British newspaper “Metro” joins the UK “Charm School” promotion and published an interview with Per Gessle yesterday. Nothing new is been told, besides maybe:
What’s the worst gig you’ve done?
I did a gig with the band I was in before Roxette at a festival in northern Sweden. It turned out the act on stage before us was a stripper.
Read more!
Vilnius, March 14, 2011
01. Dressed for success
02. Sleeping in my car
03. The Big L.
04. Wish I could fly
05. Only when I dream
06. She’s got nothing on (But the radio)
07. Perfect day
08. Things will never be the same
09. It must mave meen love
10. Opportunity nox
11. 7twenty7
12. Fading like a flower (every time you leave)
13. How do you do!
14. Dangerous
15. Joyride (“Balnokim broliai žirgus” performed just before the song)
16. Watercolours in the rain
17. Spending my time
18. The look
19. Way out
20. Listen to your heart
21. Church of your heart?
The whole video recording of amazing Vilnius concert that took place on March 14th.
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4
PART 5
PART 6
PART 7
PART 8
PART 9
Recorded by Slawomir Sztul, Poland.
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
Chris Roberts of the BBC got to review Roxette’s new album for the upcoming UK release. They get away pretty fine!
With a Hollywood-like sense of triumph over adversity, Roxette return with their first album since singer Marie Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2002. She recovered, and the Swedish power-pop duo seems appropriately exhilarated. …
Read it here: BBC
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.
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.
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.
Mar 18
It’s not listed in the tour plan yet. But if you believe the newsletter, German ticket website Eventim sent out earlier today, there’s an additional show in Germany planned. This would be the first show of the autumn leg. The show in the Olympiahalle in Munich is listed for the 11th of October. The ticket sale starts tomorrow at 9 am.
Source: Eventim Newsletter
UPDATE, 18/03/: The ticket sale started one hour ago and Munich is not on the list anymore. So maybe it’s simply not confirmed yet or Eventim just got wrong information.
After only a few weeks the Roxette concert in Neckarsulm – Audi Rock/Pop Festival – is sold out, at least temporarily.
Check it out at Eventim.
South Africa seems to be very interested in Roxette. Besides the “Best of” special edition and adding additional dates some weeks ago, today yet another date, May 17th, has been added in Sun City, making it the 4th date in this city and 7th for South Africa.
Tickets are already on sale on Computicket.com
You can find the rest of the dates on our World Tour 2011 page.
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!
Riga, Latvia, March 16th
Articles and photos
Concert: http://yfrog.com/gyae5txj | http://twitpic.com/4a3yw1 | Delfi.lv
We got these wonderful pictures from Oskars Kupše from Latvia. You can find the rest on his website Rock’n'photos.com, he told us that more pictures will be uploaded later today.
More photos by Oskars can be found here now.
Videos
By pnkrock3r: various snippets of the whole concert in one video
By J0ns71: 9 videos from It Must Have Been Love until the end of the show. Videos are from far away but the sound is fine. Fading Like A Flower, How Do You Do!/Dangerous, Joyride, Spending My Time, The Look, Way Out, Listen To Your Heart, Church Of Your Heart
By Saifermatt: Sleeping In My Car
By vkuvideos (including the end of Dressed For Success): Dressed For Success
By Evijz (bad sound quality): Listen To Your Heart
By Cone007: Spending My Time
Live Nation has sent out the first dates of the additional dates which will be added to the Roxette World Tour 2011. The dates are, so far, for Germany and Spain (already known) only.
“The concerts have been great so far,” tells Per Gessle. “Marie and the band are in top form and the response of the audience has been incredible. And it is also great that the new album has been received like this. We are very happy and look forward to this exciting year!”
2011.10.13 – TUI Arena – Hannover, Germany
2011.10.14 – Gerry Weber Stadion – Halle (Westfalen), Germany
2011.10.16 – SAP Arena – Mannheim, Germany
2011.10.17 – Schleyerhalle – Stuttgart, Germany
2011.10.19 – König-Pilsner Arena – Oberhausen, Germany
2011.10.24 – O2-World – Berlin, Germany
2011.10.25 – O2-World – Hamburg, Germany
2011.10.27 – Arena Nürnberg – Nuremberg, Germany
2011.11.18 – Palacio Vistalegre – Madrid, Spain – pre-sale starts March 16, normal sale March 18
2011.11.19 – Sant Jordi Club – Barcelona, Spain – pre-sale starts March 16, normal sale March 18
Information about ticket sales in Germany is still not available.
In addition, apparently Live Nation Spain has cancelled the Golden Ring tickets which were announced last week, so currently only the normal tickets (49 EUR) are listed on the website.
More dates to come, hopefully in other countries and Stockholm too! For the complete tour agenda so far, visit our World Tour 2011 page!
Update: Tickets for Germany will go on sale this Friday, March 18 at 9 in the morning.
A short note about releases: The interest in the countries where “Charm School” hasn’t been released yet is very high. However, the album won’t contain the same track list in all countries. For example, China has forbidden Roxette to release “Sleeping In My Car” due to the sexual content. Therefore the live version of this song, which is included in the Deluxe version of “Charm School”, will be excluded.
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