiing, if the weather was good in Lysekil, but…, we will see him doing that tomorrow. Haha.

Before Min tjej och jag, Micke asked the ones sitting far behind on the rocks (outside the venue „are you with us?” They waved. The song was dedicated to Anna from Björsells Bageri & Konditori, for the love of cakes.

Both times the guys and girls went off stage, the audience was clapping and started singing Sommartider and screamed „en gång till”. They were still singing Sommartider when the whole gang was on stage again. After Sommartider, PG thanked everyone for coming despite the wind and wished everyone a fantastic summer and said he hopes we meet again. „Take care of each other!”

Despite the heavy wind, the band was in top shape and the audience was singing along a lot. Especially Kung av sand and Flickan i en Cole Porter-sång were very loud.

I have to say it didn’t really matter that the LED wall wasn’t there. This way we could focus even more on what was happening on stage and you could see that real music and a band on fire needs no other stuff, just their instruments and voices. Amazing show!

Next stop is Skövde on Wednesday.

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:

Så många fantastiska konserter har GT gjort i Lysekil genom åren och ikväll tror jag bestämt att vi toppade dem alla! Fantastisk publik + grymt samspelt band trots jobbiga förhållanden med kastvindar och annat opoppigt!!!! Tack för allsången, tack för att ni kom förbi! Love you all!!!

Gyllene Tider – GT40 – Lysekil – 17th July 2019 – #8

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Gosh! Was it already the 8th show??? Pinneviken in Lysekil is a beautiful venue, surrounded by Swedish west coast rocks. Many decided to watch the concert from the side, so after entering, they climbed up the rocks and sat down there.

The security teams are usually very nice and kind in Sweden and we only met great people in the security teams on tour so far, but the guys in Lysekil were extra kind. A handful of fans had been waiting for long long hours before the concert and the weather was hot (fortunately, sunny all day), so the security team surprised them with some ice creams. How cool is that!

Last night’s setlist was the very same as in Uppsala, which is a bit sad, because so far there was no concert that had the same setlist as another gig. Those who go to several shows love to have at least one song changed on the setlist. Where is Vill ha ett svar, for example? Just to mention one song that we already heard on a soundcheck, but not yet on concert. Or why not adding Fån telefon or Leka med elden one day? The more concerts I see and the more familiar the setlist is, I feel like the gigs are ending in a blink after the show had started. Haha. Still, I’m very happy that the guys and girls keep the setlist 23 songs long.

The crowd in Lysekil was fab! They were singing along to all songs and clapping a lot too. They were also loud before the two encores, but BoJo came up on stage twice, stood next to the technicians and animated us to get even louder. We acted accordingly. Haha.

The band sounded fab, however, I assume there was some technical issue during the whole show, because Per was running to the left-side technicians quite a lot of times. When he started with the intro talk to Tuffa Tider, he asked the camera guy to film his ukulele, because it’s beautiful. So, probably, the shows are recorded indeed and it’s not just recordings for the screens.

Micke Syd’s intro talk to Låt denna trumslagarpojke sjunga! was very funny this time too. His wife, Helena was also there and Micke was singing to her. So lovely! Åsa was there too, singing along while filming.

Anders Roos joined GT in Lysekil too, to take some more pics. Some more thousands of pics, haha. Good for us!

If I have to point at one song that worked the best in Lysekil, I would say it was När vi två blir en, but actually, the energy level reached its top during those 5 uptempo songs from En sten vid en sjö i en skog. Our Sommartider sing-along started out as a mess, but the crowd found the real melodies and matching lyrics and then it became normal.

Per threw tons of his picks last night and also at the end of the show it was him, who took his plecs off the mic stand and threw them to the crowd. MP also got to the front at the end of the gig and threw his picks too.

Now one day off and on Friday we see GT again in Ronneby!

Setlist

  1. Skicka ett vykort, älskling
  2. Juni, juli, augusti
  3. Det hjärta som brinner
  4. (Hon vill ha) Puls
  5. Flickorna på TV2
  6. Vandrar i ett sommarregn
  7. (Dansar inte lika bra som) Sjömän
  8. Det kändes inte som maj
  9. Flickan i en Cole Porter-sång
  10. Tuffa tider

BAND PRESENTATION

  1. Låt denna trumslagarpojke sjunga!
  2. Kung av sand
  3. En sten vid en sjö i en skog
  4. Ljudet av ett annat hjärta
  5. Ska vi älska, så ska vi älska till Buddy Holly
  6. (Kom så ska vi) Leva livet
  7. Tylö Sun

Encore 1

  1. Billy
  2. Det är över nu
  3. Gå & fiska!

Encore 2

  1. När vi två blir en
  2. Sommartider
  3. När alla vännerna gått hem

All pics in the article are taken by Patrícia Peres.

GT after the show:

YEA LYSEKIL. Tack för en fantastisk sommarkväll. Otroligt vacker spelplats. Fjärde gången GT var där!!! Utsålt igen, vi gillar den trenden på den här turne’n!!! Tack för att ni kom och sjöng med i A L L T! Ha en fab sommar hälsar GT.

 

 

#gtsommar #2 Gyllene Tider – Lysekil, July 7

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The second concert took place in Lysekil on the west coast of Sweden – over 14,000 people attended this gig. Gyllene Tider got to the concert arena by boat as Expressen reports (full gallery to be found here). Per Gessle and other band members were intreviewed on board and to just quote Gessle: “Our songs are in the Swedish people DNA code. We have audience from 6 to 60. It’s great to see that.” The boat trip probably inspired the band to play “Man blir yr” live for the very first time.

In the Bohuslaningen article, two fan stories were presented – including Gyöngyver Simon from Hungary who came at 4AM (!!!) and Eliza Roszkowska-Öberg (she came at 5AM!), Swedish-Polish fan that you may remember from “Att vara Per Gessle” book. More reports from the concert to follow today and tomorrow. Additional report was published by Expressen – as it wasn’t Nunstedt, so everything was stricly positive where journo calls the concert as a “classic summer dream” where “Gyllene Tider manages to deliver: pulse, feeling and a lot of love.”

As for the concert itself, it was shorter than the Halmstad premiere. “Dags att…” was skipped and “Vera” was replaced with the first single off the latest album “Man blir yr”. According to those who were there – it was a much better choice for beer stands owners.

Setlist

1. Cartoon intro with Knallpulver
2. Gå och fiska
3. Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sej
4. Juni, juli, augusti
5. Det hjärta som brinner
6. På jakt efter liv
7. Dansar inte lika bra som sjömän
8. Man blir yr
9. En sten vid en sjö i en skog
10. Min tjej och jag
11. Flickan i en Cole-Porter sang
12. Tuffa tider
13. Kung av sand
14. Flickorna på TV2
15. (Hon vill ha) Puls
16. Ljudet av ett annat hjärta
17. Ska vi älska så ska vi älska till Buddy Holly
18. (Kom så ska vi) Leva Livet
19. Tylö Sun

20. Det är över nu
21. Billy
22. När vi två blir en

23. Sommartider
24. När alla vännerna gått hem