Swedish House Mafia Tour Overview
Swedish House Mafia (SHM) are a Swedish house music supergroup consisting of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso. The group officially formed in late 2008, were placed at number ten on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJ Poll 2011, and have been called "the faces of mainstream progressive house music", while being credited for "setting the tone for the EDM boom of the early 2010s, more than any other act in modern dance music". In 2012, they were ranked at number twelve on the DJ Mag Top 100 Poll. The trio is best known for their biggest hit single to date, "Don't You Worry Child".
On 24 June 2012, the group announced they would split up. Their final performance was at Ultra Miami on 24 March 2013. For the next five years, Angello worked solo, while Axwell and Ingrosso performed as the duo, Axwell & Ingrosso. On 25 March 2018, the group reunited with a surprise closing set at the 20th anniversary of Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida. The group released their debut studio album, Paradise Again, on 15 April 2022 through their new label, Republic.
About Swedish House Mafia
Before Swedish House Mafia, Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso performed as solo DJs in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Angello and Ingrosso knew each other as children growing up in Stockholm, and would often collaborate under various aliases in their early careers. Collaborations with Axwell came later in the decade as the pair discovered the Swedish DJ by a chance meeting. Towards the mid 2000s Axwell, Angello, and Ingrosso found themselves often playing shows together, with fellow Swedish DJ Eric Prydz joining them for some shows. The name Swedish House Mafia came about after friends and fans began labelling the four as they played more and more shows together with the four being first officially referred to as "Swedish House Mafia" in March 2007 by the Winter Music Conference. Eventually, the group officially adopted the name in late 2008, with Prydz deciding not to join the group, describing himself as a "control freak" in the studio who can't abide collaboration, even with close friends. Prydz announced he would be leaving the group, soon after the collective officially formed, in November 2008.
Swedish House Mafia Facts
- The Swedish House Mafia trio of Angello, Axwell and Ingrosso began to gain recognition beyond their home country of Sweden, and it was other artists who gave them the name that would become their identity.
- The Swedish House Mafia's breakup announcement was a stroke of genius, as it created a huge amount of buzz and interest in the group that they wouldn't have had otherwise. The announcement was so successful that it allowed them to headline a world tour, something that would have been impossible without the increased popularity that the breakup announcement brought.
- Swedish House Mafia had a difficult time getting gigs when they first started out, so they had to take whatever they could get. This led to them playing every Friday night for a year at a Stockholm pizza parlor.
- Swedish House Mafia, the world-renowned electronic music trio, have collaborated with John Martin on two Grammy-nominated hits.The song was a huge success, reaching the top 10 in several countries and becoming a global anthem for the trio's fans.
