"We're only here to play fantastic rock music": The Hives promise that their upcoming live shows will be like "a regular rock show but there's more of everything"

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On the eve of a 12-date UK tour by The Hives – the much-travelled garage rockers from Fagersta, Sweden once hailed by Spin magazine as “the best live band on the planet” – frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist discusses last year’s The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons, the group’s sixth album in total and their first full-length one in a decade.