Today the Czech ticket webseite Sazkatickets opened the last sectors – the last seats – for the Roxette show. While the standing tickets are already sold out, there’s also only 2.300 seats left. With a capacity of 18,000 people the hall is almost sold out.
Tour
2010 tour: Sundsvall, August 7, tour premiere
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Setlist
Fan stories
Swedish media reports about fans that made the long way to Sundsvall/Sweden:
– Danyela Etchard from Brasil, who shared her flight with Roxette
– Brenda Donatti and Lionel Zaragocin from Argentinia, who celebrate Marie’s comeback on 4 concerts
Alison’s report for RXB
Videos
By austlich: Dressed for success | Listen to your heart | Church of your heart | Fading like a flower | It must have been love | Joyride
By bodenina: Fading like a flower | Sleeping in my car
By zvullo: Joyride | It must have been love | Fading like a flower
By odfah: Dangerous (not full, bad quality) | Steppin Stone
By Paularoxer: Perfect day | 7twenty7
Other: It Must Have Been Love (by JessieKay1978)| It Must Have Been Love (by holmas1) | | The look (by torbjornl) | It must have been love (by MrsTwisted)
Photos
Rockfoto.nu
Roxette’s comments
Per: “Marie was fantastic. What a girl! It is a pity that I’m married.” (laughter)
Marie a few song into the gig: “Fantastic! Finally!”
Official videos
Media reports
video: interviews before the concert | Expressens’s concert review | song by song | post-concert interview | blog entry | ST.nu review | allehanda | Aftonbladet | SVD | Dagbladet Sundsvall (5/5!)
Gessle: “Publice in Sunsdvall was fantastic” (ST.nu)
Trivia
16,000 visitors in the arena!
Sundsvall Roxette gig gets its own website
Media are really interested in summer Roxette concert that will take place in Sundsvall on August 7th. It will be the first full Roxette gig since 2001. According to the press release it will be the first European Roxette concert. It can mean there is no chance for any other show before August 7th.
After several articles in local press, over 9,000 tickets sold, Norrporten Arena’s website got the new look – only dedicated to forthcoming summer festival. You can read the most important information regarding the festival: find media partners and sponsors, buy tickets for the show, bus, train or book a room at one of Sundsvall hotels and hostels.
There is also a chance to win tickets for the festival as long as you can decribe your most exciting Roxette experiance in Swedish – before May 1st. The winners will be announced on Monday May 3rd. No informations is given if only Swedish citizens can participate in this contest.
In “Örongodis” section you can listen to two radio advertisments of the concert (the longer and the shorter one).
Source: Norrporten Arena
Rumours: Roxette to play in Germany
According to Musikindustrin‘s journalist Lars Nylin Roxette will play in Germany in December. In the article about Sundsvall concert he mentions Russia and Germany as the exemples of forthcoming Roxette shows. Time will tell if it is true.
From The Daily Roxette:
Per says that he doesn’t know anything about any German gigs.
Roxette to play in Sundsvall on August 7
According to Swedish media, and confirmed to Roxette’s manager Marie Dimberg, Roxette will play in Norrporten Arena, Sundsvall (Sweden) on August 7. The organizators exepect around 20,000 in public. This will be, if no more shows are added to the tour, the real first Roxette concert since 2001.
Tickets will be on sale on April 23 via Ticnet. The support band will be German The Baseballs, known from their Elvis-covers of Rihanna’s “Umbrella” and… Roxette’s “The look”.
It seems like the information in Norwegian and Danish press about two gigs in Sweden are finally confirmed.
Aftonbladet, SVT, ST, Dagbladet
Watch 2-minutes report about the concert
Chrissi Schäfer and Eloy Mathesan contributed to the article.