Tour

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Zottegem – 13th July 2025 – #20

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Festival after festival! Roxette played to a sold-out crowd at Rock Zottegem in Belgium on Sunday.

The concert area was inside a huge a tent, and since the ground in the space reserved for the audience was not covered, the entire area and the air was filled with dust. That wasn’t an issue for those who came to party and in fact, everyone was there to sing along all the Rox hits loudly. Roxette entered the main stage at 20:15 and returned to the 17-song setlist with full power.

Setlist

  1. The Big L.
  2. Sleeping In My Car
  3. Dressed For Success
  4. Crash! Boom! Bang!
  5. Opportunity Nox
  6. Fading Like A Flower
  7. Almost Unreal
  8. Stars
  9. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  10. It Must Have Been Love
  11. How Do You Do!
  12. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look
  4. Queen Of Rain

Now 3 days off and then the next stop is Pori, Finland on 17th July! Check out all the tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Photos in the article are taken by Sandra Knospe.

Check out some more pics by Rock Zottegem’s photographers HERE!

Per after the show (1; 2):

Amazing Sunday!! Thx everyone who came and made this one for the history books!!!!

Awesome! Thx for having us. 14000 ppl in a very good Rox mood! Love this! See you soon again!

Lena after the concert:

Thanks for a fantastic evening in Belgium! Amazing!!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Weert – 12th July 2025 – #19

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After 8 days off, the next festival gig happened in Weert, The Netherlands today. Roxette performed at Bospop Festival in the afternoon.

The band entered the stage at 15:45 and played for one hour, so the setlist was much shorter than at previous festival shows. This didn’t hold them back from making a party!

Anton Corbijn was there too!

At the merch stand, you could buy Rox tees and now the dates are updated, but the last 3 Norwegian concerts will probably be printed upon the next update. However, hint hint, there is a November 9 Helsinki show added between Prague and Copenhagen among the dates.

Setlist

1. The Big L.
2. Sleeping In My Car
3. Dressed For Success
4. Fading Like A Flower
5. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
6. It Must Have Been Love
7. How Do You Do!
8. Dangerous

Band presentation

9. Joyride

Encore

10. Spending My Time
11. Listen To Your Heart
12. The Look

Without a day off, the next stop is Zottegem, Belgium on 13th July! Check out all the tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Photos in the article are taken by Sandra Knospe.

Per after the show on Instagram:

Sunshine! 30.000 people! A fantastic afternoon!!! Were you there? We had a blast!

Per on Facebook:

BOSPOP! Wow, what can we say? Amazing!!! Had a blast with this shorter version of the show. Only 60 minutes. It felt like we were a living jukebox! Thx for all your very loud voices and for helping us out. First time we played this big in many years. Not the last we hope hahaha!

Lena after the gig:

Wonderful day at Bospop Festival!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Kestenholz – 4th July 2025 – #18

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After a couple of days off to recover from the Spanish heat, the Roxette gang travelled to Switzerland to perform at the St. Peter at Sunset Festival in Kestenholz.

The doors opened at 17:00. Dabu, the support act started at 20:00 and Roxette entered the stage at 21:45.

The Swiss audience was happy to hear all the Roxette hits live again after 10 years and sing along to them. The band was very energetic, especially Christoffer, and they had much fun during the whole show. Lena was welcomed with love, especially when she dedicated It Must Have Been Love to Marie.

The setlist was the same as in Spain. Chris played Es Burebüebli as the intro to Joyride.

Setlist

  1. The Big L.
  2. Sleeping In My Car
  3. Dressed For Success
  4. Crash! Boom! Bang!
  5. Opportunity Nox
  6. Fading Like A Flower
  7. Almost Unreal
  8. Stars
  9. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  10. It Must Have Been Love
  11. How Do You Do!
  12. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look
  4. Queen Of Rain

Now some more days off and then the next stop is Weert, The Netherlands on 12th July! Check out all the tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

 

Photos in the article are taken by Sandra Knospe.

More photos by festival photographers HERE and HERE.

Per after the concert:

Amazing Friday night at the St Peter at Sunset Festival in Kestenholz just outside Zurich. Thx everyone for stopping by and all bringing those very loud voices! Hope to see you soon again!!!

Lena after the show:

Thank you Kestenholz for tonight! All dressed in white, like a virgin!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Mérida – 28th June 2025 – #17

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The Spanish heat adventure continued in Mérida, Spain last night. Roxette performed at the STONE & MUSIC Festival as the closing act of the festival’s 10th anniversary edition to crown the event.

The venue was simply wonderful, the ruins of the Amphitheatre of Mérida, a Roman amphitheatre completed in the year 8 BC. What a setting!

A couple of hours before the show, at 19:45 Roxette had the honour to receive the Via Musicorum Award in Mérida. Per shared some pics and a vids from the ceremony (1, 2, 3) and you can see some content on the festival’s social media sites (1, 2) as well. Per dedicated the plaque also to Marie of course and he said it’s a privilege to be here.

Via Musicorum is an initiative launched in 2021 by the STONE&MUSIC Festival and Mérida City Council.

Per unveiled the vinyl on the Mérida Music Trail. The event was attended by the president of the Badajoz Provincial Council, Raquel del Puerto, who highlighted the STONE&MUSIC Festival’s commitment to quality music and the value of a band like Roxette, whose songs form part of the vital soundtrack of several generations. The event was also attended by Catalina Alarcón, Councilor for Social Services, Senior Citizens, and Housing of the Mérida City Council.

Roxette’s vinyl is the 26th to be added to the Music Trail, and can now be seen alongside those of national and international artists such as Deep Purple, Tom Jones, Status Quo, Europe, Andrea Bocelli, among others.

The piece in question – of which Per received a replica – was designed and crafted by local artisan workshop Terracota Mérida. Each plate features a vinyl record representing the tiles of a Roman mosaic, with a circular bronze plaque in the center. The plaque bears Per’s signature along with the date of the concert.

The work is framed in polished black granite and features the band’s name sandblasted in gold, as well as the festival logo and that of Mérida City Council, giving the work a visual balance in keeping with the urban environment.

The concert started at 22:15. The temperature was still very high, but it didn’t matter. The band found a devoted, wild sing-along audience in front of them and they were also in top shape on stage. Everyone had so much fun! Even if there were seats, no one really used them. Haha.

There was no curtain with the Roxette logo, no LED wall with the projections, but the beautiful ruins of the amphitheatre and the lights provided the backdrop. ¡Maravilloso!

The setlist was the same as in Madrid, including Christoffer’s intro to Joyride (Paquito el Chocolatero).

Setlist

  1. The Big L.
  2. Sleeping In My Car
  3. Dressed For Success
  4. Crash! Boom! Bang!
  5. Opportunity Nox
  6. Fading Like A Flower
  7. Almost Unreal
  8. Stars
  9. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  10. It Must Have Been Love
  11. How Do You Do!
  12. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look
  4. Queen Of Rain

Now a couple of days off and then the next stop is Kestenholz, Switzerland on 4th July! Check out all the tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Pics in the article are stills from STONE & MUSIC Festival’s social media videos.

Per after the concert:

Oh yea! A hot sweaty evening in Merida, Spain. Beautiful crowd, had a fab time in this amazing setting. Love to come back!!!!

Lena after the show:

Yes! Everything went well yesterday! The heat was on and we had a great gig at this fantastic venue! Such a beautiful place! WOW! Thank you!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Madrid – 27th June 2025 – #16

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Noches del Botánico is a series of concerts in Madrid in the Royal Botanical Garden of Alfonso XIII (Real Jardín Botánico de Alfonso XIII). Roxette came to this place to perform a sold-out show.

You could enter the festival area at 19:30 and Roxette was set to start at 22:00. The heat is unbearable during the day and the temperature starts to get OK at 22:00, so it seemed to be great timing. The staff at the venue was very nice. They let us stay in the shade while queueing. Approximately 70 people came earlier, some of them had been waiting all day.

There was no support act, so the staff decided to keep us outside the stage area, so that we could still be standing in the shade, as in front of the stage the sun was still shining very strongly. They let us in after 21:00.

Before we were let in, Christoffer came out to us and had a selfie time with all the fans and chatted with them.

The LED wall was back. It has very cool projections, so it also adds to the whole party feeling.

Spanish people know how to sing along very loudly. The crowd was amazing! The band was in top shape and Per was touched by the support of the fans, he thanked them several times. The audience was stunned by Lena’s performance and she got a lot of „Brava!” shout outs.

When Lena was introduced in the beginning of the show, she said she felt great and talked a bit in Spanish: „Me siento genial!” She wasn’t sure she pronounced it correctly, but the crowd was cheering her anyway. She said it’s very hot here, Per said it will get even hotter. Then Lena said she likes it hot, so she feels good.

During the band presentation, all band members got a loud cheering and when it came to Dea, her name was shouted by front row fans: Dea! Dea! Dea!, so Per said she has her own fan club here. Haha.

Christoffer played Paquito el Chocolatero as the intro to Joyride.

When Lena and Per came back on stage for the encore, Lena saw a Swedish flag and told Per in Swedish. First Per couldn’t realize what she was talking about, but then Lena explained it to him in English. Haha.

Before they started to play Queen Of Rain, the crowd was singing olé-olé-olé-olé.

In the crowd, there was Niklas Strömstedt as well.

The setlist was the same as in Munich.

Setlist

  1. The Big L.
  2. Sleeping In My Car
  3. Dressed For Success
  4. Crash! Boom! Bang!
  5. Opportunity Nox
  6. Fading Like A Flower
  7. Almost Unreal
  8. Stars
  9. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  10. It Must Have Been Love
  11. How Do You Do!
  12. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look
  4. Queen Of Rain

Without a day off, the next stop is Mérida, Spain on 28th June! Check out all the tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Photos in the article are taken by Patrícia Peres. More photos HERE!

Per after the show on Instagram:

Madrid! Si si! Loved this! Thx so much for stopping by and bringing out your VERY LOUD VOICES!!! Wonderful evening, hope we meet again very soon!!!!

PG after the gig on Facebook:

Yea, lovely Friday in beautiful Madrid! Thanks for stopping by and singing and groovin’ with us. See you soon!!!!

Lena after the show:

Madrid!! Hot wonderful night!! Thank you so much!