Posts Tagged ‘The Hives’

Sweden’s hard working altrockers The Hives have been ordered to  pay 18.5 million kronor ($2.87 million) to their compatriots the Cardigans by their country’s district court in Lund, it’s reported

The court made the ruling on a  financial dispute, which is one of several  Malmö’s Tambourine Studios are involved in,  posts Billboard.com

The Hives are a Swedish rock band fronted by Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist who became a prominent garage punk rock band in the early 2000′s.The Hives are known for putting on highly energetic shows performing in ever-changing black and white suits. Photos © live4ever Media

Fatboy Slim, The Hives, Biffy Clyro, and ALT-J, are among some of the latest bands that have been added to the line-up of the eighth edition of the Bilbao BBK Live festival ; scheduled to take place from the 11th to 13th July in Kobetamendi, a 10 min bus ride from Bilbao city, Spain.

The Hives are ready for their close up with the release of their new video for “Wait A Minute”

The Hives, who are currently out on the road in the US, will return in September with a new string of headline shows.

In today’s Soundbites - our look back at the past week’s news, reviews, and tabloid gossip – BBC4 makes the license fee seem worthy, Justin Bieber shows himself to have plenty in common with birds, Bob Geldof dreams of being Paul Weller, the latest Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle track is reviewed and our pick of the week’s new videos is selected.

The Hives frontman ‘Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist has claimed current rock n roll music has been ‘pretty shit’ for a long time in an interview with The Guardian.

The Hives have confirmed details of a short UK tour beginning in December.

The Hives have debuted the video for their comeback single ‘Go Right Ahead‘, which can be viewed below.

The Hives frontman ‘Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist has admitted the Swedish band have been through a lot of problems since the release of ‘The Black and White Album‘ in 2007.