AC/DC first gig in Sweden
Published: 2009-11-13
AC/DC - Cortina Dansbana
Cortina is a dance venue in the municipality of Halland close to the small community of Vinberg. On the 16th of July in 1976 Australian band AC/DC played their first ever Swedish gig here.
At this time the band was already famous in Australia but quite unknown in Europe and they had been booked to play during the pause of the main performers, Swedish dance orchestra Jigs. Jigs was very much the archetype for mainstream popular Swedish music at the time playing romantic dance oriented orchestra music, in some ways the very opposite of the rock played by the would-be legendary Australian rockers.
Many youngsters turned up to see the band from Australia and the event had profound effects on many of them who went on to become lifelong fans of the band. In 2009 Swedish radio produced the documentary "När AC/DC kom till byn" created by Ola Hemström, interviewing some of the people present at the gig as well as members of Jigs.
Though it seems whatever impression AC/DC left on the dance venue wasn't permanent, in the present day the Cortina venue has been renamed Cortina Line and is used for Country line dancing.
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