Roxette

Roxette’s Norway concert this Friday moved to another location

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Roxette’s concert in Haugesund, Norway got moved from Rådhusplassen to Flotmyr. The former location has become an important focal point for the city’s population to gather in grief over the recent terror tragedy in Norway. Artists and organizers show their respect in using a different location. Manager Bjorn Gerry Viksund says in a statement:

We hope that Friday’s concert will be a positive and wonderful experience, and a little diverson after all what has happened. It is a great opportunity to be with people we love, and a place to celebrate music and life.

Source: h-avis.no

World Tour 2011: Gothenburg, Sweden – July 24 #50

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Comment from Per Gessle

Gee! Gothenburg! Home turf and we certainly felt at home. Supergig, great crowd, band on its toes, no rain – what more can you ask for? Thanx for stopping by. More than 22.000 ppl. Phew! This tour is going crazy!

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Wish I Could Fly
05. Only When I Dream
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 (Every Time You Leave)
13. Silver Blue
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “När vi två blir”)

17. Watercolours In The Rain
18. Spending My Time
19. The Look

20. Listen To Your Heart
21. Church Of Your Heart

Misc

The concert was moved to the bigger venue Slottsskogsvallen after selling-out Trädgårdsföreningen. Roxette started the gig with a minute of silence for Norway. Over 22,000 people attended the gig – which seems to bit previous Per Gessle’s record.

Articles and photos

Expressen (Interview with Per Gessle – Marie just grows and grows)
Expressen (Live from the concert – Anders Nunstedt’s comments + Photo gallery from the concert)
Expressen (Review 2/5)
Aftonbladet (Interview with Per Gessle – We have enormour flow now + Photo gallery from the concert)
Aftonbladet (Live from the concert – Christoffer Röstlund’s comments)
Aftonbladet (Review 3/5)
Aftonbladet (backstage report)
GP.se (Live from the concert – Magnus Carlsson’s comments)
GP (Photo gallery)
Hallandposten.se (Review)
Rockfoto.nu (Gallery)
Rockphotos.nu (Gallery)

Roxette will be on tour until August 2012; 50 concerts done, 80 to go!

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Per Gessle reveals in an interview with Hallands Posten that “after Göteborg [concert #50], we still have 80 concerts to go”. The tour will go on until August 2012.  “As soon as we leave a city, the tour promoter wants to book us again, which is the best feedback one can get”, tells Per to Jan-Owe Wikström.

Per also comments on the success of “Radio” on the radio, “we’ve never been played on the radio as much as nowadays.” And it is specially thanks to Latin America, Russia and Eastern Europe, “where we are very successful.”

Per also says that he thinks Marie is in a great shape. “Last week in Locarno was the best I’ve seen of her since, right, the 90ies”, says Per.

As we know, the band is working on a new album, “2rism”. They have already recorded 5 songs and have booked more studios around the world.

“Charm School” has sold half a million copies, which indeed is great nowadays.

Some thoughts about the tour dates.

  1. So far they have done 50 concerts.
  2. Per says they still have 80 to go, and until August 2012.
  3. Of these 80, we know already 23 of the dates (July until December 2011).
  4. This means there are 57 (if the 80 is a fix number and not just estimation) dates still unknown.
  5. Conclusion: save the whole 2012 for more! 🙂

Thank you Thomas from Sweden for the link!

World Tour 2011: Copenhagen, Denmark – July 22 #49

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Comment from Per Gessle

Wonderful wonderful Copenhagen! Remember that song? What a splendid act of ScandinavianTogetherness we all took part of last nite (with a little help from the rest of the world). A superb WeatherGod fixed the perfect setting for this b-ful crowd of 25500 to enjoy themselves + this humble group of jesters called Roxette. Thanx every1 for making this such a great evening! We had a blast! Off today. Home turf tomorrow!

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Wish I Could Fly
05. Only When I Dream
06. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
07. Perfect Day
08. It Must Have Been Love
09. Opportunity nox
10. 7twenty7
11. Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)
12. How Do You Do!
13. Dangerous
Band presentation
14. Joyride (introduced with “Champaign Gallop”)

15. Spending My Time
16. The Look
17. Listen To Your Heart

Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for this informtion.

Misc

The only concert on this tour where there was no ‘real’ ticket for the entry – only a pass for the Tivoli Park.

World Tour 2011: Tallinn, Estonia – July 18 #48

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Comment from Per Gessle

Oh what a night it was it really was such a night….. My Gosh, Tallinn is exploding!!!! Super fabulous gig, amazing crowd, tremendous reception. Band really on its toes, Marie in top shape and it was pretty sweaty for me too! Thanx dears for making this a night to remember. Love to come back. Any day. Any time.

Setlist

01. Dressed for success
02. Sleeping in my car
03. The Big L
04. Wish I could fly
05. Only when I dream
06. She’s got nothing (but the radio)
07. Perfect day
08. Thing will never be the same
09. It must have been love
10. Opportunity nox
11. 7twenty7
12. Fading like a flower
13. Silver blue
14. How do you do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “Kaera-Jaan”)

17. Watercolours in the rain
18. Spending my time
19. The Look

20. Listen to your heart
21. Church of your heart

Misc

9,000 people in the audience. The gig was moved from March 18th due to Marie’s illness.

Articles and photos

Rus.err.ee (review)
Delfi.ee (before the concert + the concert start)
Delfi.lv (gallery 1)
Delfi.ee (gallery 2)
Elu24.ee (gallery)
Ohtuleht.ee (gallery)
Ohtuleht.ee (in front of the hotel gallery)
Newsmail.ru (review)
Seiska.fi (after the concert)

Err.ee English review
Roxette’s tight performance at Saku Suurhall showed the band’s versatility. Marie Fredriksson was looking slim and sexy in black leather pants and a tank-top; the health problems that put the band in hiatus for several years appear behind her.

She sounded great too. Up-tempo numbers dominated the first half of the set. “She’s Got Nothing On but the Radio” and “7twenty7” showed Roxette’s rocker side. It’s a decidedly 80s rock aesthetic regardless of the decade of production – these are happy, unpretentious, good-time songs and are crowd pleasers.

There were some quiet moments a bit later that showed Roxette’s musicianship and soul. A stripped-down version of “Things Will Never be the Same” trumped the original, lending emotional depth to what used to be an over-synthed mid-tempo yawner. The numbers with minimal accompaniment showed why Fredriksson and Gessel are pop stars: They have good pipes. That and Gessel’s knack for writing catchy tunes propelled them to stardom.