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Photo: Tor Even Mathisen/NRK
Yesterday Roxette played their only concert during the tour break in August and September at a festival in Norway.
Per’s comment:
Oh Yeah! Tromsö! Have you seen this place? Far out!!! It’s so far north you wouldn’t believe it but it’s the greatest place on Mother Earth. We had a blast at the festival. Headlining in front of a great crowd. The band was superb even though we haven’t played together for a month. And, hey, no soundcheck = No cheatng! Love you guys!
Articles and photos:
nordlys.no (Review) “In summary, Roxette was a straightforward, fully chewed and partially enjoyable nostalgia trip.”
nordlys.no (Video report) “The audience was delighted with the Roxette concert.”
tromsoby.no (Review, rating 5/6) “Hit-parade, singing and a perfect ending to the first Døgnvilldag 2011″
festivalmagasinet.com (Review) “All in all a very nice concert, which perhaps lacked a little energy, but the Swedes can definitely still deliver to their fans.”
nrk.no (Photo gallery)
itromso.no (Review)
itromso.no (Photo gallery)
Comment from Per Gessle
Thanx Norway for taking care of us and making this evening in Haugesund very special. Hope to see y’all again down the road!!! Cheers, P & M & The Gang!
(c) Thor E. Håkonsen / TVH.no
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. Things Will Never Be The Same
09. It Must Have Been Love
10. Opportunity Nox
11. 7Twenty7
12. Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)
13. Silver Blue
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg)
17. Watercolours in the Rain
18. Spending My Time
19. The Look
20. Listen to Your Heart
21. Church of Your Heart
Misc
The gig took place just a week after tragic events in Oslo, therefor only 4000 tickets were sold (5,500 went on sale). It was the third concert in Norway this year. Because of the strong wind (as in Stavanger last year) Marie wore a scarf.
Articles and photos
H-avis.no (review and photo gallery)
TVH.no (review and photo gallery)
TVH.no (TV-report and photo gallery)
H-avis.no (setlist)
H-avis.no (the audience, TV-report)
Roxette’s concert in Haugesund, Norway got moved from Rådhusplassen to Flotmyr. The former location has become an important focal point for the city’s population to gather in grief over the recent terror tragedy in Norway. Artists and organizers show their respect in using a different location. Manager Bjorn Gerry Viksund says in a statement:
We hope that Friday’s concert will be a positive and wonderful experience, and a little diverson after all what has happened. It is a great opportunity to be with people we love, and a place to celebrate music and life.
Source: h-avis.no
Comment from Per Gessle
Thank you dear Stavern-people! We had a blast, you were singing so loud Pelle’s earplugs fell out!!! Great show, Marie in top shape and no rust whatsoever on this band after 9 days off the road. Clarence and myself have a slight cold of some sorts but we loved it anyway. Hope to come back to this beautiful place! Sleep now. Cheers, P.
Foto: Bjørn-Tore Sandbrekkene
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 (but the radio)
07. Perfect day
08. It must have been love
09. Opportunity nox
10. 7Twenty 7
11. Fading like a flower
12. How do you do!
13. Dangerous
14. Joyride (introduced with “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg)
15. Watercolours in the rain
16. Spending my time
17. The Look
18. Listen to your heart
19. Church of your heart
Thanks to Brynjar Lokke for sending through the setlist
Articles and photos
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. Things Will Never Be The Same
09. It Must Have Been Love
10. Opportunity Nox
11. 7twenty7
12. Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)
13. Stars
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg)
17. Watercolours In The Rain
18. Spending My Time
19. The Look
20. Listen To Your Heart
21. Church Of Your Heart
Miscs
“It never gets dark, wah-wah!” – the concert took place in the evening, Scandinavian sun. 10,000 people in the audience. The show was sold out with 6,500, but it was moved to the bigger place next to the previous venue.
Articles and photos
Organizators of Døgnvillfestivalen in the Northern Norwegian city of Tromsø announced that Roxette is set to perform during this year’s festival. The festival takes place between the 1st and 3rd September and Roxette is said to perform on Thursday (September 1st). This makes the 4th Roxette concert in Norway this year and the 69th (!!!) on the World Tour 2011 schedule.
The festival’s director Hogne Rundeberg said:
This is one of the bands on the list of ultimate bookings for us and we are looking forward to this historic event. We have a tradition to have great artists with us and this concert is a guaranteed singalong – in the same way as the a-ha’s gig last year.
Other Swedish artists like Robyn, Veronica Maggio or The Cardigans are going to perform there as well. It is the third largest festival in Norway with over 13,000 people participating.
More information at www.dognvill.no
Marie and Per did a short promotional ID for Norwegian gig in Haugesund on January 20th. During this session they recorded a part of “Charm school” ad and a message for Spanish fans as well.
Thanks for Ivan.
Aftenbladet.no informs that Roxette is going to perform in Norway for the third time this year, after the sold-out show in Bergen (June 6th) and the one on Stavern Festival (July 7th). This time they choose Radhusplassen in Haugesund on Friday July 29th.
5,500 tickets will go on sale soon.
Bygdebladet.no published 4 pictures from Viste Stranden in Randaberg where Roxette will perform a sold-out gig for over 8,000 people on Saturday, August 21st. The only problem that the organizors might have is weather. There are reports of anything from rain to sun. The most optimistic forecast says it will be a fine weather, 17 degrees. Let’s hope that it will be the same situation as it was in Halmstad.
Source & pictures: Bygdebladet.no
Norway is ready for Roxette
Jul 15
After selling out with 8,000 tickets in only 1 week the Stavanger Artist Agency is looking forward to Roxette’s local concert on August 21. The picture on Rogalands Avis (Norwegian) says it all.
This is the ticket for Norwegian gig that will take place on Viste stranden in Randaberg, Norway on August 21st. The concert is sold-out, but there is a chance to buy some tickets on billettservice.no – just visit this website regularly.
Thanks to Kordian for picture.
Viste Stranden, Norway February 2010.
In just less than six months on August 21st Roxette will play there in front of more than 8,000-10,000 people.
P.S. Just one glimpse at this truck is enough to think of “Joyride” or “Sleeping in my car” as the best possible themes 
Thanks to Kordian from Polish RoxForum.
Norwegian gig is sold out.
Mar 11
Over 8,000 tickets were sold in just 6 days for Roxette concert which will take place on Viste beach on August 21st, Norwegian media reports. According to Bygdebladet.no there is still an opportunity for those who have not bought a ticket. Tickets that were not picked up in three days will return for the open sale.
On the other hand Billettservice.no still sells Roxette tickets. Maybe organizators decided to enlarge the concert a little bit?
According to an article on Rogalands Avis, tickets for Roxette concert in Norway, which takes place on August 21st, sell like hot cakes on the very first day. In just 30 minutes over 3,000 tickets were sold and up-till-now over 6,000 tickets were bought by Norwegians. 1,000 VIP tickets are also gone. According to various sources, there are 8,000 – 10,000 tickets altogether available.
