20 years since Swedish ANC gala, DVD out soon
Written by Jud on November 26, 2005 to Misc.
STOCKHOLM - 
Mikael Wiehe, Tomas Ledin, Eva Dahlgren, Thåström and Per Gessle. Together in 1985 they collected 13 million kronor for ANC in a Live Aid-inspired gala. Next week, the concert will be relased on DVD.
“A lot of good music and very funny hairdos” Mikael Wiehe says.
Twenty years ago the entire Swedish rock elite gathered in support of ANC, an organization working against the apartheid system in South Africa. The result were two magical concerts, that were released as an album and shown on Swedish TV. It was said that the participating artists outdid themselves, performing both their hits and also in new exciting constellations.
The concert was shown on Swedish TV in December 1985. Thirteen million kronor was collected for the ANC and Swedish prime minister Olof Palme delivered a speech and an additional five million kronor from the Swedish government.
Per & Marie performed together with Lasse Lindbom and MP Persson as the group “Spännade Ostar” (“Thrilling Cheeses”), and as far as Per remembers they performed four songs, among them “Love the One You’re With” and “Tända en sticka till.” “We weren’t featured on the poster or the album…” Per recalls.
- Aftonbladet article (in Swedish)
- Playground Music Scandinavia
Reading from the artist roster is more than enough: Tomas Ledin, Eva Dahlgren, Mikael Rickfors, Björn Afzelius, Per Gessle & Marie Fredriksson, Totta’s Bluesband, Jerry Williams, Peps Persson, Sanne Salomonsen, Dan Hylander, Mats Ronander, Anders Glenmark, Anne-Lie Rydé, Robert Broberg, Imperiet, Hansson de Wolfe United, Mikael Wiehe, Tommy Körberg and Py Bäckman plus many many more performed.
The track listing:
- ANC choir: When Freedom We Have Won
- Totta’s Bluesband: Ain’t Your Business
- Totta’s Bluesband: Too Late
- Peps Persson: En del och andra
- Peps Persson: Djupt i mitt trötta hjärta
- Jerry Williams: Let It Rock
- Jerry Williams: Don’t You Lie To Me
- Totta’s Bluesband: Sail Away
- Totta’s Bluesband: Going Down
- Mats Ronander: En hederlig man
- Sanne Salomonsen: Out Of Darkness
- Mats Ronander: Kött och blod
- Mikael Rickfors: Amazing Grace
- Mikael Rickfors: We May Be Wrong
- Eva Dahlgren: Vill inte se
- Eva Dahlgren & Anders Glenmark: The Long And Winding Road
- Lasse Lindbom, Marie Fredriksson & Per Gessle: Love The One You’re With
- Tomas Ledin: Take Good Care Of Your Children
- Tomas Ledin: Don’t Touch That Dial
- Ledin, Rickfors, Dahlgren & Salomonsen: It’s Never To Late
- Anne-Lie Ryde: Alltid blå
- Anne-Lie Ryde: All For The Love Rock & Roll
- Hansson de Wolfe United: Oberoende vad fursten säger
- Dan Hylander: Hymn till en snubblande vandrare
- Py Bäckman: Concordelia
- Py Bäckman: Jag lever
- Dan Hylander: Skuggor i skymningen
- Hylander, Bäckman & co: Låt julen förkunna (Frid på jorden)
- Robert Broberg: Målet är ingenting, Vägen är allt
- Rolf Börjlind: Nyttiga idioter
- Tommy Körberg: Som en bro över mörka vatten
- Tommy Körberg: Likgiltigheten
- Strube, Wiehe, Salomonsen & Afzelius: Håll om mig
- Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe: Europa
- Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe: Folkets kamp är folkets hopp
- Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe: Det räcker nu
- Olof Palme: Speech
- Imperiet: C.C. Cowboys
- Imperiet: Blå himlen blues
- Imperiet, Afzelius, Wiehe & co: Fred
- Svensk Rock Mot Apartheid: Soweto
- Svensk Rock Mot Apartheid: Berg är till för att flyttas
- Bonus: Hos ANC i Afrika (a film by Tomas Ledin 1986)
- Bonus: Ledin & Wiehe (interview)
Other articles with the same topic
- Roxette interview from the rehearsals (February 18, 2011)
- Ask Per a great question (February 7, 2011)
- Rock Band 3 features Roxette (September 8, 2010)
- Dolph Lundgren mentions Per in UK interview (August 22, 2010)
- Record "The Look" and win $5,000 shopping spree (August 11, 2010)
14 comments
gt_pelle said on November 26, 2005 15:01:
Wasn´t MP on this track with Marie and Per?
I´m gonna buy this DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Or my parents :lol: )
Jud (moderator) said on November 26, 2005 17:03:
as far as I understand it (from the double CD I have home) - most of the artists were there on stage doing backing vocals/playing some instrument when they were not singing the main vocals, or??
Baby-C said on November 26, 2005 22:27:
Yea Tev that is kind of strange.. I was thinking about that to. I suppose those who saw him as a “has been” back then have been forsed to take their words and thoughts back a few times since then. *smile*
purplemedusa said on November 27, 2005 10:56:
Antligen!!!!!!! I’ve ALWAYS wanted this - it’s such an centimental part of South African history... I’m curious tho; the money that they raised - did that actually go to the ANC or was it just about creating awareness/pressure for a liberated South Africa (ultimately leading to Nelson Mandela’s freedom & the first democratic elections in 1994)?
Jules-SouthAfrica said on November 27, 2005 17:24:
where can we get it from? @Hanrich, do you think it’ll be released here?
carbon_boy said on November 28, 2005 07:15:
The money probably went to the ANC.
Hope it gets released in SA. :o)
purplemedusa said on November 29, 2005 04:57:
Mmm... somehow I doubt this will be released in SA but will do some asking today!!
tevensso (moderator) said on November 26, 2005 14:29:
Funny that they seem to use Per as the poster boy for this DVD, as he wasn’t allowed on the album, he was considered a “has been”...