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.
Roxette.se published this message from Marie and Per. What can we say. This year has also been amazing for many of us. I will personally never forget it. Thank you!!
Oh yeah!
2011 turned out to be something very special indeed. We don’t really know where to start! The ”She’s Got Nothing On”-single that made it all the way to the-4th-most-played-song-in-the-world for a couple of weeks? The Charm School album that felt like the perfect comeback for this young couple? Or The World Tour that kicked off in February? Oh yeah, let’s start there!
No one expected this kind of reception we got from you guys, we couldn’t even dream of filling huge arenas again. Almost 800,000 people came to the shows this year. That’s an awful lot of tickets!
And you know, we say it again and again, nothing would have been possible without the support, friendship, love + affection we get on a daily basis from YOU; The Rox Aficionados all over the world!!! You make things so much easier.
We certainly hope we’ll meet all of you again in 2012. Looks like this tour will have another 65 shows to go before the finale in October. New cities + new countries are in the can as well as some jolly returns to favourite places.
And, hey, as we’re writing this… we’re just wrapping up the recordings of the new T2 – Tourism 2-album. It feels like we’re having a splendid one coming up, recorded while touring, filled with the positive energy from you + from the superb bunch of musicians we’re blessed to work with.
We la-la-la-la-love it! Have a feeling you’re gonna love it too!So, folks…..have a wonderful xmas + a mighty 2012.
Cheers,
Marie + Per
As Marie and Per inform in today’s Christmas wishes, there is still around 65 shows to go. So far – according to our counting – 41 concert are scheduled – 9 new countries are in (comparing to this year’s plan), 6 show are sold out at the moment. It means that at least 24 gigs are to be announced any time soon. When? Marie and Per don’t reveal that, unfortunately.
Those forthcoming concerts would probably cover Europe (late June – middle of August) and Canada (September/October?).
FEBRUARY 2012
11.02 Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand #80
14.02 Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia (Sold out) #81
16.02 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia (Sold out) #82
17.02 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia (Sold out) #83
18.02 Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia (Sold out) #84
20.02 Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia #85
22.02 Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia #86
24.02 Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia #87
25.02 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia #88
28.02 Challenge Stadium, Perth, Australia (Sold out) #89
29.02 Challenge Stadium, Perth, Australia (Sold out) #90
European dates are very slowly showing up (would be nice to get them at once…soon!). According to the Norwegian newspapers Nytt i Uka and Sunnmørsposten, Roxette will be one of the artists to perform at the Jugendfest festival, which will take place in Ålesund’s Color Line Stadium from 16th to 18th of August 2012. “It’s the biggest band we have booked for the Jugendfest for a long time. They have produced big hits during the past 30 years and a lot of people can really relate to them,” says Ante Giskeødegård, the booking manager at Momentium, the company which organises this festival among others to the free newspaper Nytt i Uka.
Other artists which are also confirmed for this festival are the Swedish band Kent, which recently announced a new album and tour for 2012 as well.
Tickets for the festival are already on sale.
Update a few hours later: It looks like Roxette will also be in Norway in July. According to ticketmaster.nl and Billetservice.no a concert is planned on July 14 in Fredriksten Festning in Halden. Tickets go on sale on Friday 16th of December via Billettservice.no.
Update 15 Dec.: And a third date for Norway: 13th of July in Odderøya Live Festival, Kristiansand.
Thanks Evgeny and Ludo for the tips!
It turned out that the latest press release about new South American tour dates included a mistake – not concerning any of the Latin America concerts though.
We got reply from Live Nation Austriala & New Zealand that the third Brisbane date on February 23, 2012 is incorrect and “it’s very unlikely to see any further concert” there.