NOTP tour: Oberhausen, December 1, #26

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Westfälische Nachrichten

Per Gessle’s comments:

Oberhausen, oh yeah! Thanx for a great evening. Good rockin’ tonite.Mannheim tomorrow, Cheers.

Official videos:

Official vids from Oberhausen (4) starting here.

Fans stories:

From SuperCynni:

The concert was great, though there were many “quiet” people. they would clap, stand and all, but furthermore…

With “Wish I could fly” Marie came up on a stool though the stage, it was a magnificent view! After the break, when Roxette returned, Marie went into error during the second couplet from “It must have been love”. It was so sad to see the look in her eyes, searching for the words and thankful for everyone who kept singing along to support her.
But Marie was feeling very good and even dared to walk to either side of the stage once, giving the fans a lot to cheer about! Marie’s voice sounded good, much better than NOTP Antwerp (07-11) and equal to Arnhem (14-11).

I made some video images and pictures (though they were taken from the ring side). Am uploading video footage to my hard drive, will post when they’re on youtube. Will also post some pictures to my photobucket. Will also post when they’re up.

Unfortunately, Roxette was transferred with all the other big stars in one big tourbus, so no meet & greets afterwards. Jonas explained on his FaceBook that the driver didn’t want to stop for the waiting fans…

It was a wonderful evening, and Per, Marie, Jonas (also with Alan Parsons, WOW), Pelle, Clarence and Chris rocked

YouTube clips:

It must have been love | Wish I could fly | The Look | Listen to your heart

Media reports/reviews:

Westfälische Nachrichten | WDR2

NOTP tour: Follow the crew behind the scenes, tourbook!

NOTP tourbook Germany feat. RoxetteSome members of the German proms staff have started to report from the tour regularly. A nice addition to Per’s videos!

Karen’s tour diary | Kuni’s video blog

Menwhile, many reports from visitors have already appeared at the official NOTP forums. The huge majority is very positive about Roxette’s performance. The official site now also features an online version of the German tourbook. Klick here!

Update: Don’t forget choir singer Maurice! About Berlin he writes on his blog:

In any case, the audience reaction was a real success: Enthusiasm at the arrival of Heaven 17, triumph for Alan Parsons and what about Roxette? It was as if the whole of Sweden had made an appointment at the O2 World…

Online translator recommended. 😉

NOTP tour: Berlin, November 29, #25

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Per Gessle’s comments:

Superb Berlin-show last nite. What a crowd! What a response! Is this South America?

Official videos:

Berlin clips starting here

Fans stories:

RAINBOWGIRL:

Great show, really wonderful! We managed to meet Christoffer and Clarence before the concert – they just walked by us! They were very friendly. There was about 5-6 of us and we all took a picture with them. We all had some little presents for Per and Marie and we asked Christoffer if he could give those to them. He was gladly willing to do that and joked that now he is going back like a Santa Clause!

Marie did very well at the concert, although she got a little confused with the lyrics of IMHBL. But she handled it very nicely and she looked wonderful, too. People were standing up all the time Roxette sang, and most were singing along.

After the show we tried to meet Per and Marie, but unfortunately it appeared that we were waiting at the wrong side of the hall. When the security guard told us that they are on the other side, we took an enormous run! I think I have never run so fast in my entire life. Unfortunately I arrived just in time to see Marie wave to fans and sit on the car. But I got to stand very close to the car and wave to Marie… and she waved back! So it was wonderful. And I am very happy that I had a chance to meet with Clarence and Chris and deliver the presents to Per and Marie. Hopefully next time I have better luck meeting them.

YouTube clips:

Joyride | The Look | It must have been love

The Look | The Look

HD videos: Wish I could fly | The Look | It must have been love | Joyride

MP3 recordings by Mary5958 (download checked)

Media reports/reviews:

NOTP tour: Hamburg, November 28, #24

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Per Gessle’s comments:

Hamburg #2 was a treat! Thanx everyone, we had a blast. Berlin tomorrow!

Official videos:

Craziness staring here

Fans stories:

KIWEIN:

My first German show after five Dutch/Belgian shows. I missed Sharon den Adel. H17 is an “ok” substitute for OMD, Alan Parsons is great and the show seems “shorter” than it was in Belgium/Netherlands. I missed the effects (pyro) and the catwalk (especially the ppl who walk in at the beginning of the show).

Christina Stürmer is better than I expected, don’t know why she plays only 1 song after the break. Feels a bit like they didn’t know where to put it. They changed the classical parts (to the better if you ask me). WICF is still so-so. I don’t know what I miss about it on this tour but so far I liked it only once when Marie did it the all-bluesy way. John Miles is still great, miss Sharon on Stairway to heaven. If I could is still boring (yes, sorry for that..).

And one thing: I know the organizers decided to do more seated shows to please the people. Apparently ppl wanted more seated shows. But for me it spoils the atmosphere completely. I don’t like it at all and I was really thinking about selling my tickets for the seated shows. I am not 50 yet and I want to party..and I do believe more people want that. Everybody stood anyway and I think the pushing is not THAT bad on a NOTP show..! AND I think there’s much more party with people standing and it’s not so hard for the artists to perform, too.

About last night’s show: Screwed up WICF again, voice great, lyrics, eh, yes, well, no. The Look and LTYH rocked, Marie gave all she has at the end of LTYH, it was fabulous! Joyride was nice, too. And it’s funny to see the audience seems to be fond of IMHBL. Everybody sang along…

MAMAN:

It was absolutely fantastic! As Sasha already wrote concerning the first show in HH: No one got more applause. Everyone woke up, stood up when Marie rose like the sun onto the stage. As if she was the one, all had been waiting for. I bet, she was! And she did such a great job! So much strength, so much power!
There were some wrong words in WICF, but you wouldn´t have noticed it without knowing the lyrics by heart. So: no problems. She reached the high notes, she sung so powerful, I´m speechless. What a woman! She smiled and I´m sure that she enjoyed the show! What a power, what a strength on stage! THANK YOU, MARIE! ABSOULUTELY FANTASTIC!

YouTube clips:

It must have been love

Media reports/reviews:

Halterner Zeitung: Roxette is the highlight | Abendblatt: Roxette – Tears and goosebumps