In our summer series, we've asked cultural and entertainment personalities to tell us about a cultural experience that shook them. Howlin' Pelle Almqvist from The Hives remembers an unexpected concert in Ludvika's Folkets Park 30 years ago.
MusicThe unemployment insurance fund has been as important to Sweden's music exports as the municipal cultural school. That's according to Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, singer of The Hives, who in TT's summer series puts cultural politicians up against the wall ahead of the election. Will you restore the old unemployment insurance fund that made it possible to rehearse for 300 days without starving to death? He wonders.
MusicThe Hives release their seventh album and take the opportunity to give a kick to Spotify, keyboard warriors and artificial intelligence. We are the only band that makes an AI-free record this year, says frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist.
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