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Beginning Thursday, January 29, the third PopStad
event takes place, this year in the city of Eskilstuna,
Sweden.
It´s public broadcaster P3 (Swedish Broadcasting Corporation) that initiated PopStad
three years ago, and it´s aim is to focus yearly on a Swedish town with a vivid and inspiring music life. In 1996, Lund was PopStad. In 1997, Umeå. PopStad 98 in Eskilstuna runs for three days, January 29-31, at Stadshotellet, Eskilstuna.
Daytime, the event will include seminars and workshops on music, demo panels with
representatives from the music business and P3, and a stage for unsigned talent (three
acts per day).
In the evenings, four hours of broadcasts in front of an live audience include three live
acts per night (local and national), pop quizz Popsmart and interviews with musicians
and representatives from the local Eskilstuna scene.
The P3-price Guldmicken (The Golden Mic) will be presented to the best Swedish live
act 1997. The nominees are: Eric Gadd, Fireside, Di Leva, Loosegoats and Hellacoptes
and the votes are given by the P3 audience.
The broadcasts from PopStad 98 will be hosted by P3 presenters Petra Wangler and
Pelle Gustafsson. The pop quizz will be led by Kaj Kindvall, Stefan Wermelin and
Magdalena Väpnargård.
The following artists appear on the main stage (and in the live broadcast on P3)
Thursday 29/1 Polythene - Monster - Yvonne
Friday 30/1 Mol - Superswirls - The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Saturday 31/1 Bastard - Incka - Fireside - Kent (not in live broadcast)
This year, PopStad will also be heard and seen on the Internet. Web cameras will
follow the activites day and night, on stage and backstage.
Please refer to www.sr.se/p3/popstad for detailed information on PopStad 98, the latest
news, the complete program, pictures and sound files, web broadcasts, seminars,
workshops, running order and contents in the P3 radio broadcasts from Stadshotellet in
Eskilstuna, 29-31/1 1998.
PopStad is a yearly P3 event, created by P3 producer Maths Broborg and project
manager Per Alexanderson. PopStad 98 are arranged by P3 in close co-operation with
Eskilstuna Kommun, Eskilstuna Marknadsföring AB, Studiefrämjandet Musik & Media
och KFUK-KFUMs studieförbund.
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