Roxette came back for another sold out show in Gothenburg last night. The support act was Dagny again, but this time she and her band played less than on Wednesday. They entered the stage a couple of minutes before 20:00 and played for appr. 45 minutes. Nice, catchy pop music.
Roxette took the stage a couple of minutes after 21:00. As it turned out since the first Gothenburg gig, the new intro music is the intro of Hylands hörna, a Swedish talk show presented by Lennart Hyland, broadcast between 1962 and 1983.
After Sleeping In My Car, Per greeted the crowd and said it’s nice to see so many people. He told the audience that they had a fantastic evening here on Wednesday, but they plan to top it. Mr. G took the opportunity to welcome all their international friends in English. He got a loud cheering for that from the fans who came from all around the world (Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Australia, Germany, Spain, Greece, Hungary, etc.).
Per also introduced the newest member of the big Roxette family, the fantastic Lena. She said she felt wonderful. „I love Gothenburg and Gothenburg loves me, so I feel great!”
There was one change in the setlist. Wish I Could Fly was added after Crash! Boom! Bang! Thanks for putting it back in the set! (So next time, please add Things Will Never Be The Same as well! Haha.)
I lied, adding WICF was not the only change vs. Wednesday. Another change was that the band presentation got back to its original spot. Haha. After Lena dedicated IMHBL to Marie and they performed the song, Micke N-S came to Per to take away the acoustic guitar and brought him the one he should play on the next song. He emphasized that the next song is How Do You Do!. Per laughed and he started the intro teaser to HDYD.
During the band presentation, all members got cheered loudly by the crowd. Jonas played a bit of Paranoid by Black Sabbath as a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. (Thanks, Daniel Rezmann for recognizing it!)
Christoffer played Ljudet av ett annat hjärta as the wild intro to Joyride.
When Per and Lena came back for the encore, Per said now it’s only them two. Lena said: „yeah, only you and me”. Per added: „and 10,000 more”. Haha.
Before they performed Queen Of Rain, Per thanked the audience for coming and wished them a further great summer. „Take care of each other, it’s a crazy world out there!”
All in all, this gig could really top the one on Wednesday. The flow of the show was wonderful, the band was in top top top shape, Lena was awesome and Per was amazing too. He enjoyed the entire concert to the full, you could see his happy face. So lovely! And last, but not least, the Friday crowd was even more in party mood than the Wednesday audience.
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. Vulnerable
9. Milk And Toast And Honey
10. Almost Unreal
11. Stars
12. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
13. It Must Have Been Love
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride
Encore
17. Spending My Time
18. Listen To Your Heart
19. The Look
20. Queen Of Rain
Without a day off, the next stop is Halmstad on 26th July! Check out all the tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!
Photos in the article are taken by Patrícia Peres. More photos HERE!
Per after the show:
Gothenburg #2. Awesome evening. Fab audience and a band on its toes! Loved it! See you tomorrow in jolly Halmstad!
Lena after the gig:
Amazing night in Gbg!!! Thank you so much!