Swedish~ Stereo~

Long awaited opening ceremony of Stoclkholm's Friends Arena has attracted a lot of truly big names of Swedish pop presenting mostly their fresh stuff. Loreen, Danny, Icona Pop, Roxette, Tommy Körberg, First Aid Kit and Agnes were among the first artists trying the scale of stadium. And surely it has turned quite impressive + 1) exciting as next year's Melodifestivalen final will be having these epic scales 2) sad as next year's Eurovision will not.
The whole show is blocked abroad but here are the most interesting separate performances leaked on Youtube.

Yesterday Patti Smith and Kronos Quartet received year's Polar Music Prize awards.
Every year some Swedish artists are invited to perform covers of a honoured artists and this time it was Veronica Maggio, The Ark, Anna Järvinen and First Aid Kit who have managed touched Patti to tears. Evening has turned quite warm, sentimental and orchestra has brought some special charm we enjoyed last time on a Royal Wedding concert year ago.
You can check whole concert here and separate performances below.

Anna Järvinen - Distant fingers