Russia

Secret Roxette trip to Russia

by

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!

Tour 2010: St. Petersburg, September 12

by

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

Tour 2010: Moscow, September 10

by

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

Review by kp.ru | ruf.ru:

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

New interview: “Maybe we’ll tour in Europe, South America and Canada”

by

And there’s yet another Per interview from Russia! Some interesting bits:

– Roxette aims to tour in Europe, South America and Canada.
– They already recorded a dozen tracks and should be finished in a few weeks.
– Per thinks Marie recovered so well not least thanks to the love for music and desire to sing.

Source (in Russian): RBC daily

Russian interview with Per

by

In advance of Roxette’s 2 upcoming concerts in Russia, TRUD did an interview with Per. He speaks about the comeback, the new album, Roxette’s breakthrough and the future of the music business.

About the album:

Most of the work is actually done. This is a very strong album. Some very, very good ballad for Marie and a few fast songs. We want to sing much together. To avoid: this song Marie, and this song Per. Just like in our early songs like «Paint», «Dressed For Success» or «The Look», where we sing together.

Read the article in Russian or a Google translation!