As bogota.vive.in and eltiempo.com inform Roxette is set to perfom at Parque Simón Bolívarin in Bogota, Colombia on Thursday, April 19, 2012. The name of the venue is yet unknown. This will be the very first Roxette concert in Colombia. Tickets go on sale on November 21 on Tuboleta.com.
Thanks to Leonardo Furtado for informing us.
As our Australian reader – Celestte Thistlethwayte informs – Live Nation Australia & New Zealand is posting on the We Want Roxette to tour Australia Facebook page that there is more news on its way. Certainly they will not add more dates as the down under tour’s schedule is very tight. It might be meet & greet opportunity, DVD recording or… well, we’re only guessing 🙂 All should be known on Sunday morning.
Pop duo Roxette returned to the UK for the first time in 17 years to play a very special live show at London’s Wembley Arena in 2011. After the tremendous response to this show the band have now announced 3 further shows for July 2012.
Glasgow SECC
Tuesday, 3rd July 2012 at 19:00
Manchester Evening News Arena
Wednesday, 4th July 2012
LG Arena Birmingham
Friday, 6th July 2012
Tickets onsale Friday 18th November at 9am
Source: Real Radio Northwest, GetToTheFront.co.uk
Thanks to Evgeny Perekopsiky for finding this out.
Roxette’s pre-recorded performance of “Speak To Me” at the TV show “25 Jahre Kuschelrock” (25th anniversary of a German ballad compilation series) got broadcasted today. Playback as usual. Watch here:
After a lot of turmoil during the last couple of years, it seems like Roxette’s long-term record company EMI Music found a new home at Universal Music, the world’s biggest record company. Universal finally won the bidding game against Warner Music, but the deal still has to go through regulatory investigations because of its huge combined market share in recorded music. That process could take up to a year.
Meanwhile, current and past EMI artists seem to be quite happy with the deal. Dave Holmes, the manager of Coldplay, said that the deal “can only be a positive” for EMI. “I look forward to working with the Universal team,” he added. Mick Jagger said that he “particularly welcomed” the new owners. The Rolling Stones switched from EMI to Universal in mid 2008. “This is a very positive development and I particularly welcome the fact that EMI will once again be owned by people who really do have music in their blood,” he said.
Time will tell if this deal will bring any changes to Roxette’s future at the record company. EMI’s publishing arm is likely to be sold to Sony/ATV.
Read more: The Guardian 1, 2 | LA Times