Hello, you fool, I love you…

C’mon join the joyride!

Do these words bring back memories?  They certainly do for me, they remind me of when my sister and I were young.  She always loved some or other group or girl band and before her infatuation with the Spice Girls started she loved Roxette.  As with all obsessions she had posters and their latest CD and as a consequence we both knew all the words to their Joyride CD.  Good times!

So when a friend told me that Roxette were coming to Geneva and asked if Hubby and I would be interested to go we agreed without hestitation. 

The concert took place on Sunday the 30^th October at the Arena Genef.  Compared to some of the concerts we attended in London this was a much smaller venue but still had a capacity for 7000 people. 

The evening was opened by a local Swiss musician from Lausanne, Bastian Baker (http://bastianbaker.com/).  We were all very impressed with his music and really enjoyed his singing.  He is sort of a mix between Jack Johnson and Newton Faulkner – great sound.

Then it was time for Roxette to begin.  We had not realized but it was their first concert in Geneva. 

We all tried to guess what the opening song would be and somehow my guess was correct…Dressed for Success!

Below is the setlist from the evening:

01. Dressed For Success
02. Sleeping In My Car
03. The Big L.
04. Wish I Could Fly
05. Only When I Dream
06. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
07. Soul deep (medley with SGNO)
08. Perfect Day
09. Things Will Never Be The Same
10. It Must Have Been Love
11. Opportunity Nox
12. 7twenty7
13. Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)
14. Crash! Boom! Bang!
15. How Do You Do!
16. Dangerous
Band presentation
17. Joyride (no specific intro has been played)

18. Watercolours in the rain
19. Spending My Time
20. The Look

21. Listen To Your Heart
22. Church Of Your Heart

It was a great concert and we had loads of fun singing along to all the songs and listening to some of their newer pieces from their latest album.

You can also read about what the band had to say about their Geneva concert: http://roxetteblog.com/tag/geneva/

Good times!!!