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!
Gothenburg
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)
Gessle: Madonna is fantastic
Per Gessle with his wife Åsa showed up on Madonna’s Sunday show on Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg on August 9. It was Gessle’s third Ullevi concert this summer.
– Madonna is fantastic. I expect a great show and a production that will look like very expensive, said Per just before her concert.
But he is not really very inspired by her music, though he likes some of her old hits.
– I saw both AC/DC and U2 this summer. They’ve inspired me a lot. Especially early AC/DC.
On his Twitter site, after the gig, Per wrote that Madonna last night was not really for him and he was really disappointed.
Source: GP.se
Thanks to linki @ R2R for AC/DC picture.
Marie likes U2. So does Per.
Marie Fredriksson was on U2 360° Tour concert in Gothenburg on August 1. Expressen published a little interview with her where she admitted that she liked U2 very much. On the other hand, Per Gessle posted on his Twitter, that U2 was great but not fantastic. I’ve seen them so much better many times before. Hilarious stage set though. Loved it.
If you want to download this interview, click here (thanks sweepi!).
Thanks to crashroxer & sarahdenrara @ R2R.