2012

World Tour 2012: Sydney, Australia – February 17 #82

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Comment from Per Gessle

Sydney 2 was, as expected, awesome! Thanx all you 11400 ppl showing up with so much love + affection. We’re blessed with crowds like these. Not to be taken for granted! Cheers!!!!

 

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Wish I Could Fly
05. Stars
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. Crash! Boom! Bang!
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “Waltzing Matilda”)

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

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


Misc

For the first time since May 2011 Roxette played “Stars” instead of “Only when I dream”.


Articles and Photos

 

Twitter response from fans

@ebbob: Fuck that was good! So glad I saw them. Roxette!
@ricardoSBS: #roxette concert great #musiclikeitshouldbe
@missmeanjep: Who needs #drphil when you’ve got #roxette?!
@misscathxoxo: i have NEVER heard anyone mention roxette since the 80’s and suddenly everyone’s all over them. #whitneysyndrome
@haydn_live: #Roxette just blew my mind. Ugh. Love.
@simon_kline: Roxette concert tonight is totally magical! Damn Awesome!
@Free_Hat: Roxette + Waltzing Matilda. Did that just happen?
@babis666: Everyone do yourselves a favour if you haven’t already seen Roxette. Go and buy a ticket. Best concert ever

Three Roxette concerts in Norway in July and August 2012

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European dates are very slowly showing up (would be nice to get them at once…soon!). According to the Norwegian newspapers Nytt i Uka and Sunnmørsposten, Roxette will be one of the artists to perform at the Jugendfest festival, which will take place in Ålesund’s Color Line Stadium from 16th to 18th of August 2012. “It’s the biggest band we have booked for the Jugendfest for a long time. They have produced big hits during the past 30 years and a lot of people can really relate to them,” says Ante Giskeødegård, the booking manager at Momentium, the company which organises this festival among others to the free newspaper Nytt i Uka.

Other artists which are also confirmed for this festival are the Swedish band Kent, which recently announced a new album and tour for 2012 as well.

Tickets for the festival are already on sale.

Update a few hours later: It looks like Roxette will also be in Norway in July. According to ticketmaster.nl and Billetservice.no a concert is planned on July 14 in Fredriksten Festning in Halden. Tickets go on sale on Friday 16th of December via Billettservice.no.

Update 15 Dec.: And a third date for Norway: 13th of July in Odderøya Live Festival, Kristiansand.

Thanks Evgeny and Ludo for the tips!

Marie Fredriksson picture on a charity calender

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As Daily Roxette and this press release informed, a picture of Marie Fredriksson taken by photographer Caroline Roosmark, is featured in a charity calendar that the photographer has created for 2012. The calendar is called Women & Men of the Year 2012 and focuses on children poverty in Sweden.  The calendar can be purchased at Caroline Roosmark website and costs 169 SEK.

Marie appears on the May page of the calendar, as you can see on this picture.