Month: July 2010

The Halmstad concert moved to Marknadplatsen

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According to Halland Posten, Live Nation decided to move Roxette concert once again – this time from Brottet till Marknadsplatsen. More than 3,000 tickets sold our in less than 30 minutes (24 minutes to be exact – according to Metro) and the previous venue could not take more people.

It is still unsure if Marknadplatsen means “Stora torg” or not.

Update: Marknadplatsen appears to be the big empty ground right of the mark: Google map

Update, July 15: According to new reports it’s this place under the spot near Picasso Park, where also the Halmstad Marinfestival is located.

The place in concert use: Marinfestival map and info

Roxette to play in Halmstad on August 14th – instead of Anderstorp!!

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We just got following press release from Live Nation:

ROXETTE TO PLAY IN BROTTET IN HALMSTAD

Roxette’s concert on August 14th has been moved to Brottet in Halmstad. The reason for this is that the 3-day event “The Race Legends” in Anderstorp Raceway has been cancelled due to financial problems of the organisers.

Since more than 9000 tickets had already been sold, Roxette has decided together with Live Nation, to move the concert to Brottet in Halmstad. The bought tickets are still valid for the concert and more will be released on July13th.

“We were very surprised when we heard that the Anderstorp weekend had been cancelled since the ticket sales had been so good. We know that many fans from around the world had bought tickets and in order not to disappoint them, we will play in Brottet in Halmstad and we will offer a firework of hits in the halland summer grass,” say Marie and Per from Roxette.

Tickets for the concert in Brottet in Halmstad will cost 500 SEK plus service fee and will be sold via Livenation.se, Ticnet 077-170 70 70.

Tickets bought for the concert in Anderstorp will be valid for the concert in Halmstad.

Update, July 10th

ONLY concert tickets bought for the concert in Anderstorp will be valid for the concert in Halmstad, NOT race tickets!

Also note, additional tickets will ONLY be sold via Ticnet, NOT Biljett.nu.

If you have questions regarding the concert and the tickets, contact info@livenation.se

The Race Legends event with Roxette gig cancelled!

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According to an jnytt.se article, the upcoming The Race Legends event at Anderstorp raceway got cancelled due to financial problems of the organizers. It was meant to be the biggest event for the site since the 70s. As the article states, Roxette’s gig at the raceway doesn’t survive the failure. An official press release by organizer Urban Stamming about this issue is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday.

The Race Legends organisation was marked with confusion and failures from the beginning. There was a public dispute about the accepted ticket resellers.

Almost 25,000 tickets sold!

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Smukfest Festival announced today that almost all tickets, over 25,000, are sold for this year edition of the second largest festival in Denmark. According to some sources, only less than 500 tickets are left.

Roxette will play there on Sunday, August 8th at 10 PM.

Update, July 8: As Ekstra Bladet reported yesterday, the 4-day-passes are now sold out. You can still get 1-day-tickets for Thursday and Sunday, when Roxette will perform.

Recommendation: How a fan remembers Roxette

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Bored? Go over to this blog and read the memories of a longterm Roxette fan from the USA. It’s quite a nice read!

If I can’t figure out what I want to listen to – Roxette.  If I’m feeling a particular, emotional high or low that I think only one band can understand – Roxette.  They are the band that has gotten me through most of my entire life.