[ATTENDED: November 7, 2026] Icona Pop
My wife and I were in Sweden visiting our son who is studying in Umeå. I thought it might be fun to see a show in Sweden and there was actually an interesting show on our last night in Umeå, a singer name Mi Von Ahn who I hadn’t heard of but who I listened to and thought would be fun to see (she’s kind of a mellow shoegazey type of artist). Especially since she was going on at 9 and there was an event in the same venue scheduled for ten, so I knew it wouldn’t be too long. Well, our plans changed (for the better) and we did not get to Stage Umeå.
Den 6 november släpper Mi von Ahn sitt tredje album Delta Veins. Samma kväll firar vi releasen på Stage i Umeå, med både Mi von Ahn och albumaktuella Hök på scen!
On November 6, Mi von Ahn releases her third album, *Delta Veins*. That same evening, we’ll be celebrating the release at Stage in Umeå, featuring both Mi von Ahn and Hök—who also has a new album out—on stage!
Early on we decided that it would be less stressful to return to Stockhom on Saturday and then fly home on Sunday, rather than trying to get a connecting flight, etc. That’s when I saw that Icona Pop were playing Stockholm on Saturday night! And they are from Stockholm! Crazy.
This was such a weird even to buy a ticket for. First, it was in Swedish KR, then it was in a hotel (!) and I wasn’t entirely sure that it was a real concert. Maybe it was some kind of “night of Icona Pop music” like we have here for other pop bands. So I double and triple checked (it’s a hotel with multiple venues for events) and made sure (yes it’s really them). But why didn’t this relatively small venue sell out? No idea.
So we walked to the venue, went through the labyrinthian coat check process (I don’t have a local bank account, so I couldn’t just scan the QR code, it was a whole thing). But it all worked out and we went upstairs into a gorgeous ballroom. Chandeliers, balconies, art on the walls…. amazing. And people were dressed to the nines and drinking champagne in glass flutes. This was no US club, that’s for sure. I was underdressed–wearing Merrell boots, I was afraid of crushing toes. And everyone around us was chatting with their friends (mostly in Swedish). (more…)
