The “Stjärnklart” tour with Marie Fredriksson started some days ago in Norrköping, moved to Stockholm this week and goes on to Gothemburg and Malmö in December. Yesterday was, however, a very special day for Marie fans and Marie herself.

The evening started with a Meet & Greet with about 30 fans from Spain, Germany, Russia and Argentina. Marie showed up with  Micke and Oskar and greeted and hugged everyone, and signed everything what was to sign. She was very touched when she got to sign “Strul” single.

Marie explained that she might make an art exhibition in Malmö, and Micke that they have some material in Swedish, but don’t know when it will be released.

After about half an hour, everybody headed to their seats, Marie backstage to get ready for the show. The first song she performed was “Ännu doftar kärlek”. “Never loved a man”, which her fans will remember from the Roxette Unplugged, followed. “The Unplugged version sounds bad compared to how she sang tonight,” tells Txiqui. “Så skimrande var aldrig havet” and “Tro” were also performed. Marie got standing ovations in repeated ocasions. “The best was “Så skimrande”, tells Txiqui, “this one started a capella, and got everybody to stand up.”

More pictures can be found following this link.

Per Gessle talks in an article in Aftonbladet about the future of Roxette. You can find a translation to the article on The Daily Roxette.

In addition, in an interview in Expressen and translated on TDR, Per also listed the best female singers he has worked with, listing Marie as #1:

“”It was a revolution when she came into my life. Just like Clarence (Öfwerman), she makes my ideas take off. She made my songs have credibility, as if taken from the Bible. She can sing sexy, softly, expressively. Marie is everything.”

Per Gessle’s new album “The Party Crasher” will be released this week.

Stjärnklart tour started yesterday night in Norrköping. Expressen reports that Marie sung “Ännu doftar kärlek”, “Så skimrande var aldrig havet” and “Tro”, the last one with Micke Bolyos on stage playing the piano.

Marie received a standing ovation, “thanks a lot. It is great to be here,” she said smiling.