The welcoming sign to Skövde was a Gyllene Tider LED screen with their old pic from the ’80s. There were also quite some posters in town to promote the event at Boulognerskogen. The band played here in 2019 too and that was a rainy show. This time there was no rain, but it was windy. So windy that for Uno Svenningsson’s session the technicians tried to set up the backdrop, but it was moving too much, so they decided to take it off.
Uno started at 20:00 and GT got on stage at 21:15. The LED wall was back after Lysekil and also the sidedrops were used, as well as the Hux Flux sign on top of the stage.
Because of the cold, ginger tea was brought to Per more times than usual. The mix Micke Syd prepares for PG each night tasted as strawberry again, Per said. It was a Töreboda special, Micke Syd said. While they were talking about this, Micke N-S, who already brought Per his next guitar, sat down in front of the drums and waited until Mr. G finished his talking.
Windy gigs mean plectrum-licking gigs. Haha. Both Per and Anders licked their picks several times, to make them stick to their fingers while playing. Regarding Per’s in-ear system, of which the cable is fixed on his back, something was wrong or at least uncomfortable. He was touching it on his neck many times and made some funny moves.
Before Tuffa tider, Per said the ukulele is the world’s sexiest instrument and if in winter you are on Costa del Sol, you might bump into Micke Syd playing ukulele there. Micke Syd said yes, he plays „una paloma blanca” and some GT hits. They sound very good in Spain.
When the band presentation started, Micke Syd disappeared for a little time – you’ll read it later, why – and Per started with the two fantasic ladies, who are singing divinely. Then came Halmstad’s own boogie king, MP. No party without Göran, PG said. When introducing Anders, he only said „Anders Herrlin on bass”, but Micke Syd added „he’s damn handsome”. Anders reacted with an „eh” in the mic. Micke Syd was introduced as GT’s spine and Micke introduced Per as the man, the myth, the legend and sports car fan. Haha.
Before Min tjej och jag, Micke said he would hang out in the front a bit more. He would sing a song. Per wrote it for him to sing in 1981 and back then Micke asked PG if it was something like the Yellow Submarine with Ringo. Ehm. Haha. Here it turned out why Micke disappeared. He opened his jacket and showed his T-shirt with a picture of him and his wife, Helena. He said they would have their 18th wedding anniversary tomorrow, so he dedicated the song to her. How sweet! Happy anniversary! After MTOJ – as Micke Syd usually does during the past few concerts – he threw the mic to his technician, Albin, who caught it.
After the gang went off stage, the audience was clapping and screaming „en gång till”. Before the first encore, BoJo came up on stage and while standing on the side, he was checking if the crowd was loud enough. He put his hand to his ear to listen, so the crowd got louder. Haha. Unfortunately, it seems that Billy is on sick leave, so he didn’t appear in the first encore. We hope he gets well soon and will shine on stage again one of these days.
Before the second encore, the crowd started singing Sommartider. When the guys and girls came back on stage and the audience was still singing Sommartider, Per said they thought they would skip this song. Haha. „We play this one instead!” And they played När vi två blir en, which I think was the highlight of the gig. The audience got into it very much, singing along loudly.
PG thanked for a fantastic evening and said he hopes the audience had as much fun as they did. He wished everyone a fantastic summer and said he hopes we meet again and everyone takes care of each other.
Next stop is Kalmar on Friday.
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:
Amazing Wednesday in Skövde. Thx for stopping by and singing along!!!!