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TRAVELLING lyrics

If you have a great opportunity to listen TRAVELLING album in a legal way at tape.tv (service available for people living in Germany, Austria and Switzerland).

Don’t forget to order your copy of TRAVELLING!

And here come the lyrics of the new songs.

01. Me & You & Terry & Julie

Terry is an old teacher
He’s reading the paper in the church
Julie used to be famous
Portraying the bright-eyed Mother Earth

But how about you?
Do you want a love that lasts forever?
But how about you?
Do you want to spend the night together?

With someone so blue
That she doesn’t know what to do
Loves a big hole in her shoe
That’s the truth
How about you?

Terry’s folding the paper
And yawns at a Headline ???cocking crew???
Julie thinks he’s a charmer
Cause hes got the proper attitude

But how about you?
Do you want a love that lasts forever?
But how about you?
Do you want to spend the night together
With someone so blue?
That she doesn’t know what to do
Loves a big stone in her shoe that’s the truth
How about you

Whooo yeah
Whooo yeah
But how about you?
Dont you want a love that lasts forever?
Do you want to spend the night together
With someone so blue?
That she doesn’t know what to do
Loves a big thorn in her shoe that’s the truth
How about you?
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Different snippets from TRAVELLING

Two online shops (German and Dutch) included new and different snippets from TRAVELLING album comparing to Amazon’s ones.

Bol.com

DJshop.de

Thanks to Benke, Mattijs Baijens and Daniel Kuhn for letting us know.

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German TRAVELLING TV ad

Thanks to Dennis Korbel.

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The back cover of TRAVELLING

Have a look on the new album’s backside! The new stairway photo combined with Gessle drawings and what looks like an airport pictogram. Don’t overlook the Crash! Boom! Bang! style reference on the track names!

Thanks to RoxetteCafe.com for sharing this picture.

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Roxette is #2 on Billboard Boxscore chart

It’s the second time that Roxette enters Billboard Boxscore chart that shows the concert with the biggest gross sales. As not every concert is reported to Billboard, we get those pieces of information randomly. This time Live Nation decided to go out with two Brisbane concerts. It gave Roxette #2 position in the chart.

Roxette
Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Brisbane, Australia
Feb. 14-24, 2012
Gross Sales: $1,621,670
Attend: 16,625
Prices: $117.92, $96.50

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First look at “It’s possible” single

The printer of the single is the German based company Optimal Media. The CD inlcudes the short text “the aim of this record is to amuse and inform”.

Thanks to Daniel Kühn for sending this picture and information.

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Roxette to play in Finland for the second time

The last out of 4 new dates revealed in the 2012 tourbook was finally made official yesterday – Roxette is going to perform at rock festival Qstock in Oulu, Finland on July 28, day after Finnish Kotka festival. It will be the second Roxette concert in the country this year and fourth date in the World Tour 2011-2012.

Last year over 23,000 people attended the Qstock festival.

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World Tour 2012: Shanghai, China – March 14 #95

Comment from Per Gessle

Thank you Shanghai! What a wonderful way to end this Oz/Asian Tour! A beautiful crowd, singing along like never before, and a brilliant band even though both Chris and Pelle had the flu. Don’t know how they survived!!!
We certainly hope to come back to this great town before long. Now we take a short break before hitting the South American way of life! And the TRAVELLING-album is gonna see the light of day in a week or two! See y’all soon!
Cheers, P&M

“Sleeping in my car” and “Opportunity nox” were skipped on the Shanghai concert – as for the second, it was very probable authorities request as for the second – I cannot find any sexual content there… The guys oparating the spotlights apparently had a difficult time: they very often had Magnus in the spotlight instead of Per, and during the solo in 727 Christopher was in the dark all the time. Shanghai is a far more international city than Beijing, which was also clear during the concert. There was a much better athmosphere outside with many street vendors, music etc. Also there was far more singing along from the audience (IMHBL, HDYD, Johride, The Look all went fin, continuing SMT when Marie stops singing was too much asked however…).

Also there was official merchandise inside the arena, but limited to the concert poster ( €1,20 :D ) and the Chinese version of the Charm school Deluxe CD (without SIMC live, €8,50). Venue very full, about 90%, so it was around 10.000. Ca 5 meters from the stage to audience, but no barriers whatsoever between the front row and the stage, allowing Per to even shake hands with fans during a song (Joyride). After 1 or 2 he had to stop though, as too many people came forward.

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. The Big L.
03. Wish I Could Fly
04. Only When I Dream
05. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
06. Perfect Day
07. Things Will Never Be The Same
08. It Must Have Been Love
09. 7twenty7
10. Fading Like A Flower
11. Crash!Boom!Bang!
12. How Do You Do!
13. Dangerous
Band Presentation
14. Joyride (introduced by “The moon represents my heart“)

15. Spending My Time
16. The Look
17. Listen To Your Heart
18. Church Of Your Heart

Articles

Twitpic
Pchome.net (gallery on forum)
Blogg.se
163.com (review + gallery + “Dressed for success” & “The Big L.” clips)
How Do You Do / Dangerous (clips)

Remco Verhaaf contributed to the article.

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German “It’s possible” TV ad

Thankt to Dennis Korbel for sending this through.

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World Tour 2012: Beijing, China – March 12 #94


Comment from Per

Per doesn’t have access to Facebook in China, this is what Rox Management wrote:

Just spoke to marie & per who had a fantastic evening in Beijing. they truly enjoyed themselves on stage and the audience were absolutely enthusastic. thanks and hope to be back again. looking forward to shanghai.

Setlist

The setlist seems to be the same as in Taipei, just that “Sleeping in my car” was skipped. Roxette were requested to slightly change the lyrics for this song the last time they played in China, but they did not agree on that. This time it seems they skipped it completely, probably due to authorities request. There was at least 5 meters from the stage to the first row and according various sources from 60% to 80% tickets sold which means around 8,000 people attending the concert – the most expensive tickets were sold out, as for the cheapest ones – not all..

01. Dressed For Success
02. The Big L
03. Wish I Could Fly
04. Only When I Dream
05. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
06. Perfect Day
07. Things Will Never Be The Same
08. It Must Have Been Love
09. Opportunity Nox
10. 7twenty7
11. Fading Like A Flower
12. Crash!Boom!Bang!
13. How Do You Do!
14. Dangerous
Band Presentation
15. Joyride (introduced by “The moon represents my heart“)

16. Spending My Time
17. The Look
18. Listen To Your Heart
19. Church Of Your Heart

Picture of the setlist in Beijing by Eva Dahlgren.

Articles

Southcn.com
163.com
Roxette arrival to Beijing
Getty Images
Sohu.com
Sina.com.cn
Beijingdaze.com

Thanks to Remco Verhaaf, Sinclair Lin, RoxetteCafe.com for contributing to the article.

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World Tour 2012: Taipei, Taiwan – March 10 #93

Comment from Per Gessle

Oh Yeah! Taipei turned out to be, just as expected, a field day! We certainly loved this. It felt like you enjoyed it too!!! Wonderful crowd, loud and sweaty. Just like the mighty Rox band!!!! Thanx all of you. Hope to see y’all again before long!!!!! Cheers, P&M&Co

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L
04. Wish I Could Fly
05. Stars
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
13. Crash!Boom!Bang!
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band Presentation
16. Joyride (introduced by “The moon represents my heart“)

17. Spending My Time
18. The Look

19. Listen To Your Heart
20. Church Of Your Heart

Articles

UDN.com
Gold-Typhoon.com
Wenweipo.com
Nextmedia.com

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Two extra songs on the vinyl edition of TRAVELLING

According to the Swedish online shop Cdon.se – the LP version of forthcoming Roxette TRAVELLING album will include two bonus songs – demo version of “Me & You & Terry & Julie” – strangely recorded on June 9, the day Roxette played concert in Bergen, Norway and still tagged as Tits & Ass song (this studio is situated in Halmstad) and long-awaited “Charm school” demo.

Per Gessle confirmed that on Facebook by saying

Yep.

It turns out that in a very short period of time we will get 19 new songs from Roxette – inluding “It’s possible” demo from the single and “Lover Lover Lover” demo as extra song on iTunes.

Disc 1

1. Me & You & Terry & Julie
2. Lover Lover Lover (Album Version)
3. Turn of the Tide
4. Touched by the Hand of God
5. It’s Possible (Version One)
6. Easy Way Out
7. Excuse Me, Sir, do You Want Me to Check on Your Wife?
8. Perfect Excuse

Disc 2

1. Stars (Soundcheck, Dubai, May 20 2011)
2. Angel Passing
3. She’s Got Nothing on (But the Radio) (Live in Rio de Janeiro, April 16 2011)
4. The Weight of the World (Vocal Up Mix)
5. See Me (New Version)
6. It’s Possible (Version Two)
7. It Must Have Been Love (Night of the Proms, Rotterdam 2011)
8. Me & You & Terry & Julie (Tits & Ass Demo June 9, 2011)
9. Charm School (Tits & Ass Demo September 10, 2009)

Thanks to RoxetteCafe.com for sharing this news.

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Chinese concerts TV ad

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World Tour 2012: Hong Kong, China – March 8 #92

Comment from Per Gessle

Thanx HongKong-friends for making lots of noise and keeping the Rox fire burning tonight! We had a blast! See y’all next time!!!!

Hong Kong crowd - taken from LilleniHongKong blog.


Setlist (not confirmed)

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L
04. Wish I Could Fly
05. Stars
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. 7twenty7
11. Fading Like A Flower
12. Crash!Boom!Bang!
13. How Do You Do!
14. Dangerous
Band Presentation
15. Joyride (introduced by Shanghai beach)

16. Spending My Time
17. The Look

18. Listen To Your Heart
19. Church Of Your Heart

Articles

Yahoo (short review + photo)
MySinaBlog
LilleniHongKong
163.com
Orientaldaily

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Global Repertoire Labelcopy Document

EMI Music has prepared a Global Repertoire Labelcopy Document, which includes some interesting pieces of information regarding the forthcoming TRAVELLING album. There are some mistakes as well, so please don’t regard this as the final document.

All songs were mixed at Aerosol Grey Machine in Vallarum – except no 11 “The weight of the world” mixed in Polar Studios in Stockholm. According to the document only “Me & You & Terry & Julie” was mastered outside Sweden in USA, but it seems this is wrong information as “mastering location” is Stockholm. Stockholm is not in US, isn’t it?

3 songs – “Turn of the Tide”, “Perfect Excuse” and “Easy Way Out” were recorded in South African yet unknown hotel – though two first tracks are being labeled as recorded in “Sweden” after all. One songs comes from Rio de Janeiro and one from Dubai. There is only one song being written by Marie Fredriksson and it’s “See Me”.

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