The Roxette gang had this year’s one and only Swedish show in Gothenburg last night. It took place one day after the 40th anniversary of the release of Roxette’s debut single, Neverending Love. To celebrate the occasion, you could buy a limited edition Neverending Love T-shirt at the merch stand – exclusively available at the Gothenburg concert.
The audience area was split into two parts: golden circle standing and standard standing. The doors opened at 17:30 and the opening act, Vilhelm Buchaus, went on stage at 19:30.
Roxette started their gig at 20:30, just after the sun had dipped low enough not to shine into the eyes of those on stage. Haha.
Mr. G appeared in an all-white outfit and Lena in red. They were definitely dressed for success and looked extremely hot for their home audience. They were also in top top top shape and so was the band. Their energy perfectly matched the audience’s Thursday-night party mood. The crowd was loud and we were singing along throughout the entire show. There were so many interactions on stage and between the band and the crowd! And so many smiles!
I finally got to hear Church Of Your Heart live on this tour. Oh, how I love it when Per plays the harmonica! And to see the whole gang in front of the stage together was simply fabulous.
Since it was Roxette’s 40th anniversary and Clarence usually plays some notes of Neverending Love during the band presentation, I decided to print some sings with the text ”Happy 40th!” and the symbols of infinity and a heart, and hand them out to the fans in the front, so that we could hold them up when Clarence would start playing NL. When Per turned towards Magnus during the band introduction, Magnus mentioned that there was a certain birthday and PG said that Roxette’s debut single was released 40 years ago. We immediately held up our signs and Per said, ”ah, it wasn’t a secret”. Haha. When Clarence played a little NL, we held up the signs again. I hoped he would play it a little longer – and it would have ben even more amazing if they played the whole song – but in the end he played the same few notes he always plays during the band introductions. We loved it!
And, of course, we remembered Marie as well. Lena dedicated It Must Have Been Love to her and we sang along so loudly that she heard us in heaven.
Chris played Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg as the intro to Joyride.
It was funny that Lena brought her phone on stage. She filmed the audience two or three times, and she also filmed Per before they started singing Spending My Time. It was very much 21st century. Haha.
Setlist
1. The Big L.
2. Sleeping In My Car
3. Dressed For Success
4. Crash! Boom! Bang!
5. Fading Like A Flower
6. Opportunity Nox
7. Church Of Your Heart
8. Almost Unreal
9. Stars
10. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
11. It Must Have Been Love
12. How Do You Do!
13. Dangerous
Band presentation
14. Joyride
Encore
15. Spending My Time
16. Listen To Your Heart
17. The Look
18. Queen Of Rain
Next stop is Locarno, Switzerland on 11th July! Tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!
Photos in the article are taken by Patrícia Peres. More photos HERE!
Lena after the show:
Fantastiskt Roxette-gig i Göteborg ikväll!! Underbart sommarväder, underbar publik!