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After Dark is a Swedish drag act founded in 1976, starring entertainer Christer Lindarw who more recently also appears intermittently out of drag and sings with his own voice.

Show history

The group was put together for a special Stockholm nightclub called After Dark Club immediately after Lindarw with Roger Jönsson had appeared in Wild Side Story at Alexandra's in January 1976 and also in February, with an added co-star Lars "Lasse" Flinckman, at the same venue were headlined in Lars Jacob's Monday Night Drag Show. Its immediate appeal with Alexandra's clientel has been cited as instrumental to rapid and early success.^[1] Since that time, After Dark has become a major ingredient in Swedish LGBT culture. Jönsson however left the group for another in 1981 and died in 1984. The Lindarw-Flinckman duo had international success, performing in Barcelona, Madrid and San Francisco.^[2]

By 2009 Flinckman had retired from the show and was replaced for a tour of Sweden by entertainer Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson also known as Babsan. Their Stockholm version of the show was broadcast by TV4 (Sweden) on New Year's Eve 2011. Remaining in the ensemble (2011) since its start in 1976 is dancer Nils-Albert Eriksson who does male parts.

Eurovision Song Contest attempts

In 2004 After Dark competed in Melodifestivalen, the annual Swedish preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest. Their song La dolce vita finished third domestically and did not proceed. A single of the song was a hit on the radio in Sweden and was often played at Swedish day care centers.^[3] After Dark did a new show that year, named for the song, at Stockholm's main amusement park.

At a fourth and final televised Melodifestivalen trial in February 2007 After Dark, without Flinckman, did (Åh) När ni tar saken i egna händer, which competed well but did not proceed to the domestic finale. The Swedish lyrics can all be interpreted as relating to masturbation, its repeated title sounding as sung like "onanism, what you have at hand". Four people named as masturbators in it (by their first names only) are recognizable Swedish TV celebrities who according to the Aftonbladet tabloid paper gave their consent. The number was performed "elegantly, intelligently and with style" and could alternatively be interpreted as dealing with home improvement.^[4]

They took part in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "Kom ut som en stjärna", but finished at the 7th place in the third semifinal.

References

^ Westerling, Kalle: La Dolce Vita, Normal Förlag, Stockholm 2006
^ Historia, The Official After Dark Website (Accessed March 3. 2007) Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Melodifestivalen 07, SVT.se (Accessed March 3. 2007) Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ Så fräck är onanilåten, Aftonbladet, February 23. 2007

External links

[1] Westerling, Kalle: La Dolce Vita, Normal Förlag, Stockholm 2006

[2] Historia, The Official After Dark Website (Accessed March 3. 2007) Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Melodifestivalen 07, SVT.se (Accessed March 3. 2007) Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Så fräck är onanilåten, Aftonbladet, February 23. 2007

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 ==Show history==
 The group was put together for a special [[Stockholm]] nightclub called After Dark Club immediately after Lindarw with Roger Jönsson had appeared in ''[[Wild Side Story]]'' at [[Alexandra Charles|Alexandra's]] in January 1976 and also in February, with an added co-star Lars "Lasse" Flinckman, at the same venue were headlined in ''[[Lars Jacob]]'s Monday Night Drag Show''. Its immediate appeal with Alexandra's clientel has been cited as instrumental to rapid and early success.<ref>Westerling, Kalle: ''La Dolce Vita'', Normal Förlag, Stockholm 2006</ref>
-Since that time, After Dark has become a major ingredient in Swedish [[LGBT]] culture. Jönsson however left the group for another in 1981 and died in 1984. The Lindarw-Flinckman duo had international success, performing in [[Barcelona]], [[Madrid]] and [[San Francisco]].<ref>[http://www.afterdark.se/historia.htm Historia], The Official After Dark Website (Accessed March 3. 2007){{Dead link|date=February 2016}}</ref>
+Since that time, After Dark has become a major ingredient in Swedish [[LGBT]] culture. Jönsson however left the group for another in 1981 and died in 1984. The Lindarw-Flinckman duo had international success, performing in [[Barcelona]], [[Madrid]] and [[San Francisco]].<ref>[http://www.afterdark.se/historia.htm Historia], The Official After Dark Website (Accessed March 3. 2007){{ |date= }}</ref>
 By 2009 Flinckman had retired from the show and was replaced for a tour of Sweden by entertainer [[Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson]] also known as ''Babsan''. Their Stockholm version of the show was broadcast by [[TV4 (Sweden)]] on New Year's Eve 2011. Remaining in the ensemble (2011) since its start in 1976 is dancer Nils-Albert Eriksson who does male parts.
 ==Eurovision Song Contest attempts==
-In 2004 After Dark competed in [[Melodifestivalen 2004|Melodifestivalen]], the annual Swedish preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest. Their song ''[[La dolce vita (After Dark song)|La dolce vita]]'' finished third domestically and did not proceed. A single of the song was a hit on the radio in Sweden and was often played at Swedish [[day care]] centers.<ref>[http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=62801&lid=puff_740920 Melodifestivalen 07], [[Sveriges Television|SVT.se]] (Accessed March 3. 2007){{Dead link|date=February 2016}}</ref> After Dark did a new show that year, named for the song, at [[Gröna Lund|Stockholm's main amusement park]].
+In 2004 After Dark competed in [[Melodifestivalen 2004|Melodifestivalen]], the annual Swedish preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest. Their song ''[[La dolce vita (After Dark song)|La dolce vita]]'' finished third domestically and did not proceed. A single of the song was a hit on the radio in Sweden and was often played at Swedish [[day care]] centers.<ref>[http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=62801&lid=puff_740920 Melodifestivalen 07], [[Sveriges Television|SVT.se]] (Accessed March 3. 2007){{ |date= }}</ref> After Dark did a new show that year, named for the song, at [[Gröna Lund|Stockholm's main amusement park]].
 At a fourth and final televised [[Melodifestivalen 2007 (semifinals)|Melodifestivalen trial]] in February 2007 After Dark, without Flinckman, did ''[[(Åh) När ni tar saken i egna händer]]'', which competed well but did not proceed to the domestic [[final (disambiguation)|final]]e. The Swedish lyrics can all be interpreted as relating to [[masturbation]], its repeated title sounding as sung like "onanism, what you have at hand". Four people named as masturbators in it (by their first names only) are recognizable Swedish TV celebrities who according to the ''[[Aftonbladet]]'' tabloid paper gave their consent. The number was performed "elegantly, intelligently and with style" and could alternatively be interpreted as dealing with home improvement.<ref>[http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,1007336,00.html Så fräck är onanilåten], [[Aftonbladet]], February 23. 2007</ref>

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