World Tour 2011: Kazan Audio Bootleg

01. Dressed for success
02. Sleeping in my car
03. Opportunity nox
04. The Big L.
05. Wish I could fly
06. Only when I dream
07. She’s got nothing on (But the radio)
08. Perfect day
09. Things will never be the same
10. It must have been love
11. 7twenty7
12. Fading like a flower
13. Silver blue
14. How do you do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation (with Kalinka Malinka)
16. Joyride

17. Watercolours in the rain
18. Spending My Time (not included)
19. The look

20. Way out (not included)
21. Listen to your heart
22. Church of your heart

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World Tour 2011: Kazan, Russia – February 28 #01

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KAZAN, RUSSIA 28-2-2011

Setlist

01 -Dressed For Success
02 – Sleeping In My Car
03 – Opportunity Nox
04 – The Big L.
05 – Wish I Could Fly
06 – Only When I Dream
07 – She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
08 – Perfect Day
09 – Things Will Never Be The Same
10 – It Must Have Been Love
11 – 7Twenty7
12 – Fading Like A Flower
13 – Silver Blue
14 – How Do You Do!
15 – Dangerous

Band presentation (with Kalinka Malinka)
16 – Joyride

First Encore (first extras)
17 – Watercolours In The Rain
18 – Spending My Time
19 – The Look

Second Encore (more extras)
20 – Way Out
21 – Listen To Your Heart
22 – Church Of Your Heart

Photos

Tatar Inform | Kazan KP | InKazan

Concert videos

IMHBL (bit) | Bits of the first 3 songs | The Look | Listen To Your Heart | It Must Have Been Love (full)

YouTube user olga2709k has uploaded parts of the concert on her account.  So far: Part 1 (Dressed for Success, Sleeping In My Car, Opportunity Nox) |Part 2 (The Big L, WICF, Only When I Dream) | Part 3 (She’s Got Nothing On, Perfect Day,  Things Will Never Be The Same) | Part 4 (It Must Have Been Love, 727) | Part 5 (Fading Like A Flower, Silver Blue) | Part 6 (How Do You Do!, Dangerous, Joyride) | Part 7 (The Look). Thank you!

You can find videos about Roxette’s arrival in Kazan in our previous article.

Articles

Kazan KP | Expressen about tour start

Expressen backstage: Marie saying she was really nervous that is why she forgot the lyrics for LTYH and Per saying that Roxette wants to play in North America and Australia.

Aftonbladet: “It’s a tour without an end” + “We want to go to Australia, we really want to play in Canada or in USA or in any other places. There are some plans.” + “We will add one song to the setlist on each continent” + “It’s the world’s best rehab for Marie”

SVT Interview with Per: Roxette rehearsed around 40 songs and will play 23, 24 each evening. They want to differ the playlist as they know that some songs are much more popular in specific countries.

Reviews

Expressen 3/5: “Here starts Roxette’s success tour”

Aftonbladet 3/5: “Marie Fredriksson sings better and better. It is a return of no one thought was possible, and she takes advantage of the slow songs, as an excellent ‘Spending My Time’.”

Misc

Marie wore the official T-shirt of Kazan hockey club Ak Bars in the second encore.

The background picture was changed from Joyride one to Charm school artwork.
Does anyone know when it happens on the concert?

7,000 people attended the show.

Helena Josefsson (backing vocals) tried to save a squirrel who is captured in a small cage in the hotel reception. You can follow her comments and actions on her Facebook page.

World Tour 2011: Press conference in Kazan

Tatar-inform.ru informs that tomorrow at 12.00 AM local time (+3 GMT) Roxette press conference will broadcasted on the site. The conferece is said to be held today, though. Roxette will spend 3 days in Kazan, before they kick off to Samara. And yes, they are in Russia now.

Update 1: Roxette is in Kazan – here is press report with TV-clip.

Update 2 – quotes from the conference:

  • 80% of the tickets to Kazan show were sold
  • Rehearsals take place from 12 till now (4 pm)
  • On March 1st Roxette will have a cultural programme – Kazan Kremlin and so on.
  • About 25 songs will be performed, 3 songs from the new album will be included.
  • The show will last for about 100 minutes.
  • Kazan is the best selling city among other Russian ones.
  • Thanks to Ilya!

    Update 3 – Expressen reports from Kazan and quotes the tour manager:

  • Until August Roxette will have sold 1 million tickets.
  • This is one of the biggest Swedish tours ever, Roxette only competing with themselves.
  • All 6 dates in South Africa are sold out (?).
  • They had to add 4 (?) dates due to popular demand in Germany.
  • Kazan date changed, second concert in Sao Paulo?

    According to biletti.ru website, the first concert on the 2011 Roxette World Tour in Russian city Kazan will take place on February 28th instead of March 1st as the first press release informed. Please, be aware that this information is not yet official.

    RoxetteBrasil.net informs that another date was added in Brazil – the 5th concert will take place on April 19th in Sao Paulo. Despite earlier fears the second concert in Buenos Aires should take place on April 5th.

    Thanks to Evgeny Perekopsikiy and Emilio Gimenez Bahl