Mando Diao are a rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. According to the band, the name Mando Diao has no meaning at all, but rather appeared to band member Björn Dixgård in a dream.
The roots of Mando Diao date back to 1995 when Björn Dixgård was a member of a band called Butler. Band members came and went; four years later, the remaining line-up chose to proceed more seriously in their musical efforts. Björn Dixgård and Gustaf Norén locked themselves up in a summer house and spent six months writing songs. The now-renamed band, along with Samuel Giers and Carl-Johan Fogelklou, made their first public performances in the clubs of their hometown Borlänge in 1999. A local writer described them in an article as the best unsigned band he had ever seen. This was soon followed by a record deal with EMI Sweden. In 2002 their first album Bring 'em In was released in Sweden. It contains early demo versions of their songs, partly recorded in the basement of keyboarder Daniel ...
| Sat, Jan 31, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Bergisel Stadium | Innsbruck, Austria |
| Tue, Mar 24, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Grosse Freiheit | Hamburg, Germany |
| Thu, Mar 26, 2009 | 8:00 PM | gasometer | Vienna, Austria |
| Fri, Mar 27, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Zenith Munich | Munich, Germany |
| Sun, Mar 29, 2009 | 8:00 PM | X-Tra Limmathaus | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Tue, Mar 31, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Rolling Stone | Milano, Italy |
| Fri, Apr 03, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Palacio de Deportes | Madrid, Spain |
| Wed, Apr 08, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Palladium Cologne | Cologne, Germany |
| Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Columbiahalle | 10965 Berlin, Germany |
| Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Annexet | Stockholm, Sweden |
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