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World Tour 2012: Oulu, Finland – July 28 #126

Aug 9

Posted by Tomasz in Roxette, Tour | 3 Comments

Comment from Per Gessle

Oulu! Yeah! What a most rewarding evening! Superb festival, great crowd, perfect weather, sold out, jolly band, fab sound on and off stage! We’re very happy. Thanks for stopping by! We’ll be back!!!!

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Spending My Time
05. Stars
06. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
07. Perfect Day
08. It Must Have Been Love
09. Opportunity Nox
10. 7Twenty7
11. Fading Like a Flower
12. Crash! Boom! Bang!
13. How Do You Do!
14. Dangerous
Band presentation
15. Joyride (introduced with “Ievan Polkka”)
16. Listen To Your Heart
17. The Look

Articles and photos

Qstock 2012

Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for sharing this news.

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World Tour 2012: Kotka, Finaland – July 27 #125

Aug 9

Posted by Tomasz in Roxette, Tour | Comments off

Comment from Per Gessle

Kotka! Excellent show tonite! Thanx for stopping by and singing along. It felt like playing a big club!!! Great response and a happening band! Thanx once more for making this happen. Cheers, P&M&Co

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Spending My Time
05. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
06. Perfect Day
07. It Must Have Been Love
08. Opportunity Nox
09. 7Twenty7
10. Fading Like a Flower
11. Crash! Boom! Bang!
12. How Do You Do!
13. Dangerous
Band presentation
14. Joyride (introduced with “Ievan Polkka”)
15. Listen To Your Heart
16. The Look

Photos

Flickr.com
Facebook gallery

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Roxette to play in Finland for the second time

Mar 15

Posted by Tomasz in Roxette, Tour | Comments off

The last out of 4 new dates revealed in the 2012 tourbook was finally made official yesterday – Roxette is going to perform at rock festival Qstock in Oulu, Finland on July 28, day after Finnish Kotka festival. It will be the second Roxette concert in the country this year and fourth date in the World Tour 2011-2012.

Last year over 23,000 people attended the Qstock festival.

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Roxette in Finland again – in July 2012

Dec 16

Posted by Tomasz in Roxette, Tour | Comments off

As mtv3.fi informs Roxette is going to perform at Meripäivä Areenan on the Kotka Martime Days on Friday, July 27, 2012 in Finland. Advanced ticket sale (EUR 55 + service charge) start on Wednesday, December 21. It’s the 9th Roxette European concert in 2012 revealed so far.

Thanks to Leonardo Furtado for sharing this news.

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World Tour 2011: Helsinki, Finland – November 8 #71

Nov 9

Posted by Tomasz in Roxette, Tour | 5 Comments

Comment from Per Gessle

Thank you Helsinki for a superb evening! We had a blast, felt that you had it too! See ya around!


Setlist

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. Soul deep (medley with SGNO)
08. Perfect Day
09. Things Will Never Be The Same
10. It Must Have Been Love
11. Opportunity Nox
12. 7twenty7
13. Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)
14. Crash! Boom! Bang!
15. How Do You Do!
16. Dangerous
Band presentation
17. Joyride (introduced with “Säkkijärven polkka”)

18. Watercolours in the rain
19. Spending My Time
20. The Look

21. Listen To Your Heart
22. Church Of Your Heart

Articles

Suomenkuvalehti.fi (gallery)
Stara.fi (gallery)
Seiska.fi (arriving to the venue)
Dome.fi

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New Helsinki show added in November

Aug 22

Posted by Tomasz in Roxette, Tour | 1 Comment

Roxette World Tour 2011 has been expanded with one more dates in November
2011.11.08 – Hartwall Helsinki, Finland

Tickets will go on sale at 8 am on August 29.This concert was revealed in the beginning of April in the first Roxette newsletter, but up till now it has not been confirmed. You can see the full Roxette World Tour 2011 plan here.

Source: Live Nation

Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for information.

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World Tour 2011: Parainen, Finland – July 16 #47

Jul 18

Posted by Tomasz in Roxette, Tour | Comments off

Comment from Per Gessle

PARGAS!!! Thanx for a most charming evening! What an absolutely freaky out-of-this-world sort of venue. Loved it!!!!!! Great crowd, pretty loose band, Jeeeezus-We just love to play with these guys and dolls!!! Oh yea, we sure had a blast. Thanx thanx thanx a million for showing up, dear Suomi fans!!! Kiitos. P&M

Parinen, (c) Maria Manelius

Parinen, (c) Maria Manelius

Setlist

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. It Must Have Been Love
09. Opportunity nox
10. 7twenty7
11. Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)
12. How Do You Do!
13. Dangerous
Band presentation
14. Joyride (introduced with “Finnish Polkka”)

15. Spending My Time
16. The Look
17. Listen To Your Heart

Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for sending this through.

Misc

Pargas is a Swedish name for the Finnish Parainen. It seems it was one of the most interesting venues on this tour – in the old mine lime. Per has to cancell all interviews before the concert as he was suffering sore throat – thankfully he felt much better on the concert day.

Articles and photos

YLE.fi (gallery and review)
Manelius.1g.fi (gallery)
Hbl.fi (review)
Hbl.fi (report)

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Finnish Parainen concert is sold-out

Jun 29

Posted by Tomasz in Roxette | 2 Comments

Swedish-speaking newspaper Åbo Underrättelser informs today that all 8,000 tickets for the first Finnish Roxette concert on this tour in Nordkalks mine in Parainen on July 16th are sold-out. Organizators of the gig would like to also point out that Roxette will not be the last artist this day, so they ask to come when the gates will be opened.

Source: Abounderrattelser.fi

Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy.

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Listen to “Speak To Me (Bassflow Remake)”

Apr 11

Posted by Kiwein in Releases, Roxette | 21 Comments

On Finland’s EMI website you can listen to the complete Bassflow Remake of Speak To Me.

Enjoy!

Steven Howlett contributed to this article

 

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