Roxette’s latest album TRAVELLING was released in Russia last month. This edition is a bit of strange as it includes only 13 songs and both versions of “It’s possible” were removed for unknown reasons. Picture was taken by Alexander Funk.
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Marie Fredriksson gave a touching interview for programme about cancer done for a Russian NTV channel. Here are the quotes from Marie translated by Evgeny Perekopskiy and proofread by Celestte. This exclusive interview was shot during one-hour session at Marie’s house in Stockholm in December 2011.
WATCH THE WHOLE PROGRAMME (Marie’s part starts at 39:48)
Narrator:
A slim woman singing about changes in the microphone can actually grab the audience in venues with the capacity of 100 000 people. But when she tries to say the word “cancer”, she still feels insecure.
Marie Fredriksson
I couldn’t learn how to talk about it without worrying. I just sang the song “The Change”. Few people know that this song is about cancer. For some unknown reason I needed this meeting with cancer. It changed me totally. I started to listen to my inner voice, talk to my body. And the main thing is that I started to draw. (Marie laughs)
All that I feel and experience is in these drawings. By the way, this is Madonna (Marie points at her drawing). Not the singer, no. This is the Madonna that I imagine for myself. Who saved me from illness. Who rescued me.
The first drawings I created because of fear. I just wanted to understand what was happening to me. What the cancer was all about.
Narrator:
Looking like an alien, drawing alien subjects, for a while wonderfully Marie Fredriksson created her personal, alien theory of the origin of cancer.
Marie Fredriksson:
I started to think that cancer is somehow a new form of life inside of us. That people having those cells that then will become cancerous are born and live and then those cells wake up. And perhaps in the future people will be able to live with those cells.
Narrator:
In spite of the incredible story, from the scientific point of view, the singer of Roxette is right in many things. To transform cancer in chronic illness that won’t break off life is one of the directions of the modern scientific thought
You can always count on Russian fans! After last year’s bootleg recordings of Moscow and St. Peteresburg, here are another two videos covering almost whole Moscow concert that took place on December 1, 2011.
Comment from Per Gessle
Oh yea! St Petersburg was just as expected!!!! Brilliant crowd and the Rox Machine is still going strong. Thanx everyone for making this an everlasting memory. Hope you had a great couple of hours, we certainly did! See y’all next time!!!
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. Crash! Boom! Bang!
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “Pesnya pro zaicev”)
17. Watercolours In The Rain
18. Spending My Time
19. The Look (ended up with “Kalinka Malinka”)
20. Listen To Your Heart
21. Church Of Your Heart
Photos and articles
InsiderNews.ru (gallery)
Visualrian.ru (gallery)
TV100.ru (TV report)
Comment from Per Gessle
Supergig in Moscow! Always a pleasure to play here. We love this crowd! Thanx everyone for making this happen! Trainride to St P tomorrow. More asskickin’ on Saturday! Cheers, P & Co
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. Crash! Boom! Bang!
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “Pesnya pro zaicev”)
17. Watercolours In The Rain
18. Spending My Time
19. The Look (ended up with “Kalinka Malinka”)
20. Listen To Your Heart
21. Church Of Your Heart
Articles and photos
SAV Entertainment, a company that was responsible e.g. for organizing two Russian Roxette shows in 2010, has just announced that Roxette is due to perform in Moscow on December 1st this year. The concert will take place in Crocus City Hall, a multipurpose two-level concert hall that can accommodate over 6,000 people. It is said to be the closing show for this year’s tour.
Source: SAV Entertainment
Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for this information.
Note: we’ve heard more than once hints that the tour should go on in 2012. Of course, no details are available, so we base these speculations on some statements done by Per and Marie, like that the tour lasts one year, that Per mentioned Halmstad may be in the plan “next year”. And, of course, that they might play in the USA.
We need your help. The whole Roxette World Tour 2011 will be covered with such topics. If you find something connected with this particular part of the tour, post it in the comment section and we will add it to the article. Thanks for your help and cooperation!
So far we have a lot of material for each concert so we will keep on adding an article per concert.
Novosibirsk, Russia 07-03-2011
Setlist
Same as in Ekaterinburg but “Way Out” was replaced by “Watercolours In The Rain”. Still no “Silver Blue”.
Videos
By Boldyrefff: How Do You Do! | Joyride
By TheDmitriy1983: It Must Have Been Love
By Nevardaed: Wish I Could Fly | Joyride
By TheYesterdayDreams: Listen To Your Heart
By MsRadioCat – short videos for : Spending My Time | The Big L | Dangerous | Things Will Never Be The Same
By Frogskinnsk: Spending My Time (longer)
Misc
In one of the videos posted by Per Gessle we can see Christoffer Lundquist reading the lyrics of Stars. Will the song be played later on?
This song was already performed live during the Room Service tour in 2001 in a very nice and different version than the one in the album. Here taken from the showcase in Barcelona.
We need your help. The whole Roxette World Tour 2011 will be covered with such topics. If you find something connected with this particular part of the tour, post it in the comment section and we will add it to the article. Thanks for your help and cooperation!
So far we have a lot of material for each concert so we will keep on adding an article per concert.
Ekaterinburg, Russia 05-03-2011
Photos
Videos
Video by Smabarn: Joyride
Videos by Nedsend11 (all about 1 min long): Perfect Day | Things Will Never Be The Same | She’s Got Nothing On | Wish I Could Fly
Videos by PankinE: Dressed For Success | Sleeping in My Car | Wish I Could Fly | It Must Have Been Love | Spending My Time | How Do You Do!/Dangerous | Listen To Your Heart
Video by Alex Kibkalo / TDR: Church Of Your Heart
Videos by Lora 515: Sleeping In My Car | Spending My Time | The Look
Videos by Tatti31: Things Will Never Be The Same | Perfect Day | Wish I Could Fly
We need your help. The whole world tour will be covered with such topics. If you find something connected with this particular part of the tour, post it in the comment section and we will add it to the article. Thanks for your help and cooperation!
SAMARA, RUSSIA 03-03-2011
Setlist
Same as Kazan excluding Watercolours In The Rain and Silver Blue.
Thanks Evgeny for the information.
Articles
samara.kp.ru: Report and video of arrival in Samara. | smbc.ru: Arena sold out with 3,800 people | Samara.kp.ru about the concert
Photos
Samaralife blog with many (hot!) photos | Seleste-Rusa LiveJournal
Videos
News Report on trkterrachannel
Two videos by AndreyNikopol: The Big L | Summary including bits of all songs
Three videos by natorchik: Wish I Could Fly (and a bit of Only When I Dream) | Things Will Never Be The Same and It Must Have Been Love | Listen To Your Heart
Five videos by TheHOwR: Dressed for Success | How Do You Do!/Dangerous | Way Out | It Must Have Been Love | Listen To Your Heart
Five videos by Arslanov107: Dress For Success/Sleeping In My Car | It Must Have Been Love | How Do You Do!/Dangerous | Joyride| Spending My Time | Opportunity Nox and The Big L | Wish I Could Fly and Only When I Dream | She’s got nothing on | Perfect Day | The Look | Fading Like A Flower | Things Will Never Be The Same | 7twenty7 | Way Out | Listen To Your Heart
Evgeny Perekopsiky was the first one (as always 
) to find this short ad for the Russian New Year’s Eve programme “Olivier”. You have to skip to the 5th clip and you will be able to see a glimpse of “The look” performance. Watch it here
As Evgeny Perekopskiy posted on his Facebook account today, Roxette – including the band with Clarence Öfwerman, Christoffer Lundquist, Pelle Alsing and Magnus Börjeson – have been in Moscow during the last days. They arrived on December 9th in the evening and flew back to Stockholm this morning.
So far, nobody knows why they have been there and what they did. So speculations started that Roxette either did a video or photo shoot or came to Moscow for some TV show recording, maybe even some New Year’s Eve show.
Back from Moscow Per Gessle lets us know what the trip was about:
Just got home from a couple of dayz (and nights) in jolly Moscow. Great TV-show, superb crowd. Hey you Russian ppl, see ya again in March!
We need your help. Each and every concert will have such a topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation!
Setlist
1. Dressed For Success
2. Sleeping In My Car
3. Opportunity Nox
4. The Big L
5. Wish I Could Fly
6. She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
7. 7Twenty7
8. Perfect Day
9. Things Will Never Be The Same
10. It Must Have Been Love
11. Silver Blue
12. Fading Like a Flower
13. How Do You Do!
14. Dangerous
15. Joyride
16. Listen To Your Heart
17. The Look
18. Church Of Your Heart
19. (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
Thanks Viessmann
Fan stories
Videos
By Devilla: Listen to your heart, Wish I could fly and more!
Photos
http://spb.kp.ru/online/news/737585/ | fotanka.ru
Roxette’s comments
Thanx for two unforgettable shows in Russia. We had the time of our lives. Spasiba.
Media reports
vesti.ru | aif.ru | izvestia.ru | ruvr.ru (English) | PLN
Trivia
We need your help. Each and every concert will have such a topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation!
Setlist
1. Dressed For Success
2. Sleeping In My Car
3. Opportunity Nox
4. The Big L
5. Wish I Could Fly
6. She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
7. 7twenty7
8. Perfect Day
9. Things Will Never Be The Same
10. It Must Have Been Love
11. Silver Blue
12. Fading Like a Flower
13. How Do You Do!
14. Dangerous
15. Kalinka / Joyride
16. Listen To Your Heart
17. The Look
18. Church Of Your Heart
19. (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
Fan stories
BY VASSILIY:
After Joyride (if my memory runs perfect) guys said “Moscow, thank you!” and left the stage. Marie was near the mic, smiling and looking at happy crowd, and when she looked back she saw no one on the stage except her ) She hesitated. Said ” You are great!”, turned back looking for someone to re-appear on the stage, but there was still no one. Then a guy appeared and accompanied her out. Since the croud was crying “Marie, Marie” and Marie herself performed this awkward moment with a little bit of humour, it all looked sweet ))
Videos
Concert video by kp.ru | Opening+DFS | SIMC | Greeting | TBL | ON | 727 | WICF | IMHBL 1 | 2 | HDYD | PD | SB
Photos
rus.ru gallery | Moshkov gallery
Roxette’s comments
Media reports
Their songs are natural, like air, for now three generations of Russians. I’ve never seen such an unanimous warm welcome to foreign artists by the metropolitan audience. The journey into joy succeeded!
aif.ru | vmdaily.ru | event-factory.org
Trivia
