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Tonight Roxette will start the World Tour on the Palace Ice Sports Arena stage in Kazan, Russia, after a 16 years absence, the last World Tour taking place in 1994-1995 promoting the album "Crash! Boom! Bang. "

The concert will last for 100 minutes and the band will play 25 tracks including 3 songs from the new album. For this concert were sold out 80% of the tickets.

In the local press  www.kazan.kp.ru was published the following article accompanied by a video and some pictures took at the band's arrival in Kazan.

 « Today on the "Kazan" airport, has landed a charter having on board the  members of legendary band "Roxette". The stars have decided to start the world tour in the former capital of Tatarstan.

In Kazan, the celebrities have come with a direct flight from Stockholm. The guests have asked the organizers to protected them from paparazzi, but seeing the crowd of journalists gathered outside, Marie Fredriksson came closer and smiled graciously.

Hello! - said Marie. Despite the very low temperature of minus 25 degrees the singer had no hat or gloves and wore a long mink coat over the sweater.

She hold the hand for her husband, Michael Bolyos. Beacuse the tour will last for more than a year, Marie does not want to be away form her loved ones.

Upon their arrival, three black Audi A8 have waited the stars, the cars  were specially hired by the organizers to welcome Roxette. But Marie has passed the cars and took place on the back of a van, along with her husband.

When all the musical equipment was put in  the cars, the convoy of vehicles raced to the hotel.

The group program  in Kazan will include a cultural program. Kazan is the only city of the tour, where the stars will remain for three days. However, the entire program has not yet been revealed.

According to the organizers, it will depend on Marie Fredriksson, considering the serious disease discovered in 2002 after which Roxette stopped playing.

The stars were modest and only asked for the business class car and European cuisine. »