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Swedish pop rock duo Roxette is comprised of Per Gessie and Marie Fredriksson, and they are originally from Halmstad, Sweden.
The duo met in the late 70s when they were both part of two different bands, Gessle was part of Gyllene Tider and Fredriksoon was part of Strul and MaMas Barn. While recording her first solo album, Fredriksson lent vocal backup for Gyllene Tider’s first English album, “The Hearland Café,” which garnered attention from the United States based label, Capitol Records. Capitol, however, wanted the group to change the name, which is how they settled on the name Roxette. Unfortunately international success did not come for the group, resulting in Gessie pursuing a solo career.
Both Gessie and Fredriksson each put out two solo albums until it was suggested to them by EMI managing director, Rolf Nygren, that the two sing together. The two recorded a single together under the name Roxette entitled “Neverending Love.” The success of the single resulted in a quick record entitled “Pearls of Passion” which was released in 1986. Led off by two singles, they released their second album, “Look Sharp!” in their native Sweden in 1988. The album held at No. 1 on the Swedish album charts for fourteen weeks and won their first Rockbjornen Award. The third single off of the album once again caught the attention of EMI, who had previously thought they had no market in the United States, released the single on a global scale.
After extensive touring, Roxette returned to the studio in late 1990 to record and release “Joyride.” The album became a popular success, and became their best selling album. They then embarked on another large-scale tour including countries such as Germany, Australia and the United States. The tour, which reached over 1.5 million fans, lasted until 1992 and during the tour they had collected more material for another album released later in 1992. For the rest of the 90s the duo continued to put out new albums and tour, however due to change in popular music, they skipped over a tour of the United States. They also took a break from making music together.
Gessle and Fredriksoon reunited in 1998 to record a new album entitled “Have A Nice Day,” which was followed by a tour of Europe. They followed up with “Room Service” in 2001, which did well in their home country of Sweden, as well as Germany, but did not do as well as expected. The following year they received a Music Export Prize from the Swedish Government at the Grammy awards. Again taking a break, they reunited in 2009 and in 2012 released “Traveling.”
Read moreRoxette are the second-most successful pop act ever to emerge from Sweden; when the number one slot on that list is inhabited by ABBA, though, you quickly realise there’s no shame in being number two. After all, Roxette’s sales figures would likely sit them at the top of the pile in most other countries; over the course of a career that’s no stretched over almost thirty years, they’ve sold in excess of sixty million records across the globe, as well as seeing their records Joyride and Look Sharp! go platinum on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as in Germany. The duo - comprised of Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson - have had plenty to contend with over the years, too, both professionally - having to adapt to the demands of a constantly shape-shifting pop industry - and personally, with Fredriksson’s diagnosis with a brain tumour in 2002 forcing the pair to stay away from the live stage for seven years. They’re well and truly back on it now, though, finally making it to the Night of the Proms in Belgium in 2009 seven years after having to shelve an appearance. They went on to play a huge European tour to rave reviews, with classic cuts accompanied by new material on the setlist and a stunning live show bringing the work of one of pop’s best-loved duos to life.
Roxette often get overlooked due to the phenomenal success of fellow Swedish pop juggernauts Abba, however the band have enjoyed an incredibly successful career globally and unlike the Eurovision quartet, they continue to tour to their loyal fanbase.
They are a joy to watch live and really bring a quality of fun and free spiritedness to the show which goes down wonderfully with the audience. Supported by a brilliant band, they begin with 'Dress For Success' and the hits just keep coming. What I imagined would have made a worthy finale, 'It Must Have Been Love' is played mid-set as the audience bellow back the familiar lyrics whilst Marie Fredriksson conducts them to sway in unison.
With the feel good vibes at their very height, they continue with 'Dangerous' and 'Joyride' before disappearing to huge cheers to encore. They happily bound back onstage and thank the crowds for singing along to such great effort before one final performance of 'The Look' proves that there is no shame in coming second, especially where Swedish pop is concerned.
The duo was wonderful. Great setlist, perfect stage presence, flawless musical performance. Marie had to perform the whole event sitting down in the same place, and yet her voice never faltered, the tune was never lost, her wild high notes and sudden improvs never failed. They drove us wild and we jumped an sang along at the top of our lungs. We clapped until our hands were raw and we felt lost when it was over.
On the flip side, the Berlin O2 Arena is one of my least favourite concert venues. It's huge and beautiful, but the concert started one hour and a half late, at which point the people in the pit were already exhausted and cranky. The sound quality was amateur hour, and there are no secondary screens of any sort, so the people in the nosebleed section (or in fact even in the good seats) might as well stay home and watch it on Youtube. If you ever buy seats in this venue, remember to bring a really good pair of binoculars.
Even though I knew that Marie has serious health problems, and I was happy to take part in their concert in Budapest, I couldn't help feel that no power, but a kind of 'sick' energy came from the stage, made me feel unconfortable.
Songs are awesome, but she had a very weak voice and was seemingly not in mood to perform on wednesday. :(
Excellent!
Marie's effort is admirable. She's got money enough to retire, but she fight against her illness and gives all their fans a priceless gift.
Per is as magnificent as always. He's the Boss of Pop Rock.
And last but not least, the band was awesome.
Roxette concert was amazing... They are such a nice duo... despite Marie is still a bit fragile they did a great show, perfect voices and even the piano song with the backvocal was AWESOME. I was so touched by their concert.
A great concert, Roxette are true superstars
lots of singing and dancing from the crowd.
Sad to see Marie suffering with her ongoing illness but she can sing as well as the day they started.
Really hope they tour again
It was so great and amazing!! From the very first song till the end!! I love Roxette so much!! Perfect sound! Drive! So many songs!! I wanna go to their concert over and over again!
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