Party Crasher Tour 2009

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.

Party Crasher Tour
European tour by Per Gessle
Associated albumParty Crasher
Start date16 April 2009
End date10 May 2009
Legs1
No. of shows15
Per Gessle concert chronology

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.[1]

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[1] 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 Hamburg Germany 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 Halmstad Sweden Sporthallen
9 May 2009 Stockholm Cirkus
10 May 2009

Musicians

Playlist
  1. "Dressed for Success"
  2. "Drowning in Wonderful Thoughts about Her"
  3. "Stupid"
  4. "The Party Pleaser"
  5. "Wish I Could Fly"
  6. "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
  7. "7 Twenty 7"
  8. "I Have a Party In My Head (I Hope It Never Ends)"
  9. "Late, Later on"
  10. "Listen to Your Heart"
  11. "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?"
  12. "Opportunity Nox"
    band presentation
  13. "Doesn’t Make Sense"
  14. "Church of Your Heart"
  15. "Dangerous"
  16. "Joyride"
    extra
  17. "C’mon"
  18. "Are you an Old Hippie, Sir?"
  19. "The Look"
  20. "It Must Have Been Love"
    extra-extra
  21. "Hey Mr. DJ (Won't You Play Another Love Song)" (Only in Gent (1st one), London and Stockholm)
  22. "(I’m Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
  23. "Sleeping in My Car" (beginning from Cologne)
  24. "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.[3]
  • Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet gave the first show 3 out of 5,[4] as well as Expressen.[5]
  • After concert in Halmstad, the Swedish newspaper Hallandsposten called Gessle and his music "a symbol of summer in Sweden".[6]

References
  1. http://www.gessle.com
  2. Marie joins Per and band on stage in Amsterdam Archived 2012-01-31 at WebCite The Daily Roxette
  3. Per Gessle: Tavastia, Helsingfors Dagens nyheter.se
  4. Hårt slit för kylig publik Aftonbladet.se
  5. Gessle väljer rätt väg Expressen.se
  6. Per Gessle på klassisk mark i Sporthallen Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine Halland Posten
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