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Swedish rock band May 2019 Infobox musical artist | name = Europe | image = Europe the band in Stockholm 2016.jpg | caption = Europe on stage in Stockholm 2016. From left to right: John Levén, Mic Michaeli, Joey Tempest, Ian Haugland and John Norum. | image_size = | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | alias = Force (1979–1982) | origin = Upplands Väsby, Sweden | genre = flatlist| * Arena rockcite web Thomas Stephen n.d. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/europe-mn0000170381 Europe: Artist Biography AllMusic May 3, 2022 * hard rockcite magazine Dave Reynolds Europe – Europe |magazine= Metal Forces August 1983 |issue= 1 |page= 22 10 October 2016 https://www.scribd.com/doc/242575781/Metal-Forces-01-Autumn1983-pdf * glam metalcite web Mike McPadden The Hair Metal 100: Ranking the '80s Greatest Glam Bands, Part 4 24 September 2015 VH1. Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom 10 October 2016 https://www.vh1.com/news/vns2z2/the-hair-metal-100-part-4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220704102909/https://www.vh1.com/news/vns2z2/the-hair-metal-100-part-4 live 4 July 2022cite magazine Kelley Simms Europe – War of Kings 17 March 2015 |magazine= Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 10 October 2016 http://bravewords.com/reviews/europe-war-of-kings * blues rock * Heavy metal music|heavy metal | years_active = flatlist| * 1979–1992 * 1999 * 2003–present | label = flatlist| * Epic Records|Epic * Edel AG|Edel * Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary * earMusic * UDR Records * Silver Lining Music / Hell & Back Recordings * Swedmetal Records | associated_acts = flatlist| * Easy Action (band)|Easy Action * Dokken * Glenn Hughes (English singer)|Glenn Hughes * Brazen Abbot * Clockwise (band)|Clockwise * Last Autumn's Dream * Yngwie Malmsteen | website = URL|europetheband.com * Joey Tempest * John Norum * John Levén * Mic Michaeli * Ian Haugland | past_members = * Peter Olsson * Tony Reno * Marcel Jacob * Kee Marcello ''Europe'' is a Swedish Rock music|rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979,Cite web https://www.dn.se/arkiv/teater/hardrock-tog-priset-enkopingsband-vann-rock-sm/ Hårdrock tog priset. Enköpingsband vann rock-SM 27 April 1993 DN.SE 11 November 2019 by lead vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson, and drummer Tony Reno. They obtained a major breakthrough in Sweden in 1982 by winning the televised competition "''Rock-SM''" (Swedish Rock Championships); it was the first time this competition was held, and Europe became a larger success than the competition itself. Since their formation, Europe has released eleven studio albums, three live albums, three compilations and twenty-four music videos. Europe's current lineup comprises Tempest, Norum, bassist John Levén, keyboardist Mic Michaeli, and drummer Ian Haugland. Europe rose to international fame in the 1980s with their third album, 1986's ''The Final Countdown (album)|The Final Countdown''. as of|2003, Europe has sold 10 million albums worldwide.cite news http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3162506.stm | title=Rock group Europe plan comeback |work=BBC News 12 August 2008 | date=3 October 2003 The band has had two top 20 albums on the Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200 chart (''The Final Countdown'' and ''Out of This World (Europe album)|Out of This World'')cite magazine BillboardURLbyName|artist=europe|chart=all | title=Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Europe |magazine=Billboard.com 24 June 2008 and three top 30 singles on the Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart ("The Final Countdown (song)|The Final Countdown", "Rock the Night (song)|Rock the Night" and "Carrie (Europe song)|Carrie", which reached number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100).cite magazine BillboardURLbyName|artist=europe|chart=all Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Europe |magazine=Billboard.com 24 June 2008 Europe went on hiatus in 1992, reunited temporarily for a one-off performance in Stockholm on New Year's Eve 1999 and announced an official reunion in 2003. Since then the band has released six albums, ''Start from the Dark'' (2004, ''Secret Society (album)|Secret Society'' (2006, ''Last Look at Eden'' (2009, ''Bag of Bones (album)|Bag of Bones'' (2012, ''War of Kings (album)|War of Kings'' (2015) and ''Walk the Earth'' (2017). Europe gained new attention in the US after being featured in a GEICO cable television commercial campaign during 2015–2016. The band is mainly influenced by Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, UFO (band)|UFO and Michael Schenker Group.cite web http://www.metal-rules.com/metalnews/2013/01/09/europe-interview-with-joey-tempest/ Europe – Interview with Joey Tempest 23 March 2014 |work=metal-rules.com 9 January 2013cite web http://www.uberrock.co.uk/interviews/63-december-interviews/10046-joey-tempest-europe-uber-rock-interview-exclusive.html Joey Tempest - Europe - Uber Rock Interview Exclusive 23 March 2014 |work=uberrock.co.uk 16 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190916232055/http://www.uberrock.co.uk/interviews/63-december-interviews/10046-joey-tempest-europe-uber-rock-interview-exclusive.html