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
- The Big L.
- Sleeping In My Car
- Dressed For Success
- Crash! Boom! Bang!
- Opportunity Nox
- Fading Like A Flower
- Almost Unreal
- Stars
- She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
- It Must Have Been Love
- How Do You Do!
- Dangerous
Band presentation
- Joyride
Encore
- Spending My Time
- Listen To Your Heart
- The Look
- 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!!!!
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!
