Roxette and her XXX year musical journey, keeps London singing all night

I’ve been waiting to see Roxette live for over 15 years, and last night I finally lived my dream. And what a night it was. I bought my tickets from November, paid a small fortune as they were front seats, but it was worth every penny spent. Needless to say, I was early (annoying my dear wife a bit), but I didn’t want to miss a thing. Okay about me, let’s get to the real story and the actor of the night.

The show started with the Swedish group Eskobar, I was a bit bummed at first as the O2 Arena was almost half empty. They did their best to get the public’s attention for more than half an hour. The only Eskobar tune that caught my attention was “It’s a good day to die,” but for me and everyone else it was a night to live. So after 30 minutes of Eskobar, the O2 finally filled up and a magical night was about to begin.

The concert started with ‘Sleeping in my Car’, the crowd was already on their feet, I never really liked that song, but that’s just a personal opinion. It was followed by ‘The Big L’ and the applause and singing got better and better. “Stars” was the next one, in these not all the public seemed to know the lyrics, but they continued with the band. Then on ‘Spending my time,’ I felt like I was going to take the roof off the O2 Arena when Marie let the audience head to the song. Crash! Boom! Outbreak! ‘It was a bit surprising since it was introduced by Per, and Marie joined after, for me that will always be a Marie song, no offense Per. ‘Crush on you’ also had a better reception than I expected. I like the song, don’t get me wrong, but I always thought I could have done better on the charts. The most recent song performed ‘She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)’ was another success story at the concert.

‘The Heart Shaped Sea’ was featured by Per, as he joked with Magnus on each of his favorite Roxette albums. Per said that Magnuss’s favorite album was ‘Have a nice day’, Magnuss denied saying that his favorite is ‘Balladas en español’. A special mention to Dea, the youngest member who did a great job helping Marie when she needed it, and also did a good piano performance on ‘Water Colors in the Rain’. I was busy clapping, singing, taking photos and getting anxious while waiting for ‘Joyride’.

I hadn’t read the show before the show, so I had no idea of ​​the schedule. As I wait for Joyride, I start to wonder why “The Look” was missing. It goes without saying that during all this time there was not a single soul sitting. Sorry let me get back to the show as it was time for ‘Fading like a flower’, the singing from both sides was getting better and better. The one that was going to get the best reception was “How are you?” It felt like a clapping contest throughout the song. The title track for ‘Pretty Woman’ “Must Have Been Love” was featured by Per, but needs no introduction at all. ‘Dressed for Success’ made me wonder about Per’s actual age, as he ran across the stage, while you could see from his face that he was enjoying the audience’s contribution to the show. Marie also looked very happy and rewarded us with an amazing performance. By the time ‘Dangerous’ started wishing the night would never end. Suddenly it was time for the big ‘Joyride’, buy then I was giving up with my camera, and trying to use the best of my phone to record. And that seemed to be the end, but I knew I wanted to see some more, so I joined everyone else and started yelling “ROXETTE”, as loud as I could after an hour of singing. After a few minutes, my favorite band was back on stage.

‘Listen to Your Heart’ with a long goodbye from Marie, (she looked beautiful in white by the way) seemed to be the end, but no, once again he was proven wrong, since ‘The Look’ was the one that would do. End the show and the evening, as one of London’s amateur singers sang it on the tube stairs. A London night that will always remain etched in my heart.