After a day off – better said, a travelling day – the gang arrived in Ålesund. We were walking around the city and wondering how many people would be there for the concert, because we didn’t see many people.
To our surprise, lots of them were already there when the doors opened at 18:30. Where were all these guys and girls during the day? Haha. I say guys and girls, because the average age wasn’t very high. There were a lot of young people in the crowd. The arena got half packed by the time the support act – a local band called Rotlaus (they were cool) – went on stage at 19:30 and fully packed by the time Roxette took the stage at 20:45.
Finally, a standing show again! The crowd was very active already during the opening act and their mood only increased during the evening. They were singing loudly, clapping along and dancing. Yeehaa! The band was in top shape and felt even more powered by the audience’s reactions. Lots of action and much fun on stage!
Chris played In The Hall Of The Mountain King as the intro to Joyride.
Before Per greeted the crowd after Sleeping In My Car, Micke N-S brought him the next guitar and I was already stressed a bit that the setlist would be shorter for the penultimate show, because he brought Per the red and black checkered guitar – the one he plays during Crash! Boom! Bang! That would have meant skipping Dressed For Success, but hey, that’s impossible! Luckily, it turned out that Micke messed up the guitar order, but as soon as he realized it (when they had already started playing the song), he quickly brought Per the one he plays during DFS. Phew! Thank God! Haha. They laughed at this tiny hiccup.
I have to mention that there were many in the audience who came to the concert because of Lena. There were a few ladies around us who were her fans, they had been listening to her since they were 13-14 years old. Lovely!
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 and last stop on this tour leg is Trondheim on 13th December! Get your ticket HERE, if you don’t have one yet and check out all the so-far-known 2026 dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!
Photos in the article are taken by Patrícia Peres. More photos HERE!
Per after the gig:
Yea! Ålesund! What a fab Friday!!!! And what a fab city! Outstanding beauty everywhere. Thanks for having us! Love to come back!