Roxette’s 40th Anniversary Tour in North America Canceled by Live Nation, Band Says

Roxette and their fans are the latest victims of increasing touring costs and nixed concerts as the Swedish pop rock group announced the cancellation of their scheduled North American tour. In a July 25th social media post, Roxette said “due to logistics and hugely increased touring costs, Live Nation US has decided to postpone” the band’s 40th anniversary tour in North America. “Lena, I and the band are of course disappointed,” Per Gessle, the group’s guitarist and songwriter, said in a separate post. “We were really looking forward to this (North American) tour and US is by far our biggest streaming market.” Gessle emphasized that the decision to scratch the scheduled tour was made by Live Nation and was “probably based on their own calculations,” adding, “I hope we can play for our fab fans in the USA and Canada at some point in the near future.” The 14-date 40th anniversary tour, with Taylor Dayne, Nick Lowe, and Los Straightjackets supporting, was announced in May and was supposed to kick off September 10th in Michigan. Roxette had four U.S. chart toppers from 1988 to 1991 with “The Look,” “Listen to Your Heart,” “It Must Have Been Love,” and “Joyride” and sold millions of rec...