Per “celebrates 30 years of pop music” with cover tracks set list
Written by roxeteer on April 1, 2009 to Live and Per Gessle.
(Updated) - Per revealed a big surprise today; instead of playing his own songs on the Party Crasher tour, he's going to perform mostly cover tracks. Instead of an all-Gessle set list, Per and the band are going to perform only three Gessle-penned songs! Per sent us this message:
hola every-1! to celebrate my 30 years in pop music me and the heavy metal kids are going to play the greatest pop songs ever for you guys and gals! it's gonna be so cool to play 'eye of the tiger' and other favorites on stage!!!
and hey, don't forget to send your suggestions for songs! we still haven't decided which three songs will be the mr gee songs we play!!!!
luv, p.
We also received a preliminary set list:
- Let's Dance
- Send Me A Postcard
- SOS
- to be determined
- Livin' On A Prayer
- Poison
- To The Moon And Back
- Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
- California Sun
- Eye Of The Tiger
- Take My Breath Away
- to be determined
- Ever Fallen In Love
- Every Breath You Take
- Manic Monday
- Friday I'm In Love
- Carrie
- Pour Some Sugar On Me
- Born In The USA
- Don't You (Forget About Me)
- Wish You Were Here
- Africa
- You
- Words Of Love
- to be determined
The missing songs will be selected from the ones fans have requested.
Editor's note: As many of you already know, this was an April Fool's joke. Per's set list still remains a secret…
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48 comments
Ivanych said on April 1, 2009 06:05:
well, each year the first april’s joke seems to be duller and duller...
royalball said on April 1, 2009 06:10:
Yeah, you’re right! These jokes are getting more dull. This sounds like something Lars would think of! Muahhahahhaha, hehehehehe!
Ivanych said on April 1, 2009 06:49:
The funnier thing could be that the whole tour had been canceled because of the crisis or bad sales...
Ivanych said on April 1, 2009 07:03:
Nope :)
But you should work out better even the april’s fool’s jokes ;)
RJ1976 said on April 1, 2009 07:08:
What about Britney Spears’s ...: Im Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman :-) *LOL*
tomos85 said on April 1, 2009 07:13:
Finally the man from Roxette will perform “Roxette” hit - Take my breath away :D
btw. “Let’s dance” seems to be the great opener!
Jud (moderator) said on April 1, 2009 07:17:
all work and no play makes [put _any_ user name here] a dull boy...
Ivanych: for having married today you don’t seem to be in a good mood ;)
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Ivanych said on April 1, 2009 07:22:
I am in a great mood :) Just explained my attitude and that’s all ;)
Anyway, have a great fool’s day and have fun!
dubacik said on April 1, 2009 07:44:
This very good 1st of April joke:-) nice try:-)
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cvanbroekhoven said on April 1, 2009 08:21:
that wouldn’t be a bad idea...but the crowd is looking for PER not for Alice Cooper!! haha....GREAT JOKE ;-)))))))
cvanbroekhoven said on April 1, 2009 08:23:
Let’s DO IT!!!! i only miss a song from the beatles...haha
the big D. said on April 1, 2009 08:54:
;-(....
still miss “purple rain” and “sweet child o’mine”, my ultimate per gessle favourites...
due to my information “y.m.c.a.” will be the last song...
jude77 said on April 1, 2009 10:02:
Anyway I would be curious how they play these songs.
BUT OF COURSE NOT INSTEAD OF THE REAL TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!
mareo said on April 1, 2009 11:38:
Nice effort:)))
But imagine for a moment it was true... I think there would have been an enormous amount of messages against this kind of tour instead of the planned one. That might have lead to closing not only TDR but also Per’s websites.
Looking forward to the tour & the merchandise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mitch said on April 1, 2009 12:08:
not the best one to celeb of the first april.
but still funny.
well done :)
Roxerally said on April 1, 2009 13:05:
... and if they dress in silly outfits for “Let’s Dance” I’ll pay triple the ticket price! lol
Roxlander said on April 1, 2009 13:24:
Silly me :p silly really :) I always believe this jokes. I was so excited for listening that version of To the moon and back, I guess I was the only fool to believe it. But don’t blame me, in Costa Rica we don’t have this celebration, we have something alike in November called “Día de los inocentes”, so I don’t expect a joke in a day like this. I feel like a fool... ;p
gyllene_tjej said on April 1, 2009 13:56:
a nice try! But well... been here too long to be tricked. ;) Thanks for some laugh today.
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Jud (moderator) said on April 1, 2009 14:10:
funny, el dia de los inocentes is in December in Spain :)
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Gabba77 said on April 1, 2009 14:56:
Oh my God! For a second or two I almost lost my breath.
Thanks God - it’s April 1st.
cgvazquez said on April 1, 2009 15:13:
Hahahahah, great list! I knew it, Per loves Savage Garden! :P
Roxette-atic said on April 1, 2009 15:25:
Actually..my heart stopped for a second when I saw this hahaha
Veronicaaae said on April 1, 2009 15:34:
Roxette-atic: My heart too! Really, I didn’t even got it that this was a joke =D I was so shocked, I’m SO relieved that this was just a joke =D ! such a great joke anyway!
onlywhenidream said on April 1, 2009 15:41:
goodness, I was nearly taken in...then realised it was after midday! Phew. I would seriously be asking for a refund if that was the case! well done tdr. :o)
ncurran said on April 1, 2009 16:11:
what kind of obsessive visits TDR on their wedding day? Anyway, I wasn’t fooled for a second, though I might have been if I had logged on first thing this morning and was still half asleep!
Dascha1975 said on April 1, 2009 17:44:
Couldn’t believe my eyes when I came here... but luckily remembered today’s date within a second ;)
Anyway... would be cool to hear Per’s version of “Livin’ On A Prayer”.
Per, see ya in Hamburg and Sthlm!!!
Roxerally said on April 1, 2009 19:15:
I was actually in the doctors surgery this morning thinking “God I’ve not checked TDR’s April Fool Joke!”
roxtexanet said on April 1, 2009 19:30:
Ha ha ha... wonderful! You managed to find some of the worst songs ever for this... I despise “Africa” and “Eye of the Tiger”... I can’t imagine Per playing those horrible songs live!!
Rox_Nox2003 said on April 1, 2009 21:26:
I actually find this april fool’s joke quite cool .... It would have been nice to hear Per performing of these songs on stage ... many are awsome though it’s also hard to picture Per doing them ... it would have been challenging for sure!
tevensso (moderator) said on April 1, 2009 21:53:
Wait til you hear what covers he really intended to play...
Fernanda-Brasil said on April 2, 2009 00:08:
He also can perform a famous brasilian song ......SANDRA ROSA MADALENA!!!!
I’m sure that all brasilian fans will agree with me.
shaolinda said on April 2, 2009 00:12:
Yay... I agreee SANDRA ROSA MADALENA is The Song!!!
Greetings from Brazil
Lissie said on April 2, 2009 04:22:
Aaarghh, I REALLY believed it, for several hours... Until I realised what day it was... Scary.
claudia soul deep said on April 2, 2009 10:08:
claudia soul deep
hi “its only love” from bryan adams its a good song why don‘t you play it ?
kisses
claudia from madrid.
janie1962 said on April 2, 2009 10:14:
Holy..s.., I thought how on earth is he going to be able to do Africa as Ive seen Toto do this many times Live..its a different style. Then I thought OMG Pers new favorite song is Eye of the Tiger... Manic Monday...slowly my hair started to stand on end !!
Dont you forget about me...who is going to sing the high female part at the end...more hair raising thoughts....whats happened to him...theyve been reahearsing too long hours and lost it totally ha ha ha great joke....
love from Jane Australia...we miss you down here xxx
jasonchong said on April 2, 2009 12:50:
if this is the track listing i will cry, just bought a ticket from KL to London just to see him live..... :-(
better be a april fools joke...
Silverguitar said on April 1, 2009 06:04:
And what about 7twenty7 ? ...seems to be April 1st ;o)