STAVANGER - Roxette's Norwegian gig in August has been sold out! That's more than 10,000 tickets sold.

(Updated) - The Norwegian newspaper Aftenbladet reported yesterday that Roxette will perform in Viste Strand pop festival in Stavanger August 21. The pop festival "Den store sommerfesten" ("The Big Summer Fest") is arranged for the fourth time.

According to one of the organizers, Per Vervik, this will appeal to people throughout the Rogaland southern county as well as pop fans far beyond the country borders. He also points out that it will be an outdoor concert as well as the only Roxette performance in Norway.

"Per Gessle knows what it takes to capture listeners' attention with his songs. In addition, Marie Fredriksson is a brilliant vocalist and together they have played themselves into people's minds", says Per Vervik to the journal.

He continues to add that Roxette will go to Randaberg with a full band and full stage production, just as the other gigs in Sweden and Russia. 8000 tickets will go on sale Friday March 5 09.00 on www.billettservice.no  and the cost is between 550NOK and 850 NOK (€68-105).

The supporting act is Paperboys.

Update: Roxette will also play in Denmark, at Smukfest, which takes place between 4th and 8th of August. That makes a total of five dates and according to d&d management that is all:

August 8 - Skanderborg, Denmark
August 14 - Anderstorp, Sweden
August 21 - Stavanger, Norway
September 10 - Moscow, Russia
September 12 - St. Petersburg, Russia

Tomos85 and Randall contributed to this article

This just in! Roxette is to play Russia this fall. So far dates confirmed are:

September 10 - Moscow Mega Sport Arena
September 12 - St. Petersburg New Arena

Per comments on Roxette.se:

It feels fab to start the new year announcing live concerts by Roxette. Both Moscow and St Petersburg should be great fun! And if we're all lucky there's even more to come. By the way, the new recordings are going great, we'll continue sweatin' it out for the next six months or so. You'll find videos/pics from the recordings on Snowfish.

Cheers, P. 

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The Race Legends present

Roxette August 14 Anderstorp Raceway

Ticket release Tuesday February 16 10.00.

Ticket price is 605 SEK plus service fee. Tickets will be sold on Eventim.se, LiveNation.se, Eventim's call center - 0771-651 000 and by all Eventim's representatives. Tickets are naturally also still sold by Biljettnu.se.
Tickets may not be reserved over the phone but all sales, both via the Internet or call center, are final. Eventim's representatives are listed on Eventim.se and LiveNation.se.

SKÅNE - Per has started feeding roxette.se with photos from the studio with videos to follow within hours.

Here's the correct information about the Roxette tickets, as many of you already know: Tickets for the Roxette concert at Anderstorp are available through www.biljettnu.se. SEK 605 (€ 60) plus service charge.

(Updated) - Roxette will play Anderstorp Raceway August 14, for the Race Legends. The stadium holds 45,000 spectators. "Roxette hasn't played Sweden since 2001, it feels great to be on stage in Sweden again. This will be extra fun, since I've raced there myself several times" says Per Gessle. Urban Stamming, CEO The Race Legends, says "This is the first and, as far as I know, only concert Roxette will do in Sweden this year. Roxette is a dream come true for us. Per is excited as he is very interested in racing!" The concert will last 1.5 h says the CEO.

Everyone that has bought tickets for the race will be able to see the concert. There will also be a very limited number of tickets sold for the concert only. Racing tickets are from 800 SEK and up.

Update: The Daily Roxette has managed to get hold of Per for a short interview.

So Per, Anderstorp, it must be like the mothership is calling you home?

Yes sir - when a racing track calls out for you you just have to answer!! (Sounds like a pop song, doesn't it?) I visited their race legends event two years ago and had a great time. This year it looks like they're gonna have loads of really really fantastic old Formula One drivers attending the race among many other things. So it will be a special set up for a Roxette concert for sure.

Hmm, yeah, a song that's already written… Why did you pick this place?

We're slowly but surely trying to get Roxette back on track. This is one of several major things we're gonna do this year and it feels perfect to kick it in on home turf. And, you know, the recordings of a new album have already started. 2010 is off to a good start.

It's a big race track, isn't it?

Yes, I've heard that they can hold 45,000 people around the track. However, I think the capacity is around 8-10,000 where we're gonna play.

Is it true you will play an entire full length show?

Yes, it will be a "real" Roxette concert. I can't say how long it will be though, we'll decide during rehearsals. But we expect something like 60-70 minutes. And I'm sure there will be more artists announced pretty soon. If the weather's good it will be a magic night.

The CEO says this will be Roxette's only gig in Sweden 2010, can you verify this, or will there be others?

I don't know at this point, a year is very long. It's definitely the only one confirmed as I'm writing this…

Will there be any surprises for the audience?

I guess just the fact that we're doing a concert is a surprise to most people!!!

STOCKHOLM - In 1976 the Swedish Parliament arranged a concert for King Carl XVI Gustaf and his becoming wife and Queen Silvia where, among others, ABBA performed (fittingly enough "Dancing Queen").  June 18 there will be another concert, this time for Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé Daniel. While the artists performing are held secret there is no huge stretch to guess that Roxette will be there. "Since it's a gift, the artists will remain secret" says Stefan Forsberg, manager of Stockholm Konserthus and continues "I guarantee the music will be absolutely world class." Stefan also mentions there will be a mix of pop artists, musical artists and classical artists. All the wedding guests and all the members of the Parliament will receive an invitation to the concert.

The concert will be aired live on SVT.

NEW YORK - Per Gessle and Sven Lindström to count down the Top 50 Swedish Songs of the past decade on Sirius XM's NORDIC ROX show. A two-part special to showcase a wide-variety of Swedish songs from artists like The Hives, Roxette, Peter, Bjorn and John, Kent, The Cardigans, The Sounds and more. On The Spectrum, SIRIUS channel 18 and XM channel 45

The first half of the countdown will air on Sunday, January 24 at 8:00 pm ET. The second half of the countdown will air on Sunday, January 31 at 8:00 pm ET.