Premiere for Ingrosso at Avicii Arena: "It feels good that it's only now"

Emotional support. That's what it says on the shirts worn by Benjamin Ingrosso's crew. Over 90 people work on the show, and during the tour 18 trucks have rolled through Sweden. Now the crew has reached Stockholm and the Avicii Arena to put an end to the "What happens next?" tour.

It is the first time Benjamin Ingrosso plays his own music in the arena.

- The Globe was the first stage I stood on, when I was four. The mother had some Christmas concert with Christer Sjögren and I was Mowgli. But this is my first own concert, and it feels very nice that it is only now. Now I can give the show I want to give my audience, he says.

In two hours, he and the musicians will go on stage. The band Fanny Avonne's sound check plays backstage as Benjamin shows us into the box. The loading usually consists of buns, preferably morning buns, some berries and a lot of water.

- But I don't eat much before the show, because then I tend to burp on stage.

He spends most of his time in the lodge in bed, which has fluffy white covers. The last thing he does before a show is blow a pipe to warm up his voice, take a cold shower, put on makeup and get dressed.

- I usually choose at the last second which shirt I wear. I like to go by feel, says Benjamin Ingrosso and points to the clothes rack where shirts in different colors hang in a row.

Playing at home means a lot.

- My friends are here and it feels good. I've been working on this show for a year. It's not just a concert, it has a message and a deeper meaning behind all the LED screens.

What is the meaning you want to convey?

- That regardless of where you are in life, you should always trust your gut and follow your own path. In all the noise, where people have so many opinions, it's important to let it go and just trust what you yourself think is good. You have to dare to close one door to open another.