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World Tour 2012: Dublin, Ireland – July 9 #119

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Comment from Per Gessle

Dublin! Outstanding & amazing crowd! Thanx everyone for making tonight a very special evening indeed. We loved every second!!!!! See y’all soon!!!! Dublin! Yes!

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Spending My Time
05. Stars
06. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
07. Perfect Day
08. Things Will Never Be The Same
09. It Must Have Been Love
10. Opportunity Nox
11. 7Twenty7
12. Fading Like a Flower
13. Crash Boom Bang
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride

17. Listen To Your Heart
18. The Look
19. Church Of Your Heart

Please note that no 5 on the setlist on the left is a joke name for new “Stars” intro that could be translated as “Clarence’s vulgare symphonic rock party” 🙂

Articles and photos

CozyCot (gallery)
Setlist – Damien O’Donohoe
Photo of the crowd

World Tour 2012: Manchester, UK – July 4 #117

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Comment from Per Gessle

THANK YOU MANCHESTER! What a fab evening we had! Super crowd (as expected) and a quite jolly band I must say! Have to come back before long! Thanx for sharing these two hours with us! Cheers, P&M&Co

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Spending My Time
05. Stars
06. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
07. Perfect Day
08. Things Will Never Be The Same
09. It Must Have Been Love
10. Opportunity Nox
11. 7Twenty7
12. Fading Like a Flower
13. Crash Boom Bang
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “God Save The Queen”)

17. Listen To Your Heart
18. The Look
19. Church Of Your Heart

Thanks to Ally for help with song’s order.

Articles

Roxette inspired by Oasis (interview with Per)
CultureWitch (review)
rock-zone.co.uk (review)

World Tour 2012: Glasgow, UK – July 3 #116

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Comment from Per Gessle

Glasgow! Yey! What a crowd! Wonderful vibe, great response in spite of some technical problems. We played here almost exactly twenty years go! Amazing! See you next time. Thanx you lovely Scotsmen/Scotswomen!!!

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Spending My Time
05. Stars
06. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
07. Perfect Day
08. Things Will Never Be The Same
09. It Must Have Been Love
10. Opportunity Nox
11. 7Twenty7
12. Fading Like a Flower
13. Crash Boom Bang
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “Scotland the Brave”)

17. The Look
18. Listen To Your Heart
19. Church Of Your Heart

For the very first time in a very long time Opportunity Nox was performed on the concert as well as Silver Blue dropped from the setlist. Spending My Time – instead of being first song in the encore section was just after “The Big L.”.

Articles

The Herald Scotlad (Interview article published before the concert)
The Herald Scotland (review of the concert)
Isopix (gallery)
stv (review) “The super-Swedes returned to Scotland in an 80s whirlwind.”

“The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye” prelisten and release!

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There was a time when you recorded LP albums. Each side was about 20 minutes long to maximise the sound quality. Our ”Joyride” album was so jam-packed with material that we just had to omit a few pearls that we really loved.

One of them was “The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye”, which instead was used as a B-side on the “Spending My Time” single (yes, they had B-sides back then…). We’ve been regretting this for twenty years now, and when we did the “Travelling” album, which was recorded during our 19 month World Tour, the idea popped up to give “The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye” a new and well-deserved chance.

Would there be a way to brush off the dust and rejuvenate this overlooked gem into the current world? There certainly would. We gave it to Peter “Bassflow” Boström, who was unable to make the tight “Travelling” deadline since he was busy writing and producing Loreen’s Eurovision Song Contest Winner “Euphoria”. But now, in time for the summer season, he’s done.

And what a piece of work it is. Absolutely brilliant. We love it! Now more than ever…

Go to Roxette Facebook page and check the site between 1-3pm CET today!

Source: EMI Newsletter

Update: The song appears to be already released on iTunes in several countries!

World Tour 2012: Buenos Aires Video Bootleg

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Argentinian Gente detras de las paredes website has released the very new and of decent quality video bootleg from the Roxette concert in Buenos Aires that took place on Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

It was the first of five live Roxette show in Argentina – including cities of Mar del Plata, Neuquen, Rosario and Córdoba. Two moments during the Buenos Aires gig deserve a higlight – the very first performance of “It’s possible” during this tour and surprising local tune played by Christoffer Lundquist – “De Música Ligera”. More unforgettable moments only on this special fan-made DVD.

Big thanks to Oscar Antonio Cordoba for making this bootleg available.

Tracklist for the Buenos Aires 2012 video bootleg:

01. Dressed for success
02. Sleeping in my car
03. The Big L.
04. Silver blue
05. Stars
06. She’s got nothing on (but the radio)
07. Perfect day
08. Things will never be the same
09. It must have been love
10. It’s possible
11. 7twenty7
12. Fading like a flower
13. Crash boom bang
14. How do you do?
15. Dangerous
16. Band introduction / De música ligera
17. Joyride
18. Spending my time
19. The look
20. Listen to your heart
21. Church of your heart

Download links can be found here.