Swedish newspaper Expressen has a somewhat bigger article about Roxette’s stage comeback today. Including interview bits with Clarence! Read here (in Swedish)
And if possible, don’t miss the report about Rox at the Proms of Belgian TV channel EEN tonight: “Is Roxette ready for NOTP?” Seems to be an interview and footage from the rehearsals yesterday.
Edit: You can watch the report online (in English)
Update, December 30: The video was redirected to Youtube. Thanks Project_Z!
Proms producer Jan Vereecke comments the day on his blog:
To everyone’s joy, the latest rehearsals this afternoon with Roxette have been completed sooner as anticipated. This evening all foreign guest artists will enjoy a cosy dinner in a restaurant near the hotel. Extensive soundchecks on the big stage are scheduled for tomorrow afternoon and a first real show rehearsal later on the evening.
Thanks Pascal for the tip/translation!
This brandnew photo from the rehearsals was just posted on roxette.se! 😀
Edit: Per on twitter:
Roxette home videos from the NOTP-rehearsals available very very soon at www.roxette.se
Fantastic! Worldwide fandom is able to follow this tour via YouTube again (like Party Crasher tour)! 😀
As ‘Night of the Proms’ producer Jan Vereecke tells on his blog, Roxette just enjoyed the orchestra ‘Il Novecento’ playing their repertoire. Now they use recordings of the orchestra to rehearse along to that. Tomorrow afternoon Roxette will finally play live together with the orchestra!
Source: NOTP Blog (in Dutch)
Edit October 20: Per comments on twitter:
Fantastic to hear Chris & Claire’s orchestra arrangements to our songs. More than 100 people playing and singing. Let’s find a new religion.
First rehearsal with the whole orchestra & choir today. Feel like David Gilmour.
The Dutch NOTP Fanpage runs a series of articles and interviews up to the tour start next Friday. Yesterday they had an interview with Geert Vanhout, the man behind the lightshow. Some interesting excerpts:
Geert: ‘This year will be very special. The LED lights with a low resolution are used for a special light effect during the whole show; there will be less video images compared to last year but there will be more lights. On the stage itself, there will be separate light elements. Besides the artists and the orchestra, we also have to light up the dancers and the extras. All of this needs a lot of material and also a decent programming.’
Geert: ‘From Monday on the rehearsals start in the arena with the dancers, Tuesdays the extras start. On Wednesday the first rough show is done: everyone, also the artists get an explanation of what will happen; it’s a disaster for a musician or an artist not to know some fireworks will explode behind their backs! On Thursday and Friday general rehearsals are planned and Friday evening the first show.’
So fantastic, but the artists only see the design and the result of the light show from next week on. Doesn’t that create any problems?
Geert:’No, that’s not a problem. We discuss in advance with the artists, like recently with Sharon [den Adel]. But the artists know that they work with a professional organization that they can trust; the artists also know that they are part of NOTP and that the show is not build around them.
Read the whole interviews here: notpfan.eu