Join the Joyride with the Live Roxette Tribute band at the Drama Factory on 31 March. Just listen to your heart...Heidi van der Merwe and her band will take you on a nostalgic trip down memory lane with all Roxette’s greatest hits like “The Look, Listen to your Heart, It must have been love” and “Joyride”, to mention but a few.

What started out as a fun project for Heidi, has turned into a success story and the band has been enjoying sold-out shows at venues like Heroes Restaurant, Jamrock Theatre and at The 2022 Biltong Festival. The band features some of Cape Town’s well-known and talented musicians: Cobus Snyman on lead guitar, Morné Oosthuizen on keyboards and vocals, Carlo Coetzee on bass guitar, Francois Keyser on drums and Heidi on lead female vocals.

The pop rock duo, Roxette, formed in 1986, have been an international sensation for over 36 years, since the 1980s. The popularity of their music has not waned and is still being still played on local radio stations and never fails to entice people onto the dance floor. They achieved international success in the late 1980s and the early 1990s with their albums, “Look Sharp” (1988) and “Joyride” (1991) , and had multiple hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including four number ones. “The Look” was a top ten hit upon release in January 1989 and topped the charts after just 8 weeks and went on to peak at number one in a total of 25 countries. The single’s parent album eventually sold over 9 million copies worldwide. “Listen to your Heart” was the duo’s second number one of the Hot 100, while the album’s final single, “Dangerous”, spent 2 weeks at number 2. Gessle edited their 1987 single, “It Must Have Been Love” for Touchstone Pictures’ film, “Pretty Woman”. The track became Roxette’s 3rd number one on the Hot 100, and remains one of their best-known and most successful singles. Roxette released their 3rd album, “Joyride”, which remains their most successful release, with worldwide sales of over 11 million copies. Their 4th and final number on the Hot 100, “Fading Like a Flower” peaked at No.2. Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist and painter, Gun-Marie Fredriksson was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in 2002, and advised by her doctors to cease touring, the European tour celebrating Roxette’s 30th anninversary was cancelled. She died on 9 December 2019 at the age of 61, following a 17-year-long battle with cancer. Come and join the Joyride on 31 March, when The Live Roxette Tribute Band bring you Roxette’s greatest hits!

Photo Credits: Carlo Coetzee Photography