“Viagra who? Yeah, we don’t do charities” There’s been a battle between The Hives and Viagra Boys over the last few days, with the Swedish rockers taking jabs at each other on social media. Fans of both bands need not worry, however. It’s all in good humour, and a way to plug their show at Stockholm Fields Festival this weekend (6 July).
It began with an Instagram post from The Hives last week, in which the garage punks wrote: “The self described punk rock losers in @viagraboys have been challenged by others described punk rock winners The Hives to some sort of rock contest. Who you got money on?” In the video, Hives frontman Pelle Almqvist was at a car dealership with an assistant, who gets a phone call from someone asking if the band would be interested in “playing the Viagra Boys at Stockholm Fields.” “Viagra who? Yeah, we don’t do charities,” he deadpanned in response to his assistant when she relayed the question.
A post shared by The Hives (@thehives) They then made another Instagram video, in which Almqvist was asked by a journalist if he had anything to say about the “upcoming clash” with Viagra Boys. Almqvist wrote in the caption, “The plot thickens! I googled them. They don’t seem that young.
Please send liver function test and VO2 max for each member.” A post shared by The Hives (@thehives) The band then made another post, complete with a photo of a bus advertising the gig in the style of a fight between the two bands. “Don’t g.
