Roxette

Official “Charm School” charts

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We will collect the different official chart entries and positions of Roxette’s new album “Charm School” in this post. How is the album doing in your country? Let us know! Please provide sources to your numbers.

Update February 21: Roxette entered straight to #1 in Germany! Announcement by Media Control | EMI (who also provided us with a new promo picture).

Update April 1: “Charm School” enters South Africa! And Per says that it has been certified gold in Switzerland! Germany and Austria should follow that style, while the album is heading to platinum in Sweden, according to the latest Live Nation press release. And CS is not the only charting album: The current Roxette action brought the “Hits!” compilation up to #65 in the German charts…

Update April 14: The album has reached the Brasilian charts! According to different retailer charts it’s also selling well in Argentina, but the official chart site doesn’t get updated. There’s also lack of official sources for Russia and Asian countries. We’re grateful for your help!

Update April 20: “Charm School” got Gold in Germany for more than 100,000 sales! Russia now included in the table.

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Roxette in Dubai – tickets are on sale now

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M PREMIERE is delighted to announce the concert of legendary ROXETTE live in Dubai as part of their Worldwide Tour 2011. For the first time in UAE ROXETTE will perform their all-time hits and celebrate the release of their new album The Charm School. The concert will take place on the 20th of May 2011 at Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Rashid Hall. The event will start with the performance of Palladium Electric Band who will warm up the audience before the performance of ROXETTE. DJ’s battle of the 80’s hits will conclude the evening.

Platinum Seating: AED 550
Gold Standing: AED 450
Silver Standing: AED 300
M Premiere Lounge

More information at: www.roxetteindubai.com

World tour 2011: Santiago, Chile – April 9 #13

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Setlist

The setlist in Santiago, Movistar Arena, was the same as in the past shows in Latin America (except the 2nd show in Argentina) and included Stars instead of Silver Blue.

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
17. Watercolours in the Rain
18.  Spending my Time
19. The Look
20. Way Out
21. Listen to Your Heart
22. Church of Your Heart

Concert videos

By emily3532: Things Will Never Be The Same, The Big L, Wish I Could Fly, Perfect Day, It Must Have Been Love, Fading Like A Flower

Fans are posting a lot of videos on youtube, here are some, but don’t forget to check youtube out for more!

Reviews

Chilean newspapers wrote quite nice reviews of the concert, but nothing really worth translating into English. They are all in Spanish.

Metro Chile: Roxette deleita a 14 mil personas en el Movistar Arena (or MSN)

La Cuarta:  Roxette tuvo su festival del adulto joven

Cooperativa: En encendido concierto Roxette se reencontró con su público chileno

Cinestres: Sobredosis de nostalgia y energia

Misc

The show was almost sold out, with a capacity of 15.000, 14.500 tickets had been sold for this show.