The Swedish band The Hives made their debut at Rock in Rio with an energetic show that is already considered one of the best performances of the festival this year. Lead vocalist Pelle Almqvist interacted with the audience speaking in Portuguese throughout the performance, declaring that the festival, the audience and the band were all great.
The punk group, formed in the 1990s in Sweden, already has a consolidated trajectory in Brazil with regular performances in smaller music venues. This year, the band was in São Paulo opening shows for My Chemical Romance, but the show at Rock in Rio represented their largest audience in the country, despite there still being empty spaces around the Palco Mundo stage.
The Hives maintain a direct and energetic style on stage, characterized by strong guitar, present drums and moments of dominant bass. However, according to the article, the band's great differentiator lies in the excitement and charisma of its members at each performance, elements that were highlighted as memorable during the show.
The band was presented as having two great differentiators: melodic riffs and charisma, characteristics that were present throughout the presentation at the festival, reinforcing the group's position as one of the memorable attractions of the edition.
