Roxette In Concert 2025

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Mérida – 28th June 2025 – #17

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The Spanish heat adventure continued in Mérida, Spain last night. Roxette performed at the STONE & MUSIC Festival as the closing act of the festival’s 10th anniversary edition to crown the event.

The venue was simply wonderful, the ruins of the Amphitheatre of Mérida, a Roman amphitheatre completed in the year 8 BC. What a setting!

A couple of hours before the show, at 19:45 Roxette had the honour to receive the Via Musicorum Award in Mérida. Per shared some pics and a vids from the ceremony (1, 2, 3) and you can see some content on the festival’s social media sites (1, 2) as well. Per dedicated the plaque also to Marie of course and he said it’s a privilege to be here.

Via Musicorum is an initiative launched in 2021 by the STONE&MUSIC Festival and Mérida City Council.

Per unveiled the vinyl on the Mérida Music Trail. The event was attended by the president of the Badajoz Provincial Council, Raquel del Puerto, who highlighted the STONE&MUSIC Festival’s commitment to quality music and the value of a band like Roxette, whose songs form part of the vital soundtrack of several generations. The event was also attended by Catalina Alarcón, Councilor for Social Services, Senior Citizens, and Housing of the Mérida City Council.

Roxette’s vinyl is the 26th to be added to the Music Trail, and can now be seen alongside those of national and international artists such as Deep Purple, Tom Jones, Status Quo, Europe, Andrea Bocelli, among others.

The piece in question – of which Per received a replica – was designed and crafted by local artisan workshop Terracota Mérida. Each plate features a vinyl record representing the tiles of a Roman mosaic, with a circular bronze plaque in the center. The plaque bears Per’s signature along with the date of the concert.

The work is framed in polished black granite and features the band’s name sandblasted in gold, as well as the festival logo and that of Mérida City Council, giving the work a visual balance in keeping with the urban environment.

The concert started at 22:15. The temperature was still very high, but it didn’t matter. The band found a devoted, wild sing-along audience in front of them and they were also in top shape on stage. Everyone had so much fun! Even if there were seats, no one really used them. Haha.

There was no curtain with the Roxette logo, no LED wall with the projections, but the beautiful ruins of the amphitheatre and the lights provided the backdrop. ¡Maravilloso!

The setlist was the same as in Madrid, including Christoffer’s intro to Joyride (Paquito el Chocolatero).

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. Almost Unreal
  8. Stars
  9. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  10. It Must Have Been Love
  11. How Do You Do!
  12. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

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

Now a couple of days off and then the next stop is Kestenholz, Switzerland on 4th July! Check out all the tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Pics in the article are stills from STONE & MUSIC Festival’s social media videos.

Per after the concert:

Oh yea! A hot sweaty evening in Merida, Spain. Beautiful crowd, had a fab time in this amazing setting. Love to come back!!!!

Lena after the show:

Yes! Everything went well yesterday! The heat was on and we had a great gig at this fantastic venue! Such a beautiful place! WOW! Thank you!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Madrid – 27th June 2025 – #16

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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

  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. Almost Unreal
  8. Stars
  9. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  10. It Must Have Been Love
  11. How Do You Do!
  12. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look
  4. 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!!!!

PG after the gig on Facebook:

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!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Munich – 23rd June 2025 – #15

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After a sold-out show in Viborg, Denmark, the Roxette gang landed in Munich, Germany for yet another sold-out gig.

Tollwood Summer Festival takes place in the Olympiapark. You could enter the festival area anytime, but gates to Tollwood Musik-Arena, the arena where the concerts are held, opened only at 18:00. There were long lines at all three entrances, despite the fact that it started raining heavily several times.

While queuing, we could hear the soundcheck at around 17:00.

After entering the venue, we realized there was a merch stand inside the arena. This was the first place on this leg of the tour where you could buy merch.

The arena was actually a big tent and it was so hot inside that you could feel like you were in a sauna. The concert was set to start at 19:00 and special guest Moss Kena warmed up the crowd that was clapping loudly for long until 20:15 when Roxette entered the stage.

The setlist was the same as in Viborg, there was only one extra song, Queen Of Rain at the end.

After SIMC, Per greeted the Munich crowd and said it’s always a treat to be here and great to see so many people. He said it’s hotter here than in Sweden. Haha. The crowd was laughing. It was really like a sauna. PG said they would play some of their favourite Roxette songs and asked the audience to sing along, no matter if they knew the lyrics or not. Then he turned to Chris so that he could start the next song, but Chris pointed at Lena and then Mr. G realized that he forgot to introduce her. Per introduced Lena as a new member of the Roxette family. The crowd cheered for Lena. She greeted the audience too and said “Mir geht’s super”. The crowd cheered for her even louder. She continued saying it’s her first time in Munich, so she feels like a virgin, touched for the very first time and she likes it. Then Chris started playing DFS.

After DFS, Per said ”OMG, you’re on fire!” to the audience. So he slowed down a bit and after explaining that the band went to Capri to record this album in the ’90s, he started to play the title song, CBB.

SGNO kicked off the roof, but after that it was time to slow down a bit again. Lena dedicated IMHBL to Marie and the audience cheered.

HDYD was a hit and so was Dangerous. Then PG introduced the band. Magnus had his I Got You (the James Brown song) moment again, Clarence started to play Neverending Love and the crowd was singing along. Jonas, the good old Roxette member, who took an almost 20-year break, got a very loud and long cheering from the audience. On backing vocals and some funky tambourine there was Dea, one of Per’s favourite singers. On drums, a new kid on the block, Norpan Eriksson, an amazing guy. And last, but certainly least, the last living hippie in Sweden and probably in all Scandinavia, Christoffer on lead guitar. As the intro to Joyride, Chris played In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus. The Munich crowd was extremely happy to hear it.

After Joyride, the band went off stage, but the crowd didn’t stop clapping for a second until they came back again after a longer while. Mr. G changed his shirt, the black one to a white one and came back with Lena only. They performed Spending My Time as a duet without the band. Per said he wrote it on the very same afternoon as Joyride, it was a busy Tuesday. Haha. After the song, reacting to the crowd’s loud sing along, Lena said it was pure magic.

LTYH was the next encore song and here I have to mention that I just love the tribute to Pelle here. There is that drum part kept in it the way Pelle played it during the past years with Roxette. Always amazing to hear it.

We thought the gang would finish the set with The Look. After TL, Per thanked the audience for coming, wished them a fantastic summer and he said he hopes to see them again somewhere down the road. He asked to take care of each other and stay safe and sound. And then instead of taking a bow, they performed QOR as the last song. Wonderful!

The whole concert was simply magical! The crowd was fantastic, they were singing along to each and every song very loudly and clapping along as well. The band rocked big time and Per was on a high despite the strong heat. Lena is gaining more and more self-confidence, and even if these songs are not in her DNA, she performs them outstandingly well. In Munich there were many hardcore fans from different countries. There are big Marie fans among them and they mentioned that they like the fact that Lena doesn’t want to imitate Marie. She is doing her own thing and that makes the show enjoyable even for them, so they don’t have to compare Lena to Marie all the time. She is doing a fab job and has an awesome voice.

At the end of the show, not only Per threw his remaining picks from the mic stand, but also Norpan threw his drumsticks to the crowd.

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. Almost Unreal
  8. Stars
  9. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  10. It Must Have Been Love
  11. How Do You Do!
  12. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

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

Next stop is Madrid, Spain on 27th 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:

WOW! Truly amazing gig tonite in Munich. So much love + so many loud voices, I’m speechless! One for the history books for sure. Extremely hot in the arena (especially for old retired ppl like me) but my God, can’t thank you enough for your support! Lena was on fire and so was the band. I’m in good hands, hahaha! Thanks everyone!

Lena after the gig:

Hot tent in Munich yesterday!! Amazing audience! A lot of sweat and joy!! Thank you so much!

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Viborg – 21st June 2025 – #14

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After Fredrikstad, Norway, the Roxette gang headed to Viborg, Denmark. Part of the team was flying a private jet.

In the afternoon, Lisa Ekdahl performed at 14:00. Some of The Roxettes blended into the crowd and watched her show. Then Wet Wet Wet played at 17:00 and Roxette entered the Stardust stage at Forever Festival at 20:15. The night didn’t end with them, Culture Club performed at 23:30.

The stage looked different vs. the Norwegian gigs. Now there was no LED wall, but a big Roxette logo as a backdrop behind the band. Hot weather, hot band, cool sing-along audience!

The only difference in the setlist vs. the first two summer shows was that they skipped What’s She Like? this time.

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. Almost Unreal
  8. Stars
  9. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
  10. It Must Have Been Love
  11. How Do You Do!
  12. Dangerous

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look

Next stop is Munich, Germany on 23rd June! Check out all the tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Pic by Sandra Knospe

Almost Unreal recorded by Sandra HERE!

Check out Forever Festival’s photo of the crowd HERE! Video snippet of FLAF HERE!

Per after the concert:

Wow! Amazing gig tonite in Viborg. The FOREVER festival. Lovely huge crowd around 20.000, superb weather, Scandinavia at its finest! See you soon!!

Lena after the gig:

I agree with Per, amazing gig tonight in Viborg! Wonderful audience, and such a relief to slide into my slippers afterwards…… ouch.

Roxette In Concert 2025 – Fredrikstad – 20th June 2025 – #13

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The Roxette gang celebrated midsummer with a sold-out festival gig in Fredrikstad, Norway. The band hit the stage at 19:45 and played until 21:15 at Idyll Festivalen.

The setlist was the same as in Bergen.

Setlist

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

Band presentation

  1. Joyride

Encore

  1. Spending My Time
  2. Listen To Your Heart
  3. The Look

Next stop is Forever Festival in Viborg, Denmark on 21st June! Check out all the tour dates and links to ticket sales sites HERE!

Check out the crowd sing-along during The Look HERE! Photos by Idyll Festivalen HERE.

Still is from the video Lena shared after the show, recorded most probably by Mikael Nogueira Svensson.

Per after the concert on Instagram:

Amazing Friday in Fredrikstad! Thx for coming + singing along. A treat to be here! Have a fab summer y’all!

Per after the show on Facebook:

Amazing Friday in Fredrikstad, Norway! Fourth time for me in this beautiful place! Thx everyone (14000) for stopping by and singing along. More to come. Now we fly south to Denmark!

Lena after the gig:

Thank you Fredrikstad for a wonderful Midsummer Eve!