An esteemed wise man once rapped “…Guess who’s back? Back again. Gessle’s back, tell a friend…”

Good news for European fans of Swedish super group and classic hit makers Roxette—the duo’s songwriter Per Gessle is embarking on a European tour focusing on the mighty Roxette song catalogue this autumn.

In our contest last week we urged you to send in your best photos of the tour and surroundings, in order to win a signed copy of the brand new photo book En vacker bok.

Last week we reviewed the live album, today it’s time for the book to be scrutinized. They come as a package – a tour CD and a tour photo book.

So here it is, the legacy after this summer’s very successful tour. It’s short, but Per has a reasonable explanation as of why.

After this summer’s exceptional tour it was no big surprise to hear there will be a live record out. And a photo book.

HALMSTAD – Per comes to his hometown. “No one is a saint in one’s own hometown” goes the saying. I guess Per comes as close as you can get though.

STOCKHOLM – Gig #10 and at Stockholm’s zoo/outdoor museum Skansen. A gorgeous day, 24° C and sun.

GOTHENBURG – The ‘En vacker kväll’ tour rolls into Gothenburg and WHAT A GIG!

RÄTTVIK – The tour goes into its second week and Per with band showed up in remote Rättvik at the amazing venue Dalhalla. It wasn’t sold out as far as I know, but at least 3,800 were there, the last time I checked.

HELSINGBORG – Per Gessle’s Summer Tour 2017 – En vacker kväll finally kicked off at Sofiero in Helsingborg tonight. The opening acts were the Strandels and Good Harvest.

TYLÖSAND – Per’s tradition of having “secret” gigs before a tour still goes strong.

STOCKHOLM – Last night at Skyddsrummet Per’s record label Space Station 12 threw its 1st birthday party.

News just in! Per Gessle will be going out on a Sommarturné in July & August 2017.

Roxette were supposed to start the last leg of their massive RoXXXette 30th Anniversary Tour on June 3rd. However, singer Marie Fredriksson has been advised by her doctors to refrain from touring and as a consequence all the summer shows are cancelled. Their last performance was to be at the Grand Arena in Cape Town, South Africa on February 8 earlier this year.

+++ The following story was our April Fools Joke for 2016. No word of it is true, except that Pelle likes shorts. +++
The Daily Roxette goes on tour. Well, sort of. As we have heard from a source close to the management, Roxette will continue their XXX tour even after the already announced summer dates. The plan is to stay in Sweden for a couple of months in 2017, the shows will be placed in Per Gessle’s Hotel Tylösand in Halmstad and the title will be… drum roll… “The Daily Roxette show”. Time to ask The Man a couple of questions…

Good news for the UK fans.

DURBAN – What a night! Certainly one to remember and one to note in the Roxette history books as a celebration of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle’s 30 year career as Roxette.

JOHANNESBURG – For me, seeing a Roxette concert in Johannesburg has been a long time coming. I was 9 years old when the Crash! Boom! Bang! tour stopped at Ellis Park Stadium, and for obvious reasons I was not allowed to go.

With the Silly Season behind us all, it won’t be long before Roxette re-ignite their mammoth XXX World Tour.

New dates have started to emerge. 12 concerts confirmed so far in 2016, more surely to appear within days.

WARSAW – It all begins… Imagine: it’s early July, you are just back from a few concerts and some holidays, googling “Roxette Warszawa” (as the concert in the Torwar Hall, Warsaw, happened less than two weeks ago) and among reviews and photos you find an information that Roxette will cross your country again, just in a couple of weeks. Wow.

DRAMMEN – Roxers like to call this the Neverending Tour, of course with a twinkle in the eye. For me, besides its fun aspect, the expression also represents a very powerful idea, a mighty thought which, among others, strengthens us in our fan-being, a beautiful scenario filled with love and dedication.

DRAMMEN – When you write a review about a concert which closes a tour it is easy to get a bit nostalgic, but I don’t want mine to be so, and I prefer to fill my words just with positivity, gratefulness and passion, which is what I honestly feel at the end of Roxette’s European tour.