
Hot take: the way out west crowd kinda sucked
The Hives were fantastic as always but the festival crowd felt to me like Swedish Coachella. Primarily pop music fans who don’t actually care about bands. I didn’t think it was a good match for The Hives.
I was surprised and found it strange. I figured it’s their home, everyone will be so into it. But idk I think they were under-appreciated
Maybe I was in a weird spot for their show, on the rail but far to the right. I got pissed off when I could hear myself singing the Bogus operandi chorus, like hello where are you people??
Maybe I’m just a grumpy old alt girl though lol.
Consoling myself with this lovely Niklas picture.
I have high hopes for Portugal because the line up is much better!