Gyllene Tider tour to begin in Halmstad on July 14th
Written by japeke on March 4, 2004 to Gyllene Tider.
HALMSTAD - 
For some time now, it’s been widely reported that the upcoming Gyllene Tider 25th Anniversary tour would kick off some time in the mid-July. In addition to that, a person familiar with the negotiations with Örjans Vall, a soccer stadium that will serve as the opening venue, was quoted as saying it would be about a week before a scheduled soccer/football match there. That narrowed the potential opening concert date down to about a 4-day window of possibility. But what will the exact date be?
Today, this TDR reporter called Örjans Vall to ask when Gyllene Tider would play there.
The man on the other side of the phone line didn’t have any problem answering the question, and said that the date would be July 14th.
Obviously, this is not an official announcement. The Daily Roxette expects there will be a press conference to announce the tour dates within the next week or so, with tickets possibly going on sale as early as March 12th.
Other articles with the same topic
- Gyllene Tider and Per Gessle released in the USA (October 10, 2007)
- Gyllene Tider and Per on Halmstad compilation (April 25, 2007)
- "New" Gyllene Tider releases out (April 14, 2007)
- Record collections donated to Rotary for auctioning off (March 6, 2007)
- Gyllene Tider declines Halmstad 700 (July 10, 2006)
55 comments
Kiwein1 said on March 4, 2004 17:02:
I don’t think it’s July 14th. Let’s hope we get the announcements soon!
lonely_girl said on March 4, 2004 17:50:
Oh my, I’m getting really curious about the schedule... I wanna start planning too! ((-;
xarrrr said on March 4, 2004 18:17:
sheeesh!!!! Japeke did you phone them?! LOL excellent! i cant wait..... this is gonna be the best summer ever!!!
Baby-C said on March 4, 2004 19:06:
Just because this info isn’t official yet, it does not mean that it is wrong... I mean why would the people at Örjans Vall lie about this?? They sure want people to come to the concert... so giving out a false date would just be stupid. Right?
xarrrr said on March 4, 2004 19:28:
yeah i agree.... i’m sure they wouldnt lie to someone. i cant wait to see the whole tour plan and start getting things ready!!!
daniel_alv said on March 4, 2004 22:30:
GIVE ME THE DATES! I WANT TO BOOK THE TRAIN TICKETS!
Eloy said on March 5, 2004 00:15:
IT´S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! :D BUT PLEASE! FANS FROM OUT OF EUROPE NEED THE OFFICIAL DATES SOON!!!! :D
Malaski said on March 5, 2004 06:51:
Örjans Vall is a football stadium...
I’m no sure but I think they have places ot around 20.000 people. But to make place for the stage they going to take down a grandstand, but I don’t think thats going to change to audicens places, because I know that Per whants to breake the record of audience... it’s around 20.381...
roxave said on March 5, 2004 08:48:
Oh! Why it´s not on weekend??!!!! :_-( People have to work and Halmstad is not just turning the corner for the most of us.
What a pity, well, i hope everybody will enjoy it, get fun and loud!!! I want to hear you from here :-)
harriej said on March 5, 2004 08:56:
@Kiwein1: What makes you think it is not so?
Do you have other information that makes you think different?
If you have more info, please let us know.
tevensso (moderator) said on March 5, 2004 09:06:
@roxave: I hate to break it to you, but about 19,500 of the ones that will be there are from around Halmstad... :)
Judith (moderator) said on March 5, 2004 09:07:
well the concert is targeted to Swedish audience (who do you think will be the > 20.000 ;)), and those can go to the concert anywhen - they live :O surprise, in Halmstad or max 1-2 hours from Halmstad? :P
abysmo said on March 5, 2004 13:01:
I want Rox live in summer open air shows, no in halls. Like solo shows Per, Marie and GT.
Lars-Erik_Olson (moderator) said on March 5, 2004 13:17:
There will be plenty of other concerts between this opening concert and the final concert. Fans from “around the world who need to plan in advance” (as written above) are now able to do so. Come to Sweden any weekend in the month following this opening concert, and you’ll find GT playing somewhere in the country. Everyone need not come to the premiere concert. There should be something special about each and every one of them.
A good newspaper does not print a fact without checking it first, so even though this opening date has not been officially announced... or the one in Göteborg... we stand behind our reporting.
Susi said on March 5, 2004 15:20:
Well, Gyllene Tider might have a non-Swedish audience as well but I think the percentage of these people at the concerts will still be quite tiny.
I don’t think Per is doing this tour for his non-Swedish fans. He might think it’s funny if there are some “Roxette fans” there as well but all in all, I am more than sure that he doesn’t really care if there are 19,800 Swedes and 200 Germans or just 20,000 Swedes...
per_mson said on March 5, 2004 15:28:
I don’t get why people are complaining so much about that they don’t have time to plan! Last year the chance of planning was not really big for the Mazarin tour, but there was apparently still a lot of non-swedes going there.
Besides that I’m of the opinion that they should release the tickets in Halmstad first. This so the people there get a chance to see them in their home town. If there then are anything left for the rest of the world... fine! The true GT fans are after all those who were fans back in the early 80’s and they should maybe get the chance first.
Judith (moderator) said on March 5, 2004 16:33:
yeah.. how many non-swedes will be at the tour.. 500? (and they are always the same anyway :P), this is about a 3% out of 15.000 ;)
Don’t think the tour is thought for this 3%, is it? :D
ally77 said on March 5, 2004 18:44:
@ per_mson.... THAT IS JUST PETTY! it’s like saying football tickets for Manchester United should go to people in Manchester first for every match...
first come first served... simple as that!
Judith (moderator) said on March 5, 2004 18:55:
note that Per was not even a fan in the 80ies ;)
But actually I think (not sure though, some Sweden confirm?) that the rush for buying tickets for such summer concerts (Marie, Per etc) comes from outside/abroad.
Swedes (again, for my little experience) don’t buy a ticket for a summer concert (which is many times related to having a nice evening in a pic-nic way and alcohol alcohol and alcohol ;)) 3 - 4 months in advance, I would even risk to say that many wait until the week before or even a couple of days before to see the weather forecast... (and even rain won’t stop them :D)
I don’t know if this is just the way it is really (or it was before the invasion :D), at least i have experienced this with at least 5 artists...
tevensso (moderator) said on March 5, 2004 19:12:
@Ally: We don’t wantcha there... ;)
xarrrr said on March 5, 2004 19:29:
LOL tevensso.... we’re gonna be there... oooh yeh we will :P
ally77 said on March 5, 2004 20:17:
@ Thomas... I won’t be going... sadly I’ve got a doggy to look after! ;)
per_mson said on March 5, 2004 20:19:
Hihi, I knew people would flame me for saying that! Isn’t it nice with a comment to spice things up a bit sometimes?! ;-)
Don’t take it so hard ally!! It was not my meaning! :-)
Judith (moderator) said on March 5, 2004 21:15:
“LOL tevensso.... we’re gonna be there... oooh yeh we will :P”
>> didn’t expect less :D
ally77 said on March 6, 2004 08:25:
@ per_mson ............. I didn’t take it hard... I found it sad..... perhaps it should be one concert PER fan!! ;)
per_mson said on March 6, 2004 10:55:
@ally: Yeah, why not!! Then there will be concerts for the coming 55 years (counting on 20.000 people). Hmm, I feel a bit sad for the last ones though.. listening to a 100 year old Gessle!! ;-)
ally77 said on March 6, 2004 12:06:
lol! yeah Per 100 years old coming onto stage with him zimmer frame! ;)
japeke said on March 4, 2004 16:48:
Coolio’s!!!!! :-D
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