BUKTE, YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S FAVORITE BAND, INVITES YOU TO ITS FIRST BIG CONCERT AT PALLADIUM
Born in Kurzeme, winning hearts and conquering Latvia's smallest and biggest stages, Bukte is ready to shake Palladium Riga on February 26 with Your Girlfriend's Favorite Concert, after which you will go home not only with your girlfriend, but also with a sweaty shirt and an insanely high pulse. With this grand performance, the four guys from Kurzeme want to remind everyone that celebrating youth is beautiful!
Although Bukte made the biggest splash on Latvia's music scene in 2024 with its debut album “Bēdu Ieleja,” the band's story began back on February 14, 2022. That was when three guys decided to take part in their school's Valentine's Day song contest and, without thinking too much about it, named themselves the moral collective Bukte. The concert taking place in February is no coincidence either - alongside youth, love, and everything else that tends to spiral out of control, Bukte will also celebrate its fifth birthday at Palladium.
Over these years, Everts Riekstiņš, Pēteris Alkšbirze, Kristiāns Lindenblats, and Edvards Goba have grown from school contest contestants into one of the most striking Latvian bands of the new generation. Bukte's songs are full of youthful maximalism, romance, and carefree spirit, carried by guitars, loud choruses, and lyrics the audience already knows by heart at concerts. “Ārprāts,” “Ziemeļvējš,” “Kur ir mans aliņš?,” “C’est la vie,” and “Viņai ir draugs” have become an inseparable part of the band's concerts.
It is live, above all, that Bukte's passion, energy, and uncontrollable desire to have fun are felt most strongly. So far, the band has toured Latvia and taken the stage at various festivals and concert venues, but Palladium will be its first solo concert of this scale. And if five years are being celebrated, there will be no room for modesty this time.
“We have played a lot of concerts, but this will be our first solo concert of this size, so we are planning to delight our listeners at Palladium concert hall with something truly grand. This will definitely be our best concert. Of course, so far!” says Bukte member Everts Riekstiņš.
