Iconic 80s band suddenly cancels entire tour including LA stops: Blue dot fever

It must have been high touring costs.Roxette, the Swedish pop-rock duo that rose to worldwide fame in the late 80s’/early 90s’ for hits such as “It Must Have Been Love” and “Listen to Your Heart,” is the latest music group to be rattled by “blue dot fever” — a term that’s spread on social media about the growing phenomenon of artists canceling arena tours due to poor ticket sales.The term is coined from the blue dots indicating available seats on Ticketmaster online seating charts.The group — which was originally comprised of singer Marie Frederickson and songwriter/guitarist Per Gessle until Frederickson’s death from cancer in 2019, and has featured Swedish singer Lena Philipsson as lead vocalist as of late 2024 — was set to perform a North American 40th anniversary tour, including an October 5 stop at LA’s Greek Theatre, but had all its US and Canada dates canceled by Live Nation US this past Friday.The Swedish stars had been scheduled to perform the celebratory tour, which would have kicked off on September 10 at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkstown, Michigan and ended on October 9 at White River Amphitheatre in Washington, with the show bill also including 80s’ faves Taylor Dayne and Nick Lowe.According to Variety, ticketholders received notice of the cancellation, along with notice that their tickets would be refunded — a small consolation prize for some international fans who had already purchased non-refundable flights to see the European act in person.Roxette’s initial social media announcement of the change, which was posted Saturday on Instagram, pointed to a postponement, rather than a strict cancellation.The original post reads, “Due to logistics and hugely increased touring costs, Live Nation US has decided to postpone the Northamerican tour.

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