[Pentti Koponen]
Thomas Johansson, legendario gerente de conciertos de EMA Telstar y Live Nation ha trabajado con los mayores artistas suecos e internacionales durante décadas. Nunca ha querido escribir un libro sobre su carrera, aunque muchos, incluyendo Björn Ulvaeus, le han convencido de hacerlo. Ahora nos sorpende con un libro "Rock'n'roll circus", que ha escrito con el periodista del Expressen Mats Olsson.
El libro no es una biografía tradicional, es sobre conciertos y música. Johansson ha conservado listas de canciones de los conciertos que ha producido. Se han escogido 25 listas y Johansson y Olsson nos cuentan las historias del backstage detrás de cada una de ellas. Como cuando organizó el concierto de Roxette en Paraguay vendiendo 40.000 entradas para unas instalaciones de 30.000. Y como el Premio Nobel que Bob Dylan se negó a aceptar finalemente se le hizo llegar a él.
Thomas Johansson no ha querido escribir sobre escándalos sobre ningún artista. Como escribe Björn en el comienzo del libro, Thomas nunca hablaría de confidencias.
Thomas Johansson, legendary concert arranger at EMA Telstar and Live Nation has worked with most major Swedish and international artists for decades. He has not been willing to write a book about his career, though many, including Björn Ulvaeus, have persuaded him to do one. Now he finally surprises us with a book, Rock'n'roll circus, which he has written with Expressen's Mats Olsson.
The book is no traditional biography, it is about concerts and music. Johansson has kept set lists of the concerts he has produced. 25 set lists were chosen and Johansson and Olsson tells backstage stories behind them. Like how arranger of Roxette's Paraguay concert had sold 40.000 tickets to the arena of 30.000. And how the Nobel Prize which Bob Dylan refused to accept finally got delivered to him.
Thomas Johansson has not wanted to write any scandal book about artistes. As Björn writes in the opening words of "Rock'n'roll circus", Thomas Johansson would never take up confidental things.
The book is no traditional biography, it is about concerts and music. Johansson has kept set lists of the concerts he has produced. 25 set lists were chosen and Johansson and Olsson tells backstage stories behind them. Like how arranger of Roxette's Paraguay concert had sold 40.000 tickets to the arena of 30.000. And how the Nobel Prize which Bob Dylan refused to accept finally got delivered to him.
Thomas Johansson has not wanted to write any scandal book about artistes. As Björn writes in the opening words of "Rock'n'roll circus", Thomas Johansson would never take up confidental things.
