Thanks to Daniel Kühn for sending this through.
Tour
100,000 tickets sold Down-Under – two new shows, Perth dates rescheduled
Live Nation Australia & New Zealand has added two more shows in Australia on its website. In addition, the two shows in Perth have been rescheduled and are now end of February.
Per Gessle was interviewed by Cameron Adams for Herald Sun
Nobody really wanted to tour us in Australia, eventually we found someone who was interested. I think we’ve sold more than 100,000 tickets in Australia so far. We’re very surprised by the reception for this tour all over the world. Suddenly we’re playing big arenas all over again, it’s mindblowing.
With these additions and changes the Australian leg of the tour looks like this at the moment:
Feb 14, 2012 – Brisbane
Feb 16, 2012 – Sydney 1
Feb 17, 2012 – Sydney 2 – sold out
Feb 18, 2012 – Melbourne – sold out
Feb 20, 2012 – Adelaide
Feb 22, 2012 – Melbourne – Pre-sale start on Sept 19th, on sale from Sept 22nd (TV-ad)
Feb 24, 2012 – Brisbane – Pre-sale start on Sept 19th, on sale from Sept 22nd (TV-ad)
Feb 28, 2012 – Perth – moved
Feb 29, 2012 – Perth – moved
David Rezmann contributed to this article.
Per Gessle interviewed on the Israeli TV2 channel
As we informed yesterday, Roxette is the biggest selling artist in Israel at the moment. As one of promotional activities for the coming Tel Aviv concert, Per Gessle was interviewed by Israeli TV2 – you don’t have to practice your Hebrew this time as the interview is in English, only subtitled 🙂
Thanks to Shelly Frida Paker.
Roxette greetings to Israeli fans
Just before Sukierrock Festival concert in Tienen, Belgium on July 31st, Roxette recorded very short ID with greeting to all Israeli fans. Have a look here. Currently Roxette’s gig is the most popular concert on Eventim.co.il website. The very first Israeli concert will take place in Tel Aviv on October 22nd.
Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for this information.
Roxette to record the Barcelona show for a live DVD
Per Gessle announced yesterday that Roxette’s concert in Barcelona on November 19th will be recorded for a live DVD. Here is what Per wrote on Roxette Official Facebook page:
It was just decided that the Barcelona show will be recorded for a glorious DVD-release down the road. Bring your banners!!!
The concert was sold-out by end of August and last week it was announced that the concert had been moved to a bigger venue, Palau Sant Jordi.
Additional tickets are on sale on these websites: Ticketmaster.es | Servicaixa.com | Livenation.es and El Corte Ingles.
The Spanish Fanclub is also organising a party after the concert.
Palau Sant Jordi, DVD, party.. no excuse to miss this concert! It’s going to be a night to remember!