Roxette to return to Prague with new lead singer

After a ten-year break, Swedish pop-rock duo Roxette will return to the Czech Republic, performing at Prague’s O2 Arena on Thursday, Czech media report. Following the 2019 death of singer Marie Fredriksson, founding member Per Gessle decided to continue Roxette with a new vocalist, Lena Philipsson, a 59-year-old Swedish singer who represented her country in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest. She will perform Roxette’s biggest hits such as Listen to Your Heart, The Look, and It Must Have Been Love. The Prague show will feature longtime Roxette collaborators including Christoffer Lundquist, Magnus Börjeson, Magnus Eriksson, Dea Norberg, Clarence Öfwerman, and Jonas Isacsson.