So, in case you haven’t heard, we star as the band Canned Heat in the upcoming movie ”The Festival Of The Midnight Sun” about the swedish disaster festival with the same name back in the 70’s. The idea was to become a european Woodstock. Well, that didn’t happen. But now, the guys involved in the film decided to make festival for real! We are one band out of 15 acts on 3 stages on august 31, 2019.
We were contacted by filmmaker Björn Rallare earlier this year. He wanted us to star as Canned Heat (which happens to be one o our favourite bands) in a movie about the swedish cult-fiasco festival: Festival Of The Midnight Sun. Of course we said yes! Yesterday was our filming day, and it was a hell lot of fun. So nice to be around other creative people. Can’t wait to see the final result!
We will soon start rehearsing new tracks for our fifth, yet utitled album. These are the only shows we will do this summer/fall:
ROSEHILLS, LJUSDAL JULY 26
SANDVIKEN JULY 30
CALELLA ROCK FEST OCTOBER 12-13
Hope to see you all soon.
Peace, Love & Hellsingland
The shows might have ended Saturday in Zaragoza. But for me, it ended today. We drove straight from Zaragoza all the way to Sweden with no stops except for food e.t.c.
I arrived home at 9 in the evening yesterday (tuesday). Fell asleep around 10, slept all through the night, except a few times when I woke up in a pool of sweat, as I always do after tours for some reason. I woke up today in the afternoon after 16 hours of sleep. That’s when I felt I was home.
Just wanted to let you know how much this tour meant to us: There is no country in the world, including our own home country, where we get this kind of response to our music. Where the feeling of connection is this strong. That’s just a fact. Our love and gratitude for you is endless! ❤️
Some people are born with the wrong parents. In the wrong body, or with the wrong sex. I’m starting to feel like I was born in the wrong country. Someday, I will live there permanently. We have made such good friends in Spain over the years that it really feels like coming home. Every time!
What happens next we just don’t know. We could lie and tell you that we will hurry into the studio and record a new album (we have loads of new great songs) but the truth is that for me, every album and every tour feels like the last thing we’ll ever do, for some reason. So the truth is, we just don’t know. Our only goal has always been to top ourselves with every new album, so we have to feel that we are able to do that once again. At this point we don’t know. I guess time will tell.
Once again: Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Charlie Granberg
Hellsingland, 2018-01-31
