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PLECtionary update with Gyllene Tider and Roxette guitar picks from the past 2 years

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The last time we updated the PLECtionary was in November 2019. This longer break doesn’t mean that there were no tours and new picks. Now the time has come and all the plectrums from the Gyllene Tider Hux Flux tour are added, as well as the latest picks from the Roxette In Concert 2025 tour.

Sandra managed to obtain all the guitar picks and she found the time to take photos of them and provide us with info she got to know about each of them.

12 new picks are added to the PER GESSLE’S GUITAR PICKS – ROXETTE section (No. 82-93), 9 new picks are added to the PER GESSLE’S GUITAR PICKS – GYLLENE TIDER section (No. 21-29), 4 picks are added to the MATS MP PERSSON’S GUITAR PICKS section (No. 26-29), 2 picks have been added to the MIKAEL NOGUEIRA SVENSSON’S GUITAR PICKS section (No. 25-26), 1 new pick is added to the CHRISTOFFER LUNDQUIST’S GUITAR PICKS section (No. 6) and 1 new pick is added to a new section: JONAS ISACSSON’S GUITAR PICKS (No. 1).

Check out the PLECtionary HERE!

Thousand thanks for the updates, Sandra!

Plec pics by Sandra Knospe

                     

Pic from the Hux Flux tour (Piteå, Sweden) by Patrícia Peres, pic from the Roxette In Concert 2025 tour (Pretoria, South Africa) by Sandra Knospe

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Melbourne – 18th March 2025 – #11

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The last time Roxette played Margaret Court Arena was… 11 days ago. Haha. The first Melbourne show on 7th March got sold out already in July 2024, so this extra date had been added to close the South Africa + Australia tour leg.

Support act Boom Crash Opera went on stage at 7.00 pm and Roxette entered the stage after 8.15 pm.

For one last show in Oz, the band gave their best, full power and the crowd rewarded it with their loud sing-along actions. Time flies when you’re having fun! So true! It’s impossible to absorb that this was already the last gig.

The setlist was the 20-song version and vs. Melbourne #1, the only change in it was that Things Will Never Be The Same was performed instead of Wish I Could Fly.

Setlist

  1. The Big L.
  2. Sleeping In My Car
  3. Dressed For Success
  4. What’s She Like?
  5. Crash! Boom! Bang!
  6. Fading Like A Flower
  7. Opportunity Nox
  8. Things Will Never Be The Same
  9. Vulnerable
  10. Milk And Toast And Honey
  11. Stars
  12. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  13. It Must Have Been Love
  14. How Do You Do!
  15. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look
  4. Queen Of Rain

Now comes a longer break, but the next stop is Europe in summer and the first show happens in Bergen, Norway on 12th June! Check out the dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Videos by Gaby Hildebrandt

ON
TWNBTS
Stars
Goodbye Part 1
Goodbye Part 2

Stills are from Gaby’s videos. Thank you, Gaby, for sharing all your fab vids on the Oz leg!

Per after the show:

Melbourne #2! Amazing gig tonight. Wonderful crowd and lots of funny stuff happening on stage!!! Thx for coming! This Oz Tour has been one of a kind. Love this!!!

Lena after the show:

Thank you Australia and South Africa! Thank you phenomenal crew, phenomenal band, everybody around, Brad in the middle of this picture and so on and so on! Perfect job from everybody, and a good vibe from everyone. And thanx all fans for your warm welcoming! Such a wonderful audience you are! Hope to see you soon again. Everything went even better than I expected. And thank you Per, so fun to work together with you. And so we continue this summer, already looking forward to it!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton – 16th March 2025 – #10

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Without a day off, Roxette performed at yet another A Day On The Green event. Besides Bimbadgen in 2015, they played another winery, Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley. This time it was Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton, so this is the first time the band played there.

The gates opened at 3.00 pm, Boom Crash Opera went on stage at 4.05 pm, Jon Stevens performed at 5.30 pm and Roxette entered the stage after 7.00 pm.

Bimbadgen put the expectations high with its amazingly loud sing-along crowd, but the Sirromet Wines audience seemed to even top them! How cool is that! The gang on stage was absolutely on fire at the penultimate gig of this tour leg.

The setlist was the same as in Bimbadgen.

Setlist

  1. The Big L.
  2. Sleeping In My Car
  3. Dressed For Success
  4. What’s She Like?
  5. Crash! Boom! Bang!
  6. Fading Like A Flower
  7. Things Will Never Be The Same
  8. Vulnerable
  9. Milk And Toast And Honey
  10. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  11. It Must Have Been Love
  12. How Do You Do!
  13. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look
  4. Queen Of Rain

Now one day off and the next stop is the closing show of the Oz leg in Melbourne on 18th March!

Gaby Hildebrandt’s videos

WSL
FLAF
Vulnerable + MATAH
LTYH
TL

Stills are from Gaby Hildebrandt’s The Look video

Check out Sonia Bettinelli’s photos for A Day On The Green HERE!

It was the last show for Jon Stevens and he took a pic with Lena and Per after the show. You can see it was a s.w.e.a.t.y., h.o.t. night! Haha. Jon wrote:

What a pleasure it was to perform with Roxette at A Day On The Green at Sirromet, Mount Cotton QLD. Thanks for having us, we had a great time. Thanks to all the crew and to everyone who came out and supported us on these shows… Hope you had fun. We certainly did!!!

Per after the show:

Speechless. Supergig at Mount Cotton just outside Brisbane. What a crowd!!! The best. Australia has been so good to us! We love you! Only one show left now!!! Gonna miss you!!!!

Lena after the show:

A massive singalong tonight in Mount Cotton! Thanx everyone!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Bimbadgen, Hunter Valley – 15th March 2025 – #9

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This weekend is all about wineries. There are two A Day On The Green events planned on tour. Bimbadgen, Hunter Valley was first today.

10 years ago, Roxette played here at the very same place and closed the Oz leg in Hunter Valley. The Bimbadgen name stems from the local indigenous language meaning “Place of Good View”. The ones who went there to see the concert definitely had a good view and a fab time at the show.

The gates opened at 3.30 pm, Boom Crash Opera went on stage at 4.05 pm. Jon Stevens was back to perform at 5.30 pm and Roxette entered the stage after 7.00 pm.

The setlist got a bit shorter vs. the previous gigs. Opportunity Nox and Stars were off the list, so altogether 18 songs were played.

Setlist

  1. The Big L.
  2. Sleeping In My Car
  3. Dressed For Success
  4. What’s She Like?
  5. Crash! Boom! Bang!
  6. Fading Like A Flower
  7. Things Will Never Be The Same
  8. Vulnerable
  9. Milk And Toast And Honey
  10. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  11. It Must Have Been Love
  12. How Do You Do!
  13. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look
  4. Queen Of Rain

Without a day off, the next stop is another winery, Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton (A Day On The Green) on 16th March!

Instagram videos

DFS
IMHBL
TL

Stills are from the IMHBL video

Check out some amazing pics by Mushroom Creative House for A Day On The Green HERE!

Per after the show on Facebook:

Yea!!!! Unbelievable evening in Hunter Valley, a couple of hours north of Sydney! We played here in 2015, it was a blast and tonight…. even more!!! Thx all you 9000+ showing up and singing along with us. We have the best jobs in the world playing for a crowd like you!!!! See y’all again!!!

On Instagram:

Hunter Valley. Saturday. 9000+ in the Oz heat! Lovely evening!!!!

Lena after the show:

Who needs to sing anyway? Fantastic audience in Hunter Valley!!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Hobart – 13th March 2025 – #8

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Show No. 8 on the Roxette In Concert 2025 tour happened in Hobart. Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. This is the first time Roxette performed here and the gig was held at MyState Bank Arena.

Norpan had to play borrowed drums, because it would have been impossible to fly his gear to this spot. Not sure if other instruments were also borrowed for the show. -> Update from Daniel Rezmann: “The band and crew carried a few as carry on luggage between Adelaide and Hobart. Per used his BB King Lucille Gibson 335 and red checked accoustic. (No blue checkered.) His red Gibson Trini Lopez was replaced by a red Gibson 335. Christoffer had his regular Epiphone Casino. And maybe his 12-string acoustic. Otherwise he also used a black or blue Gibson 335 and black or blue Fender Telecaster. (I thought blue for both, but they look black in my pics.) And I believe his lapsteel was his own (that appeared to be the shape of his hand luggage). Jonas only used a black Dusenberg. Magnus looked to be normal.”

Support act Boom Crash Opera went on stage at 7.00 pm and Roxette entered the scene after 8.15 pm.

Setlist

  1. The Big L.
  2. Sleeping In My Car
  3. Dressed For Success
  4. What’s She Like?
  5. Crash! Boom! Bang!
  6. Fading Like A Flower
  7. Opportunity Nox
  8. Wish I Could Fly
  9. Vulnerable
  10. Milk And Toast And Honey
  11. Stars
  12. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  13. It Must Have Been Love
  14. How Do You Do!
  15. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look
  4. Queen Of Rain

Now one day off and the next stop is Hunter Valley, Bimbadgen (A Day On The Green) on 15th March!

Videos by Gaby Hildebrandt

TBL
WICF
IMHBL
HDYD + Dangerous

Stills are from Gaby Hildebrandt’s HDYD + Dangerous video

Per after the show on Facebook:

Hobart! Tasmania! WOW! What an amazing Thursday it became. We love this place! First time for us but hopefully not the last! Such a huge and wonderful crowd who knew all the songs almost better than we did hahaha! Thanks everyone for showing up. Day off today, new dice on Saturday and Sunday! Have a fab weekend y’all!!!!

PG on Instagram:

Hobart! Wow! Amazing Thursday in lovely Tasmania! What a crowd! Thx for making this an unforgettable gig!!!! Will come back. Promise!

Lena after the show:

Thank you Hobart! Fantastic gig, so fun!! So thankful!