Party Crasher Tour 2009 is a club European tour by Per Gessle in support of his studio solo album Party Crasher. The tour was held in Europe from 16 April, till 10 May 2009. Along with the songs from the aforementioned CD, Gessle and his band played tracks by Roxette and from Gessle's solo albums like The World According to Gessle, Son of a Plumber, etc.
For Gessle's fans, as well as for Roxette's ones, this tour was important, because Marie Fredriksson joined Per on stage in Amsterdam and in Stockholm, which brought about the reunion of Roxette. This was confirmed when a press release stated they were to perform later in 2009 at the "Night of the Proms" series in Europe in October–December 2009.
On 28 March 2009, Helena Josefsson told on her official site, that her husband Martinique will play as support act during the tour. Before the tour started, three weeks rehearsals were held in Stockholm. Per also asked his fans at The Daily Roxette portal, which 3 songs would they like him to perform live. Thus, he wanted to choose some tracks he has never played live, which his fans would like to hear.
Two days before the tour started, on 14 April 2009, in Stockholm's Tyrol club, a promo concert was held for the band members' friends and the EMI officials.
Some of the material recorded from the tour was released as an album, Gessle over Europe.
On 6 May 2009, at the concert in Amsterdam, Marie Fredriksson joined Per onstage, to thunderous applause from the crowd. They sang "It Must Have Been Love".
Tour dates Date City Country Venue 16 April 2009 Helsinki Finland Tavastia Club 19 April 2009 Oslo Norway Rockefeller 20 April 2009 Copenhagen Denmark Pumpehuset (moved) 22 April 2009 Warsaw Poland Stodola 23 April 2009 Prague Czech Republic Luccerna Hall 25 April 2009 HamburgGermany Grunspan 27 April 2009 Cologne Gloria Theatre 28 April 2009 Zürich Switzerland Kaufleuten 29 April 2009 Munich Germany Muffathalle 2 May 2009 Ghent Belgium Handelsbeurs 4 May 2009 London England O2 Islington Academy (moved) 6 May 2009 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg 8 May 2009 HalmstadSweden Sporthallen 9 May 2009StockholmCirkus 10 May 2009
Musicians Per Gessle — lead vocal, guitars, harmonica Clarence Ofwerman — keyboards Pelle Alsing — drums Christoffer Lundquist — guitars, backing-vocals Helena Josefsson — vocal, percussion Magnus Börjeson — bass-guitar, backing-vocals Marie Fredriksson — lead vocal (only in Amsterdam on 4 May and Stockholm on 10 May), for the songs "It must have been love" & "The Look")Marie joins Per and band on stage in Amsterdam The Daily Roxette
Playlist "Dressed for Success" "Drowning in Wonderful Thoughts about Her" "Stupid" "The Party Pleaser" "Wish I Could Fly" "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" "7 Twenty 7" "I Have a Party In My Head (I Hope It Never Ends)" "Late, Later on" "Listen to Your Heart" "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" "Opportunity Nox" band presentation "Doesn’t Make Sense" "Church of Your Heart" "Dangerous" "Joyride" extra "C’mon" "Are you an Old Hippie, Sir?" "The Look" "It Must Have Been Love" extra-extra "Hey Mr. DJ (Won't You Play Another Love Song)" (Only in Gent (1st one), London and Stockholm) "(I’m Not Your) Steppin' Stone" "Sleeping in My Car" (beginning from Cologne) "Queen of Rain"
Newspaper reviews Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter writes a positive review about the first show of the tour in Tavastia club in Helsinki, Finland. Reporter Nils Hansson writes that according to the set list, Roxette must be back very very soon.Per Gessle: Tavastia, Helsingfors Dagens nyheter.se Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet gave the first show 3 out of 5,Hårt slit för kylig publik Aftonbladet.se as well as Expressen.Gessle väljer rätt väg Expressen.se After concert in Halmstad, the Swedish newspaper Hallandsposten called Gessle and his music "a symbol of summer in Sweden".Per Gessle på klassisk mark i Sporthallen Halland Posten
External links Per Gessle's official site Martinique Josefsson's tour blog Official info about the tour Per Gessle @ Music Web Navigator Pictures @ RexFeatures
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