Festival promoters shared the news on Facebook with a note: “The Hellacopters Swedish high energy rockers will be performing as another headliner next year. They belong to the spearhead of the Scandinavian rock and roll wave. Their shows are so far extremely scarce and in Germany, there have been few opportunities to experience the best live band in Sweden“.

The Hellacopters were formed in 1994 by Nicke Anderson (Entombed) and Dregen, who later left to focus on his other band, Backyard Babies. He featured in the 1997 album Payin The Dues. They disbanded in 2008, after recording their last studio album Head Off. 

Since then The Hellacopter have been playing on and off and even made comments about the new album. At the beginning of 2020, Nicke commented: “We recorded about seven basic tracks [so far]. The thing is we do it very ‘here and there.’ The stars have to be aligned — literally. People think I’m the busiest guy, but no. It’s, like, ‘Well, I’m free here.’ ‘Oh, then I have to go to the country to the summer house.’ It’s that kind of thing. And then Dregen has BACKYARD BABIES. I think I’m busy, but he’s the busiest man I’ve ever known.”

In January this year, the band covered Jimi Hendrix’s “All Along The Watchtower” and The Rolling Stone’s classic “Sympathy For The Devil”. Both songs were done during the Sweedish game show På spåret.

On top of next year, Damage Done Fest where they will play alongside Dead Kennedy’s, The Hellacopters plan to hit the road this December with their European Tour. Tickets for all the events are available here.

The Hellacopters Tour Dates are:

15/12/21 – Sentrum Scene – Oslo -Norway
17/12 – Avicii Arena – Johanneshov – Sweden
18/12 – Goransoon Arena/ Konsert – Sandviken – Sweden
20/12 – Tavastia Klubi – Helsinki – Finland
21/12 – Tavastia Klubi – Helsinki – Finland
17/06/22 – Copenhell – Copenhagen – Denmark
27/08 – Damage Done Fest – Hamburg – Germany

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat