Pollstar.com reports that Live Nation Sweden chief Thomas Johansson confirms that the current Roxette World Tour sale will reach 1 million tickets. He comments:
If I had said we would do a million tickets when we first started out, I’m not sure if people would have told me to go to the pub or to come out of it.
MyTeatr.com reports on the very successful Roxette’s concert in front of 5,000 people that took place in Kiev in March this year. Even if there is no confirmed date, this article clearly states that Roxette will play in Ukraine for the second time this year. It is very likely that St. Petersburg won’t be the last concert this year – making December 6th (as our August rumour stated) one of the final stops of the World Tour 2011.
Update September 23: We have a poster for the concert – so yes, December 6th is a fact now.
Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for this information.
As Aftonbladet reports, Per Gessle and his wife Åsa were invited to dinner organized by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt at Red Rooser restaurant in New York. This dinner was a very special event to all Swedish celebrities living and being successful in the US.
Per himself commented
Had a great night at Red Rooster up in Harlem. Superb food and the coolest setting in town!
Thanks to Ted Holgersson for sending this through.
In the latest Swedish Radio interview for Svensktoppen chart show, Per Gessle informed that Roxette would perfom in Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia next year – no specific places were given. Per talked about the current world tour, new album Tourism 2 and projects he is involved in.