The "Join the Joyride! World Tour" was the third concert tour by Swedish pop duo Roxette. Their first tour to incorporate dates outside of europe, it was launched in support of their third studio album, Joyride (1991), and saw the band playing a total of 100 shows throughout Europe, Australia and the Americas. Canadian rock band Glass Tiger supported Roxette on all European dates, while support on the Canadian and US dates was provided by fellow Canadian pop groups World on Edge and West End Girls.
Reception The tour was originally scheduled to begin in North America, although Per Gessle later explained: "We were supposed to start the tour in America, but then everything got sort of screwed up because of the gulf crisis. So we started in Europe, and then the whole album just exploded [there]. So we kept on doing that forever." Opening instead in September in Helsinki, the tour saw the band playing to over 1.7 million people during its 100 shows in Europe, Australia and North and South America. Tickets for the tour's Swedish dates sold out within a week of release, with the band performing to 104,200 people there over those fifteen dates. The South American leg of the tour was particularly successful. Beginning on 25 March 1992 in Mexico City, the thirteen dates saw the band performing to a total of 347,000 audience members in Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina and Brazil, with ticket prices across the tour averaging roughly US$20. They played four shows in both Argentina and Brazil, with total ticket sales in those countries exceeding 120,000 and 110,000, respectively. By the end of the tour, sales of Look Sharp! and Joyride in those six territories had risen to almost 1.1 million copies, up 27% from pre-tour sales figures.
The North American leg of the tour received mixed reviews. A review for the Los Angeles Times claimed that Fredriksson was "squandering her talents in pop's low-rent district. She's clearly superior to Roxette's uncomplicated, hook-crammed material"; Jon Pareles of The New York Times criticized their show for its "careful mimicry of MTV. On a set painted in Piet Mondrian primary colors, Miss Fredriksson struts, leans on the other band members, makes symmetrical arm motions, pouts and straps on a guitar to take a few chords; she took off her leather jacket and later her long sleeves, like a G-rated stripper."
Recordings On 21 August 1992, Roxette released a live video entitled Live-Ism. It contained a shortened version (twelve songs) of their set from their 13 December 1991 performance at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, as well as music videos for "Church of Your Heart", "(Do You Get) Excited?" and then-current single "How Do You Do!". The latter was the first single taken from the duo's fourth studio album, Tourism, which was released a week after the video. Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms, and Other Strange Places was described by Roxette as a "tour album", and consisted of songs recorded by the band in various locations during the "Join the Joyride! Tour", including live versions of "The Look" and "Joyride" taken from the aforementioned Sydney concert, along with live versions of "It Must Have Been Love" from their 25 April 1992 concert in Santiago, Chile and "Things Will Never Be the Same" from a November 1991 concert in Zürich.
Set list This set list is representative of the tour's opening show on 4 September 1991 in Helsinki, Finland. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.
"Hotblooded" "Dangerous" "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" "Church of Your Heart" "Sleeping Single" "Spending My Time" "Watercolours in the Rain" "Paint" "Knockin' on Every Door" "Dance Away" "The Big L." "Things Will Never Be the Same" "It Must Have Been Love" "Dressed for Success" "Soul Deep" "The Look" "(Do You Get) Excited?" "Joyride" "Listen To Your Heart" "Perfect Day"
"Join the Summer Joyride!" Tour This set list is derived from the show on 28 June 1992 at the Brabanthallen in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. It can be considered representative of the entire tour, as the same set was performed on every date.
"Hotblooded" "Dangerous" "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" "Church of Your Heart" "Sleeping Single" "Spending My Time" "The Heart Shaped Sea" "Cry" "Knockin' on Every Door" "The Big L." "Things Will Never Be the Same" "It Must Have Been Love" "Dressed for Success" "The Look" "How Do You Do!" "(Do You Get) Excited?" "Joyride" "Perfect Day" "Listen To Your Heart"
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venueJoin the Joyride! Tour Date City Country Venue Opening act Europe 4 September 1991HelsinkiFinlandJäähalliGlass Tiger 6 September 1991NorrköpingSwedenHimmelstalundshallen 7 September 1991KarlskogaNobelhallen 8 September 1991SkövdeBillingehov 10 September 1991UppsalaMetallåtervinning Arena 11 September 1991BorlängeKupolen 13 September 1991GävleGavlerinken Arena 14 September 1991UmeåIshallen 17 September 1991HalmstadHalmstad Arena 18 September 1991LundOlympen 20 September 1991StockholmGloben Arena 21 September 1991 23 September 1991 24 September 1991JönköpingJönköping Concert Hall 27 September 1991OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum 28 September 1991GothenburgSwedenScandinavium 29 September 1991 30 September 1991CopenhagenDenmarkFalkoner Center 4 October 1991RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy 5 October 1991HamburgGermanyAlsterdorfer Sporthalle 6 October 1991HanoverMusic Hall 7 October 1991DüsseldorfMitsubishi Electric Halle 8 October 1991MunichOlympiahalle 9 October 1991ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion 11 October 1991KielGermanySparkassen-Arena 12 October 1991EssenGrugahalle 13 October 1991FrankfurtFesthalle 15 October 1991BrusselsBelgiumForest National 17 October 1991BirminghamEnglandNEC Arena 18 October 1991EdinburghScotlandIngliston 19 October 1991LondonEnglandWembley Arena 20 October 1991 24 October 1991LinzAustriaTipsArena 25 October 1991ViennaStadthalle 26 October 1991InnsbruckOlympia Eishalle 28 October 1991BerlinGermanyDeutschlandhalle 29 October 1991 1 November 1991HanoverStadionsporthalle 2 November 1991MannheimMaimarkthalle 4 November 1991CologneSporthalle 5 November 1991RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy 8 November 1991MadridSpainRaimundo Saporta Pavilion 9 November 1991BarcelonaPalau dels Esports 12 November 1991LucerneSwitzerlandFesthalle 13 November 1991ZürichHallenstadion 14 November 1991 16 November 1991DortmundGermanyWestfalenhallen Australia 25 November 1991PerthAustraliaPerth Entertainment Centre 26 November 1991 29 November 1991AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Centre 3 December 1991MelbourneNational Tennis Centre 4 December 1991 7 December 1991SydneySydney Entertainment Centre 8 December 1991 9 December 1991 11 December 1991BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre 13 December 1991SydneySydney Entertainment Centre North America 14 February 1992VancouverCanadaPacific ColiseumWorld on Edge 15 February 1992SeattleUnited StatesParamount Theatre 17 February 1992CalgaryCanadaOlympic Saddledome 18 February 1992EdmontonNorthlands Coliseum 20 February 1992SaskatoonSaskTel Centre 22 February 1992WinnipegWinnipeg Arena 23 February 1992MinneapolisUnited StatesOrpheum TheatreWest End Girls 25 February 1992ChicagoRiviera Theatre 26 February 1992St. LouisFox Theatre 28 February 1992DetroitFox Theatre 29 February 1992PittsburghSewall Center 1 March 1992FairfaxPatriot Center 3 March 1992TorontoCanadaMaple Leaf Gardens 4 March 1992MontrealMontreal Forum 5 March 1992New York CityUnited StatesBeacon Theatre 7 March 1992BostonOrpheum Theatre 8 March 1992Upper Darby TownshipTower Theater 10 March 1992AtlantaFox Theatre 13 March 1992ArlingtonSix Flags Over Texas 15 March 1992MesaMesa Amphitheatre 17 March 1992San DiegoSpreckels Theater 18 March 1992San FranciscoThe Warfield 20 March 1992Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre Latin America 25 March 1992Mexico CityMexicoNational Auditorium 26 March 1992 21 April 1992MontevideoUruguayEstadio CentenarioMonalisa 23 April 1992AsunciónParaguayEstadio Defensores del Chaco 25 April 1992SantiagoChileEstadio San Carlos de Apoquindo 28 April 1992TucumánArgentinaEstadio La Ciudadela 30 April 1992CórdobaEstadio Chateau Carreras 2 May 1992Buenos AiresJosé Amalfitani Stadium 3 May 1992 6 May 1992Porto AlegreBrazilGigantinho 9 May 1992Rio de JaneiroPraça da Apoteose 12 May 1992Belo HorizonteShopping Del Rey 15 May 1992São PauloSambódromo do AnhembiJoin the Summer Joyride! Tour Europe 25 June 1992LondonEnglandWembley ArenaClouseau 27 June 1992BrusselsBelgiumForest National 28 June 1992's-HertogenboschNetherlandsBrabanthallen 29 June 1992ParisFranceLe Zénith 1 July 1992BerlinGermanyWaldbühne 3 July 1992StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 4 July 1992BielefeldBielefelder Alm 5 July 1992RingeDenmarkMidtfyns Festival 8 July 1992BudapestHungaryKisstadion 9 July 1992ViennaAustriaNeusedlersee 11 July 1992ZürichSwitzerlandHardturm Stadium 12 July 1992SalzburgAustriaResidenzplatz 15 July 1992DortmundGermanyWestfalenhallen 17 July 1992SheffieldEnglandSheffield Arena 18 July 1992GlasgowScotlandSECC 22 July 1992StockholmSwedenSjöhistoriska Museet
Cancelled shows + List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellationJoin the Joyride! Tour Date City Country Venue Reason 2 October 1991ÅrhusDenmark 21 October 1991ParisFrance 22 October 1991Mulhouse 29 October 1991WarsawPolandPolitical uncertainty. Most of these dates were rescheduled to venues in Germany and the Netherlands 31 October 1991Katowice 1 November 1991PragueCzechoslovakia/Czech Republic 3 November 1991BudapestHungary 4 November 1991ZagrebYugoslavia/Croatia 5 November 1991LjubljanaYugoslavia/Slovenia 8 March 1992PhiladelphiaUnited StatesMoved to Upper Darby 11 March 1992MemphisUndisclosed illness 12 March 1992HoustonThe Back Alley 21 March 1992Los AngelesUniversal AmphitheatreLow ticket sales. Sales were merged with March 20 date.Join the Summer Joyride! Tour 9 July 1992PodersdorfAustriaPodersdorf StrandbadMoved to Vienna 25 July 1992GothenburgSwedenMarie Fredriksson diagnosed with Laryngitis
Lineup Marie Fredriksson — vocals, backing vocals, electric guitar, piano Per Gessle — vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar Per "Pelle" Alsing — drums, percussion Vicki Benckert — backing vocals, accordion, mandolin, acoustic and electric guitar Anders Herrlin — bass Jonas Isacsson — electric guitar Clarence Öfwerman — keyboards Staffan Öfwerman — backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
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