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World Tour 2012: Buenos Aires, Argentina – April 24 #99

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Comment from Per Gessle

Oh my God….Lunatic Park. There are no words to describe the feelings we have and the welcome we receive every time we hit Buenos Aires. Tonight was the loudest crowd we’ve heard since we played here last April and it felt most fitting that the premiere of IT’S POSSIBLE live took place here. And hey, thanx for making this band really proud of our music but even more proud of having fans like you!!!!

Setlist

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
Band Presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “De musica ligera”)

17. Spending My Time
18. The Look
19. Listen To Your Heart
20. Church Of Your Heart

Misc

Concert was a sold out event 24 hours before it took place. “Wish I could fly” wasn’t performed on the concert (the first time on the tour) and “Opportunity nox” was replaced with “It’s possible”. Here is short statistic how the concert looks like at the moment

0 songs off Pearls of passion (1986)
4 songs off Look sharp! (1988) 20%
7 songs off Joyride (1991) 35%
3 songs off Tourism (1992 – I counted IMHBL and SB in) 15%
2 songs off Crash!Boom!Bang! (1994) 10%
2 songs off Have a nice day (1999) 10%
0 songs off Room service (2001)
0 songs off TBH/TPH (2002/2003)
1 song off Charm school (2011) 5%
1 song off Travelling (2012) 5%

Audio bootleg by Daniel Martinçaia: https://soundcloud.com/daniel-martin-aia

Roxette have no plans to release full live show on DVD/BD

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According to various sources Roxette decided not to release a full live show on DVD/Blu-ray Disc. Despite previous announcements about filming in Barcelona, Oberursel, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, now we know those plans do not exist any longer. Instead of releasing the concert, the band is working on a documentary where they can potentially ‘squeeze’ several live songs inbetween. Something in the style of Gyllene Tider’s “Återtåget” documentary? We assume so. The documentary will have two versions: a longer one that is aimed to be released for sale and a shorter one for Swedish channel TV4.

The crew has visited Roxette so far in e.g. South Africa, China and now they came to South America to film the Argentinian and Brazilian hypes.

Our comment: We feel disappointed with a such decision. So far the only Roxette concert available in HQ is “MTV Unplugged”. No other show was released in any of contemporary formats (we exclude CD discs). This situation reminds us of the lost opportunity to film the “Room Service Tour”. We don’t want this to happen again. Please, Per & Marie, EMI Music & Live Nation staff, reconsider your decision!

Update: And here we got comment from Per Gessle himself.

Personally I think this is a brilliant idea. You get a shorter version for TV + a longer version for the DVD market. The long one will have at least 60-70 min live stuff. It’s splendido to mix up live performances w/ funny stuff from backstage + studio + hotels + airports + private areas. Otherwise you’ll fall asleep. But that’s me.