Roxette In Concert 2025

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Helsinki – 9th November 2025 – #28

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After two days off, the gang showed up at Veikkaus Arena (formerly known as Hartwall Arena) in Helsinki.

The doors opened at 18:30 and there was no support act, so the band was set to start the show at 20:00 and they went on stage exactly at that time.

The show was fully seated and there were no screens in the arena, so it was even trickier to stand up here than in Prague, because then you knew you would completely block the view for those sitting behind you. Anyway… hint: we stood up at some point. Haha.

Per greeted the crowd after Sleeping In My Car and he said he thought they would be home watching the hockey game tonight. Haha. Obviously not. He said it’s always a treat to play in Helsinki. Then he introduced Lena and asked her how she felt. Lena said she felt great: „We are in Helsinki, for God’s sake!” And she greeted the audience in Swedish too. [Swedish is also an official language in Finland. /PP] The crowd cheered her loudly. Finnish people know Lena much better than in other countries, because Finland is also a big ESC fan and they know Lena mainly from the Eurovision Song Contest.

After Fading Like A Flower, someone in the audience shouted: „Bravo, Lena!” Lena thanked him in Swedish and the guy shouted back: „Good job!” in Swedish.

Finnish people are more reserved than the Czech, so the security team didn’t have to come and say they shouldn’t stand up, because they wouldn’t anyway. Haha. Blame it on the international fans and yeah, the braver Finnish people that in the end, people started to stand up from their seats at Dangerous. The security team only asked us not to rush to the area right in front of the stage to leave space for them if anything happens, but they let us be standing between the sections. Very nice of them. More and more people stood up and by the second half of the encore, most of the arena was standing.

Chris played Säkkijärven polkka as the intro to Joyride. The crowd reaction to that was just as amazing as Christoffer’s playing.

When Lena and Per came back for the encore to play Spending My Time, they had a lovely conversation.

Per: – So it’s just the two of us now, Lena.

Lena: – I know. It’s a bit scary, but I trust you, Per. (Someone in the crowd shouted: „So do we!” Haha.)

Per: – I wrote this song the same day I wrote Joyride. Joyride in the morning, this one in the afternoon. I probably skipped lunch.

Lena: – Genius!

The acoustics of the venue were amazing! The band sounded simply wonderful and the audience’s sound was so clear too. Per also mentioned it several times that the crowd sounds terrific. Both their sing-along and their clapping was fabulous.

No changes in the setlist.

Setlist

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

Band presentation

16. Joyride

Encore

17. Spending My Time
18. Listen To Your Heart
19. The Look
20. Queen Of Rain

Next stop is Copenhagen on 12th November! Check out all the 2025 tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

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

Per after the gig:

Helsinki! Awesome Sunday crowd! Love to play this city!!! Thx for coming and singing along!!!! See you soon again!!!

Lena after the show:

A lot of fun in Helsinki yesterday! Thank you so much!!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Prague – 6th November 2025 – #27

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After one day off, The Roxettes performed at a fully packed O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. It was the first fully seated show and since the entire arena is huge, this time there were screens on the sides of the stage so that everyone could see clearly from the back too.

The doors opened at 18:30. I remember that at this venue the security team has always done a thorough job and they are stricter than the airport security check. Nothing has changed in 10 years since Roxette performed here the last time.

The support act went on stage at 20:00 for half an hour. It was a Czech singer, Klára Vytisková with her band.

The photographers were let in at 20:45 and the band came on stage at 21:00 sharp. Already by the first tunes of The Big L. it was hard to stay seated and it got even harder by every song. The security guys didn’t let us stand up. Some people tried in the front, in the back, on the sides, on the upper seats, they all were told to sit down again. Haha. Yeah, it was a burden.

When Per introduced Lena, she said it’s her first time in Prague. She was strolling around and it’s a very beautiful city. And now she feels super great.

Even if we had to stay seated, the audience went wild and was very loud and active. After Dressed For Success Per praised the crowd „you sound great by the way”. The energy on stage got even more powered by the off-stage vibes and it turned out to be an amazing combo. What a most fabulous gig it was!

During the band presentation Per introduced Magnus as a great guitar player who is terrible at Trivial Pursuit. Haha. To the question of how he is doing Magnus replied: „you know what to do in Prague… You drink beer, you drink beer and you drink beer again like 80 times in a row. I think I’ll be sober on Sunday.” Haha. It’s always a treat to hear Clarence play a snippet from Neverending Love while Mr. G is showing off his dance moves. The most wonderful Dea, backing vocalist pearl, always with a huge smile on her face, is so energizing everytime you look at her. Jonas coming back from his 15-year break was amazing last night too. Norpan, the new kid on the block enjoyed giving every single beat to last nite. Christoffer, the last standing hippie in Sweden played a wild version of a Czech folk song, Holka modrooká as the intro to Joyride.

When Lena and Per came back for the encore and played Spending My Time, some more people stood up and the security guys still tried to convince us to sit down, but by Listen To Your Heart they couldn’t stop anyone. People rushed to the area in front of the stage and those who stayed at their seats, stood up. It was wonderful to see the whole arena standing and having the best of it during the last 3 songs. Christoffer went so wild during The Look that he even threw his hat in the air at one point. Lena picked it up and gave it back to Chris later.

Per said goodbye to the crowd with these words before Queen Of Rain: „Thank you so much for an outstanding Thursday! Wow! We hope to see you very very soon again somewhere down the road. Take care of each other! Stay safe and sound in this crazy world! We love you! Thanks for your support!”

Live Nation, please, take a note: next time it’s very safe to have a standing area on the floor in front of the stage and keep the seats only for the upper floors in Prague. Haha. Thank you!

The setlist hasn’t changed, it was the same as in Budapest 2 days ago.

Setlist

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

Band presentation

16. Joyride

Encore

17. Spending My Time
18. Listen To Your Heart
19. The Look
20. Queen Of Rain

Next stop is Helsinki on 9th November! Check out all the 2025 tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

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

Per after the gig:

Prague! Wow! What an amazing Thursday!! Felt like we’ve missed each other!!! Thanks so much for making this a wonderful memory. Love to come back to this beautiful city!!!!

Lena after the concert:

Thank you so much Prague for an amazing evening! Hope to see you soon again

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Halmstad – 26th July 2025 – #24

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The last two shows on the summer tour leg are two sold-out gigs at Brottet in Halmstad. HERE you can watch a video of how long the queue was before the gates opened. So cool!

The support act was Melodic Fluke and they played for appr. 30 minutes at 20:00. Roxette took the stage a couple of minutes after 21:00.

After Sleeping In My Car, Per greeted the crowd and this time he also took the opportunity to welcome all the international fans in English. After that he couldn’t go on with his talk, because the front row started to sing „Olé, olé, olé, olé, Roxette, Roxette”. It was fun!

Mr. G also introduced the newest member of the Roxette family, the fantastic Lena. The crowd cheered her loudly and shouted her name: „Lena, Lena, Lena!” She said she felt great, „who wouldn’t feel great when in Halmstad.”

The setlist was the same as at the second Gothenburg gig, so Wish I Could Fly stayed in the set.

During the band presentation, all members got cheered loudly by the audience. Jonas played a little bit of Iron Man by Black Sabbath as a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. (Thanks for recognizing it, Daniel Rezmann!)

Christoffer played Ljudet av ett annat hjärta as the intro to Joyride.

Before Queen Of Rain, Per thanked the audience for coming and said he hopes they would have a further nice summer and „see you next time! Maybe tomorrow?” Haha. „Take care of each other, it’s a crazy world out there!”

This show is definitely among the best gigs on this tour leg. It couldn’t top Munich, but it was very close to that. The energy on and off stage was incredible! I must say that Lena is always fabulous, but last night it felt like she wanted to do extra justice to the songs in their hometown. She was outstanding! I think it was her most powerful performance in her Roxette history so far.

In the audience there was Mats Olsson, Sven Lindström, Jan-Owe Wikström. Anders Roos was taking photos during the concert.

Setlist

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

Band presentation

16. Joyride

Encore

17. Spending My Time
18. Listen To Your Heart
19. The Look
20. Queen Of Rain

Without a day off, the next and last stop on this tour leg is Halmstad on 27th July! Check out all the autumn 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:

Halmstad #1. Wow, what a gig! Unbelievable! Thx so much for all your beautiful voices! See you tonite for the summer finale!

Lena after the gig:

Thank you, Halmstad, for an amazing night!!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Gothenburg – 25th July 2025 – #23

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Roxette came back for another sold out show in Gothenburg last night. The support act was Dagny again, but this time she and her band played less than on Wednesday. They entered the stage a couple of minutes before 20:00 and played for appr. 45 minutes. Nice, catchy pop music.

Roxette took the stage a couple of minutes after 21:00. As it turned out since the first Gothenburg gig, the new intro music is the intro of Hylands hörna, a Swedish talk show presented by Lennart Hyland, broadcast between 1962 and 1983.

After Sleeping In My Car, Per greeted the crowd and said it’s nice to see so many people. He told the audience that they had a fantastic evening here on Wednesday, but they plan to top it. Mr. G took the opportunity to welcome all their international friends in English. He got a loud cheering for that from the fans who came from all around the world (Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Australia, Germany, Spain, Greece, Hungary, etc.).

Per also introduced the newest member of the big Roxette family, the fantastic Lena. She said she felt wonderful. „I love Gothenburg and Gothenburg loves me, so I feel great!”

There was one change in the setlist. Wish I Could Fly was added after Crash! Boom! Bang! Thanks for putting it back in the set! (So next time, please add Things Will Never Be The Same as well! Haha.)

I lied, adding WICF was not the only change vs. Wednesday. Another change was that the band presentation got back to its original spot. Haha. After Lena dedicated IMHBL to Marie and they performed the song, Micke N-S came to Per to take away the acoustic guitar and brought him the one he should play on the next song. He emphasized that the next song is How Do You Do!. Per laughed and he started the intro teaser to HDYD.

During the band presentation, all members got cheered loudly by the crowd. Jonas played a bit of Paranoid by Black Sabbath as a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. (Thanks, Daniel Rezmann for recognizing it!)

Christoffer played Ljudet av ett annat hjärta as the wild intro to Joyride.

When Per and Lena came back for the encore, Per said now it’s only them two. Lena said: „yeah, only you and me”. Per added: „and 10,000 more”. Haha.

Before they performed Queen Of Rain, Per thanked the audience for coming and wished them a further great summer. „Take care of each other, it’s a crazy world out there!”

All in all, this gig could really top the one on Wednesday. The flow of the show was wonderful, the band was in top top top shape, Lena was awesome and Per was amazing too. He enjoyed the entire concert to the full, you could see his happy face. So lovely! And last, but not least, the Friday crowd was even more in party mood than the Wednesday audience.

Setlist

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

Band presentation

16. Joyride

Encore

17. Spending My Time
18. Listen To Your Heart
19. The Look
20. Queen Of Rain

Without a day off, the next stop is Halmstad on 26th July! 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:

Gothenburg #2. Awesome evening. Fab audience and a band on its toes! Loved it! See you tomorrow in jolly Halmstad!

Lena after the gig:

Amazing night in Gbg!!! Thank you so much!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Gothenburg – 23rd July 2025 – #22

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Finally, the Roxettes are on home ground and perform four sold out shows in Sweden. The first Gothenburg gig at Trädgårdsföreningen happened last night.

The stage was built one day before showtime and those who were walking around in Trädgårdsföreningen could witness the whole process. It’s always fun to see how these things work and how many people work on all the details.

On concert day, it started raining cats and dogs at 16:00 and it didn’t stop until a bit after we could enter the venue when the gates opened at 18:00.

On the side screens, there was Rox promo before the show started: promo of the autumn leg of the tour, the two Swedish shows in December and Joyride – The Musical in Stockholm in September. These ads looked quite cool on such big screens.

At the merch stands you could buy T-shirts, hoodies, caps and bags, as well as CDs.

The support act, Dagny – Norwegian singer and songwriter – entered the stage with her band at 19:45 and played for one hour. They sounded very good.

Roxette took the stage at 21:15 and the audience was cheering them loudly, while a new intro was playing during the band’s entrance. The setlist started with The Big L., as usual, and after Sleeping In My Car Per greeted the crowd and introduced Lena as the new member of Roxette. The audience cheered her loudly and Lena enjoyed it a lot, being on home ground.

After Fading Like A Flower, Per seemed to have some technical problem with his in-ear system and went to the side to technician Peter Fredriksson. Even Micke N-S walked to them with the guitars in his hands to see what the problem was. Then Per walked back to his mic while Peter was walking behind him trying to sort things out. Later Per still showed the guys that something was not working properly for him, but anyway, how they were playing and soundwise, we couldn’t recognize anything strange.

There was one point, when I thought it might have distracted him and it was when after It Must Have Been Love PG started the band presentation. It is usually How Do You Do! that comes after IMHBL, but now Mr. G was a bit too early with introducing the band. You could see the confusion on Jonas’s and Clarence’s face, then Micke N-S also came on stage to check what was happening. Well, what can you do? Haha. Chris played När vi två blir en which should have been the intro to Joyride, but this time it was followed by How Do You Do! When Per realized he had changed the order, he first talked to Magnus on stage, then he went to Chris before Chris finished the intro, probably telling him that they would continue with HDYD, so that he wouldn’t start playing Joyride. The setlist had a different flow this way, but I doubt anyone other than the hardcore fans (and of course the band and technicians) realized something was not going as planned. All were professionals and they made this change as smooth as possible. Next time everything will be back in the right order, for sure.

I must mention that the crowd’s – at least the front rows – sing-along to Clarence’s Neverending Love insert during the band presentation was fantastic! Even Per let us sing longer than usual. Haha. Maybe one day the complete song gets on the list.

During band presentation, Jonas played a little bit of Black Sabbath (Iron Man) as a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. (Thanks for recognizing it, Daniel Rezmann!)

The setlist was 2 songs longer than the festival shows, so the band played 19 hits. It was the first time for me that I had the chance to hear Vulnerable live. I just L.O.V.E. this song! Per was singing it and Lena and Dea joined him in the front and sang their parts. It sounded fab! Then they performed Milk And Toast And Honey. It was lovely to have these two ballads back on the setlist. The last time they played them was in Australia.

Unfortunately, What’s She Like? and Things Will Never Be The Same or Wish I Could Fly were not included, but hopefully, they are back a bit later. Fortunately, Almost Unreal stayed in the set.

The loudest sing along we experienced was during It Must Have Been Love, which of course Lena dedicated to Marie.

Before Queen Of Rain, Per thanked the audience for coming and said he hopes they would have a further nice summer and „see you next time! Maybe on Friday!” Haha.

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. Vulnerable
  8. Milk And Toast And Honey
  9. Almost Unreal
  10. Stars
  11. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  12. It Must Have Been Love

Band presentation

  1. How Do You Do!
  2. Dangerous
  3. Joyride

Encore

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

Now one day off and the band is back in Gothenburg for a second show on 25th July! 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:

Amazing start of the Swedish tour in Gothenburg. Had a blast! Sold out (10000). We = happy! Thx for stopping by, dear you! New balls on Friday. Same place, same time.

Lena after the gig:

What a wonderful evening in Gothenburg!! So much fun!! Thanks to everyone who was there!