Without a day off, the band performed their 35th show on tour in Frankfurt.
Now we get used to it, but there was no support act in Frankfurt either. The doors opened at 18:30 and Roxette went on stage at 20:00. Before we entered, it was snowing outside, but the temperature was quite hot once the gang came up on stage. Just like in Hamburg, there were a lot of familiar faces in the crowd in Frankfurt too.
The band presentation started with Magnus, as usual, and he mentioned that a lot of famous people played at this venue, Jahrhunderthalle. Besides Frank Zappa, Les Humphries Singers also performed there in 1971, and he started singing their song, Mama Loo. The crowd joined in. Per laughed and told Magnus „they were here in 1971”, ponting at the crowd. ABBA played there in 1974, and now 52 years later, here are The Roxettes, Magnus added.
Chris played Pippi Langstrumpf as the intro to Joyride, and it worked perfectly with the very loud crowd.
The audience welcomed Lena very warmly. When Per and she came back for the encore and were about to play Spending My Time, someone shouted „we love you, Lena!”, she was distracted by that and thanked for it by sending a kiss towards the one who shouted. Per already wanted to start playing SMT, so he asked „are you ready?” Lena replied „yes, I’m ready, sorry, I was busy with…” Per said „sorry to interrupt”. Haha.
Now it gets harder and harder to name the Top5 shows, since all of them are fantastic, but let me include Frankfurt among the 5 best gigs on this tour leg. Pure energy bomb!
No changes in the setlist.
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
Next stop is Düsseldorf on 25th November! Check out all the 2025 tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!
Photos in the article are taken by Patrícia Peres. More photos HERE! Check out how Stars sounded in Frankfurt HERE!
Per after the gig:
Fantastic Sunday in Frankfurt. Had a blast!
Lena after the show:
A fun sweaty gig!! Thank you Frankfurt!