With new singer

Roxette announces comeback – tour announced

Roxette will continue with a new singer after the death of Marie Fredriksson.(Bild: AFP/Britta Pedersen)

The death of singer Marie Fredriksson in December 2019 marked the end of the highly successful Swedish band Roxette. Mastermind Per Gessle has now announced on his social media channels that he wants to go on tour again with the extensive hit catalog from 2025.

He has signed Swedish superstar Lena Philipsson as the singer for the tour. Roxette, founded in 1986, hit the ground running with their second album "Look Sharp!" and went on to deliver hits such as "The Look", "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride" and, with around 80 million records sold, is considered one of the most successful pop bands of the 1980s and 1990s.

First performance in Cape Town
Fredriksson's cancer in the early 2000s forced the duo to take a break for several years. In 2009, the band embarked on their second, no less successful career phase, until the final end could no longer be avoided in 2016 - Fredriksson's illness had returned.

Per Gessle with new singer Lena Philipsson:

Roxette's last live performance was in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2016 - the band is due to restart there on February 26, 2025. An extensive tour of Australia will follow in March; no European dates have yet been announced.

Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle were the previous faces of Roxette.(Bild: APA/Jörg Carstensen)

"Everything revolves around my Roxette songs, this huge bundle of music and lyrics that I've been writing for well over three decades. I'm not forming a new duo. Marie will always be irreplaceable. However, I am really happy to have found a great voice and a brilliant performer in Lena Philipsson," Gessle clarifies.