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Roxette adds two more dates in Sweden

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Two more dates have been added to the Autumn leg of Roxette’s World Tour 2011, this time in Sweden:

3rd November 2011 – Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
4th November 2011 – Malmö Arena, Malmö, Sweden

The tickets for both shows go on sale on March 25th as usual via Ticnet and Livenation. Tickets cost 475-595 SEK plus service fee for Stockholm and 450-550 SEK plus fee for Malmö.

More dates will be announced in the following days. “Roxette’s world tour seems to have no end …” it is mentioned in the press release.

The press release also points out the success of “She’s Got Nothing On (But the Radio)” in different countries, for example the Top 10 in Germany or UK Radio Charts entry at #31 and current position #26″. The album “Charm School” went straight to number 1 in Germany, Czech Republic and Switzerland and “is on the way to reach platinum in Sweden,” explains the press release.

Visit our World Tour 2011 page for a tour overview and ticket info.

Update: pre-sales (for registered users) start on Livenation.se one day before, March 24th, on Livenation.se

Roxette’s performance at Klitschko vs Solis fight: Lists of streaming websites and broadcasting channels

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A quick reminder – tonight Roxette will perform “She’s Got Nothing On” at the boxing fight Vitali Klitschko vs Oldanier Solis, which takes place in Lanxess Arena in Cologne. We just got to know that the fight is being broadcasted to not less than 120 countries (!).

Besides RTL – also on internet stream, where Roxette’s performance will be surely shown, here you can see a list of channels or websites which seem to broadcast the fight tonight and hopefully Roxette’s performance!

– US: according to this article it will be on EPIXHD (Epix website) and in Times Square in NY (!!)

– Russia: LiveTV

If you are aware of more live streams or channels, post it in the comments!

Magnus Börjeson posted a picture of Christoffer going to the stage/ring.

World Tour 2011: Tallinn, Estonia – Concert cancelled!! New date: July 18th!!

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We need your help. The whole Roxette World Tour 2011 will be covered with such topics. If you find something connected with this particular part of the tour, post it in the comment section and we will add it to the article. Thanks for your help and cooperation!

Tallinn, Estonia, March 18th

Videos

Interview with Per Gessle on Estonian TV EER (uploaded by Testuser0298)

Update March 18th – 13:45:

It seems the show has been cancelled. Marie suffers from laryngitis and can’t sing tonight.
BDG just confirmed the cancellation. The show has been rescheduled for July 18th. Your tix are still valid, of course.

Source: FBI

Update March 18th – 19:45:

We’ve been told Marie is just doing fine, it’s just that she cannot  speak (and let alone sing). The performance tomorrow in Köln at the boxing fight is not cancelled.

Here’s Per’s explanation on video:

Thanks to Roxettecafe.com for the upload.

Roxette and Gyllene Tider items auctioned for children’s rights

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Swedish NGO BRIS (Children’s Rights in Society) has started an auction via auction website Tradera as part of the organisation’s 40th anniversary. The auction includes some Roxette and Gyllene Tider items.

Other items are a Beatles package, football team tshirts, many other CDs or signed picture frames.

BRIS supports children in distress and is a link between children, adults and the community. All support services build on volunteer work and financial support, primarily from corporate cooperation and private persons, and to a small extent governmental grants.

Traderahas set up a special website for this campaign, where the auctions started yesterday, March 17th and will go on until March 31st. The collected money will be used for various help actions for children.

Some news from Greece: Roxette promotion at full speed!

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Kostas Soldatos from Greece sent us some interesting facts about Roxette in the charts and promotion of the concert in Athens the upcoming May 27th 2011.

As you can see on RockFM, Roxette is on #3 on the radio playlists charts. Furthermore, “Charm School” was album of the week on KissFM.

Promotion for the show Roxette will play in Athens can be seen everywhere. Here are examples of the bus promo campaign and promo posters. More pictures can be found on Kostas Flickr.

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And here are two hilarious videos promoting the concert.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqaDLQhDrQk
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0lNByI27eo