Roxette – review

Manchester ArenaFormed in 1986, the Swedish duo Roxette were one of the biggest pop phenomena of the 1980s and 1990s. In 2012, the vast arena isn't full, but the singing, clapping Roxette crowd are roaring along to what guitarist Per Gessle calls, in almost correct English, "yours and ours favourite Roxette songs". It's easy to forget just how many hits they had (33 in all). But The Look, Fading Like a Flower, She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio) and more are blasted back from a parallel univers...

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