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I don't know how they can be Roxette without Marie, her voice was so integral.

No one can replace Marie 😞

ROXETTE were my all time favourite band when i was growing up,it was sad when MARIE passed away from Cancer, this is fabulous news they are touring next year love this love you Roxette💯❤️

We saw Roxette when they last toured Australia back in 2016 and they were amazing. So very sad about Marie but it just isn't the same without her. I am sure the new tour will still be a blast.

This will be amazing! Lena is a sprakling performer and a great singer, and I just know that you'll love her as much as we here in Sweden do. :)

What great band, and like most of the 80's music still going better than ever. I remember seeing them in Sydney on their Joy ride tour what Concert, it's still lodged in my heart all these years later. So sad that Marie passed away what a Legend, it won't be the same without Her but at the same time I wish Per and them all the very best.

Just for the record, Marie passed away on the 9th December 2019, not in 2016. She completely retired in 2016 due to her poor health, but she passed away 3 years later. Other than that, it was a great announcement and I'm so excited to see and hear this new setup. As a guy from the UK, I just hope they come to Europe too. Roxette forever! ❤🎸😎👍

Amazing news! I met Roxette as a teenager in the Musiqueplus studios (the Québec Muchmusic) in 89 and Per and Marie were so, so gracious and approachable. I saw their Joyride concert 3 years later and love them to this day. So happy to hear the legend lives on!

Lena will have big shoes and vocals to fill... however I'm grateful Roxette are touring again. It'll be in memorium and honour for Marie! ❤❤❤

To me the lead singer is the identity of the band, they are the voice, the front person without them its not the same, like Queen, Inxs Acdc etc

This was my group back then!!

Marie was the best and is missed till today i agree but im anxious to hear the new lady with the old hits i grew up with Roxette thank you to the band an Per for the most excellent childhood memories

Great to hear! I am convinced that Marie is happy that Roxette lives on and that Per and Lena contributes to that in her memory. ❤️

It's not Roxette without Marie :'(

I know why Roxette are growing in popularity. Simply because Per has written such amazing iconic songs that still catches the younger audience today because they are timeless. Roxette is evergreen. Simple as that 🙂

I agree with per that Roxette legacy must be preserved.....Queen did exactly the same replacing Freddie Mercury...no surprises here...but I'm a bit suspicious about one thing. Why no mention at all to Helena Joseffson? No explanation on why she won't be in this tour....is she busy with her own band....or has she denied not to participate just because she feared fans reaction to using again the "Roxette" brand????.....it takes my sleep away...

It’s like the other guy in Wham going out and calling it Wham.

Not the same without marie 😭

Gorgeous ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Roxette is back? Roxette will always be Marie, so its not back. Music is still there to listen to though.

❤ Roxette Forever

Looking forward to this. Big Roxette fan.

how could they be back? Marie is gone

I can’t wait and hope they come to England! ❤

Aww the host telling his anecdote very sweet

This seems so tacky to me. I'm a HUGE Roxette fan. Saw them last two times in Melbourne (Marie struggled a lot last concert). This doesn't sit well with me at all.

Why do legacy bands have to constantly destroy their legacy. This is not Roxette

I saw Roxette live in 1993 it was amazing

It's 2019, not 2016..

Not Roxette

Que bueno que Roxette vuelva a los conciertos, la llama sigue viva con Per y Lena Philipsson van hacer un duo maravilloso.... Marie estaria feliz de que su musica siga sonando en todo el mundo....

todos los vivos vienen jajaja, qué bueno que celebren ese hermoso catálogo y que bueno que los que quedan estén felices compartiéndolo

It is a big and brave decision I guess. Good luck to everyone involved. It does feel strange without the original singer but I guess that is to be expected really.

It won't be the same without Marie. However, I do wish I was in Australia. I'd seriously show up to one or more of those shows.

Off course Marie and Lena are different, and off course Marie is the one who is forever tied to those songs in our minds. But Lena is actually a very good artist too, and I cannot help looking forward with great interest to what she will do.

Wtf 😮 She’s dead

How can it be a new tour shes gone

Disappointed that Per has taken this option. These songs are his and Marie’s and it should stay that way. If they come to the UK I won’t attend

So they aren't back. He's just playing a bunch of their old hits with some random singer

As someone else noted elsewhere. Don't say rock band. They are a pop group. Pop songs.

37 years ago...try Fröken Snusk.

I spotted this video and instantly thought "PG Roxette", Per must be bringing his post Roxette band to Australia. But no, he is bringing Roxette back with a new featured guest vocalist. This will be interesting

This is deeply insensitive. Per is obviously wanting money. No roxette without marie. Her talent was god given. Its wrong. Wonder how her family really feel about this?

It's like Boyzone without Stephen Gately

I miss Marie

Wtf... Rip Marie!

Dress for succsess! 💖💖

Marie died in 2019

The one and only reason to see roxette died 4 years ago, so why bother?

Germany ?

Mantap👍👍👍 keren❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Don't go

Those 2 journalists are like useless..

Great news!!! This is a new version of Roxette not a replace of Marie F. ❤❤

I like Per and Lena, but no Roxette without Marie!

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.

No one replace Marie per said its for the music should live and honor Marie. And he dont have to do it he dont do it for mony . And its original band . Its big of per sad not in europe

Joyride is best.

Their last setlist was full of songs that were played to absolute death on the radio and I dont want to hear them. They have at least 50 amazing songs I wish they would play instead. My other unpopular opinion is Per Gessle was an equal if not bigger part of Roxette than Marie.

I don’t know what kind of gambling debts this bloke has to pay off, but it’s a bit rich to claim this is “Roxette”

Marie and Lena is not the same.. darker voice..old woman.

It is May 2024 yet they aren't doing their Australian shows until March 2025? RIDICULOUS!

Everyone who is alive 😂😂😂

wouldnt say ROCK band

Nope!

ROXETTE SE MURIO CON MARIE FREDRIKSSON.

Oh my goodness he speaks... 😧😧😧

Is this a ge up?