HFMC bass player Sampo Axelsson is working on music of his own. The project is called Interwave and I’ve had the pleasure of tracking vocals for two songs. I recorded a video earlier this week where I share the lead vocal duties with the mastermind behind Toehider, the Australian artist Michael Mills. The music I’ve heard so far (six songs) is very well played with nice and rich arrangements, grea...

5月29日から始まり、6月15日に終わったThe Flower Kingsの欧州ツアーについて、Hasseがfacebookにアップしたテキストをアップしました。右のカテゴリ「Hasse’s Blog」から見ていただくと早いです。観に行った人からの情報では、5月30日のGöteborg公演ではこんな感じのセットリストでした。setlist.fmで調べると、他の公演でもあまり変わりはなかったようですが、6月13日のチェコ公演では、

6月16日 13:07 photo by Jonny TaxénSo it’s a wrap then. Just passed Munich on our way home and it feels a little empty and quiet on the bus now that the Americans and Mirko and Johnny is no longer onboard. At the same time it’s nice to be able to let your guard down since there’s no show this evening. I’m a happy man today since we managed to keep the spirit and perform well all the way up to the ...

6月15日 (Pratteln - Milan)photo by Jonny TaxénIt’s still the best sound on stage…period. No venue tops Z7. It’s like you’re in your own living room listening to some very familiar music when you’re up there, with the exception of that you’re playing of course. Thank you Z7 for once again delivering the goods in a way that’s just top notch. I didn’t wear the jacket yesterday. It was Mediterranean ...

6月14日 (Prague - Pratteln)And yes the balcony was full too. Palac Akropolis in Prague was packed with supportive fans yesterday that were singing along to the lyrics and showed us their love and appreciation in the best possible way. We had the accordion monster Aliaksandr Yasinski guesting us, so it was an emotional evening for both the audience and the musicians on stage. According to Aliaksand...

6月13日 (Wroclaw - Prague)photo by Jonny TaxénBefore and after (referring to the photos).I must once again state that the stage looked really cool with those organ pipes as a backdrop. It took only a hand clap out in the room yesterday to realise it will be a real challenge to get the sound together. I felt sorry for our sound engineer Varg, who didn’t stand a chance against the acoustics in the h...

6月12日 (Wroclaw)photo by Jonny TaxénIt’s not everyday you have a pipe organ as a back drop! Really cool. The Wroclaw Radio Hall is built first and foremost for classical music and symphony orchestras me thinks. In other words we need to be extra careful during soundcheck because the sound in the room has a reverb of its own. First things first. We played at Viften in Copenhagen (Denmark) yesterda...

6月11日 (Aschaffenburg - Copenhagen)TFK has played at ColosSaal in Aschaffenburg countless of times and yesterday tops them all. The tickets were over sold or how to put it (more than sold out), with the result that I could see people in the doorway into the venue digging to the music. I believe you guys were the loudest so far, or maybe it was because of the low ceiling? Never mind the vibe in th...

6月10日 (Groningen - Aschaffenburg)photo by Martien KoolenHad a day off in Groningen yesterday where Mike, Varg and me walked the city for ten hours with several pit stops in pubs, cocktail bars and restaurants. A great time we’re held by all of us. So we played at the venue Oosterpoort in Groningen the day before yesterday and once again we discovered a new and fabulously great place to play. I...

06/08 (Paris - Groningen)There are certain places or cities where you don’t want to make a fool of yourself and Paris is one of them. I mean where’s the logic? My general philosophy is that every show is equally important so how did it come to this? Well we all have our flaws don’t we. Le Trianon proved to be a lovely venue, where the backstage area included a big terrace, where you could have you...

06/07 (Tilburg - Paris)photo by Harold JansenJust had breakfast in a Paris covered with grey clouds. We’re back on the European continent since yesterday and our first stop was the amazing 013 in Tilburg (where we filmed the ’Instant Delivery’ DVD soon to be twenty years ago). I only have superlatives to say about the evening so I’ll stop here. In short it was great. The only downside was that I w...

06月6日 (Manchester - Tilburg)Thank you UK, or London and Manchester better said. Once again great and enthusiastic crowds and I can honestly say it’s always a pleasure to play for you guys. Not even the technical issues that seems to follow in our footsteps so far during this tour can bring this touring entourage down. The same goes for the heavy rainfall during load in in Manchester, which tour...

06/04 (London)So here we have the new boy band ”The Front Page Boys”. No seriously we’ve made a lot of covers this time and now we’re on the front of the Japanese magazine ’Euro Rock Press’. This is of course magnificent since it helps us spreading our music even more. Our travelling days are now over and this evening we’re playing in London, at Islington Assembly Hall. There’s always something. ...

06/02 (Manana)Manana. Since we’re in no hurry on our way to England, we spent a lovely afternoon in Dunkirk (among other things). We’re now back on the bus on our way to Calais, so let’s hope we have the paperwork in order. Right now it feels more like I’m on vacation than on tour but that is soon about to change. We’re playing at Islington Assembly Hall in London on Wednesday June 4, and at Acad...

5月31日 (Göteborg)ツアマネのJohnnyさん（左）とMickeWoke up in a sunny Gothenburg a couple of hours ago, had breakfast and now we’re chatting/working inside the bus before we leave for England later today. A premiere is always a premiere but I think our gig in Stockholm turned out a decent show. After a catastrophic start yesterday (technical problems), we managed to turn it around and at the end ...

5月29日 (Stockholm)So here’s where the scene of the crime will happen this evening, starting at 19:30. Welcome to Södra Teatern in Stockholm for an evening with Neal Morse and The Flower Kings....

The premiere of the tour at Södra Teatern in Stockholm is exactly one week away today. I'm still struggling a bit to get my vocal chords to cooperate with the notes I have in mind after all the coughing lately, but I'm confident they'll be in shape in time for the tour. I learnt during the latest TFK rehearsal sessions that Södra Teatern was Lalles father, the actor Egon Larssons second home. He p...

大の里が綱取りなるか？の五月場所の最中で気もそぞろです。そんなそぞろな記事です。The Flower Kingsの欧州ツアーを控えたHasse Fröberg、どうも風邪を引いたらしく、一時期声が出なくなったようです。回復してきているようですが、ライブに影響がないと良いですね。昨年11月2日に行われたHFMCのライブから、

5月2日にThe Flower Kingsのニューアルバム「Love」が発売されました。以前動画を一本紹介しましたが、それから新しいMVが2本アップされています。【Burning Both Edges】https://youtu.be/pLXwE9suCK8【We claim The Moon】https://youtu.be/U3rCfPj3J6k

Did you guys notice that we released our third video in the middle of the