Roxette

It’s been years since Roxette haunted stadiums with “It Must Have Been Love” echoing off concrete and sky. On November 15th, 2025, Valencia gets a shot at resurrection. The Roig Arena—Valencia’s brand-new, glistening concert giant—won’t know what hit it when Per Gessle, backed by a crack band and joined by Lena Philipsson, steps into the spotlight for Roxette’s return.

Let’s set the stage: The Roig Arena, freshly opened in September 2025, is Valencia’s answer to the megavenues of Madrid and Barcelona. It’s built to swallow crowds—15,600 seated, up to ~20,000 for concerts in full-floor mode.

Think cavernous ceilings, lights pointed like search beams, sound systems that will test your bones. This is Roxette’s baptism of fire in Valencia’s newest temple of spectacle.

For the Roxette faithful (and the curious late-night playlist scrollers), this is a rare shot. Marie Fredriksson’s loss still lingers like a ghost note in their catalogue, but Per Gessle is refusing to let the flame dip. He’s stepping forward—not to replace, but to resurrect—with Lena PHILLIPSSON not as a substitute but as a co-conspirator.

So what might the show feel like? Expect hits, yes—the big anthems, the staples, the ones you thought you only’d hear in stereo form with an iPod. “The Look”, “Joyride”, “Listen to Your Heart”—they’re all potential detonators in the setlist. But Roxette’s comeback isn’t just about nostalgia wine: with Gessle writing through decades, there’s room for darker textures, mid-set lullabies, and that bittersweet sting when quiet meets memory.

The lighting rig will likely lean dramatic—silhouettes, high beams slicing through haze, the stage dissolving into beams and reflection. The crowd? A mix of decades. People who lived the ’80s first time out, those who found them in streaming algorithms, and everyone in between, all holding phones aloft like lighters in a cathedral.

Risks? There are always risks. Will Gessle and Lena carry the emotional weight without Marie? Can the arena’s acoustics handle the whispered verses without drowning them in reverb? Will the crowd stay hooked through later songs when memory fades and stamina flags? But those risks are where magic lives.

Valencia’s moment is coming. November 15th: lights drop, the roar swells, and Roxette takes the Roig Arena. For one night, the ghosts of pop get to walk again.

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