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Swedish musician Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson, known as Joey Tempest, co-founder and lead singer of the rock group Europe, was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Larsson began performing in 1979 and adopted the name Joey Tempest, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and also by the song “Sparks of the Tempest” by American progressive rock group Kansas. Europe had the UK number one single “The Final Countdown” in 1986.