zlatyvoci said on March 15, 2009 20:37:

And is it bigger or smaller venue? ;-)

tevensso (moderator) said on March 15, 2009 20:45:

Smaller, but just as popular and more comfortable to play, Per says.

tevensso (moderator) said on March 16, 2009 01:02:

There are still tickets off and on for the Stockholm gigs. And then Halmstad on Wednesday.

tomos85 said on March 16, 2009 10:57:

Well, then I would like to ask if anyone has the ticket for Pumphuset show? I’m collecting pictures or scans of all the tickets for Party crasher tour and still haven’t got for Helsinki, Oslo, Gent and Halmstad. If anyone is willing to help me, so just write me pm or e-mail.

zlatyvoci said on March 16, 2009 15:44:

Here in Prague, I´ve heard rumours, that too few tickets are sold up to date... :-( Hope, there won´t be any move or even cancel....Of course, promo is almost none.....As well as promo for PC....damn EMI.... :-(

crashroxer said on March 16, 2009 21:28:

Yes, there’s nothing here in Tyskland!

tomos85 said on March 17, 2009 08:49:

And on the other hand, there’s a lot of promotion for Warsaw gig and it became the 9th most popular gig on eventim.pl (only website that sells tix for this show) :-)

ncurran said on March 17, 2009 17:59:

well the venue is MUCH smaller than the original one in London, so at least it will be intimate. Not so good for Per’s bank account, but good for us

on_a_mission said on March 17, 2009 19:00:

anyone know the capacity of o2 islington?

Bunio said on March 17, 2009 20:17:

The previous venue, Shepherds Bush Empire, has a capacity of 2000 according to Wikipedia.

Roxerally said on March 17, 2009 21:24:

It doesn’t bother me so much, I’ll just take a taxi back to the hotel I booked near the Shepherd’s Bush venue... if anyone is staying in the Hilton we could always share a cab back!

ncurran said on March 17, 2009 22:05:

Old venue: http://pix-cdn.dontstayin.com/f3fe9d10-8156-45a6-9b27-22e23ff4b783.jpg
New venue: http://interactive.myvillage.com/mv/image_server/images/carling-academy....

To be honest, I am not that surprised. Even though the promo posters we saw when the concert was announced did mention “The Man from Roxette” on all of the ticket websites it was just listed as “Per Gessle and Band”. I suppose the problem is that in this country people have no idea who Per Gessle is, so he basically has to play as a completely new artist.There are still quite a lot of people who you talk to about Roxette who were under the impression that “Roxette” is Marie’s name and she is a solo artist. I also get regular emails from all of the ticket agencies listing new events on sale, and didnt see him mentioned in any of them.
I think it could have been marketed a lot better....perhaps if people knew that he indeed was “The Man from Roxette” and also that he would be playing a lot of Roxette songs sales would have been better, because despite them not being successful for years here, there are still a lot of people who loved their songs from the 90s. If Roxette were touring the UK these days they probably would have to tour in 2000 - 3000 seat theatres rather than arenas, so it was very ambitious to think that Per could sell out such venues on his own, when people have no idea who he is.

Mike-L said on March 18, 2009 00:53:

That’s a real shame. Islington is a great venue in a cool area, plenty of bars and restaurants etc, but SBE is the better venue all in all.

It’s no surprise when the album doesn’t even yet have a UK release. Silly Really.

cgvazquez said on March 18, 2009 06:29:

Per! Southamerica is waiting for you...

I know, i´m dreaming...

onlywhenidream said on March 18, 2009 08:54:

just on a practical note, does one have to do anything with tickets that the Shepherd’s Bush Empire has sent them, in order to get in to the Islington Academy?

If I turned up with my Bush tickets would they let me in?

Silly Q I know, but I am a silly person.

Claire said on March 18, 2009 09:23:

this is typical!
like others I have booked hotels etc in order to be safe and within walking distance to the venue. great :(

Ally- we are staying at the Hylton but thats not the point is it! ok i will calm down now :)

onlywhenidream said on March 18, 2009 09:37:

thanks for the info Paul. I can’t believe I sent you that email on facebook about the concert being cancelled due to lack of attendence, and we are only one step away from that! Fingers crossed it won’t happen.

tomos85 said on March 18, 2009 10:10:

There’s a lot of things to do if fans want to support their idol. You can publish or send the press release to every music / event site from London which would be interested in publishing it. You can start writing topics on each forum that you’re on. You can can even try to contact radio or tv stations in order to do some promotion, reportages and so on. Have you contacted with Live Nation UK? Maybe they’ll be interested in doing some contests and give some free tix to medias. Just try, we can do more than you think :)

Zelda said on March 18, 2009 10:13:

Right: No promotion, no success. The people doesn´t know that Per is out with a new cd. Only the fans and that´s sad. I LOVE you Per. But please go on promotion tour first!

GT_85 said on March 18, 2009 13:00:

It’s a huge letdown, the London gig. There are tens of thousands of Swedes who´re living, studying and working in London. They could have filled the original venue easily. But, I guess they didn’t know about it.

Same thing with Copenhagen, all the times GT/PG have played in Helsingborg and Malmö the last couple of tours there have been lot’s of danish people there.

Not even the Stockholm gigs are sold out, the promotion has hit rock bottom.

I´m afraid we have not seen the last moved/canceled gig yet.

See you in Copenhagen and Halmstad!

tevensso (moderator) said on March 18, 2009 14:46:

I’d like to remind people that there are tickets left for the Stockholm gigs. Today there are about 20 tix for May 9 and about 150 tix for May 10 available.

SVARTA666 said on March 18, 2009 15:30:

Is the dates tour closed? Is this the final tour? People who live out of these countries need to organize, hotel, flight, tickets, etc etc. Please! It´s time to confirm the whole tour as soon as possible!

whateveriam said on March 18, 2009 16:31:

My main question about the changed venues is first off, if you knew you couldn’t fill them, then why did you approve being booked into them in the first place? It’s not like information about venue capacities isn’t freely available. It just looks like bad planning if you agree to venues you can’t fill, then hastily rearrange them.

ncurran said on March 18, 2009 17:35:

whateveriam, I think they probably did expect to fill them, and sorry but I don’t believe changing the London venue is down to the fact that Per prefers smaller venues. He’s only sold about 300 tickets, so of course it makes no sense to play in a 2000 seat theatre. Thats the only reason it’s been changed.

Sascha said on March 18, 2009 18:08:

“I don’t believe changing the London venue is down to the fact that Per prefers smaller venues.”

Of course not! Who should believe that? Per just prefers to play full venues and not empty halls. Understandable.

The Point about “Per Gessle” being rather unknown outside Sweden is true. Though I think even a good portion of informed Roxette fans can’t be bothered to show up. Me included.

As much as I love Per as a musician and songwriter, let’s face it: Per never was the center point of Roxette’s gigs, it was Marie. A concert full of Roxette songs without her is almost like watching a cover band for me. I’m simply not attracted. Sorry Per, good luck!

rossyrox said on March 18, 2009 19:44:

The special rates at the Hilton were not refundable I think they should put on a taxi/bus service of some kind back to the Hilton.

xarrrr said on March 18, 2009 20:30:

a little perspective people! the show has moved across town, not the other side of the country!
i agree, it sucks that they’ve had to move to a smaller venue, but at least he hasn’t cancelled the show (yet!). i mean, if only 300 tickets have been sold, is he actually gonna make any money at all from this show in london? i’m guessing not.
lets just be happy that he’s bothered to come here anyway. there are plenty of fans in other countries who would love the opportunity to see him.

SilverBloo said on March 18, 2009 21:05:

My tickets for the London gig (4 of’em - see, Per, I’m doing MY bit instead of moaning about it) haven’t been delivered yet - the ticket agency (read: legalised tout) I used emailed me this morning to say “our allocation with this venue is collection only, so you will now need to collect your tickets from Islington Academy on the night of the event, with the card you paid on and your reference number.”

Which pisses me off, as I requested Special Delivery on the feckers.

ncurran said on March 18, 2009 22:29:

The venue is actually more convenient for me, as my train comes into Liverpool St station, which is only a couple of stops away from Angel on the tube (albeit with a change in the middle), whereas shepherds bush would have been about 12 stops away (roughly). I also think the gig will be more enjoyable in the smaller venue, and even if the crowd is smaller it will most likely be fans who want to be there....as too many gigs these days are attended by people who actually have no interest in the music. Still it must be disappointing for per, despite what he says.....and also not very good professionally. Not sure how the sales are doing in other countries, but if the london gig is a complete flop, I doubt he would find a promoter to arrange another date here if he ever wanted to tour again for any future project....this could be said for any other country if there is a similar situation with tickets.

felicity-brown said on March 18, 2009 23:37:

No problem for me at all - actually easier for me to get there as is on the same line as mine. Just hope Per don’t decide to cancel, if there aren’t enough sales. Maybe I should put a poster up in the Swedish Embassy in London when I pop down on Friday - we have lots of Swedes here in London ;) Nah... I don’t mind where the show is held - just great to see PG here again after all these years :)

NigelBarnes said on March 19, 2009 00:00:

The move across London is a blessing in disguise - gives something to moan about and we see PG in a smaller venue. Clearly the Daily Mail ads haven’t worked!

We are in the Hilton for 3 nights to make a weekend of it - shame it wasn’t longer as A Camp (Nina Persson) and Taylor Swift are coming to Town.

Overall though I think it’s great that he’s coming over especially as the album isn’t being released - would have thought that a download release at least would be just pushing a few buttons.

Roxerally said on March 19, 2009 07:51:

Fliss, it sounds like a good idea!

japeke said on March 19, 2009 10:31:

All I read is complaining, complaining, complaining!
There is much more to do then complaining: WE can also do something to get the venues a bit more full! But some positivity has to be present then...
Get a smile on your face, send mails, take your phone! Call or mail LiveNation, the radiostations, other media. Explain who is coming to town, and tell them they can maybe say something about it when playing ’the Look’ (which happens every now and then), or when writing something for the musicpages of a magazine/paper .

And if you don’t have the energy to do something positive/active: Try to be happy there even IS a tour! Being negative won’t do good for 100% sure.

Rox on :-)

stormen said on March 19, 2009 11:33:

Japake is right.
I just don’t understand why his management do nothing in this case!?
They should post up lots of posters (with bigger letters that the man from roxette who will play the look and other hits from roxette) on every corner! Even Madonna does this, so it must be working.
What about the UK fans would try to get in touch with Per’s management and ask them to send posters and they stick them on crowded places?

pwbbounce (moderator) said on March 19, 2009 12:11:

I actually Emailed Marie Dimberg yesterday - waiting for a reply....

mixella1 said on March 19, 2009 13:15:

pwbbounce I am so curious if she replays and what is she saying. Please let us know as well....

and for tevensso, you should talk to Per about his tour, how he sees it, and what was he expected? A nice interview would do us very good for the moral. It’s so disappointing to not know what is going on.

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xarrrr said on March 19, 2009 13:53:

@pwbbounce - i e-mailed her this morning too haha. *if* she replies, i’ll post it here, though from past experience i’m not really holding out much hope *sigh*

tomos85 said on March 19, 2009 15:09:

Every time I read such posts it reminds me ABBA manager - Stikkan’s old saying: “People are not as dumb as you think, they’re dumber”. No, I do not try to offend anyone.

We got the tour - it was bad, cos Per forgot some countries; tickets sell poorly (though we have almost no information on that, because it’s confidential) - then let’s fire Dimberg. Have you ever thought over what you’ve written? Why can’t people just sit, wait and enjoy the event. When have we started to be concerned about Per’s economy. It’s his own business if the tour goes good or not. We can take part in this joyful event. After all “a splendid time is guaranteed for all”.

P.S. Have I told you that Live Nation Poland does their job and promotes this gig and sale goes accordance to plans? :)

CRIZ said on March 19, 2009 17:26:

FIRST PROMOTION POSTER WAS SEEN ON THE CENTRAL STATION HAMBURG!!!!!
YEAH!!!!

by the way..small club gigs are cool! I ’m really looking forward to it. I’m curious how much people we will be. Less people means a much more intimitate athmosphere. Let’s shake hands Per! And you might guess our names before you start. ;)

He already knows how it is to play in front of thousands of people.

pym2ik said on March 19, 2009 17:50:

Do not you still know that RoxetteFans are suffering from a kind of inferiority complex and we love comparing with other fans?:) It is in our culture and we love moaning, because it is the best band in the world :))
Btw I do not know many musicians who are able to do what Per does, club tour even if there is not any economical benefit

I wish I was in the Cologne Fan Club meetup back to 1997:)

I hope it will be similar

does anybody have any memories of this event?

Wicf said on March 19, 2009 18:32:

Well, I never expected that the tickets would sell good, but I hope they won’t cancel the concert in Prag, because I’m definitely going there (I must buy the ticket first, why haven’t I done it yet?) Per Gessle as a solo artist has never been really popular outside Sweden, so I’m not really surprised that he had to move some concerts in smaller halls...
But I still don’t understand why some people think that Roxette is a woman. Why am I wondering? Because Roxette’s 3 biggets MEGAHITS are It Must Have Been Love, Joyride and The Look... so two of them have Per as a lead vocalist. But maybe these days it’s Roxette’s ballads what people mostly hear...

Emil__BG said on March 19, 2009 19:11:

The only news from Per’s management in last months was that Roxette subforum on his site must be close.
Really silly.
Not a good move when you hope Roxette fans to support Per once again and fill big venues.

Per’s management must start working and promote Per the way he deserve.
For that conection with Roxette must be underline,more Roxette songs must be add to playlist,the radiostation must be inform.
Is hard to hear swedish song ,but most of radiostations in Europe play roxette songs few time everyday.
The news for concert won’t be hard to mention before song.
Hurry cos most of us already bought flight and concert tickets ,and i guess noone will return us the money for flights if concert is cancel.

Bunio said on March 19, 2009 19:51:

it was true, but some of the ppl who ordered tickets didn’t pay for them so the tickets are available again...

or they added few more chairs :D

ncurran said on March 19, 2009 20:24:

The whole “sold out” inj 2 mins, an hour, a day myths are always a farce. That is not unique to Per....it happens for every big artist. There are only a certain allocation of tickets released when concerts first go on sale, and only a certain percentage of them need to be sold to declare it as sold out. More blocks of tickets are released later. If there is a big demand for a gig, and especially if it is all-seated I never buy tickets when they go on sale. Even when they are declared sold out, I’ve had great seats (including front row) which I’ve managed to buy a week or a few days before the concert.....I even got a front row seat on the day of a concert before.

zlatyvoci said on March 20, 2009 08:20:

Well, as we all know, Per was always interested in music business, so I´m suspicious when I see, that he, either D&D don´t mind weak sales of tickets. We all here would be happy if all the concerts would be sold-out and it will be evidence, that his music is still in top shape. The problem, what we are discussing is, that we all miss promotion and we are sorry, that this tour, except SWE seems to became flop :-( We all love Per and Marie and we all are afraid of cancels....That´s all. I don´t think, this is stupid...This is age of modern technologies, where everyone has opportunity to say his attitude, and as we remember from RoxBox discussion, it has purpose...Shutting voices of most devoted fans, that left by closing forums or tutoring them not to make any critisism is the way to the end of this....For myself, I´m Per´s devoted fan for 18 years and during my own music carreer I did play Per´s songs (as something special) for tens of thousands people, because I want to do a tribute to HIM! But of course, there are things, I don´t agree with...and almost NO promo for this tour is one of them.....sorry...didn´t want to offend anyone.....

Zelda said on March 20, 2009 09:34:

I hope the tv show on saturday will be a HIT. We need a powerfull performance, Per!

Love ya!!

ncurran said on March 20, 2009 23:39:

“The only way to call that the tour is a flop is knowing the original expectatives of Per and Live Nation about the sales.”
I can’t say that the whole tour is a flop as i don’t know what the sales are like, but as far as the London gig goes, I’m sure live nation expected to sell more than 275 tickets out of the 2300 available for shepherd’s bush! That is probably their fault more than Per’s though, as they should have organised the gig for a smaller venue in the first place. Either that, or done better promotion and then they might have sold a lot more.

rossyrox said on March 21, 2009 22:32:

I just hope they don’t decide to cancel London, last minute flights anywhere else will be like £250 when they would have been £50 at the time of tickets going on sale.

Apart from that I won’t be allowed to go anywhere else :(

nixas said on March 30, 2009 06:59:

Per’s desision is a reasonable one as the big crowd of fans would be even louder than music. But this makes fuss about getting tickets- they can be hardly bought. As regards the coming performances, I think, the game is worth the candle!
Per, good luck!!!