Besides Halmstad, Rättvik was the second place that sold out very fast, so an extra concert had to be added to Gyllene Tider’s tour at the same place. Dalhalla in Rättvik is a beautiful venue, it’s really a magical place. Getting there on time is a bit tricky when you have an oldtimer festival in town – and that was the case during the previous years too, when either Roxette or Gyllene Tider played here. Talking about oldtimers, a blue oldtimer limousine that had a yellow sticker on, saying „2023 Gyllene Tider” arrived at the venue when we got there. It looked very cool.
Saturday night, beautiful weather, an extremely amazing band and a wonderful crowd who were already loud and clapping along during Uno Svenningsson’s session. All these made it a night to remember and put Dalhalla on the Top3 list of the best shows on this tour so far.
Gyllene Tider had a gig here on their GT40 tour as well. Then I had a standing ticket, but the stage was so high that for me it made no sense to stand in the front, I rather walked to the back of the standing area and watched the show from there. So when I saw Rättvik is among the places where the band plays on this tour, I decided early on that I buy a seat ticket, no matter what. I wouldn’t be standing in the front when I can see only 1/3 of Per and can’t see Micke Syd drumming. Haha. Front row in the seated area would be perfect, I thought. And it turned out to be perfect indeed. It has its advantages and disadvantages of course, but you have to decide on your priorities. The advantages are: you can arrive late, your seat is fixed, you can see the whole stage. The disadvantages are: you aren’t close to the stage and you can’t stand during the whole concert. I felt the urge to stand up already at Gyllene Tider igen, but nah. I was rather „dancing” while sitting, together with other fans. But when Ljudet av ett annat hjärta started, no one could stop me and the front row fans, so we stood up then and fortunately, a lot of people in our section followed us. Unfortunately, a part of the crowd wasn’t into standing up at that moment and looked at the security girl who asked some front row people to sit down again. It didn’t really make sense, because more and more sections stood up when all the other uptempo songs came, so actually, that one part remained seated where the security girl intervened. During the second encore everyone was up on their feet. This made the whole concert experience even better. Well, Per promised in the beginning of the show that they would top their previous Dalhalla concerts with a best ever gig last night. Come back tomorrow and we do it again!
Billy and Chrissie were not interested in this beautiful venue. Who knows, maybe at least one of them shows up on Sunday.
Dalhalla, just like Stockholm, also had screens on the sides. The Hux Flux sign was not placed on top of the stage, but on one side it was Hux, on the other it was Flux. It was funny when Per pointed at the roof when he mentioned the album title after Gammal kärlek rostar aldrig. He should have pointed to the left and right. Haha.
Before Min tjej och jag, Micke asked the crowd how many were here for the first time in Dalhalla. A lot of people held up their hands and Micke greeted them. He mentioned that they are very happy for everyone coming to their shows, but there are many in the front who are following them on several concerts. One of them is Liv, who is a hardcore GT fan and she is usually in the front row, but last night she also decided for the seats, because she was there with her mom. So Micke dedicated MTOJ to her and her mom and all moms. Lovely! Micke also spotted a guy in a golden jacket in the crowd and asked the cameraman to show him on screen. The golden-jacket guy stood up and he got a loud applause. Micke said he saw he also bought a T-shirt at the merch [the guy was wearing a Hux Flux merch tee], so they are very happy. Haha.
Before the second encore, the crowd started singing Sommartider and didn’t stop even when the guys and girls were back on stage. Per said they thought they would skip Sommartider and then they got a loud nooo from the audience. Per let them sing a bit more Sommartider, but then they started playing När vi två blir en and the audience went wild and cheered it loudly.
It was truly a most awesome show!
No rest for the wicked! Next stop is Rättvik, Dalhalla again on Sunday.
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. Vandrar i ett sommarregn
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 Saturday Gig in Dalhalla!!!! Wow!