{"id":17293,"date":"2026-07-26T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17293"},"modified":"2026-07-26T01:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:00:49","slug":"swedish-pop-duo-roxette-cancels-40th-anniversary-north-american-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17293","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Pop Duo Roxette Cancels 40th Anniversary North American Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/roxette\/\" id=\"auto-tag_roxette\" data-tag=\"roxette\">Roxette<\/a>, the Swedish pop duo that scored some U.S. hit radio singles in the late 1980s and early \u201990s, won\u2019t be touring in North America this year despite the recent announcement that their 1990 song \u201cIt Must Have Been Love\u201d has racked up more than a billion YouTube views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn an Instagram post this morning, founder\/co-frontman Per Gessle announced that due to \u201clogistics and hugely increased touring costs,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/live-nation\/\" id=\"auto-tag_live-nation\" data-tag=\"live-nation\">Live Nation<\/a> US has decided to postpone the tour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGessle, on behalf of himself, current singing partner Lena Philipsson and their band are disappointed by the Live Nation decision, and noted that the U.S. \u201cis by far our biggest streaming market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThis decision was made by Live Nation USA,\u201d he writes, \u201cwhich they probably based on their own calculations. I hope we can play for our fab fans in the USA and Canada at some point in the near future.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe 40th anniversary amphitheater tour was to have included other \u201980s-era stars Taylor Dayne (\u201cTell It To My Heart\u201d) and Nick Lowe (\u201cCruel To Be Kind\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRoxette\u2019s song \u201cIt Must Have Been Love\u201d was initially released in 1987 but achieved its peak popularity came following its inclusion in the 1990 hit film <em>Pretty Woman<\/em>. The duo\u2019s other hits included \u201cThe Look\u201d and \u201cListen To Your Heart,\u201d all of which were sung by Gessle and Marie Fredriksson, who died in 2019 years after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe original duo last performed together in 2016, and Roxette reformed in 2024 with Gessle and Swedish singer Lena Philipsson. While the revamped Roxette remains a successful overseas touring unit, the duo\u2019s touring popularity went largely untested in the U.S. following its last full series of concerts here in the 1990s. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile Live Nation\u2019s cancellation of the Roxette tour could be due to what is being called \u201cblue dot fever,\u201d in which sluggish tour ticket sales result in cancellations or postponements (seating plans on ticketing platforms mark unsold or available seats with a blue dot.) Among those hit by the fever include Meghan Trainor, Zayn Malik, Post Malone, Jelly Roll and the Pussycat Dolls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe weak Roxette sales, however, can\u2019t be so easily attributed to blue dot fever, at least not entirely. While the duo\u2019s hits remain popular on YouTube, those videos feature the original line-up of Gessle and Fredriksson. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAmong the canceled 14 North American tour dates are stops previously announced for September and October in Toronto, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston and Los Angeles, among others. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livenation.com\/artist\/K8vZ91712i7\/roxette-events\" target=\"_blank\">July and August tour dates <\/a>for Germany and Switzerland remain scheduled.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roxette, the Swedish pop duo that scored some U.S. hit radio singles in the late 1980s and early \u201990s, won\u2019t be touring in North America this year despite the recent announcement that their 1990 song \u201cIt Must Have Been Love\u201d has racked up more than a billion YouTube views. 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