Per awarded by Swedish music publishers

STOCKHOLM - The Swedish Music Publishers Association (SMFF) had their annual Swedish songwriter awards in Nalen, Stockholm on Thursday. Read the full story...

Gessle: “Our new CD will be a real power-pop bomb!”

STOCKHOLM - As previously reported by The Daily Roxette, Gyllene Tider will release a live DVD, and live CD this fall - "En scen vid en plats i en stad." Read the full story...

New label by Marie Fredriksson and Micke Bolyos

STOCKHOLM - In conjunction with the release of "The Change," Marie Fredriksson has started a new publishing company together with her husband Micke Bolyos. Read the full story...

Swedish newspapers review “The Change”

Various Swedish newspapers have published reviews today of Marie's new album, "The Change".   Hallandsposten's Jan-Owe Wikström gives the album 4 out of 5. Read the full story...

New promotion pictures of Marie Fredriksson

STOCKHOLM - Marie Fredriksson's new album "The Change" will be available in the Swedish stores on Wednesday. Read the full story...

Listen to “The Change” in Aftonbladet

STOCKHOLM - The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet will stream snippets off Marie Fredriksson's new album "The Change" starting today and until Wednesday 27th, when the album is released in Sweden. Read the full story...

More international plans for “The Change”

(UPDATED) - The international release plans of Marie Fredriksson's forthcoming album "The Change" continue to take form. Read the full story...

“En scen vid en plats i en stad” new Gyllene Tider CD/DVD

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Capitol Records reports that Gyllene Tider will release a live DVD on November 24 - "En scen vid en plats i en stad" ("A Stage at a Place in a City"), later this fall a live CD with the same name will be available in the stores as well. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider wins NMA award

OSLO - Gyllene Tider won Best Swedish Artist at the Nordic Music Awards. Read the full story...

“2:nd Chance” falls

STOCKHOLM - Marie Fredriksson's latest single falls to #12 after only one week on the charts. Read the full story...

Court to hear Fredriksson lawsuit early next year

STOCKHOLM - Marie Fredriksson's ongoing battle with the Swedish tabloid newspaper Expressen will have its day in court. Read the full story...

Television documentary on Marie is still untitled

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Swedish production company Titan Television has yet to come up with a final name for their forthcoming television documentary about Marie Fredriksson, and her fight against cancer.   "This one-hour documentary is a detailed portrait of one of our [Sweden's] biggest artists," states Titan on their website, where the working title "The Look" had been on display since Friday. Read the full story...

“2:nd Chance” enters the Swedish charts at #8

STOCKHOLM - Marie Fredriksson's single "2:nd Chance" enters the Swedish official single chart at #8 this week. Read the full story...

International release plans for “The Change” take shape

VIENNA - EMI Capitol Sweden's plans to faciliate the international release of Marie Fredriksson's new album "The Change" are well underway.   Here along the Danube – perhaps proving that there's more than just classical music in the air – one of the first real indications of their success is that EMI Music Austria has announced that fans here will be able to purchase the album starting on November 29th. Read the full story...

Golden times for the audio book?

HALMSTAD - Göran Fritzon and Mats "MP" Persson have together with Henrik Johansson, Staffan Karlsson and Martin Franzén started the company SweMD.com Read the full story...

Capitol releases Marie promo CD

Capitol has released an 8-track promotional CD sampler of Marie's "The Change" album. Read the full story...

Hundreds of song swappers sued in Europe

LONDON - The record industry trade group IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) has recently filed 459 lawsuits against users of file sharing networks in Europe. Read the full story...

TDR presents “The Change”

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - The artwork that will appear on the cover of Marie Fredriksson's forthcoming album, "The Change," was revealed today by Capitol Records, who will be releasing the album on Oct. Read the full story...

SVT welcomes Gessle’s offer

STOCKHOLM - Reading yesterday's Aftonbladet made Thomas Hall, project leader for Melodifestivalen song contest at SVT, bounce with excitement. Read the full story...

Gessle reveals upcoming plans in GP interview

GÖTEBORG - "Maybe the concert at Ullevi wasn't our best one, but it had everything else: a complete experience, a fantastic audience. Read the full story...

Gessle at Melodifestivalen?

STOCKHOLM - According to an interview with Aftonbladet, Per Gessle might be interested in writing a song for next year's Swedish leg of the Eurovision Song Contest. Read the full story...

GT25 second biggest tour in Europe

STOCKHOLM - Gyllene Tider was the second biggest act in Europe this summer. Read the full story...

Award-time for Per Gessle – again!

STOCKHOLM - The award season hasn't even really started yet and Per Gessle still can add two more nominations to his ever-growing list: one as "Lyricist and/or Composer of the year" at the Musikförläggarnas Pris (Music Publishers Prize) and another as "Best Nordic Male Artist" at the first Swedish version of the popular Kids Choice Awards. Read the full story...

Exclusive documentary about Marie to be produced for TV

GOTHENBURG - According to an article published today in Göteborgs Posten (GP), the production company Titan Media will produce an exclusive film about Marie Fredriksson for TV.   This will be the only interview Marie will give together with the release of her new album "The Change." Read the full story...