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EDITORIAL > SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA: THE ‘PARADISE AGAIN’ TOUR SO FAR

Besides the music, it has also remained evident that no one For one of their latest shows, Ax, Steve and Sebastian
can do production quite like them, as the huge concrete arrived in London, ahead of a sold out show inside the O2
halo we first saw at Coachella continues to feature as the Arena. With 20,000 adoring fans at their discretion, they
centrepiece of each show. Add to that an insane amount brandished some of their cutting edge ‘Paradise Again’
of high-tech lighting and lasers, and a sufficient amount edits and most iconic anthems, as they also took the
of pyrotechnics and the Swedish House Mafia are just as opportunity to bring Tinie Tempah out to perform a live
much of a visual spectacle as we have seen consistently as version of ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’, as well as Connie Constance for a
the tour has progressed. enchanting rendition of ‘Heaven Takes You Home’. A night
filled with great emotion and reflection, the trio are showing
Into early August and the shows started to arrive thick and no clear signs of slowing down, giving their all to each
fast, with an eagerly anticipated return to Madison Square performance as much as the last.
Garden among the highlights of the first few shows. There,
in New York, they made sure to play out their latest release Looking ahead to the end of the tour through the later
alongside Fred again.. called ‘Turn On The Lights Again..’. stages of October and November, the boys have a number
Their collaborative antics didn’t stop there however, as they of standout shows in waiting. Within the final two weeks of
promptly met up in a venue on the edge of Brooklyn and October, they will travel across the rest of Europe, with dates
Queens, for an intimate Boiler Room-style show where they planned for Krakow (Poland), Prague (Czech Republic),
went B2B. Cologne (Germany), Munich (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium)
and Amsterdam (Netherlands). Two shows also follow at
With all the positives that came with their North American the start of November, as the final foreseeable dates are
adventures, they did hit a few roadblocks along the way in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Oslo (Norway).
the form of show cancellations. Unfortunately it seems they
were left with no option but to cancel some of their shows So far it is definitely fair to say that the tour has surpassed
in New York, Boston, Washington, Detroit, as well as shows in everybody’s expectations despite some of the cancella-
New Jersey, Minneapolis and Phoenix. However, the majority tions that have had to have been made along the way. With
of their most significant shows weren’t affected, where they production on that epic a scale, it is likely justified to have
could still bring joy to major cities such as Chicago, Hous- spared their losses and put all their extra efforts into other
ton, Vancouver, Las Vegas, and San Diego among others shows as was evident with their London show in particular.
well into mid-September. Having showcased their new album tracks and some new
IDs along the way, we can’t wait to see what the future
Just before they traversed the Atlantic to embark on the holds for the trio beyond the final stages of the tour and
European leg of the tour, they performed twice at the Chase beyond. For now, we are just relishing in the fact that the
Center in San Francisco. There they had a very special Swedish House Mafia really are back for good!
surprise in store for fans, as they teased a new ID they had
been working on while in New York the month prior. Without
haste, Axwell introduced the collaboration with Alicia Keys;
“So far it is definitely fair
a stunning cover/rework of Kings of Tomorrow’s “Finally”.
Driven by anthemic piano chords and spine-tingling
to say that the tour has
vocals, it’s safe to say the record has already caused a stir,
especially as they posted a clip of its first play-out on social
media to have fans calling for its imminent release. With surpassed everybody’s
that out in the world, the excitement kept building as UK
expectations despite some
shows appeared on the horizon.
of the cancellations that
Prior to their arrival in Europe, they also faced a few chal-
lenges with regards to upcoming shows across this conti-
nent too. With immense regret, the trio had to make tough have had to have been
decisions as to cancel shows in Vienna, Frankfurt, Berlin,
Hamburg and Tampere. The rest of the shows are still due made along the way”.

to go ahead as scheduled, and the boys certainly made up
for the disappointing news with a statement performance
in a place of great sentiment to them.

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