World Tour 2012

World Tour 2012: Dublin, Ireland – July 9 #119

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Comment from Per Gessle

Dublin! Outstanding & amazing crowd! Thanx everyone for making tonight a very special evening indeed. We loved every second!!!!! See y’all soon!!!! Dublin! Yes!

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Spending My Time
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
13. Crash Boom Bang
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride

17. Listen To Your Heart
18. The Look
19. Church Of Your Heart

Please note that no 5 on the setlist on the left is a joke name for new “Stars” intro that could be translated as “Clarence’s vulgare symphonic rock party” 🙂

Articles and photos

CozyCot (gallery)
Setlist – Damien O’Donohoe
Photo of the crowd

World Tour 2012: Birmingham, UK – July 6 #118

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Comment from Per Gessle

BIRMINGHAM!!! Thanx for a fab evening. Great great crowd! Super response, we loved every second of it! 18 years ago since played in this town!!!! Have to come back VERY SOON!!!! Cheers, P&M&Co

Marie in Birmingham

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Spending My Time
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
13. Crash Boom Bang
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “God Save The Queen”)

17. Listen To Your Heart
18. The Look
19. Church Of Your Heart

Articles

Ian St Peters: “Roxette are a brilliant band. They are a stadium band. And boy can they entertain.” (5/5 stars)
Express & Star: “If ever there was a singer who looked pleased to be on a stage it is Roxette’s Marie Fredriksson.”
ResonanceUK (review)

World Tour 2012: Manchester, UK – July 4 #117

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Comment from Per Gessle

THANK YOU MANCHESTER! What a fab evening we had! Super crowd (as expected) and a quite jolly band I must say! Have to come back before long! Thanx for sharing these two hours with us! Cheers, P&M&Co

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Spending My Time
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
13. Crash Boom Bang
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “God Save The Queen”)

17. Listen To Your Heart
18. The Look
19. Church Of Your Heart

Thanks to Ally for help with song’s order.

Articles

Roxette inspired by Oasis (interview with Per)
CultureWitch (review)
rock-zone.co.uk (review)

World Tour 2012: Glasgow, UK – July 3 #116

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Comment from Per Gessle

Glasgow! Yey! What a crowd! Wonderful vibe, great response in spite of some technical problems. We played here almost exactly twenty years go! Amazing! See you next time. Thanx you lovely Scotsmen/Scotswomen!!!

Setlist

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Spending My Time
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
13. Crash Boom Bang
14. How Do You Do!
15. Dangerous
Band presentation
16. Joyride (introduced with “Scotland the Brave”)

17. The Look
18. Listen To Your Heart
19. Church Of Your Heart

For the very first time in a very long time Opportunity Nox was performed on the concert as well as Silver Blue dropped from the setlist. Spending My Time – instead of being first song in the encore section was just after “The Big L.”.

Articles

The Herald Scotlad (Interview article published before the concert)
The Herald Scotland (review of the concert)
Isopix (gallery)
stv (review) “The super-Swedes returned to Scotland in an 80s whirlwind.”

World Tour 2012: Buenos Aires Video Bootleg

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Argentinian Gente detras de las paredes website has released the very new and of decent quality video bootleg from the Roxette concert in Buenos Aires that took place on Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

It was the first of five live Roxette show in Argentina – including cities of Mar del Plata, Neuquen, Rosario and Córdoba. Two moments during the Buenos Aires gig deserve a higlight – the very first performance of “It’s possible” during this tour and surprising local tune played by Christoffer Lundquist – “De Música Ligera”. More unforgettable moments only on this special fan-made DVD.

Big thanks to Oscar Antonio Cordoba for making this bootleg available.

Tracklist for the Buenos Aires 2012 video bootleg:

01. Dressed for success
02. Sleeping in my car
03. The Big L.
04. Silver blue
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. It’s possible
11. 7twenty7
12. Fading like a flower
13. Crash boom bang
14. How do you do?
15. Dangerous
16. Band introduction / De música ligera
17. Joyride
18. Spending my time
19. The look
20. Listen to your heart
21. Church of your heart

Download links can be found here.