World Tour 2011

World Tour 2011: Vienna, Austria – October 10 #55

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Comment from Per Gessle

Wow! What a crowd! What a band!!! Thanx everyone for making this new-start of the tour such a jolly one!!! We certainly had a blast. Chris was outstanding as always, Helena took us to heaven w/ no return, Pelle was at the front line as always, Magnus wooosh!! what a wardrobe! + Clarence; majestic presence and skills beyond belief. And I haven’t even mentioned Miss Marie. A class act from a different planet. And Vienna, hope to see you again real soon!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers, P.

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. Soul deep (as a medley with SGNO)
08. Perfect Day
09. Things Will Never Be The Same
10. It Must Have Been Love
11. Opportunity Nox
12. 7twenty7
13. Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)
14. Crash!Boom!Bang!
15. How Do You Do!
16. Dangerous
Band presentation
17. Joyride (introduced with “Strauss Waltz”)

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

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

 

Articles and photos
Kronet.at
Oe24.at #1 #2 #3
The Daily Roxette’s interview with Per
News.at

Miscs
New stage and lights. Two songs were dropped (Silver blue + Way out) and two ‘new’ were included – Soul deep and Crash!Boom!Bang! Around 8,000 people in the audience.

Updated: Barcelona concert sold-out, got moved to bigger venue

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Posted August 23: Both Ticketmaster.es and Servicaixa.com websites no longer sell tickets for the intimate Barcelona concert at Sant Jordi Club on 19th November 2011. This means that over 3,000 tickets are gone and the show is sold out. You still have a chance to see Roxette on the Spanish soil – in Madrid on 18th November. Palacio Vistalegre takes up to 14,000 people, so there are still some tickets left.

Thanks to Mariana Gumuzio for this information.

Update September 7: Great news for Spanish fans! Due to strong demand the concert got moved to the much bigger Palau Sant Jordi. This is what Live Nation Spain posted today:

CHANGE OF LOCATION OF ROXETTE’S CONCERT IN BARCELONA! Due to the huge demand for tickets by the fans of  the Swedish band, the concert of ROXETTE in Barcelona will be moved to PALAU SANT JORDI.

The tickets bought so far are valid for both the standing and the sitting areas.

NEW TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE ON FRIDAY 9TH AT 10!

Tickets can be purchased at the links mentioned above and directly at livenation.es.  Roxette played in Palau Sant Jordi both in 2001 and in 1994. The new location is right next to the initially planned Sant Jordi Club. The Club just takes up to 3,000 people, which is very little and was more or less clear that the concert would have to be moved. Palau takes, in comparison, up to 24,000 people, when all the seats are available.

Roxette to play by the foot of the Alps

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According to Wikipedia;

Ischgl is a small village with population of ca 1,500 in Tyrol region of Austria. Its ski resort Silvretta Arena Ischgl-Samnaun is connected with the ski resort of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland. Together this ski area belongs to the largest skiing resorts in the Alps. Its 238 km of groomed pistes are served by over 40 mechanical lifts including cable cars, gondolas, detachable chair lifts and some T-bars.

It is where Roxette are going to play their probably very first open-air concert by the foot of a mountain. The concert will take place on Sportplatz Ischgl at 6 pm on Saturday, November 26. This will be the third Austrian Roxette concert this year.

If you are looking for tickets for this show, please see the PDF file below for more (in German only).

Source: Ischglliving.at

Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for this information.

World Tour 2011: Døgnvillfestivalen, Tromsø, Norway – September 1 #53

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Yesterday Roxette played their only concert during the tour break in August and September at a festival in Norway.

Per’s comment:

Oh Yeah! Tromsö! Have you seen this place? Far out!!! It’s so far north you wouldn’t believe it but it’s the greatest place on Mother Earth. We had a blast at the festival. Headlining in front of a great crowd. The band was superb even though we haven’t played together for a month. And, hey, no soundcheck = No cheatng! Love you guys!

Articles and photos:

nordlys.no (Review) “In summary, Roxette was a straightforward, fully chewed and partially enjoyable nostalgia trip.”
nordlys.no (Video report) “The audience was delighted with the Roxette concert.”
tromsoby.no (Review, rating 5/6) “Hit-parade, singing and a perfect ending to the first Døgnvilldag 2011”
festivalmagasinet.com (Review) “All in all a very nice concert, which perhaps lacked a little energy, but the Swedes can definitely still deliver to their fans.”
nrk.no (Photo gallery)
itromso.no (Review)
itromso.no (Photo gallery)