Country Profile: Denmark
With a population of around 6m, Denmark assumes a natural slot between Germany and Sweden on the European tour route. But when Covid closed the gates, domestic artists rose to fill the gap, and they have stuck around.
Demand for big international shows remains strong, of course, but like many European markets, Denmark has increasingly figured out how to fill its own arenas and stadiums.
This summer saw the domestic phenomenon taken to its extremes at Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium, where Danish- language post-punkers The Minds of 99 played three consecutive nights before more than 150,000 fans – a triple sell-out never previously achieved by even the biggest international acts.
“When we went up with the 2024 shows, we believed we had two shows that likely would sell out, but when all 100,000 tickets were gone in a matter of minutes, we had to do a third show to meet the demand,” Live Nation Denmark’s Ulrik Ørum-Petersen told IQ. “Impressive is an understatement, really.”
“Impressive is an…
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