Stockholm’s new venue Gasometer to open with performances Jacob Mühlrad & Alexander Wessely

Gasometer, the new venue arriving in Sweden next year, has announced the first names on its line-up, with Jacob Mühlrad & Alexander Wessely set to open the space. The new space is due to open its doors on March 17 next year, and will be a new 2,300-capacity venue in Stockholm. It gets its name as it is a conversion of a gasholder built in 1899, and it is set to be operated by hospitality and entertainment company Miramis. Programming for Gasometer will be run by the company’s head of entertainment Julien Planté – formerly of KOKO in London – and it will play host to live gigs and the Swedish Royal Opera. The latter of which has confirmed that it will be hosting events there as its home venue for the next five years. Now, ahead of the opening next spring, it has been confirmed that composer Jacob Mühlrad and visual artist and creative director Alexander Wessely will be the first to host events there when it opens its doors. They have gigs lined up for between March 17 and March 20, and the slot at the venue comes following Mühlrad being commissioned by the BBC Proms and Radio France, and also writing the music for the 2025 Nobel Prize Banquet. His music has also been performed a...