Crash! Boom! Bang! Tour

{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Crash! Boom! Bang! Tour

| type = World

| image = File:CrashBoomBangTour.jpg

| image_caption = Promotional poster for 15 November 1994 concert at the (now-titled) Royal Highland Showground

| image_size =

| artist = Roxette

| album = Crash! Boom! Bang!

| start_date = {{Start date|1994|09|06|df=y}}

| end_date = {{End date|1995|05|02|df=y}}

| number_of_legs = 6

| number_of_shows = {{plain list|

48 in Europe
14 in Asia
9 in Latin America
8 in Australia
4 in Africa
81 total}}

| last_tour = Join the Summer Joyride! Tour
(1991–92)

| this_tour = Crash! Boom! Bang! Tour
(1994–95)

| next_tour = Room Service Tour
(2001)

}}

The "Crash! Boom! Bang! World Tour" was the fourth concert tour by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, launched in support of their fifth studio album Crash! Boom! Bang! (1994).

Box office and commercial recordings

The "Crash! Boom! Bang! Tour" saw the band performing to over one million people during its eighty-plus concerts throughout Europe, South Africa, Australia, Asia and Latin America from September 1994 until May 1995.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5AsEAAAAMBAJ&q=roxette+CRASH%21+BOOM%21+BANG%21&pg=PA61 |title=EMA Telstar Books Roxette Into Moscow To Close Tour |author=Thom Duffy |magazine=Billboard |page=61 |volume=107 |issue=17 |date=29 April 1995 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=24 February 2017}} It saw Roxette becoming one of the first international acts to perform in territories which, in the mid-90s, were not seen as touring markets, including Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China, as well as Costa Rica, Venezuela, Chile, Peru and Russia. These concerts attracted some criticism from the European music press – particularly in Sweden – who accused the band of exploiting the people of those countries for financial gain.

Per Gessle dismissed these claims, saying: "There's been some irritation over us going to Beijing and Moscow but, I don't know, we have lots of fans everywhere—we do this for our fans, we don't do it for the money because there's no money there", conceding: "We're not going to be the generation of artists that's gonna, you know, 'cash-in' from the Chinese people. That belongs to the future [generation of artists]." Marie Fredriksson argued: "I get so pissed off with all these people who don't understand that this is a really good thing we are doing. It's for the fans, of course it's for us too, because we learn so much. It's not like 'We have to go. It's a big market. We can sell a lot of albums there.'"{{cite AV media |people=Per Gessle, Marie Fredriksson, Marie Dimberg, Rolf Nygren, Dave Edwards |date=February 1996 |title=Really Roxette |medium=Documentary |language=English |location=Stockholm, Sweden |publisher=Sveriges Television |id=EMCJ-6007}}

They became the second act to tour in post-Apartheid South Africa, playing four shows to 65,000 people in stadiums throughout the country in January 1995. Whitney Houston was the first act to tour there, and her shows the previous month had been plagued by organisational issues: thousands of ticket holders were unable to find their seats and, due in part to poor security, hundreds of concertgoers were openly robbed outside Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium. In contrast, Roxette's four concerts in the country passed off without incident, which was instrumental in other international acts deciding to perform there soon after—specifically The Rolling Stones and Phil Collins.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QsEAAAAMBAJ&q=Roxette |title=Concert Status Improves In S. Africa With Stones |author=Arthur Goldstuck |magazine=Billboard |pages=10, 103 |volume=107 |issue=10 |date=11 March 1995 |access-date=17 March 2017}} Their 14 January 1995 show at Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium was filmed for the live video Crash! Boom! Live!.

Rarities, a compilation of previously released b-sides, demos and remixes, was issued exclusively in Latin America and Southeast Asia, with its release timed to coincide with dates of the tour.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AsEAAAAMBAJ&q=roxette+CRASH%21+BOOM%21+BANG%21&pg=PA35 |title=Latin Notas |author=John Lannert |author2=Marcelo Fernández Bitar |magazine=Billboard |page=35 |volume=107 |issue=20 |date=20 May 1995 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=24 February 2017}} On 19 February 1995, Roxette performed to over 15,000 people at the Workers Indoor Arena in Beijing. The procedure to get permission for this concert had taken over a year, and included self-censoring the lyrics of "Sleeping in My Car",{{cite journal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sHlEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1992,3753409&dq=roxette+china&hl=en |title=Roxette lyrics censored in Beijing |journal=The Albany Herald |page=2 |date=20 February 1995 |access-date=8 March 2017}} of which Gessle said: "We agreed, but didn't change them in the end."{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyroxette.com/node/1419 |title=Rolling Stones play China |work=thedailyroxette |date=10 April 2006 |access-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928124913/http://www.dailyroxette.com/node/1419 |archive-date=28 September 2007 }} This made Roxette the first Western act to be allowed to perform in China since Wham! in 1985.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=roxette+china&pg=PA66 |title=Hong Kong Comes Into Focus |magazine=Billboard |author=Mike Levin |page=66 |volume=107 |issue=51 |date=23 December 1995 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=20 March 2017}}

Two months later, on 8 April, they performed the first of two scheduled concerts at Buenos Aires' Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry – then called the Ferrocarrill Oeste Stadium – to a sold-out crowd of over 30,000 fans.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AsEAAAAMBAJ&q=argentina+notas+roxette&pg=PA39 |title=Latin Notas: Argentina |author=John Lannert |magazine=Billboard |page=39 |volume=107 |issue=12 |date=25 March 1995 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=20 March 2017}} Approximately 150 attendees were treated for minor injuries at the venue, however, after a reported crowd rush toward the stage during the concert. The second concert the following night was cancelled over security concerns. The tour concluded on 2 May 1995 in Moscow, with Roxette becoming the first act since 1917 to hold a concert on that date—a public holiday in Russia. In 2008, the duo were ordered to pay SEK 4.5 million (approximately US $500,000) in unpaid taxes to the Swedish Tax Agency, for money earned during the German dates of the tour. In court papers, it was alleged that Gessle and Fredriksson paid the revenue into their joint production company, instead of declaring it as taxable income.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/roxette-forlorade-doms-att-betala-45-miljoner |title=Roxette förlorade - döms att betala 4,5 miljoner |trans-title=Roxette lost – ordered to pay 4.5 million |language=Swedish |author=Albin Grahn |publisher=Svenska Dagbladet |date=15 October 2008 |access-date=20 March 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/roxette-skylder-millionbeloep/a/538348/ |title=Roxette skylder millionbeløp |trans-title=Roxette owes millions |language=Norwegian |author=Halstein Røyseland |work=VG Nett |date=16 October 2008 |access-date=20 March 2017 }}

Set list

This set list is representative of the tour's second show on 9 September 1994 at the Globen Arena in Stockholm.{{cite news|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/roxette/1994/stockholm-globe-arena-stockholm-sweden-23d7e8f7.html |title=Roxette Concert Setlist at the Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm on 9 September 1994 |date=9 September 1994 |access-date=16 March 2017 |work=Setlist.fm}} It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

"Sleeping in My Car"
"Fireworks"
"Almost Unreal"
"Dangerous"
"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (The Byrds cover)
"Crash! Boom! Bang!"
"Listen to Your Heart"
"The First Girl on the Moon"
"Harleys & Indians (Riders in the Sky)"
"Lies"
"The Rain"
"I Love the Sound Of Crashing Guitars"{{ref|a|[a]}}
"It Must Have Been Love"
"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
"Dressed for Success"
"The Big L."
"Spending My Time"
"Cry"
"Hanging on the Telephone" (The Nerves cover)
"The Look"
"Love Is All (Shine Your Light on Me)"
"Joyride"

Notes

^{{{note|a|[a]}}} "I Love the Sound of Crashing Guitars" was played up until the end of 1994. From the South African shows onwards, it was replaced on the set by "Run to You".

Tour dates

scope="col" style="width:12em;"\| Date ! scope="col" style="width:10em;"\| City ! scope="col" style="width:10em;"\| Country ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"\| Venue ! scope="col" style="width:7.5em;"\| Opening act
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act
colspan="5"\| Europe
6 September 1994	Helsinki	Finland	Jäähalli	rowspan="46"\|Brainpool{{cite magazine \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=roxette+brainpool&pg=PA80 \|title=Billboard Spotlight {{!}} Sweden {{!}} Brainpool \|magazine=Billboard \|publisher=Nielsen Holdings PLC \|volume=107 \|issue=50 \|page=80 \|date=16 December 1995 \|issn=0006-2510 \|access-date=23 June 2017}}
9 September 1994	Stockholm	rowspan="2"\|Sweden	Globen Arena
10 September 1994	Norrköping	Himmelstalundshallen
12 September 1994	Copenhagen	Denmark	Valby-Hallen
13 September 1994	Halmstad	Sweden	Halmstad Arena
14 September 1994	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
16 September 1994	Karlskoga	rowspan="3"\|Sweden	Nobelhallen
17 September 1994	Jönköping	Jönköping Concert Hall
18 September 1994	Gothenburg	Scandinavium
20 September 1994	rowspan="2"\|Rotterdam	rowspan="2"\|Netherlands	rowspan="2"\|Rotterdam Ahoy
21 September 1994
23 September 1994	Kiel	rowspan="16"\|Germany	Sparkassen-Arena
24 September 1994	Bielefeld	Seidenstickerhalle
25 September 1994	Bremen	ÖVB Arena
6 October 1994	rowspan="2"\|Berlin	rowspan="2"\|Deutschlandhalle
7 October 1994
8 October 1994	Halle	Eissporthalle
10 October 1994	Cologne	Sporthalle
12 October 1994	rowspan="2"\|Munich	rowspan="2"\|Olympiahalle
13 October 1994
15 October 1994	Mannheim	Maimarkthalle
18 October 1994	Frankfurt	Festhalle Frankfurt
19 October 1994	Memmingen	Eissporthalle
21 October 1994	rowspan="2"\|Stuttgart	rowspan="2"\|Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
22 October 1994
24 October 1994	rowspan="2"\|Hamburg	rowspan="2"\|Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
25 October 1994
26 October 1994	rowspan="2"\|Prague	rowspan="2"\|Czech Republic	rowspan="2"\|Tipsport Arena
27 October 1994
9 November 1994	London	England	Wembley Arena
11 November 1994	Dublin	Ireland	Point Depot
14 November 1994	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena
15 November 1994	Edinburgh	Scotland	Royal Highland Showground
17 November 1994	Birmingham	England	National Exhibition Centre
18 November 1994	rowspan="2"\|Brussels	rowspan="2"\|Belgium	rowspan="2"\|Forest National
19 November 1994
21 November 1994	Zürich	rowspan="2"\|Switzerland	Hallenstadion
22 November 1994	Lausanne	Halle des Fêtes
25 November 1994	Innsbruck	rowspan="2"\|Austria	OlympiaWorld Innsbruck
26 November 1994	Vienna	Wiener Stadthalle
28 November 1994	Dortmund	rowspan="2"\|Germany	Westfalenhalle
29 November 1994	Hanover	Hannover Messe
1 December 1994	Barcelona	rowspan="4"\|Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
2 December 1994	rowspan="2"\|Madrid	rowspan="2"\|Palacio de Deportes
3 December 1994
4 December 1994	San Sebastián	Velódromo de Anoeta
colspan="5"\| South Africa
6 January 1995	Durban	rowspan="4"\|South Africa	Kings Park Stadium	rowspan="4"\|
9 January 1995	Port Elizabeth	St. George's Stadium
11 January 1995	Cape Town	Green Point Stadium
14 January 1995	Johannesburg	Ellis Park Stadium
colspan="5"\| Australia
18 January 1995	Perth	rowspan="8\|Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre	rowspan="8"\|
21 January 1995	Sydney	Sydney Entertainment Centre
25 January 1995	Newcastle	Newcastle Entertainment Centre
27 January 1995	Brisbane	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
29 January 1995	Canberra	National Convention Centre
31 January 1995	Adelaide	Adelaide Entertainment Centre
1 February 1995	rowspan="2"\|Melbourne	rowspan="2"\|Melbourne Entertainment Centre
2 February 1995
colspan="5"\| Asia
6 February 1995	Jakarta	Indonesia	Jakarta Convention Center	rowspan="14"\|
8 February 1995	Kallang	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium
10 February 1995	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Queen Elizabeth Stadium
12 February 1995	Bangkok	Thailand	Queen Sirikit National Convention Center
14 February 1995	Manila	Philippines	Folk Arts Theater
16 February 1995	Taipei	Taiwan	Taipei County Stadium
19 February 1995	Beijing	China	Workers Indoor Arena
22 February 1995	rowspan="2"\|Tokyo	rowspan="7"\|Japan	rowspan="2"\|Nakano Sun Plaza
23 February 1995
24 February 1995	Sendai	Sendai Sun Plaza
26 February 1995	Tokyo	Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
27 February 1995	Osaka	Osaka Festival Hall
28 February 1995	Fukuoka	Fukuoka Sunpalace
2 March 1995	Yokohama	Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
colspan="5"\| Latin America
22 March 1995	Heredia	Costa Rica	Palacio de los Deportes	rowspan="9"\|
24 March 1995	Caracas	Venezuela	Poliedro de Caracas
27 March 1995	rowspan="2"\|São Paulo	rowspan="4"\|Brazil	rowspan="2"\|Olímpia
28 March 1995
30 March 1995	rowspan="2"\|Rio de Janeiro	rowspan="2"\|Metropolitan
31 March 1995
2 April 1995	Santiago	Chile	Teatro Caupolicán
5 April 1995	Lima	Peru	Colegio Roosevelt
8 April 1995	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Ricardo Etcheverry Stadium
colspan="5"\| Russia
1 May 1995	rowspan="2"\|Moscow	rowspan="2"\|Russia	rowspan="2"\|Olympic Stadium	rowspan="2"\|
2 May 1995

Cancelled dates

scope="col" style="width:12em;"\| Date ! scope="col" style="width:10em;"\| City ! scope="col" style="width:10em;"\| Country ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"\| Venue
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
5 September 1994	St. Petersburg	Russia	{{n/a}}
8 November 1994	London	England	Wembley Arena
12 November 1994	Dublin	Ireland	Point Depot
17 January 1995	Perth	rowspan="4"\|Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre
22 January 1995	rowspan="2"\|Sydney	rowspan="2"\|Sydney Entertainment Centre
23 January 1995
3 February 1995	Melbourne	Melbourne Entertainment Centre
9 April 1995	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Ricardo Etcheverry Stadium