The Hives @ Cherry, AC/DC Lane, Melbourne 4-Dec-2015

In town supporting AC/DC, Swedish rock'n'roll band The Hives visited Australia's best rock bar Cherry in Melbourne's AC/DC Lane on Friday 4 December 2015, where they entertained the full-house with a four-hour DJ set from midnight. The Hives are front man Howlin' Pelle Almqvist (Per Almqvist), guitarists Nicholaus Arson (Niklas Almqvist) and Vigilante Carlstroem (Mikael Karlsson), bassist Dr. Matt Destruction (Mattias Bernvall), and drummer Chris Dangerous (Christian Grahn).

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EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY: Swedish rockers The Hives spinning in the DJ booth at Cherry bar in 2005.

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