Roxette made it among the finalists for Aftonbladet’s annual Rockbjörnen awards. They are nominated for “live band of the year” (“Årets livegrupp”). Now the final voting is open to the public. There’s also a blank spot for “concert of the year” (“Årets konsert”), where a vote for Roxette’s Gothenburg show would be a lovely choice. You have to fill in artist, location and month (Roxette, Göteborg, Juli). The voting is open until August 24 and you can vote daily. Let’s go!
Tour
Breaking news: Roxette to play Australia 2012
This was kind of predicitable since Per has announced further 80 dates in both 2011 and 2012. Roxette – after 17 years – will finally hit Sydney for one very special concert. If it sells out quickly, we at RoxetteBlog.com are sure that more gigs in Oz will be added to the schedule.
Roxette is out to play – By Music Editor Kathy McCabe
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The most successful Swedish musical export since ABBA will play a special concert at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on February 17.
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Australian fans have been agitating online for a local promoter to bring the pair back since Fredriksson and Gessle reignited Roxette and announced they would embark on a world tour.
Now touring throughout Europe, the shows have been scoring rave reviews with Gessle claiming his singer is “the best I’ve seen her since, hmm, the ’90s”.
He has also revealed they are making a new album with the working title 2Rism, with five songs already recorded and plans to continue putting down extra tracks as they tour.
Tickets for the show will go on sale on August 11.
Source: Daily Telegraph
Roxette’s Norway concert this Friday moved to another location
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
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)
World Tour 2011: Copenhagen, Denmark – July 22 #49
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.