Roxette: Live – Back Again! 2026 – Montevideo, Uruguay – 18th April – #4

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Another South American country, another kick-ass night! The crowd in Montevideo, Uruguay welcomed the Roxette gang with a loud sing along throughout the whole show at the fully packed Antel Arena and the band gave their best on stage.

The setlist remained the same. Chris played a La Vela song as the intro to Joyride.

Setlist

1. The Big L.
2. Sleeping In My Car
3. Dressed For Success
4. Crash! Boom! Bang!
5. Wish I Could Fly
6. Opportunity Nox
7. Fading Like A Flower
8. Church Of Your Heart
9. Almost Unreal
10. Stars
11. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
12. It Must Have Been Love
13. How Do You Do!
14. Dangerous

Band presentation

15. Joyride

Encore

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

Next and last stop in South America is Santiago, Chile on 21st April! Tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Thanks for the pics, Sandra Knospe!

Stills are from Antel Arena’s instastories.

Some pics and short videos:

Photos
TBL/SIMC
DFS
HDYD/Dangerous
Chris intro

Per after the show:

Thx beautiful Montevideo! What a night!

Roxette: Live – Back Again! 2026 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – 16th April – #3

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The band arrived in Argentina to perform an ass-kicking third show on the South American tour leg. They met an incredibly loud and active audience in Buenos Aires at the sold-out Movistar Arena. Per & Co. were in top top top shape, full of energy and the crowd reactions made them even more powerful.

Fans welcomed Lena very warmly and cheered her all the time. They held up signs saying “THX LENA” after Per introduced her. They also held up signs with Marie’s name and hearts during It Must Have Been Love after Lena dedicated the song to her. Per also got his signs during Opportunity Nox: “FRONT ROW * PER”. They did that in Brazil too, at the first two shows, now it turned out.

The setlist remained the same. Chris played Ji Ji Ji by Los Redondos (Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota) as the intro to Joyride.

Setlist

1. The Big L.
2. Sleeping In My Car
3. Dressed For Success
4. Crash! Boom! Bang!
5. Wish I Could Fly
6. Opportunity Nox
7. Fading Like A Flower
8. Church Of Your Heart
9. Almost Unreal
10. Stars
11. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
12. It Must Have Been Love
13. How Do You Do!
14. Dangerous

Band presentation

15. Joyride

Encore

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

Next stop is Montevideo, Uruguay on 18th April! Tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Thanks for the pics, Sandra Knospe!

Some fab short videos:

TBL 1; 2
DFS 1; 2
IMHBL 1; 2
HDYD
Dangerous 1; 2
Chris intro 1; 2; 3
Joyride
LTYH 1; 2
TL 1; 2; 3
La 100 FM’s report after the show

Per after the show:

Wow! Amazing Thursday in wonderful Buenos Aires. More than sold out hahaha…. 11000 voices sounded like the whole country! Thanx for a very special evening. See you soon again!

Lena after the gig:

Thank you Buenos Aires!! Amazing!! So many happy faces!!!

Roxette: Live – Back Again! 2026 – São Paulo, Brazil – 14th April – #2

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The gang stayed in Brazil for a second show and performed in hot hot São Paulo last night. The audience was just as loud as in Rio and cheered Per, Lena and the band constantly. The setlist remained the same as at the first gig, and Christoffer also played the Brazilian National Anthem as the intro to Joyride in São Paulo.

Setlist

1. The Big L.
2. Sleeping In My Car
3. Dressed For Success
4. Crash! Boom! Bang!
5. Wish I Could Fly
6. Opportunity Nox
7. Fading Like A Flower
8. Church Of Your Heart
9. Almost Unreal
10. Stars
11. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
12. It Must Have Been Love
13. How Do You Do!
14. Dangerous

Band presentation

15. Joyride

Encore

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

Next stop is Buenos Aires, Argentina on 16th April! Tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Radio Alpha FM’s nice review of the show

Short videos:

TBL 1, 2
DFS
FLAF
IMHBL dedicated to Marie 1, 2
HDYD
National Anthem by Chris
Joyride
SMT
LTYH
TL
QOR

Stills are from Espaço Unimed’s videos.

Per after the show:

São Paulo! Speechless! Amazing crowd and a pretty decent band! Had a blast. Love you!

Lena after the gig:

What a night in Sao Paolo!! Thank you so much for your support!!

Roxette: Live – Back Again! 2026 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 12th April – #1

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After four months, the Roxette gang is back on tour and has started their South American journey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PG & Co. did a soundcheck in the afternoon. Check out the pictures Per shared HERE! The show last night was very loud and the band was in top shape.

There is a slight change in the setlist. Unfortunately, Vulnerable and Milk And Toast And Honey are gone, but Church Of Your Heart appeared as a nice surprise.

Christoffer played the Brazilian National Anthem as the intro to Joyride.

There are new T-shirts in the merch. It looks like they are especially made for the South American leg in South America.

Setlist

1. The Big L.
2. Sleeping In My Car
3. Dressed For Success
4. Crash! Boom! Bang!
5. Wish I Could Fly
6. Opportunity Nox
7. Fading Like A Flower
8. Church Of Your Heart
9. Almost Unreal
10. Stars
11. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
12. It Must Have Been Love
13. How Do You Do!
14. Dangerous

Band presentation

15. Joyride

Encore

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

Next stop is Sao Paulo, Brazil on 14th April! Tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Pictures and videos on Instagram and YouTube: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15

Thanks for the info, Sandra Knospe, Micke N-S, Daniela Etchart Maluf and Fernanda Lizardo!

 

Per after the show:

Fab opening show last nite in RIO! Had a blast, thx for making lots of beautiful noise! Sao Paulo next!

Lena after the gig:

Thank you Rio de Janeiro for a fantastic gig yesterday!! I must confess I was a little bit jet-lagged, haha, but it all went very well!! So grateful to be a part of the Roxette-family! And tomorrow São Paolo! See you soon!

Roxette’s Baladas En Español for the first time on vinyl

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Baladas En Español is a Spanish-language compilation album released in October 1996. In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries it was a commercial success upon release, peaking in the top ten of several national record charts. As of 2001, the record had sold more than 1.2 million copies worldwide.

The original album consists of twelve of Roxette’s ballads, translated into Spanish by songwriter Luis Gómez Escolar. Escolar’s translations have been criticised by both fans and the media for being poorly representative of the original English lyrics.

Un Día Sin Ti and No Sé Si Es Amor were released as commercial singles.

In 2022, the album was updated on streaming platforms, adding Spanish translations of three songs from Roxette’s following album, Have A Nice Day, and Tú No Me Comprendes, an outtake from the original version of the record.

Per mentioned in interviews that recording the album was the record company’s idea. Rafael Gil helped them pronounce the words correctly, since neither Marie nor Per spoke Spanish. When choosing which songs to record, Per only selected songs for Marie to sing, except Vulnerable, which he sang himself. The songs sounded great in Spanish, even without knowing exactly what they were about. Mr. G says it was a very strange experience, but also fun, and that Marie did an unbelievable job learning all those Spanish lyrics.

As part of Roxette’s 40th anniversary celebration, Baladas En Español will be available on vinyl for the first time. The compilation will be released on 2LP in red vinyl (limited edition), 2 LP in black vinyl, and CD on 17th April 2026. Pre-order it at Bengans!

Watch the promo video HERE!

LP1

Side A

Un Día Sin Ti (Spending My Time)
Crash! Boom! Bang! (Spanish Version)
Directamente A Ti (Run To You)
Alguien (Anyone)

Side B

No Sé Si Es Amor (It Must Have Been Love)
Quisiera Volar (Wish I Could Fly)
Como La Lluvia En El Cristal (Watercolours In The Rain)
Cuánto Lo Siento (I’m Sorry)

LP2

Side A

Habla El Corazón (Listen To Your Heart)
Tímida (Vulnerable)
El Día Del Amor (Perfect Day)
Quiero Ser Como Tú (I Don’t Want To Get Hurt)

Side B

Soy Una Mujer (Fading Like A Flower)
Lo Siento (Salvation)
Tú No Me Comprendes (You Don’t Understand Me)
Una Reina Va Detrás De Un Rey (Queen Of Rain)

CD

Un Día Sin Ti (Spending My Time)
Habla El Corazón (Listen To Your Heart)
Soy Una Mujer (Fading Like A Flower)
No Sé Si Es Amor (It Must Have Been Love)
Directamente A Ti (Run To You)
Crash! Boom! Bang! (Spanish Version)
Cuánto Lo Siento (I’m Sorry)
Alguien (Anyone)
Tímida (Vulnerable)
Tú No Me Comprendes (You Don’t Understand Me)
Quisiera Volar (Wish I Could Fly)
Como La Lluvia En El Cristal (Watercolours In The Rain)
Lo Siento (Salvation)
Quiero Ser Como Tú (I Don’t Want To Get Hurt)
Una Reina Va Detrás De Un Rey (Queen Of Rain)
El Día Del Amor (Perfect Day)

Listen to Baladas En Español on Spotify or any other streaming platform!

Watch the official Un Día Sin Ti video directed by Jonas Åkerlund HERE!