Swedish garage-rock quintet The Hives are touring Sweden these days before heading to Japan in April where they’ll play four dates in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo, three of these with fellow Swedes Johnossi who are visiting the Land of the Rising Sun for the first time.

Tonight Gothenburg have the pleasure of welcoming The Hives and the rest of the tour looks like this:

March 24 2009 – Göteborg, Sweden – Trädgår’n
March 25 2009 – Malmö, Sweden – KB
March 26 2009 – Norrköping, Sweden – Flygeln
March 27 2009 – Karlstad, Sweden – Nöjesfabriken
March 28 2009 – Umeå – Umeå Open

April 1 2009 – Osaka, Japan – Namba Hatch
April 2 2009 – Nagoya, Japan – Diamond Hall
April 3 2009 – Tokyo, Japan – Shibuya-Ax
April 4 2009 – Tokyo, Japan – Punkspring Festival