"Well the train come in the station"...

Coldplay at Ullevi....

Ullevi Stadium, June 26

Coldplay plays nowadays in the "big show club" (those who can easily fill up a huge stadium two days on the row). They are a bigger band today....but definitely not better. The golden era after the two highlights "X & Y" and "Viva la Vida" it´s obviously difficult to surpass....or even equal. Many of the more recent songs don't even get close. A bit to much balloons, fireworks and some unnecessarily "pep talk" from Chris Martin is turning the music....into a sparkling (xyloband) show. 
I saw this band back in August 2009 at Stockholms Stadion - and that was probably one of the top three concerts I ever experienced. The concert at Ullevi Stadium yesterday was okay....but no more.

Best in show: "Something Just Like This" and of course...."Yellow"

Searching for Main Street....

Monterey....50 years

La Traviata at GöteborgsOperan

With Kerstin Avemo (una donna di prima forza) and Bülent Bezdüz....

Conductor: Giancarlo Andretta, director: David Radok

Nicola Benedetti at Konserthuset....

Göteborg, April 27 photo: Rockfoto

"Violin Concert # 1" by Dmitrij Sjostakovitj 
Conductor: Thomas Søndergård

When every tone arrives from the inside..

Prekariatet....

Cristina Branco at Stora Teatern....

Mars 24, 2017

Dominating a wonderful voice register....sometimes on the road to perfection.

Bernardo Couto - portuguese guitar

Bernardo Moreira - contrabass

Luís Figueiredo - piano

Elvis Costello at Konserthuset....

Konserthuset, Februari 23, 2017   photo: GP

I remember Costello från the early 1980's. Never really understood his music, and always had the perception that the music and the singing, sometimes, went separate ways ? Anyway....after a bit more than two hours alone on the stage, you have to surrender to this great performer. I was far from understanding all his lyrics, but I had the feeling that he meant what he was singing....(his very deep-brittish sence of humor, not to forget).

Best in show: Watching the Detectives (and the TV-screen)

Sérgio Godinho no Roy....

Gotemburgo, 18 de Fevereiro de 2017

Tantas décadas e vai seguindo sem namoricos comerciais ! Depois de quase 32 anos, muito prazer....e até à próxima.

HMV....

..quite boring these days (closed February 5, 2019)

The musical revelation of 2016....

Susanne Sundfør  "Ten Love Songs"

Sorry....50 years to late, again !!

Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Boulevard, 1966

..and 2016

Monterey County Fair....

..is almost unchanged since the Monterey Pop Festival

June 18, 1967, Jimi Hendrix on stage burning his Fender guitar

..the burned wood floor still there after almost five decades

Sorry....48 years to late

..the Hollywood Bowl

You can not arrive in time to every place....

Anna Ternheim at Liseberg....

Liseberg, september 16

This year's best live concert ! 
Best in show: Broder Daniel`s "Shoreline", and a wonderful "My Secret" to end another memorable evening.

Dan Reed Network at Liseberg....

June 7, 2016

The original set but with less hair....(excluding Brion James)

DR Koncerthuset....

Copenhagen, 2009, by Jean Nouvel (click to enlarge)

Warning: Do not leave your seat during a show. You may not find your way back ! A bit too much design....and less function. A complicated building indeed.

DR-byen....

The headquarters of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). With the concert hall to the left (2009, by Jean Nouvel).