60th Birthday Tribute
On Wiehe's 60th birthday, a tribute show were held in his hometown Malmö. A number of high profiled Swedish artists, including Joakim Thåström, Lars Winnerbäck, Dregen, Lisa Ekdahl, Timbuktu, Stefan Sundström, Idde Shultz, Anna Stadling, Ebba Forsberg, Thomas Wiehe and Peter Clemmendson, performed Wiehe's songs in front of approximately 20 000 people. At the end of the show, Wiehe himself took the stage and performed a set of his favorite songs. The concert was later broadcasted on Sveriges Television with interviews and older footage of Wiehe.
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