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NOTP tour: Antwerp, October 31, concert #7

Oct 31

Posted by Sascha in Fans, Media, Night of the Proms, Roxette, Tour, YouTube | 13 Comments

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation!

Photos:

Per Gessle’s comments:

Terrific show last nite. TV-recording as well. Great crowd, great band, Marie in top shape! Now, 3 days off.

Official videos:

The Look | It must have been love | Joyride I | Joyride II

Fans stories:

FIND YOURSELF ON THOSE PICTURES

YouTube Clips:

Wish I Could Fly | The Look | It Must Have Been Love | Joyride

Media reports/reviews:

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NOTP tour: Antwerp, October 30, concert #6

Oct 30

Posted by Kiwein in Fans, Media, Night of the Proms, Roxette, Tour, YouTube | 11 Comments

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation!

Photos:

Per Gessle’s comments:

Great show last night. Best so far. I believe so, yes. Yes.

Official videos:

Fans stories:

FIND YOURSELF ON THOSE PICTURES

YouTube Clips:

The Look (first minute) | It must have been love | Roxette flowers

Media reports/reviews:

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Online store for Roxette merchandise

Oct 30

Posted by Sascha in Misc, Night of the Proms, Releases, Roxette, Tour | 2 Comments

Official Roxette store for merchandiseAs ‘The Daily Roxette’ reports, an offical online store for Roxette merchandise has opened it’s doors pages. Currently it sells the same things as seen at the Proms tour: t-shirts, mugs, bags and more. It’s run from the UK, we don’t know yet by whom. Check it out!

Source: TDR

Edit: It’s run by EMI.

Update, November 2: I asked if they plan to sell additional articles like key-rings or also ‘retro’ stuff from the previous tours and got the following response:

At this moment in time, we only have merchandise for the current tour
> but we do hope to expand on that soon!

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Amazon.de delays delivery of Gessle Live-LP

Oct 30

Posted by Kiwein in Per Gessle, Releases | 3 Comments

A few days ago, Amazon.de sent a mail that the delivery of the Live-LP “Gessle over Europe” is delayed. Actually, the mail says:

We’re still trying to get the article you ordered.

Amazon says that they can’t tell a delivery date at the moment but will send a mail when they get further information. Furthermore the mail says that “we cannot guarantee that the article is still available. Are you still interested in it? If you don’t want to wait any longer you can cancel your order as long as it has not been sent off.

Question is: Will Amazon be able to send the LP? Wait and see..

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“Gessle over Europe” is #1. On Bengans.se charts.

Oct 29

Posted by Tomasz in Charts, Per Gessle, Releases | 8 Comments

GOE on Bengans.se

…and “Gessle over Europe” LP is currently no 6 on this list. Tomorrow at 9 am Swedish time Hitlistan chart – the official Swedish Top 60 will be published. Which place should we except?

Edit: The album debuted at #24 on Hitlistan chart.

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“Gessle over Europe” DVD – menu

Oct 29

Posted by Tomasz in Fans, Interview, Per Gessle, Releases | 3 Comments

The very first look at “Gessle over Europe” DVD menu:

The most interesting things I’ve noticed while the watching:

- the interview parts with Per & fans pop up many times through the Cirkus concert – after “Dressed for success” [Why did Per decide to go on the club tour?], “The Party Pleaser” [Rosina & Dany spotted; Per tells more about how he appreciates the fans - especially those from South America], “She doesn’t live here anymore” [Interview with Ezequiel in Swedish; Per's story from Warsaw gig about some people from Siberia who came for the concert], “Late, later on” [The idea of this tour], “Do you wanna be my baby?” [Roxette/Gessle music as the soundtrack of our lives; Dany wants her husband to forgive her! :D ], “Doesn’t make sense” [The future?], “Joyride” [The little concerts suit Per the best], “Are you an old hippie, sir?” [About "The look"], “It must have been love” [The tour experiances], “Queen of rain” [Per tells more about the band members; fans from Spain, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico after the Cirkus concert]

- though there is a 12 years-old parental adivsory – both videos for “Kix” and “Do you wanna be my babe?” are censored

- some unseen footage from the tour was added to the 100x tribal homevideos

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NOTP tour: Antwerp, October 29, concert #5

Oct 29

Posted by Kiwein in Fans, Media, Night of the Proms, Roxette, Tour, YouTube | 12 Comments

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation!

Photos:

Per Gessle’s comments:

Great show last nite. Where? Antwerp of course! Videos out soon on www.roxette.se

Official videos:

Wish I could fly 1 | Wish I could fly 2 | Wish I could fly 3 | The Look 1 | The Look 2 | The Look 3
It must have been love | Joyride | Joyride 2 | Listen to your heart 1 | Gabriel is fantastic
Per does the hoolabaloo | Skånsk Ouzo

Fans stories:

FIND YOURSELF ON THOSE PICTURES

ANTWERPEN:

I’ve seen Per and Marie playing live in 1992 and 1994 -quite a while ago- so I did not know what to expect. But I must say they were stunning!!!!Marie’s voice blew everyone away. She sung like a godess! She is not so much jumping as she used to do, but everyone could see the joy in her eyes. And her voice was incredibly pure. Together with 15000 people singing Listen to Your heart. Wowsers!

JB ON R2R:

I’m just back of NOTP….Roxette was amazing, don’t think that I have a voice tomorrow, I was screaming all the songs from the top of my lungs !!!! I was very close to the stage and I could notice that Marie needed help to take the stairs for going to the stage… the braintumor took her out of balance, that poor thing, but lot’s of respect 4 her !!! I don’t think that Roxette will go on tour in the future, I believe that Marie can’t handle a full concert, even when she is a very strong woman, and she is of course, but still……and she still can sing like a bird and all the lyrics were correct!!!! She just needed some practise and she was very nerveuse with the opening of NOTP…….I have enjoyed the other artist too, OMD was great, but only 2 songs ?? C’mon  I will go again next year !!!! And it was a great experience to see Roxette live !!!!!

YouTube Clips:

The Look | Wish I could fly | It must have been love | Joyride | Listen to your heart
The Look

Media reports/reviews:

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Roxette remasters bonus tracks review.

Oct 29

Posted by Tomasz in Fans, Releases, Roxette | No Comments

I was surfing over the internet and found this blogsite written by Gordon from UK. Just have a look at his opinions on new 2009 Roxette remasters as well as some other comments regarding Roxette:

Divinecarnate

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NOTP tour: Antwerp, October 28, concert #4

Oct 28

Posted by Sascha in Fans, Media, Night of the Proms, Roxette, Tour, YouTube | 14 Comments

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation!

Photos:

Per Gessle’s comments:

Those 2 days off were spent with the flu in a hotel bed in sunny Paris. Terrible. Now; 4 shows in a row.

Hooray! Everyone’s healthy again. Marie was out-of-this-world-good last nite and I’m feeling much better, thankyouverymuch.

Official videos:

Good time?

Per and Marie are little krasliga

Fans stories:

FIND YOURSELF ON THOSE PICTURES

BIANCHITTA:

It was a night to remember. But it was too short… Too short…. I wished I should have had several heads. The 1st one to look at Marie. The 2nd to look at Per. The 3rd for the band and the last one for the audience, atmosphere. etc. No laugh. I couldn’t get it all at the same time… I was so anxious for all these and I had so little time that I think I missed a lot of what was happening… I have only one head so excuse me all but I wanted to look at Marie most of all. So I didn’t really realize how the audience reacted on Roxette. But I guess It was nice and people knew the lyrics.

But guys I didn’t care about all these people. There were only Marie and Per for me. I had waited for that moment since 2001. And I couldn’t believe it. I still can’t. I love them with all my heart and I miss them badly. And I admire Marie the way as she is. So I don’t care if she forgets the lyrics or whatever. She was so touching, vulnerable, still a little bit nervous but she was gorgeous. She will always be gorgeous for me. She and Per are now a part of my family. I just happy they exist. And once again I realized I miss them like crazy. I do miss Roxette in my life. Solo stuff… yeah it’s great! But nothing can be compared for me with Marie and Per together!!

I’d also like to say that I think it’s at least impolite to discuss Marie. Excuse me all. I don’t want to hurt anyone. But don’t you think we are not allowed to? No one from us really knows what she has been going through. Can you really understand she could die????!?!?!?!? How can you discuss her coordination, confusing, differences, etc calling yourselves fans and saying you love her!!!.???? It must be a joke!! Do you think she needs such reviews? Yes, thank you very much for such support….. C’mon! Be wise…. She does her best and I do think She is inimitable.

YouTube Clips:

The Look | Joyride | Joyride & Listen to your heart | The Look & It must have been love

Media reports/reviews:

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NOTP tour: Antwerp playlist

Oct 28

Posted by Tomasz in Night of the Proms, Roxette, Tour | 11 Comments

Here is the playlist for Antwerp, and every probable, for Rotterdam and Arnhem shows as well.

1. Also sprach Zarathustra – Nox Argentea Il Novecento
2. Hongaarse n° 5 – Il Novecento
3. Scarlatti’s metamorphosis – Katona twins
4. Bluesette – Toots Thielemans
5. Film medley – Toots Thielemans
6. Bloemenwals – Il Novecento
7. Mother earth/Ice queen – Sharon den Adel
8. Stand my ground – Sharon den Adel
9. Midsommarvaka + Wish I could fly – Roxette
10. Ouverture dichter & boer – Il Novecento
11. Maid of Orleans – OMD
12. Souvenir en Locomotion – OMD
13. Enola Gay – OMD

BREAK

14. Suite to dance 2 – Il Novecento
15. Sweet bad black or white spirit – Katona twins
16. La gazza ladra 2009- Katona twins
17. Stairway to heaven – John Miles, Katona twins, Sharon den Adel
18. Advent rising suite – Il novecento
19. Wonderful world – Toots Thielemans
20. If I could – Toots en John Miles
21. Bolero – Il Novecento
22. The look – Roxette
23. It must have been love – Roxette
24. Joyride – Roxette
25. Listen to your heart – Roxette
26. Land of hope and glory – Il novecento en fig.
27. Music – John Miles
28. Music – Iedereen

Source: Het Nieuwsblad

Thanks to Project_Z!

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NOTP tour: Good news for the next shows

Oct 28

Posted by Sascha in Fans, Night of the Proms, Roxette, Tour | 13 Comments

Night of the Proms logoThe international NOTP fanpage provides some fresh info regarding the past and next shows – obviously they spoke/mailed with producer Jan Vereecke:

In our review of the premiere on the 23th of October we concluded that overall the show was good but we complained about the problems regarding the sound. During the rehearsals, Jan reported the sound to be good, but since there is a difference between the sound in an empty and a full arena… The problem is solved now and the quality of the sound became much better. That is good news.

During the weekend, Marie of Roxette got an infection of her throat which caused her voice to be less on the show of last Saturday. Immediatly she was put on medication. On Sunday she sang a lot better and her voice will be back to full strenght from Wednesday on. Also good news.

The running order of the premiere is still applied; the proof that the show was well prepared and jugded by the organization so that no adaption had to be made. Again, good news.

Question of the release for a CD of the Antwerp and The Netherlands edition was not denied by Jan. He wrote:”PERHAPS…”. Wouldn’t that be good news?

Source: notpfan.eu

Update: Producer Jan Vereecke writes within a post about reactions to the first shows:

… And then Marie was so ill on Saturday that she could barely sing, and it nevertheless has disappointed some people (understandably). … The report of yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) is that her voice got much stronger, but she still suffers a bad cough. We cross fingers for this evening. I hope that we can do a smooth show when Marie’s voice completely returned. …

Source: Jan’s blog

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NOTP tour: Meet and Greet

Oct 28

Posted by Kiwein in Night of the Proms, Roxette, Tour | 8 Comments

The tour started on friday and we want you to share your very special moment with Roxette. Did you meet Per Gessle after the show? Or even Marie? Or the other band members? What did they say? Did you take photos? Share your story and pics with us and send a mail to office@roxetteblog.com!! Every story and every picture will be published!

UPDATE (1.15 pm): First story and pictures are uploaded. Thanx Luis for sharing!

You find the Meet and Greet-subpage at the top of this page when you hover over “Night of the Proms” in the upper menu! Have fun reading and watching.

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“Att vara Per Gessle” sale on AdLibris.se

Oct 28

Posted by Tomasz in Roxette | No Comments

AdLibris.se, the only shop which sells limited edition of Per Gessle’s biography “Att vara Per Gessle” written by Sven Lindström, is organizing a sale right now. The book is discounted to only 39 SEK. Unfortunately, as far as I know, AdLibris.se does not send books to any other country than Sweden.

BUY

Source: Twitter

“Gessle over Europe” reviews

Oct 28

Posted by Tomasz in Media, Per Gessle, Releases | No Comments

Signed copy of "Gessle over Europe"Two reviews of “Gessle over Europe” CD+DVD set appeared in the Swedish press – the first one comes from Göteborgsposten and the author, Johan Lindqvist, gives the album 3 out of 5 and says that “Party crasher tour” got only press when Marie Fredriksson came in picture.

Another review was published in Upsala Nya Tidning and GOE got 4/5. Per Gessle was compared by the journalist, Ulf Gustavsson, to the cat with nine lives – his Swedish or English solo career, Gyllene Tider, Roxette or Son of a Plumber. Anyway – the review is really positive.

And tonight, the very first look at the DVD – stay tuned!

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NOTP tour: no tickets for the last two Rotterdam shows

Oct 27

Posted by Kiwein in Night of the Proms, Tour | 6 Comments

Just a short note to let you know: If you plan to go to the Rotterdam shows on November 23rd and 24th – this won’t be possible. Funnily both dates are mentioned on roxette.se but don’t show up on the official NOTP site or the ticket sites. I sent a short mail to Dirk Hohmeyer, the organizer of the German shows and he replied that on both days shows are held for employees of a big company, these shows are private so to speak. If you manage to get in tell us how it was – of course.

Update: As Project_Z tells us, the show on Sunday November 8th in Antwerp is also a “closed” concert.

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