The Savage Rose

The Savage Rose - 60th anniversary concert: Wednesday 31 March 2027, 20:00–23:59, Portalen, Greve Teater- og Musikhus, Greve.

The Savage Rose celebrates their 60th anniversary in 2027. The band was founded in 1967 when five musicians and a singer met in a basement in Søborg and created music across genres. Their debut album "The Savage Rose" came out in 1968 and helped shape Danish rock as an independent art form.

Since then, the band has released 26 albums - from major commercial releases to records made independently on small alternative labels. Classics like "Dødens Triumf", "Wild Child" and "Black Angel" have been followed by more recent releases: "Universal Daughter" (2007), "Love And Freedom" (2012), "Roots Of The Wasteland" (2014) and "Homeless" (2017). The latter showed that the band still had artistic strength after Thomas Koppel's sudden death in 2006.

The Savage Rose in 2027 features:
Vocals: Annisette
Backing vocals: Naja Rosa Koppel, Amina Omar Carsce
Keys and horn: Frank Hasselstrøm
Hammond organ: Nikolaj Torp
Bass: Jacob Haugbjerg
Drums: Anders Holm
Guitar: Las Nissen
Trumpet: Charlie Koppel Hasselstrøm

Annisette is 78 years old and has received numerous music awards over the years - most recently she was nominated for the Nordic Council Prize in 2025. David Fricke, former editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone Magazine, has said of the band: "The Savage Rose doesn't just create music, they create history."