ST. PETERSBURG - Both in commercial spots on-the-air and on the omnipresent blue posters appearing in Saint Petersburg (Russia), the upcoming Roxette concert is being promoted as the "most long-waited-for show of the year." This, in spite of the fact that EMA Telestar and NCA have presented in St. Petersburg such stars as Depeche Mode, Rammstein, Alice Cooper, Garbage, Natalia Oreiro, Eros Ramazzotti and others.

  Box office reports of strong advance ticket sales give credence to the claim.