Per suggests taking Roxette on tour - next summer!
Written by Lars-Erik_Olson on August 14, 2002 to Live.
HALMSTAD - “Night of the Proms” aside, Per Gessle wants to take Roxette out on tour again soon, probably next summer, according to a report published today in several Swedish newpapers.
“It would be really fun to do a summer tour and play in Sweden. We played in Göteborg and Stockholm the last time, and it would be great to make a big Greatest Hits tour. But this can only happen if there´s a possibility to do it abroad as well,” Per said to Mikael Forsell, a reporter for Swedish news bureau Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå (TT).
“Roxette seem to have a renewed energy,” Forsell wrote. “What turned the spark on again was the tour this past autumn.”
“It was fantastic to do that tour, and to be able to sell 8,000-10,000 tickets in those cities and still have an audience,” said Per.
- Hallandsposten article (In Swedish)
Other articles with the same topic
- Samara was a smash (March 4, 2011)
- Roxette tour moves south to Samara, Russia (March 3, 2011)
- North America and Australia on the Roxette radar for later this year (March 2, 2011)
- Roxette live in Kazan: a promising start to the World Tour (March 1, 2011)
- Roxette live in Kazan: the set list (February 28, 2011)
34 comments
suburber said on August 15, 2002 00:59:
Don´t know what to say! Cool! It´s so great that his new songs sound abit like SIMC (always loved that song)! Sounds fantastic in my eyes, but why doesn´t Per like German TV-shows... *lol*
Ok, Per: Give some more radio interviews ;-)
pelu said on August 15, 2002 10:06:
Wow! this is great! I´m really loo‘king forward to it. Per has said somewhere that he would love to play at Örjans Vall in Halmstad, well, it might be next summer! I will se more than one consert, trust me! All conserts in Sweden, at least!
This was the best news so far this year!
purplemedusa said on August 15, 2002 11:01:
... and hopefully they’ll come to South Africa after so many promises... It’s about bloody time!
pelu said on August 15, 2002 11:33:
I must say that I understand purplemedusa, I think that the consert in Johannesburg 1995 is one of the best, maybe the best performance ever by Roxette.
RobS said on August 15, 2002 11:39:
“But this can only happen if there´s a possibility to do it abroad as well” Does this mean they might do something worldwide????
I really hope so, a few shows down in OZ would be great, wouldn’t hurt the sales of the new compilations either!! and a live DVD would top it all off nicely :-)
Junkie said on August 15, 2002 12:43:
Per, do you remember that kick ass show in Petersburg? WE WANT YOU BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
PerFanatic said on August 15, 2002 16:54:
Hey people... there’s a saying that goes: “Good things come to those that wait”. That seems to be pretty applicable right now. To all of those that kept complaining about one thing or another, things are looking pretty bright right now, aren’t they? The bottom line (as I see it) is that we’re all pretty freaking lucky that Per & Marie are still making any music at all, as a good portion of artists quit before their 40’s. I mean think of this: less than a year ago, most of us were enjoying an wonderful Roxette tour. Now, in a matter of weeks, we’ll have 1 new song, followed by 4 more in November. Plus, another 4/5 new songs by next spring. Now, we learn that Per will be releasing a great new solo album soon as well! Not to mention the possibility of as summer tour in 2003. Call me crazy, but I think Roxette fans are about the luckiest fans on earth right about now!
Nefatari said on August 15, 2002 19:19:
I’m speachless! It would be so wonderful if P&M&the Band would do a summertour! *startingdaydreamingaboutthat* :)
Geoff said on August 23, 2002 09:59:
One of my favourite musical memories was the Joyride Tour of the UK in ’92. 10 years on the music is just as good, and it would be great to see Roxette back in Britain.
guitarplayer said on September 5, 2002 00:29:
HEY ROXETTE, WHAT ABOUT ALL OF YOUR FANS N THE U.S. WHO STILL LOVE YOU AND WANT TO SEE YOU BUT YOU NEVER COOME, WE NEVER GET THE NEW RELEASES UNLESS WE ORDER ONLINE. COOME BACK TO ATLANTA!!!!!!!!!!!!
wendy1976 said on September 28, 2002 14:51:
Yes!!! A tour!
I hoope they will play in Holland again... I really missed them!
zeeshan said on August 14, 2002 23:12:
“Roxette seem to have a renewed energy,” Forsell wrote.
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lets hope the energy doesn’t fades away like it did after C!B!B! for a few years whatever the reasons were. Go Rox gooooooo!!!!!!
Zee