NOTP tour: Arnhem, November 13, concert #14

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Picasa Gallery

Per Gessle’s comments:

Arnhem! Yes! Great show tonight in this huge indoor stadium. Vids available tomorrow, dear you.

Official videos:

Backstage: Love Hurts | Syster Jane | Chairs | Sledgehammer | Deep Voices

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From Kiwein:

Great show with a sometimes lazy audience. Roxette rocked da house. The Look was great because Marie sang the Na na na nas at the end of the song to the melody of the na na na nas in Hey Jude. I loved that! The venue didn’t convince me at all.. don’t know why it was just ugly.

Marie seemed to be nervous again on WICF and lost the subways again but rocked the 2nd part of the show away. I truly believe that her voice was never better than now. I love Listen to your heart and if it was for me I could listen to this song five times in a row.

I was lucky since I had a seat right next to the stage entrance for the artists. When Marie had left the stage after the flower ceremony I shouted: “MARIE” and she looked up. Before a steward pushed me away I could shout “YOU WERE GREAT” and she smiled and replied: “THANK YOU”. That made worth the trip! And the splendid hilarious meeting with Clarence, Christoffer, Pelle and Per, presents, hugs and kisses afterwards, haha.

YouTube clips:

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

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NOTP tour: Antwerp, November 11, concert #13

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Concert photos by Noel
Meet’n’greet photos by Noel

Per Gessle’s comments:

The very last gig in Antwerp tonight (13 x 17000 people!!!). Next stop: Holland!

Bye bye Antwerp. Great great finale last night. However, time to move on. And get a new hat for Chris.

Official videos:

Saying thank you | Per crashing the guitar | Backstage I | Backstage II | Backstage III

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Noel joined a meet’n’greet with Marie, Per and the band!

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NOTP tour: Antwerp, November 10, concert #12

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Great Antwerp #12 show last nite. The band decided to take a taxi and check out Yes (of all bands) during the intermission, crazy bastards.

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Vote for Roxette as best band ever!

Posted on October 12:

Big German radio station WDR2 runs a poll to find the best band of all times. Wouldn’t it be fun to see Roxette high up there?

The poll ends November 5 and a big countdown will be broadcasted November 7 and 8. The website is in German but it’s easy: Just choose “Roxette” from the list, click “weiter”, type in the code, choose “Nein, …” and click “jetzt abstimmen”. Ready!

Additionally you can win 200 albums or a journey, tickets and a meeting for concerts with Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys or Nickelback. If you want, just choose “Ja, …” and fill in your data and click “jetzt abstimmen”.

On WDR2: Info page (in German) | The poll

PS. You can listen to WDR2 via livestream.

Update, November 8: Roxette made it to number 50!

Not bad, taking into acount how many new artists/bands appear on the hitlists every year. Keep in mind that this voting was heavily influenced by fan groups as the positions of some teengroups (Monrose, No Angels) show… 😉

The result on WDR2

NOTP tour: Antwerp, November 6, concert #9

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Per Gessle’s comments:

Chris’ hat’s on fire! He left it on stage aft LTYH. Some firecracker messed it up real bad. Terrible smell. Must’ve been his Skånska sweat.

Chris’ hat on fire. Now on www.roxette.se

Yes Antwerp! Brutally good show last nite. MF in top shape, Jonas solo on LTYH was magnificent. I had a blast. Thanx. More to come tonite.

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Chris’ hat on fire

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From Roxer:

THEY WERE AWESOME!!!! Marie was doing EXCELLENT and I mean EXCELLENT!!!!!
And most important of all it REALLY REALLY REALLY was NOT playback. […] She was really in the best shape I have seen her since she was having her illness! And it WILL only get better, I bet you! When they entered the stage, they both had a strange and dangerous look in their eyes as if they were gonna conquer the world and let them know that’they still Rock! And boy, they did ROCK!!!
I am really happy to bring you the good news and for all of you, forget the first concerts and join in the next shows. I am sure the best is even yet to come! Roxette you ROCK!!!

From Sandra:

Okay, here is my little review from the 6th of November. I really coudn’t wait to come to Antwerp again. I have seen the first two shows and after two weeks reading discussions about Marie’s voice and playback stuff I just wanted to see the good things again. I knew I wouldn’t be disappointed and I was soooooo right! The best show that I have seen so far.

It was a totally different and especially Marie looked more comfortable and more relaxed than at the first two shows. Her voice was strong and smashing and it felt great to see them both performing. Per used the catwalk on Joyride as well and during IMHBL and LTYH Marie sat on the barstool at first but it didn’t hold her there and in the middle of the songs she stood up. Like Roxer allready said, they were in top shape! When Per and Marie left the stage at the end of LTYH Per picked up Chris’s hat from the stage and put it on Chris’s head again. He was shaking his head a bit until the hat fell down and there it stayed until the end of the show. We all forgot about the hat until the big final.

Then came some pyro-effects and it immidiately caught fire. In a second there came a guy running onto the stage extinguishing the hat or what was left of it. It really smelled terrible and Per was pointing at the hat telling Marie and Sharon den Adel what has just happened 🙂

After the show Per came out once again. We were 6 people waiting and one of us was a Sharon den Adel fan. I told Per that they are getting better with each show and he answered that this is because they are getting healthier each day. Makes sence to me 🙂 I asked him to sign a photo for my best friend and besides that there was some chitchat. They are working on 11 songs and it will be pure studio songs (no Tourism-suitcase-drums and such stuff) He bought the hat for Chris in Antwerp a few days ago and now they have to see if they can get another one (seems there will be another TV-recording and then Chris needs a similar hat) We got some plecs from him as well… what a generous guy 😉 Then we said goodbye until the next day. Whatelse can a fan want. It was a night to remember…

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The Look

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