The Wallflowers

This autumn, The Wallflowers return to Sweden for the first time in a very long while to play a concert at Fållan in Stockholm on 12 November.

The concert will be in two parts – first, the band will power through “Bringing Down the Horse” in its entirety, then, after a short break, they will return to play the whole of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “Long After Dark” (!). A truly unique double bill and an experience out of the ordinary.

With Jakob Dylan as their steady centre, The Wallflowers have always had an unwavering faith in the immediacy of rock’n’roll. In the simple approach, the straightforward melody, that moment when a song rings true before you have even had time to think. When the band released their self-titled debut album in 1992, a group of grunge bands from Seattle were busy defining an entire era, but The Wallflowers chose a different path. They looked backwards rather than forwards, to the legacy of Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen. To Hammond organs and lyrics where the story took centre stage. The debut may have met with a lukewarm response, but Jakob Dylan kept writing and leading the band onwards, and that would prove decisive. Their follow-up, “Bringing Down the Horse” (1996), and the huge hit “One Headlight” threw the doors wide open. The album sold millions of copies, won two Grammys and placed The Wallflowers at the heart of a musical landscape they had never really tried to conquer. Since then, they have continued on their own path, seemingly as unconcerned by trends as by the fact that Jakob happens to be the son of one of the most mythologised artists in music history.

Doors: 19:00

Show starts: approx. 20:00

Age restriction: 18+