Join the Joyride! Tour

The "Join the Joyride! World Tour" was the third concert tour by Swedish pop duo Roxette. Their first tour to incorporate dates outside of Scandinavia, it was launched in support of their third studio album, Joyride (1991), and saw the band playing a total of 100 shows throughout Europe, Australia and the Americas. Canadian rock band Glass Tiger supported Roxette on all European dates, while support on the Canadian and US dates was provided by fellow Canadian pop groups World on Edge and West End Girls.

Join the Joyride! Tour

World tour by Roxette
Associated album	Joyride
Start date	4 September 1991 (1991-09-04)
End date	22 July 1992 (1992-07-22)
Legs	4
No. of shows	54 in Europe 23 in North America 13 in Latin America 10 in Oceania 100 total
Roxette concert chronology

Reception

The tour was originally scheduled to begin in North America, although Per Gessle later explained: "We were supposed to start the tour in America, but then everything got sort of screwed up because of the gulf crisis. So we started in Europe, and then the whole album just exploded [there]. So we kept on doing that forever."[1] Opening instead in September in Helsinki, the tour saw the band playing to over 1.7 million people during its 100 shows in Europe, Australia and North and South America.[2] Tickets for the tour's Swedish dates sold out within a week of release, with the band performing to 104,200 people there over those fifteen dates.[3] The South American leg of the tour was particularly successful. Beginning on 25 March 1992 in Mexico City, the thirteen dates saw the band performing to a total of 347,000 audience members in Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina and Brazil, with ticket prices across the tour averaging roughly US$20. They played four shows in both Argentina and Brazil, with total ticket sales in those countries exceeding 120,000 and 110,000, respectively. By the end of the tour, sales of Look Sharp! and Joyride in those six territories had risen to almost 1.1 million copies, up 27% from pre-tour sales figures.[4]

The North American leg of the tour received mixed reviews. A review for the Los Angeles Times claimed that Fredriksson was "squandering her talents in pop's low-rent district. She's clearly superior to Roxette's uncomplicated, hook-crammed material";[5] Jon Pareles of The New York Times criticized their show for its "careful mimicry of MTV. On a set painted in Piet Mondrian primary colors, Miss Fredriksson struts, leans on the other band members, makes symmetrical arm motions, pouts and straps on a guitar to take a few chords; she took off her leather jacket and later her long sleeves, like a G-rated stripper."[6]

Recordings

On 21 August 1992, Roxette released a live video entitled Live-Ism. It contained a shortened version (twelve songs) of their set from their 13 December 1991 performance at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, as well as music videos for "Church of Your Heart", "(Do You Get) Excited?" and then-current single "How Do You Do!". The latter was the first single taken from the duo's fourth studio album, Tourism, which was released a week after the video. Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms, and Other Strange Places was described by Roxette as a "tour album", and consisted of songs recorded by the band in various locations during the "Join the Joyride! Tour", including live versions of "The Look" and "Joyride" taken from the aforementioned Sydney concert, along with live versions of "It Must Have Been Love" from their 25 April 1992 concert in Santiago, Chile and "Things Will Never Be the Same" from a November 1991 concert in Zürich.[7]

Set list

This set list is representative of the tour's opening show on 4 September 1991 in Helsinki, Finland.[8] It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

1. "Hotblooded"
2. "Dangerous"
3. "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
4. "Church of Your Heart"
5. "Sleeping Single"
6. "Spending My Time"
7. "Watercolours in the Rain"
8. "Paint"
9. "Knockin' on Every Door"
10. "Dance Away"
11. "The Big L."
12. "Things Will Never Be the Same"
13. "It Must Have Been Love"
14. "Dressed for Success"
15. "Soul Deep"
16. "The Look"
17. "(Do You Get) Excited?"
18. "Joyride"
19. "Listen To Your Heart"
20. "Perfect Day"

"Join the Summer Joyride!" Tour

This set list is derived from the show on 28 June 1992 at the Brabanthallen in Den Bosch, The Netherlands.[9] It can be considered representative of the entire tour, as the same set was performed on every date.[10]

1. "Hotblooded"
2. "Dangerous"
3. "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
4. "Church of Your Heart"
5. "Sleeping Single"
6. "Spending My Time"
7. "The Heart Shaped Sea"
8. "Cry"
9. "Knockin' on Every Door"
10. "The Big L."
11. "Things Will Never Be the Same"
12. "It Must Have Been Love"
13. "Dressed for Success"
14. "The Look"
15. "How Do You Do!"
16. "(Do You Get) Excited?"
17. "Joyride"
18. "Perfect Day"
19. "Listen To Your Heart"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue

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Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act
Europe
4 September 1991	Helsinki	Finland	Jäähalli	Glass Tiger
6 September 1991	Norrköping	Sweden	Himmelstalundshallen
7 September 1991	Karlskoga		Nobelhallen
8 September 1991	Skövde		Billingehov
10 September 1991	Uppsala		Metallåtervinning Arena
11 September 1991	Borlänge		Kupolen
13 September 1991	Gävle		Gavlerinken Arena
14 September 1991	Umeå		Ishallen
17 September 1991	Halmstad		Halmstad Arena
18 September 1991	Lund		Olympen
20 September 1991	Stockholm		Globen Arena
21 September 1991
23 September 1991
24 September 1991	Jönköping		Jönköping Concert Hall
27 September 1991	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
28 September 1991	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
29 September 1991
30 September 1991	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falkoner Center
4 October 1991	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
5 October 1991	Hamburg	Germany	Barclaycard Arena
6 October 1991	Hanover		Music Hall
7 October 1991	Düsseldorf		Mitsubishi Electric Halle
8 October 1991	Munich		Olympiahalle
9 October 1991	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
11 October 1991	Kiel	Germany	Sparkassen-Arena
12 October 1991	Essen		Grugahalle
13 October 1991	Frankfurt		Festhalle
15 October 1991	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
17 October 1991	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena
18 October 1991	Edinburgh	Scotland	Ingliston
19 October 1991	London	England	Wembley Arena
20 October 1991
24 October 1991	Linz	Austria	TipsArena
25 October 1991	Vienna		Stadthalle
26 October 1991	Innsbruck		Olympia Eishalle
28 October 1991	Berlin	Germany	Deutschlandhalle
29 October 1991
1 November 1991	Hanover		Stadionsporthalle
2 November 1991	Mannheim		Maimarkthalle
4 November 1991	Cologne		Sporthalle
5 November 1991	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
8 November 1991	Madrid	Spain	Raimundo Saporta Pavilion
9 November 1991	Barcelona		Palau dels Esports
12 November 1991	Lucerne	Switzerland	Festhalle
13 November 1991	Zürich		Hallenstadion
14 November 1991
16 November 1991	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
Australia
25 November 1991	Perth	Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre
26 November 1991
29 November 1991	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
3 December 1991	Melbourne		National Tennis Centre
4 December 1991
7 December 1991	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
8 December 1991
9 December 1991
11 December 1991	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
13 December 1991	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
North America
14 February 1992	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum	World on Edge
15 February 1992	Seattle	United States	Paramount Theatre
17 February 1992	Calgary	Canada	Olympic Saddledome
18 February 1992	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
20 February 1992	Saskatoon		SaskTel Centre
22 February 1992	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena
23 February 1992	Minneapolis	United States	Orpheum Theatre	West End Girls
25 February 1992	Chicago		Riviera Theatre
26 February 1992	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
28 February 1992	Detroit		Fox Theatre
29 February 1992	Pittsburgh		Sewall Center
1 March 1992	Fairfax		Patriot Center
3 March 1992	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
4 March 1992	Montreal		Montreal Forum
5 March 1992	New York City	United States	Beacon Theatre
7 March 1992	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
8 March 1992	Upper Darby		Tower Theater
10 March 1992	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
13 March 1992	Arlington		Six Flags Over Texas
15 March 1992	Mesa		Mesa Amphitheatre
17 March 1992	San Diego		Spreckels Theater
18 March 1992	San Francisco		The Warfield
20 March 1992	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheatre
Latin America
25 March 1992	Mexico City	Mexico	National Auditorium
26 March 1992
21 April 1992	Montevideo	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario
23 April 1992	Asunción	Paraguay	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
25 April 1992	Santiago	Chile	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
28 April 1992	Tucumán	Argentina	Estadio La Ciudadela
30 April 1992	Córdoba		Estadio Chateau Carreras
2 May 1992	Buenos Aires		José Amalfitani Stadium
3 May 1992
6 May 1992	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Gigantinho
9 May 1992	Rio de Janeiro		Praça da Apoteose
12 May 1992	Belo Horizonte		Mineirinho
15 May 1992	São Paulo		Sambódromo do Anhembi
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Europe
25 June 1992	London	England	Wembley Arena	Clouseau
27 June 1992	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
28 June 1992	's-Hertogenbosch	Netherlands	Brabanthallen
29 June 1992	Paris	France	Le Zénith
1 July 1992	Berlin	Germany	Waldbühne
3 July 1992	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
4 July 1992	Bielefeld		Bielefelder Alm
5 July 1992	Ringe	Denmark	Midtfyns Festival
8 July 1992	Budapest	Hungary	Kisstadion
9 July 1992	Vienna	Austria	Neusedlersee
11 July 1992	Zürich	Switzerland	Hardturm Stadium
12 July 1992	Salzburg	Austria	Residenzplatz
15 July 1992	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
17 July 1992	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena
18 July 1992	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC
22 July 1992	Stockholm	Sweden	Sjöhistoriska Museet

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

Join the Joyride! Tour
Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
2 October 1991	Århus	Denmark	N/A	N/A
21 October 1991	Paris	France	N/A	N/A
22 October 1991	Mulhouse		N/A	N/A
29 October 1991	Warsaw	Poland	N/A	Political uncertainty. Most of these dates were rescheduled to venues in Germany and the Netherlands
31 October 1991	Katowice		N/A
1 November 1991	Prague	Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic	N/A
3 November 1991	Budapest	Hungary	N/A
4 November 1991	Zagreb	Yugoslavia/Croatia	N/A
5 November 1991	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia/Slovenia	N/A
8 March 1992	Philadelphia	United States	N/A	Moved to Upper Darby
11 March 1992	Memphis		N/A	Undisclosed illness
12 March 1992	Houston		The Back Alley
21 March 1992	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheatre	Low ticket sales. Sales were merged with March 20 date.
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9 July 1992	Podersdorf	Austria	Podersdorf Strandbad	Moved to Vienna
25 July 1992	Gothenburg	Sweden	N/A	Marie Fredriksson diagnosed with Laryngitis

Lineup

• Marie Fredriksson — vocals, backing vocals, electric guitar, piano
• Per Gessle — vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar
• Per "Pelle" Alsing — drums, percussion
• Vicki Benckert — backing vocals, accordion, mandolin, electric guitar
• Anders Herrlin — bass
• Jonas Isacsson — electric guitar
• Clarence Öfwerman — keyboards
• Staffan Öfwerman — backing vocals, keyboards, percussion

References

1. J. D. Considine (25 November 1992). "U.S. market's a 'different bag' for Sweden's Roxette". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
2. "Roxette Bio | Roxette Career". MTV. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
3. Ninni O Schulman (15 April 2001). "Sagan om Roxette: Tacka Dean för succén" [Lord of Roxette: Thank Dean for success]. Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 April 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
4. Adam White (27 June 1992). "Roxette 'Joyrides' Thru Latin America On Tour". Billboard. 104 (26): 37. ISSN 0006-2510.
5. Dennis Hunt (23 March 1992). "Pop, Jazz Reviews : Roxette Shows Added Dimension at Universal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
6. "Review/Pop; Just Can't Go On Without Her Man (Sob)". The New York Times. 7 March 1992. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
7. "Digital booklet". Tourism (liner notes). Roxette. Stockholm, Sweden: EMI Records. 1992. 7777 99929 2 8.CS1 maint: others (link)
8. "Roxette Concert Setlist at Jäähalli, Helsinki on 4 September 1991". Setlist.fm. 4 September 1991. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
9. "Roxette Concert Setlist at Brabanthallen, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands on June 28, 1992". Setlist.fm. 28 June 1992. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
10. "Search for setlists: tour: The Summer Joyride '92 European Tour". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 15 January 2016.