Those of you who don't know who Lena Philipsson is and those of you who are not from Sweden, she is super famous and super big. Singer in Sweden and she is very popular here in Sweden and Lena Phillipsson sings very well and Per says that she will not replace Marie and she will do her own thing. Per says he doesn't want to start a new band and he doesn't want to start a new duo. Per just wants to continue playing Roxette songs live and all Roxette fans will get to experience that magical moment again, and I, who am Swedish, think it is the right choice that he asked Lena Phillipsson😉
Roxette died when Marie died. I live in Sweden I know who Lena Ph is but she is NOT and never will be ROXETTE. Duo ROXETTE was MARIE AND PER. LENA AND PER IS NOT Roxette. Lena has good voice, but she will never be on the same level as Marie.
@@sonavancova8909 Call me a cynic but I think Per wants to still cash in on the Roxette name. If he started a new band with obviously a new name,it wouldn't be as popular as the well-established Roxette.
U are definitely 💯 right I say the same he tried calling it Pg Roxette nobody was interested then had the audacity to get some "singer" no one out of Sweden has heard of to replace Marie and he has i don't care what Gessle or anyone else says and calls the band Roxette lol no it's NOT ROXETTE and never will be again when Marie passed Roxette died FACT Gessle is a self centred selfish money grabber he should be ashamed of himself 😡👹🤡
This is amazing news!!! Keeping Roxette legacy alive and the music alive is just awesome! I was never expecting Roxette to be touring again, it will absolutely be different than the band with Marie, and I agree that no-one could ever replace Marie, but in my very humble opinion this is not about replacing Marie, but keeping Roxettes' music alive.
I ' ve always loved the music of Roxette , from the very first time . I was just a teenager , now i' m 50 old . Talking by myself , i never accepted the loss of Marie . Too sad and bad . Yes , it is so strange to see a new one , on stage , close to Per . But , This Is The Life . BIg Love from Italy . ❤
What many here don’t know was Marie had given Per her own consent to continue Roxette without her, in the future, when she was unwell. Per has stated this in interviews.
People think that a musician feeds and survives on light when they say that the band comes back because of money. As if everyone here doesn't need cash. Another detail is that Pers is in top shape to continue and is the composer of all of Roxette's songs. Imagine a hit maker sitting at home doing nothing else. Roxette wouldn't be what it was without him even with great singer like Marie.
Many bands have lost their main singer and carried on, it's great if he manage to do it, release new material even. I imagine Lena Ph is perfect for this too, great singer, funny and she's a songwriter as well. We have to remember that we're all going away in a not too distant future, we have to make the best of it while we can.
I think it is fantastic that Per and Lena are doing this! And if they are going to do it, better to do it for real, with ambition, under the Roxette name. If they were to call themselves "Popcorn" or "Per & Lena" or something else, it wouldn't sell many tickets and therefore would fail. You might compare it to when KISS brought in two other members and had them wear Ace's and Peter's make-ups. This has divided KISS fans over the last 3 decades. Or Queen still carrying on without Freddie. Anyone can choose not to go to these concerts if they have a problem with them.
It would be better if they called this new version "Tribute To Roxette" or "Remembering Roxette" rather than using the "Roxette" name. It isn't Roxette without Marie 😞 It feels almost disrespectful to her legacy.
It would be better if they called this Tribute To Roxette rather than using the Roxette name. It isn't Roxette without Marie 😞 It feels almost disrespectful to her legacy.
I am a big fan of Per's music and I like some of the songs he's released on his own and with his former band but it wpn't feel like Roxette's back. It will be more like a tribute show but in no way would I use the word "comeback". Now if Gabriel and Josefin were involved in it, that would be a game-changer. I wish you the best Per. Always a great musician.
Exactamente, yo acabo de enterarme y solo me pregunto ¿Por qué no hacer otro grupo y dejar Roxette así como está? Pueden decir que "vuelve Roxette" pero sin Marie no es Roxette le duela a quien le duela, esa es la realidad pero bueno, a aceptarlo supongo.
Roxette ended when Marie left. I believe it's Per's obsession with roxette, and a way of denying reality, I believe he could form another band with his talent as a writer. It's really very strange to have Lena in Marie's place, it's almost a lack of respect rather than a tribute, it's self-centered, nothing lasts forever. They should use Roxette's name as leverage, that's depressing Replacing blonde with brunette It's a bad joke!!!
I saw they many years go they came too Perth wa . They blow me away . You think they were standard pop group . Oh on they rock like Queen they were That Heavy, just loud power pop Bon Jovi bit in power oh can she sing
Regardless of what one thinks about the project or the tour,...the promotional video sounds like a serious con, as if you are bound to hear what it presents. There must have been another solution.
I watched Lena PH the first time live already in 1986, after she had won the swedish eurovision song contest.. But here is a later hit from her catalouge, "I am no darling" about her independency as a woman who can handle her own.. This Roxette-project will be great with her! and Per Gessel! ruclips.net/video/t0hkKUiswpA/видео.htmlsi=YM4KshdV2sbWh2Ea
No offense to Per, but to me it comes across as a cash grab. I can understand that he's proud of what he's achieved (and he should be) and that he wants to keep the legacy alive, but going on tour under the Roxette name is irritating and smacks of something weird. Whenever he played solo shows, he played a few Roxette songs anyway because he wrote the stuff, but I guess the name “Per Gessle” doesn't sell that well, I guess. And besides, what happened to “PG Roxette”? I'm sorry, but it seems like he wants to milk the cash cow over and over again. Would Agneta and Björn hire two other people and tour as ABBA? I don't think so.
I don't know... it's like Queen... everybody knows Freddy is irreplaceable yet the other ones wanted to keep playing. They are not gone and Adam Lambert is amazing. The one who didn't, stepped away and that was that.
I'm sorry too, your comments have been offensive to me as a Roxette fan since 1989. Their songs are still being streamed today. I am looking forward to seeing the new front singer Agnes in their Australian tour this year and introducing my kids to Roxette. Should a band stop performing if their front singer passes away? Hell no, AC/DC still rocks on today and, of course, INXS.
@@konkombotis5549 I appreciate your comment. You make a good point about AC/DC, but from my perspective the difference is that they were relatively young and had not been around as a band for too long when their singer died. I just don't think it's necessary for Per at 65 to suddenly use the Roxette name and keep playing the stuff that was made famous by a singer who is no longer with us. It's almost like what Foreigner are doing now. This line-up that's on tour right now is just playing the old stuff that none of them recorded. It's basically a cover band. In my opinion, Per should have continued his solo work and left the Roxette brand as it was.
I don't care how famous that woman is, the idea of replacing Marie is a big mistake. I will personally buy Roxette's album's may time's over, if you put someone else to sing Marie's song's, I will gracefully protest and not buy the new one's
He sounds arrogant, talking about his band, what he wrote, complimenting the new singer. He doesn't give credit to what Marie did for them. Don't like the guy.
He does say in other interviews that it was an incredibly difficult decision that he agonized over for many years. But, he also says; "for me as a song writer, it would feel very strange if these songs could never be played live again".
Whats wrong with you !!! Its disrespectful its like Marie meant nothing ! are you running out of money? if you wanted to do such disrespectful act you should have called it something else not Roxette BECAUSE Marie was Roxette ! and regardless of what you think, it will NEVER be the same ! shame on you!
Marie was a great incredible singer but the songs are written by Per Gessler. So the truth is that his importance to the duo is more present due to the hits he composed. Try replacing the vocalist with someone who sings exactly like the old one: the band remains. Try to replace the sole composer of all these songs: the band will hardly be able to continue. Try to think about how a musician who is still in good health to play live feels about having to stop the successful project of his dreams with his songs because of a tragedy when he still has energy for that. People need to stop crucifying others. Let life flow. I'm sure that Marie, up there, fully supports this return.
I see it as a great tribute to Marie, she will never be forgotten, and thats not what he want to...
Those with negative comments fail to realize that music lives forever and that musicians keep our souls alive so Bravo Roxette! ❤
Wonderfully said....I agree
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Those of you who don't know who Lena Philipsson is and those of you who are not from Sweden, she is super famous and super big. Singer in Sweden and she is very popular here in Sweden and Lena Phillipsson sings very well and Per says that she will not replace Marie and she will do her own thing. Per says he doesn't want to start a new band and he doesn't want to start a new duo. Per just wants to continue playing Roxette songs live and all Roxette fans will get to experience that magical moment again, and I, who am Swedish, think it is the right choice that he asked Lena Phillipsson😉
I thought Agnes would have been great.
@@rebinny Agnes is good. BUT when it comes to keep a large audience in your hand, there´s very few that can beat Lena.. She´s an old school pro...
Roxette died when Marie died. I live in Sweden I know who Lena Ph is but she is NOT and never will be ROXETTE. Duo ROXETTE was MARIE AND PER. LENA AND PER IS NOT Roxette. Lena has good voice, but she will never be on the same level as Marie.
@@sonavancova8909 Call me a cynic but I think Per wants to still cash in on the Roxette name. If he started a new band with obviously a new name,it wouldn't be as popular as the well-established Roxette.
U are definitely 💯 right I say the same he tried calling it Pg Roxette nobody was interested then had the audacity to get some "singer" no one out of Sweden has heard of to replace Marie and he has i don't care what Gessle or anyone else says and calls the band Roxette lol no it's NOT ROXETTE and never will be again when Marie passed Roxette died FACT Gessle is a self centred selfish money grabber he should be ashamed of himself 😡👹🤡
Lena’s voice is incredible! This ensures Roxette lives on! Even Queen continues with a different lead singer. It’s like a tribute in a sense
Marie will always be The Voice of Roxette! 😘😘😘😘
I wish you all the luck in the world Per, make Marie proud! 🙏
This is amazing news!!! Keeping Roxette legacy alive and the music alive is just awesome! I was never expecting Roxette to be touring again, it will absolutely be different than the band with Marie, and I agree that no-one could ever replace Marie, but in my very humble opinion this is not about replacing Marie, but keeping Roxettes' music alive.
La vida continúa y con Roxette renovado, recordaremos a Marie y sus canciones, es bueno lo que hace Per.
the idea is great. No one is going to replace Marie.... it is just to remember the songs, to have the chance to listen to them again, that's all.
Nós te esperamos aqui no Brasil Per.
🎉🎉Espero que seja em Recife/Pe onde o Roxette tenha uma legião de fãs.❤❤
Brazil will be there!,💕
She would want the music to find a new generation. Well done good luck .
I would prefer her being projected on stage and maybe some new and fresh AI vocals.
I would love to hear some of the new PG Roxette songs in this tour!!!
I ' ve always loved the music of Roxette , from the very first time . I was just a teenager , now i' m 50 old . Talking by myself , i never accepted the loss of Marie . Too sad and bad . Yes , it is so strange to see a new one , on stage , close to Per . But , This Is The Life . BIg Love from Italy . ❤
What many here don’t know was Marie had given Per her own consent to continue Roxette without her, in the future, when she was unwell.
Per has stated this in interviews.
In 2018 when Per and Helena Josefsson did a few concerts in Europe under the name PG Roxette. That is true!
You cannot revive the 1980s whatsoever.
People think that a musician feeds and survives on light when they say that the band comes back because of money. As if everyone here doesn't need cash.
Another detail is that Pers is in top shape to continue and is the composer of all of Roxette's songs. Imagine a hit maker sitting at home doing nothing else. Roxette wouldn't be what it was without him even with great singer like Marie.
He is not the composer of all but most. Marie is the composer of some.
@@benktlofgren4710 it doesn't change anything.
I want to see Per Gessle again 💓🇸🇪🌟🐉✌️💖💐 I like his performances
Im a huge Roxette fan i was in school and missed both their tours to south Africa so im pray that God make it possible for me to go this one x.
I saw them in Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town in the 90s. It was one of the best concerts ever.
0:44 - Come on Per; Marie passed away in 2019 (not 2016). Surprised you of all people didn't know that.
We saw her last LIVE performance ever in South Africa. It was her last concert.
Many bands have lost their main singer and carried on, it's great if he manage to do it, release new material even. I imagine Lena Ph is perfect for this too, great singer, funny and she's a songwriter as well. We have to remember that we're all going away in a not too distant future, we have to make the best of it while we can.
Great news Per! Bravo. Please tour the U.S.
Brawo Per ! for Marie💔💔💯💯
Estou Feliz novamente.🎉🎉 Per Geslle fez 100% das musicas do Roxette. Tem uma grande voz e esta na ativa. Obs: Marie nunca será esquecida. ❤❤
That wonderful News ❤😊
wow i'm excited to see this concert.
This is going to be the best new year I will ever have
Que emocion!! Exitos Per!!! Te amamos ven a Uruguay !! ❤❤❤❤❤
Per, Marie passed away in 2019 not in 2016. 😢
It must be the time difference.
I think he was thinking about when Marie had to stop because of her health, that was 2016.
@@BadMoonandStarsyes I'm also sure that's what he meant ❤️❤️❤️
Good luck to you both , Roxette rocks on !
Love to the hear best music writer since Paul McCartney and the swedish SUPERSSTAR Lena PH togethe.
Good luck hope all works and if it does come too England we would love to see you.
Marie deixou saudades não consigo esquecer Roxette,não sai da minha cabeça,pra mim é como se fosse hoje.
Bien dicho Per. Lina no es cualquiera, es una super estrella
Great news!!! Roxette are back!❤
I think it is fantastic that Per and Lena are doing this! And if they are going to do it, better to do it for real, with ambition, under the Roxette name. If they were to call themselves "Popcorn" or "Per & Lena" or something else, it wouldn't sell many tickets and therefore would fail. You might compare it to when KISS brought in two other members and had them wear Ace's and Peter's make-ups. This has divided KISS fans over the last 3 decades. Or Queen still carrying on without Freddie. Anyone can choose not to go to these concerts if they have a problem with them.
IM SO EXCITED ❤🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉🎉❤
Genial que siga esta Banda Renovada ! Ojalá logren más éxito debemos acostumbrarnos a su nueva voz de la vocalista Lena !!
Per, its time to think about not just endless music….. but life n death, eternal life
Love that Roxette is back ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
As long us Per G lives and perform Roxette will remain strong.
It fits since the wrote one of her songs in 1986, I just listened to it and happened to read that he wrote it.
glad ur excited :)
There's no Roxette without Marie.
However i can see this as a tribute to her legacy.
Just don't rerecord anything!
I love roxette seen them 3 times
It would be better if they called this new version "Tribute To Roxette" or "Remembering Roxette" rather than using the "Roxette" name. It isn't Roxette without Marie 😞 It feels almost disrespectful to her legacy.
I have never been in Australia. 😢😢😢 I want to go there too
Det kommer bli fantastiskt, ❤
I hope Roxette will bring the tour to the United States also.
Per and the band is roxette. He wrote all the music and used marie as the singer. Why should everyone in that band not continue to do what they love?
Marie was the other half of Roxette, she helped make them what they were.
He's a hypocrite
I look forward to Roxette 2.0.
Andy Scott --- Sweet
It’s all about 🤑🤑🤑 💰💰💰💰No Roxette without Marie!
I agree. Marie was roxette. It's sad that he wants to carry on for money! And deeply insensitive
It would be better if they called this Tribute To Roxette rather than using the Roxette name. It isn't Roxette without Marie 😞 It feels almost disrespectful to her legacy.
It's like Paul and Ringo restarting the Beatles with two new members...Money and people who are nostalgic are all this project is based on
I am a big fan of Per's music and I like some of the songs he's released on his own and with his former band but it wpn't feel like Roxette's back. It will be more like a tribute show but in no way would I use the word "comeback". Now if Gabriel and Josefin were involved in it, that would be a game-changer. I wish you the best Per. Always a great musician.
No different to INXS or Queen who have continued with a new lead singer..
The show must go on good luck to him.
Härligt det är bara så kul
Ingen Roxette utan Marie.Lägg ner Roxette,ingen kan ta hennes plats.
don't be stupid
Ingen tar hennes plats, men musiken lever vidare till hennes minne.
Så QUEEN skid row journey ska lägga ner också då de har ju också bytt sångare bullshit!!!!
If You don't like this new Roxette DON'T listen to them. I'm happy for Lena
Roxette ressusitara mais forte do que nunca
Revivan a Marie entonces. Que falta de respeto. Marie estaría feliz que su legado se mantenga vivo. Gente egoísta
Exactamente, yo acabo de enterarme y solo me pregunto ¿Por qué no hacer otro grupo y dejar Roxette así como está? Pueden decir que "vuelve Roxette" pero sin Marie no es Roxette le duela a quien le duela, esa es la realidad pero bueno, a aceptarlo supongo.
Marie is dead! why u so envy?
@@ChuckyT3 new band was in 2018
Roxette ended when Marie left.
I believe it's Per's obsession with roxette, and a way of denying reality, I believe he could form another band with his talent as a writer.
It's really very strange to have Lena in Marie's place, it's almost a lack of respect rather than a tribute, it's self-centered, nothing lasts forever. They should use Roxette's name as leverage, that's depressing
Replacing blonde with brunette
It's a bad joke!!!
Marie is dead! deal with it
This is a really immature take on the matter.
I don't think he respected her at all.
I See you in Kapstadt🫶♥️
Why not play some of the PG Roxette stuff?
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If you like to?, listen to Lena at Maria Magdalena!!!
no, we want to hear roxette live
Roxette is Marie and Per! This is something else not Roxette. Per you can do what you want but it will never be like when u and Marie were together.
I saw they many years go they came too Perth wa . They blow me away . You think they were standard pop group . Oh on they rock like Queen they were That Heavy, just loud power pop Bon Jovi bit in power oh can she sing
There’s no Roxette without Marie Fredriksson, sorry!
There is no Marie anymore, but Roxette should be live
Roxette existed before Marie was a part of it.
@@elisahartson8476 She made it become successful.
Marie är Marie och hon kan man aldrig ersätta!! Hon är och förblir vår största sångerska i norden någonsin! Den rösten och närvaron kan ingen slå!
Germany? Tour?
Oregon tour?????
I think its totally wrong! Nobody can replace Marie! I feel absolutely uncomfortable with that!
Polska w planie koncertowym?
Is Lena Philipsson shy or introverted? You rarely ever hear her speak for herself
Regardless of what one thinks about the project or the tour,...the promotional video sounds like a serious con, as if you are bound to hear what it presents. There must have been another solution.
A Lena é uma ótima cantora, mas, a Marie é insubstituível
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I watched Lena PH the first time live already in 1986, after she had won the swedish eurovision song contest.. But here is a later hit from her catalouge, "I am no darling" about her independency as a woman who can handle her own.. This Roxette-project will be great with her! and Per Gessel! ruclips.net/video/t0hkKUiswpA/видео.htmlsi=YM4KshdV2sbWh2Ea
thats pathetik. he cant let Marie go and cant find his place in life without her. Marie cannot be replaced! let her rest in peace.. move on!
Sorry Per. Won't support this.
Let it go. Marie is gone.
No offense to Per, but to me it comes across as a cash grab. I can understand that he's proud of what he's achieved (and he should be) and that he wants to keep the legacy alive, but going on tour under the Roxette name is irritating and smacks of something weird. Whenever he played solo shows, he played a few Roxette songs anyway because he wrote the stuff, but I guess the name “Per Gessle” doesn't sell that well, I guess. And besides, what happened to “PG Roxette”? I'm sorry, but it seems like he wants to milk the cash cow over and over again. Would Agneta and Björn hire two other people and tour as ABBA? I don't think so.
He says that Marie is ireplaceable and that's exactly what he's doing: replace her.
I don't know... it's like Queen... everybody knows Freddy is irreplaceable yet the other ones wanted to keep playing. They are not gone and Adam Lambert is amazing. The one who didn't, stepped away and that was that.
Amen!!!!!
I'm sorry too, your comments have been offensive to me as a Roxette fan since 1989. Their songs are still being streamed today. I am looking forward to seeing the new front singer Agnes in their Australian tour this year and introducing my kids to Roxette. Should a band stop performing if their front singer passes away? Hell no, AC/DC still rocks on today and, of course, INXS.
@@konkombotis5549 I appreciate your comment. You make a good point about AC/DC, but from my perspective the difference is that they were relatively young and had not been around as a band for too long when their singer died. I just don't think it's necessary for Per at 65 to suddenly use the Roxette name and keep playing the stuff that was made famous by a singer who is no longer with us. It's almost like what Foreigner are doing now. This line-up that's on tour right now is just playing the old stuff that none of them recorded. It's basically a cover band. In my opinion, Per should have continued his solo work and left the Roxette brand as it was.
This is not Roxette
its all about money dont kid yourselves
did u ever like roxette? or just listen cos of money)
This just does not feel right. Milking a dry cow. It's like Marie didn't mean anything.
roxette is still have great songs
This is a childish take. He wants to continue the brilliance that Roxette is and always has been.
I wish Per and Lena also re-record the main Roxette hits in a studio.
Marie died 2019...
I don't care how famous that woman is, the idea of replacing Marie is a big mistake. I will personally buy Roxette's album's may time's over, if you put someone else to sing Marie's song's, I will gracefully protest and not buy the new one's
Don't go
No more, pls.
He sounds arrogant, talking about his band, what he wrote, complimenting the new singer. He doesn't give credit to what Marie did for them. Don't like the guy.
beg to differ. He didn't want to dwelll on Marie death topic, and can see that he has moved on , from that heaviness
He does say in other interviews that it was an incredibly difficult decision that he agonized over for many years. But, he also says; "for me as a song writer, it would feel very strange if these songs could never be played live again".
Whats wrong with you !!! Its disrespectful its like Marie meant nothing ! are you running out of money? if you wanted to do such disrespectful act you should have called it something else not Roxette BECAUSE Marie was Roxette ! and regardless of what you think, it will NEVER be the same ! shame on you!
Marie was a great incredible singer but the songs are written by Per Gessler. So the truth is that his importance to the duo is more present due to the hits he composed. Try replacing the vocalist with someone who sings exactly like the old one: the band remains. Try to replace the sole composer of all these songs: the band will hardly be able to continue. Try to think about how a musician who is still in good health to play live feels about having to stop the successful project of his dreams with his songs because of a tragedy when he still has energy for that. People need to stop crucifying others. Let life flow. I'm sure that Marie, up there, fully supports this return.
you wrong! Marie is dead! why u so envy? There is no Marie anymore, but Roxette should be live. don't be stupid
Marie was roxette. He's milking it. Hang it up per.
@@paulbradphil it doesn't matter is it Marie or Helene or Lena. not so important
@@АлександрМатвеев-м5ъ8е it matters ! Marie is irreplaceable completely. It's like the Jackson's with no Michael.
imo not the right profile