Live Nation Australia & New Zealand has posted a comment on the official Per Gessle Facebook page. Here is what they say:
This is all they have announced at present however the response has been quite incredible. Once they hear how things are going we’re hoping they’ll consider visiting other cities – we’d certainly like to take it further than the one show planned at the moment!
Source: PER GESSLE OFFICIAL
Comment from Per Gessle
Cheers from the gig in Tienen, Belgium. 4-day festival, Rox was headlining Day 4! We had a blast! Marie in top shape, great great crowd, beautiful evening and setting! Thanx for showing up, love to come back here.
At the airport in Brussels w/ Magnus, Chris & wonderful Helena. We just realized that after those 12000 ppl showing up last night in Tienen we have played in front of almost half a million ppl since Feb! Wow! Cheers.
Setlist
01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Wish I Could Fly
05. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
06. Perfect Day
07. It Must Have Been Love
08. 7twenty7
09. Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)
10. How Do You Do!
11. Dangerous
Band presentation
12. Joyride (introduced with “Vrolijke Vrienden”)
13. Spending My Time
14. The Look
15. Listen To Your Heart
Misc
That was meant to be the last concert on the World Tour 2011. Over 12,000 people attended the concert.
Articles and photos
Demorgen.be (Review and photo)
Concertnews.be (Review and photo gallery)
Deredactie.be (TV-report)
Thetopofmusic.be (photo gallery)
Svenmichiels.be (photo gallery)
Flickr – nobix (photo gallery)
Flickr – Suikerrock (photo gallery)
Cutting Edge
Comment from Per Gessle
Thanx Norway for taking care of us and making this evening in Haugesund very special. Hope to see y’all again down the road!!! Cheers, P & M & The Gang!
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 “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg)
17. Watercolours in the Rain
18. Spending My Time
19. The Look
20. Listen to Your Heart
21. Church of Your Heart
Misc
The gig took place just a week after tragic events in Oslo, therefor only 4000 tickets were sold (5,500 went on sale). It was the third concert in Norway this year. Because of the strong wind (as in Stavanger last year) Marie wore a scarf.
Articles and photos
H-avis.no (review and photo gallery)
TVH.no (review and photo gallery)
TVH.no (TV-report and photo gallery)
H-avis.no (setlist)
H-avis.no (the audience, TV-report)
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!
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